• Journal of Sensor Science and Technology
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• v.6 no.4
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• pp.298-306
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• 1997

Ultrasonic sensors are widely used in various applications due to advantages of low cost, simplicity in construction, mechanical robustness, and little environmental restriction in usage. But the main purposes of the noncontact sensors are rather narrowly confined within object detection and distance measurement. For the application of object recognition, ultrasonic sensors exhibit several shortcomings of poor directionality which results in low spatial resolution of an object, and specularity which gives frequent erroneous range readings. To resolve these problems in object recognition, an array of the sensors has been used. To improve the spatial resolution, more number of sensors are used in essence throughout the various devices of the sensor arrays. Under the disguise of a fixed number of the sensors, the array can be shifted mechanically in several steps. In this paper we propose a practical sensor resolution enhancement method using an electronic circuit accompanying the sensor array. The circuit changes the transmitter output voltage in several steps. Using the known sensor characteristics, a set of different return echo signals provide enhanced spatial resolution. The improvement is obtained without the cost of the increased number of the sensors nor extra mechanical devices.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2015.05a
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• pp.101-104
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• 2015

In this paper, a flight techniques many quadcopters which can be configured flexibly squadron according to the situation in wireless sensor networks is suggested. In previous studies, aircrafts fly only as part of a prescribed form and know the distance between the aircraft by sensor was able to maintain the fleet. Also, the problem occurs that between the aircraft distance is not constant. In this paper, proposes an algorithm that the context of the formation fly using the current position of the quadcopter through a virtual map is based on the relative coordinates without being affected by Indoor, outdoor and obstacles. Proposed algorithm is Leader-Follower Technique that the method of determinin the shape of the squadron to the down command to the sub-quadcopter using the wireless network by the main quadcopter to determine a given situation. As simulation result, the proposed algorithm was confirmed that formation flight efficient in sensing the all conditions as compared to the conventional method.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.19 no.3
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• pp.72-79
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• 2019

Autonomous locomotion has two essential functionalities: mapping builds and updates maps by uncertain position information and measured sensor inputs, and localization is to find the positional information with the inaccurate map and the sensor information. In addition, obstacle detection, avoidance, and path designs are necessarily required for autonomous locomotion by combining the probabilistic methods based on uncertain locations. The sensory inputs, which are measured by a metric-based scanner, have difficulties of distinguishing moving obstacles like humans from static objects like walls in given environments. This paper proposes the low resolution grid map combined with reinforcement learning, which is compared with the conventional recognition method for detecting static and moving objects to generate obstacle avoiding path. Finally, the proposed method is verified with experimental results.

• Journal of Practical Engineering Education
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.7-13
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• 2017

This study will provide a practical plan of engineering education through the study of major activities connected with the production of works to accomplish the graduation conditions by completing the comprehensive design subject and the result of the performance. The designed subject is to measure the minimum safety distance during driving using the obstacle detection function of the ultrasonic sensor and to perform the avoidance algorithm based on the measurement value of the acceleration gyro sensor. It is proposed an access surveillance system that minimizes the damage of drones, surrounding objects, and people, and improves air mobility. Experimental results show that the obstacles around the drone are detected by five ultrasonic sensors and the difference of output value is applied to each motor of the drone and obstacle avoidance is confirmed. In addition, the content and level of the data for measuring the achievement of learning achievement in the engineering education certification program were used and the results were confirmed to be consistent with the description of the engineering problem level required for the graduates of 4-year engineering college.

• 한국HCI학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2007.02a
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• pp.429-434
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• 2007

