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US 12,505,684 · App. 18/113,764 · Granted Dec 23, 2025

Method of predicting fine dust concentration and inferring source by using local public data and prediction and inference device

Inventors: Hyun Jong Kim (Chungcheongbuk-do, KR); Tae-Gyu Kang (Busan, KR)
Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
G06V20/698G01N15/06G06N3/044G06N3/0464
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Patent No.
US 12,505,684
App. No.
18/113,764
Granted
Dec 23, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed are a method of predicting a fine dust concentration and inferring a fine dust source by using local public data and a prediction and inference device. The method of predicting a fine dust concentration and inferring a fine dust source by using local public data includes generating time-series data related to fine dust by collecting public data in a specific region in a predetermined chronological order and determining whether fine dust is generated in the specific region by converting pieces of time-series data collected in consecutive times into an image dataset for training and by training the image dataset for training in a convolution neural network (CNN)-based image classification model.

Claims (25)

1 . A method of predicting a fine dust concentration and inferring a fine dust source by using local public data, the method comprising:

generating time-series data related to fine dust by collecting public data in a specific region in a predetermined chronological order; and

determining whether fine dust is generated in the specific region by converting pieces of time-series data collected in consecutive times into an image dataset for training and by training the image dataset for training in a convolution neural network (CNN)-based image classification model;

based on the determining of whether fine dust is generated in the specific region,

inferring a fine dust generation grade of the generated fine dust; and

correcting the inferred fine dust generation grade through a training result of a recurrent neural network (RNN) model.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

inferring a source of the fine dust by applying class activation mapping (CAM) to the inferred fine dust generation grade; and

visually displaying the source of the fine dust on a map.

3 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

predicting a fine dust concentration in the specific region by using the inferred fine dust generation grade; and

numerically displaying the predicted fine dust concentration.

4 . The method of claim 3 , further comprising:

maintaining a standard deviation between fine dust concentrations such that the standard deviation does not decrease even when a prediction time increases by using the fine dust generation grade without using a root mean square error (RMSE) loss function when predicting the fine dust concentration and by applying a weight to the predicted fine dust concentration.

5 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform the method of claim 1 .

6 . A prediction and inference device by using local public data, the device comprising:

an interface configured to generate time-series data related to fine dust by collecting public data in a specific region in a predetermined chronological order; and

a processor configured to determine whether fine dust is generated in the specific region by converting pieces of time-series data collected in consecutive times into an image dataset for training and by training the image dataset for training in a CNN-based image classification model,

wherein the processor is configured to, based on the determining of whether fine dust is generated in the specific region, infer a fine dust generation grade of the generated fine dust and correct the inferred fine dust generation grade through a training result of an RNN model.

7 . The device of claim 6 , wherein

the processor is configured to infer a source of the fine dust by applying CAM to the inferred fine dust generation grade and visually display the source of the fine dust on a map.

8 . The device of claim 6 , wherein

the processor is configured to predict a fine dust concentration in the specific region by using the inferred fine dust generation grade and numerically display the predicted fine dust concentration.

9 . The device of claim 8 , wherein

the processor is configured to maintain a standard deviation between fine dust concentrations such that the standard deviation does not decrease even when a prediction time increases by using the fine dust generation grade without using an RMSE loss function when predicting the fine dust concentration and by applying a weight to the predicted fine dust concentration.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 24, 2023
From: KIM, HYUN JONG; KANG, TAE-GYU
To: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Reel/Frame 062794/0857 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2022-0088711 · Jul 19, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
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