• Journal of Aerospace System Engineering
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.38-44
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• 2023

This study aims to determine how agricultural drones are operated for flight tests using a 5G communication in order to carry out a mission such as sensing agricultural crop healthy status with special cameras. Drones were installed with a multi-spectral and IR camera to capture images of crop status in separate altitudes with different speeds. A multi-spectral camera can capture crop image data using five different particular wavelengths with a built-in GPS so that captured images with synchronized time could provide better accuracy of position and altitude during the flight time. Captured thermal videos are then sent to a ground server to be analyzed via 5G communication. Thus, combining two cameras can result in better visualization of vegetation areas. The flight test verified how agricultural drones equipped with special cameras could collect image data in vegetation areas.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Surveying, Geodesy, Photogrammetry and Cartography
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• v.38 no.6
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• pp.645-653
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• 2020

Recently studies on how to use the UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) are actively being conducted, and the National Geographic Information Institute published the 『Work Guidelines for Public Surveying of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles』. However, the guidelines do not provide the optimum shooting conditions required for each application. In this study, we tried to find the suitable shooting conditions for the production of 3D (Three-dimensional) spatial information and orthophoto. To this end, 45 experiments were conducted by various altitudes, overlaps, and camera angles within an above ground level of 150m. For evaluating the 3D modeling by shooting conditions, point densities of 9 verification areas were analyzed, and to evaluate the orthophotos, 1/1,000 digital maps were compared. Considering the quality of the output and the processing time for precise 3D construction, an altitude of 50m, an overlap of 70~80%, and a camera angle of 80~90° are suitable as shooting conditions, and an altitude of 100m and camera angle of 80~90° are suitable for orthophoto generation.

• The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
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• v.10 no.6
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• pp.759-764
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• 2024

An agricultural drones are the increasing demand for the use of multicopters in spraying operations, there is a growing emphasis on high operational efficiency, convenience, and applicability. In agricultural spraying tasks, efforts to address the issue of spraying drift have led to experimental validation of various nozzle designs aimed at reducing drift through comparative analysis with prior research. This study aims to experimentally validate the characteristics of drift associated with different nozzles and predict application performance by evaluating the target areas post-spraying. The results showed that the DG nozzle achieved a relatively higher coverage rate. As flight speed increased, coverage rate decreased relatively. This was due to reduced downward wind resulting from changes in the aircraft's tilt and increased rotor thrust, which enhanced drift and reduced the number of droplets reaching the target area. This was because higher flight altitude resulted in a wider effective spraying distance, which reduced the droplet deposition per unit area. Similarly, as flight altitude increased, the coverage rate also decreased relatively. This decrease in coverage was due to the wider effective spraying distance at higher altitudes, resulting in reduced droplet deposition per unit area. These findings allow for the derivation of optimal spraying conditions(flight altitude and speed) and aim to minimize drift in pest control operations, thereby applying these optimal conditions to improve the spraying process.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.9 no.2
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• pp.89-96
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• 2005

This study has been performed on the mechanism of heat transfer between stratospheric airship and its surroundings while the airship is staying in the air at the altitude of 20km. The computational grid of airship has been generated and the results influenced by the number and the shape of grids have been compared. The temperature distributions have been obtained through this thermal analysis considering three modes of heat transfer - conduction, convection and radiation - in stratospheric conditions. Based on the airship's surface and inner temperature variations, the influence of temperature distributions on the helium envelope and the payload has been predicted.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.39 no.12
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• pp.1115-1123
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• 2011

This paper proposes an image processing algorithms for detection and tracking of aerial vehicles in short-range. Proposed algorithm detects moving objects by using image homography calculated from consecutive video frames and determines whether the detected objects are approaching aerial vehicles by the Probabilistic Multi-Hypothesis Tracking method(PMHT). This algorithm can perform better than simple color-based detection methods since it can detect moving objects under complex background such as the ground seen during low altitude flight and consider the characteristics of vehicle dynamics. Furthermore, it is effective for the flight test due to the reduction of thresholding sensitivity against external factors. The performance of proposed algorithm is verified by applying to the onboard video obtained by flight test.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2008.10b
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• pp.357-358
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• 2008