본 논문에서는 기울임 동작에 기반한 휴대기기 상의 사진 감상 UI를 제시하고 사용성을 평가한다. 기존의 기울임 입력 방식의 세가지 조작성 문제(overshooting, fluctuation, 부분 이미지 제시)를 개선하기 위하여, 사진 위치 및 기울임에 의존하는 사진 이동 제어 dynamics 모델을 제안한다. 본 시스템은 기울임 감지용 가속도 센서, 기울임에 의한 사진 이동 제어 dynamics 모델, 다중모달(시각, 청각, 촉각)을 통한 모델 상태 출력부로 구성된다. 센서 입력과 다중 모달 출력을 위하여, 삼성 MITs 4300 PDA의 배터리 팩을 개조하여 3축 가속도 센서와 진동 출력장치 (VBW32)를 장착하였다. 제안하는 시스템은 기존의 대표적인 사진 감상 입력 방법인 버튼과 iPod wheel과 비교하였다. 정량적 비교를 위하여 7명의 사용자에게 100장의 사진 중 20장을 차례로 검색하는 과제를 부여하면서 수집한 로그를 분석하였으며, 정성적인 비교를 위하여 설문 조사를 실시하였다. 실험 결과 제안한 방법이 기존 기울임 기반 dynamics에 비하여 overshooting 횟수를 30%, 사진간 이동 거리를 25%, 이동 시간을 17% 감소하였다. 또한 제안한 방법이 버튼과 유사한 조작성을 갖고 있으며, 버튼과 iPod보다 더욱 흥미성이 뛰어났다. 상업적으로 뛰어난 성공을 거둔 iPod이 다수의 overshooting 발생으로 실제로는 사용성이 떨어진다는 점이 예상치 못한 흥미로운 발견이었다.

• The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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• v.12 no.4
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• pp.525-532
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• 2017

The system is consisted of arduino and sensors for protecting bicycle and safety of driver. The speed indicator is composed of speed alarms which are less than 15km/h, 15~30km/h, over 30km/h through limit switch. At that time, the accuracy is 96.6% compared to actual speed. Also, It gives a person warning ablut the obstacle of 5cm tall through ultrasonic sensor in night. Auto Lock System is operated to protect bicycle and the text message is sent to the user, if the bicycle lock was broken. This system puts emphasis on safety and usability, providing a application to know consuming calories.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 1992.11a
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• pp.114-117
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• 1992

This paper presents the design and calibration methods of self-integrated magnetic sensor. Also the distance response measurement of magnetic field produced a transient large current and the frequency response measurement are carried out As the integrating resistance increases. the sensitivity of the sensor is improved, but the decay time constant of response decreases, Also the experimental results are well agreed with the theoretical analysis of the equivalent circuit.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.35 no.12B
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• pp.1236-1243
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• 2010

The perimeter defense system was created and its characteristics were evaluated. It was designed to utilize the fiber sensing device, namely OTDR(Optical Time Domain Reflectometer) which has been used for the maintenance of the optical communication network. An OTDR was constituted by a pulse laser with the nature of 1310nm, +15dBm for the observation of 400 meter optical fence. The high-speed 32-bit processor(S3C2440) has applied to MPU(Main Processor Unit) which helps to improve the performance of OTDR algorithms. Consequently, the maximum error was 0.84 meter on the performance test of the 10km monitoring and the pass criteria of ${\pm}1m$ satisfied in all the sections. The alarm delay time was under 3 sec after detecting the disorder. For the case of secondary trespassing after primary trespassing, the optical switch was installed in OTDR to monitor the secondary trespassing and to measure the multi-point detection. Therefore, this paper shows that the detections of secondary trespassing and multi-point is possible by means of optical switch.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.36 no.11
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• pp.1433-1439
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• 2012

This paper introduces a sensor system based on indoor locations in order to implement the Building Energy Management System. This system consists of a thermopile sensor and an ultrasonic sensor. The sensor module is rotated by $360^{\circ}$ and yawed up-and-down by two electric motors. Therefore, it can simultaneously detect the number and location of the inhabitants in the room. It uses wireless technology to communicate with the building manager or the smart-home server, and it can save electric energy by controlling the lighting system or heating/air conditioning equipment automatically. We also demonstrate the usefulness of the proposed system by applying it to a real environment.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems
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• v.26 no.2
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• pp.160-167
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• 2016

This paper reports a localization method of a mobile robot using ceiling image. The ceiling has landmarks which are not distinguishablefrom one another. The location of every landmark in a map is given a priori while correspondence is not given between a detected landmark and a landmark in the map. Only the initial pose of the robot relative to the landmarks is given. The method uses particle filter approach for localization. Along with estimating robot pose, the method also associates a landmark in the map to a landmark detected from the ceiling image. The method is tested in an indoor environment which has circular landmarks on the ceiling. The test verifies the feasibility of the method in an environment where range data to walls or to beacons are not available or severely corrupted with noise. This method is useful for localization in a warehouse where measurement by Laser range finder and range data to beacons of RF or ultrasonic signal have large uncertainty.