본 논문은 GPS를 이용한 무인 비행체의 자율비행에 관한 연구를 다루었다. 비행체의 종류는 크게 고정익기와 회전익기로 나뉘는데 본 연구에서는 회전익기의 형태를 가진 Quarter Vehicle을 사용하였다. Quarter Vehicle은 4개의 프로펠러에 의한 양력과 회전 반발력으로 비행을 한다. 이때의 양력은 수평면에 대해 수직으로 추력을 발생시키므로 다른 비행체보다 불안정하며 이를 안정하게 제어하기 위해 관성 센서를 적용하여 균형을 유지한다. 본 연구에서는 UAV의 자세와 균형을 안정적으로 유지하기 위해 관성센서를 적용하였으며 GPS를 활용하여 독립적인 자율비행이 가능하도록 하였다. 정확한 위치정보를 제공하는 GPS는 3개 이상의 위성으로부터 시간 및 위치 정보를 받아 좌표를 계산하고 비행체의 위치, 속도 및 방향을 결정하여 자율 비행이 가능하도록 한다. 또한 초형 지자기센서를 비행체에 적용하여 GPS의 방향 정보를 보완하도록 하였다. 본 논문에서는 무인 비행체의 자율비행의 기초가 되는 위치좌표 계산을 위한 GPS의 적용 방법과 비행경로계획 알고리즘을 제시 한다.

• Journal of the Korea Computer Graphics Society
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• v.1 no.2
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• pp.269-272
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• 1995

본 논문에서는 자연지형의 3차원 투사도 제작기술에 비행기의 비행조건을 고려하여 개발한 비행 시뮬레이터에 대하여 설명하고자 한다. 여기서 발표하고자 하는 비행 시뮬레이터란 3차원의 자연지형을 마치 비행기를 타고가며 보는 것과 같은 효과를 낼 수 있게 하는 시스템을 말한다. 본 시스템은 사용자의 편의성을 도모하기 위하여 Sun workstation (SPARC 10)상에서 X11R5와 Motif 그리고 C언어를 이용하여 개발되었으며, 사용자가 비행경로, 비행속도, 비행고도 등의 비행 파라메타들을 마우스를 이용하여 손쉽게 입력할 수 있도록 구성되어 있다.

• Journal of the Korea Society for Simulation
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• v.28 no.3
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• pp.83-89
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• 2019

This research describes quantitative effects of initial dispersion conditions upon the dispersion randomness of Magnus rotor bomblets. Ratios of the missile spin rate to the missile velocity, a, flight path angles, ${\gamma}$ and altitudes, h, were changed to investigate their effects on dispersion randomness. Dispersion was analyzed through calculation of 6 degree of freedom motion equation with aerodynamic coefficients from wind tunnel experiments. In order to analyze the randomness, regression analysis is adopted to calculate the coefficient of determination. The optimized ratio of the missile spin rate to the missile velocity and flight path angle were obtained and the dispersion altitudes had more effect on the dispersion diameter and had less effect on dispersion than other parameters.

• Defense and Technology
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• no.12 s.250
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• pp.46-53
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• 1999

미래 전술기의 생존성을 향상시키기 위한 기술적 수단으로 효과측면에서 충분히 고려할만한 가치가 있다고 생각되는 것을 다음과 같은 6개 항목으로 제한된다. (1) 침투비행시의 비행속도를 증가시킨다. (2) 침투비행시의 비행고도를 낮게 유지한다. (3)탑재무장에 큰 스탠드 오프 특성을 부여한다. (4) 탑재무장의 유도방식을 Fire and Forget 특성을 갖게 한다. (5) 기체에 스텔스 기술을 적극 활용한다. (6) EMC 능력을 더욱 강화시킨다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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• 2019.01a
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• pp.251-252
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• 2019

본 논문에서는 소형 무인항공체 (UAV, Unmanded Aerial Vehicle)가 제한된 공역 (airspace)에서 발생할 수 있는 상황을 예측할 수 있는 시뮬레이터를 개발하여 테스트를 수행한 결과를 보인다. 많은 소형 UAV가 밀집해서 비행하는 상황을 가정하여 충돌의 발생 가능성을 줄이기 위해 공역을 고도에 따라 계층으로 나누었으며 시뮬레이터에 이를 반영하였다.