• Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.165-174
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• 2011

This research aims at the optimal constitution of sensors required to identify the structural shortcoming of roller-coaster. In this research we analyzed the dynamic characteristics of roller-coaster by three dimensional FE modelling, decided on the appropriate location and number of sensors through optimal transducer theory, abstracted the mathematical value of modal features before and after damage on the basis of optimally placed and numbered sensors. and then presented it as a primary information about the basic structure which would be applied to damage estimation. As a target structure, the roller-coater at Seoul Children's Grand Park was chosen and built as a model reduced by one twentieth in size. In order to consider the Kinetics features particular to the roller-coaster structure, we made an exact three-dimensional FE modelling for the model structure by means of Spline function. As for the proper location and number of sensors, it was done by applying EIM and EOT. We also estimated the damage from the combination of strength, flexibility, and model corelation after abstracting the value of modal features. Finally the optimal transducer theory presented here in this research was proved to be valid, and the structural damage was well identified through changes in strength and flexibility. As a result, we were able to present the optimal constitution of sensors needed for the analysis of dynamic characteristics and the development of techniques in dynamic characteristics, which would ultimately contribute to the development of health monitoring for roller-coaster.

• Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
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• v.37 no.3
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• pp.577-589
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• 2021

Drone mapping systems can be applied to many fields such as disaster damage investigation, environmental monitoring, and construction process monitoring. To integrate individual sensors attached to a drone, it was essential to undergo complicated procedures including time synchronization. Recently, a variety of composite sensors are released which consist of visual sensors and GPS/INS. Composite sensors integrate multi-sensory data internally, and they provide geotagged image files to users. Therefore, to use composite sensors in drone mapping systems, mapping accuracies from composite sensors should be examined. In this study, we analyzed the mapping accuracies of a composite sensor, focusing on the data acquisition area and pre-calibration effect. In the first experiment, we analyzed how mapping accuracy varies with the number of ground control points. When 2 GCPs were used for mapping, the total RMSE has been reduced by 40 cm from more than 1 m to about 60 cm. In the second experiment, we assessed mapping accuracies based on whether pre-calibration is conducted or not. Using a few ground control points showed the pre-calibration does not affect mapping accuracies. The formation of weak geometry of the image sequences has resulted that pre-calibration can be essential to decrease possible mapping errors. In the absence of ground control points, pre-calibration also can improve mapping errors. Based on this study, we expect future drone mapping systems using composite sensors will contribute to streamlining a survey and calibration process depending on the data acquisition circumstances.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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• v.28 no.2
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• pp.38-46
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• 2024

The city gas pipeline network is characterized by being widely distributed and hierarchically connected in a complex manner over a wide area. In order to monitor the status of the widely distributed network pressures with high precision, Multi-block PCA(MBPCA) is recommended. However, while MBPCA has excellent performance in identifying faulty sensors as the number of sensors increases, the fault detection performance deteriorates, and also there is a problem that the model needs to be updated entirely even if minor changes occur. In this study, we developed fault detectability index and fault identificability index to determine the effectiveness of MBPCA application block by block. Based on these indices, we distinguished MBPCA and PCA blocks and developed a fault detection and diagnostic system for the city gas pipeline network of Haean Energy Co., Ltd., and were able to solve the problems that arise when there are many sensors.

• Proceedings of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute Conference
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• 2010.04a
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• pp.704-707
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• 2010

구조 건전성 모니터링에 사용되는 기존 센서들의 문제점을 극복하고 높은 분해능과 동특성 모니터링에 대한 이점을 지닌 FBG센서는 구조물 모니터링에 있어 큰 이점을 지니고 있다. FBG 센서는 점 센서라는 한계 때문에 구조물의 전체적인 변형률 및 응력 평가에 어려움이 있을 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 FBG 센서로부터 계측한 변형률 값들로부터 임의의 하중조건에서 철골 보의 변형률 분포를 추정하는 기법을 제시하였다. 임의의 개별 하중조건에 대해 FBG 센서로 계측된 값을 통해 센서의 부착 위치와 최소 필요 개수를 결정하고 변형률 추정식을 유도함으로써 FBG 센서의 계측 기법에 대한 기준을 세웠다. 나아가 임의의 조합 하중이 작용하는 실제의 경우를 고려하여 철골 보의 변형률 분포를 추정하는 보다 일반화된 수학적 모델을 제시하였다. 그리고 예제를 통하여 본 연구에서 제시한 변형률 분포 추정 모델을 검증하였다.

• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.19 no.11
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• pp.33-41
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• 2014

In this paper, we implemented a system to measure respiration rate with nonrestraint sensors comfortable for people to do their everyday life. The proposed system consists of a pad covered with a Piezoelectric sensor, a respiration measuring device able to send the signal data after amplifying and filtering the source signals to the viewer, a viewer providing sensor data visualization and implementing the respiration measuring algorithm. The algorithm is based on a breathing cycle with the local peak points extracted from threshold on sensor data. Respiration measurements on 3 subjects were performed by changing moving averages and thresholds. The proposed system showed less than 5% error rate when proper moving averages are N=50~60 and a range of thresholds is 800~1300. The system will contribute to preventing suffocation during sleep for infants and the elderly living alone.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2006.06d
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• pp.172-174
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• 2006

무선 센서 네트워크에서는 네트워크 크기가 한정되어 있기 때문에 모든 센서 노드들이 활성화되지 않아도 네트워크 서비스를 제공할 수 있다. 불필요한 전력 소모를 줄이기 위하여 최소수의 센서 노드들을 활성상태로 전환한다. 그러나 예상하지 못한 센서 노드의 오작동으로 인하여 감지 및 전송기능을 수행하지 못하는 경우, 네트워크 서비스를 안정적으로 제공해줄 수 없다. 따라서 감지수준을 일정하게 유지하는 것은 신뢰할 수 있는 감지환경을 제공하는데 있어 매우 중요하다. 본 논문에서는 기존의 센서 노드 스케줄링방법보다 적은 오버헤드를 가지면서 센서 노드의 결함으로 인한 부작용을 극복하는 새로운 센서 노드스케줄링을 제안하며. ANS(An Adaptable Node Scheduling scheme)로 명명한다. 성능평가를 통해 ANS의 신뢰성과 안정성에서의 개선점을 네트워크 감지영역과 제어 패킷 전송 개수 측면에서 확인한다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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• 2014.04a
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• pp.722-725
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• 2014

The spatial focusing of time reversal Lamb waves on a plate has attracted considerable attention for identifying the location of an input source. This study investigates the spatial focusing performance on a plate with respect to the number of piezoelectric (PZT) sensors for varying locations of input sources. In particular, a small number of PZT sensors produce spatial focusing through the virtual sensor effect due to reflection of Lamb waves at plate edges. The spatial focusing performance with respect to the number of PZT sensors is quantified in terms of signal to noise ratio through numerical simulation and its implication is discussed.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.16 no.5
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• pp.122-129
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• 1997

In the signal processing fields, sinusoidal wave is of much meaning because it may carry other important informations. But in reality due to the finite number of sensors along with the noise detected by the sensors, the resolution of frequency detection is in general much degraded. In this paper, new method is proposed to embrove the frequency resolution of the finite-length sinusoids burried in noise.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2012.05a
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• pp.715-715
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• 2012

계곡, 강 그리고 하구 등 하나의 수계를 대상으로 한 흐름특성은 하상구배, 지질조건, 단면형상, 날씨, 계절변화 등 다양한 인자들에 의존함으로 시시각각 변화하는 유기체로 비유된다. 그러므로 이러한 유기체로 비유되는 수체의 특성규명 연구에는 입체적인 방법을 통한 사상변화에 따른 실시간 조사가 필요하다. 본 연구에서는 수체와 연동하여 3차원적 거동 조사가 가능하도록 '자이로볼'을 고안하였다. '자이로볼'은 탁구공과 같은 크기의 구형으로서 방수처리 된 본체의 내부 중심에 중앙제어부, 최첨단 자이로 센서, 적외선 통신센서, 전원공급부 등을 내장하고, 그 둘레부에는 일정 수심에서의 부력을 제공할 수 있는 부력부로 구성된다. 또한 자이로볼 내부와 별도로 개방 공간부를 설계하여 장치의 수거를 위한 기능을 제공하였다. 개수로에서의 실내실험 결과, 저유속 및 고유속에서의 흐름특성을 적절히 연동하고 있는 재현 결과를 육안으로 확인할 수 있었다.

• Journal of Korea Spatial Information System Society
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• v.9 no.3
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• pp.35-50
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• 2007

In a data centric sensor network, a sensor node to store data is determined by the measured data value of each sensor node. Therefore, if the same data occur frequently, the energy of the sensor node to store the data is exhausted quickly due to the concentration of loads. And if the sensor network is extended, the communication cost for storing data and processing queries is increased, since the length of the routing path for them is usually in the distance. However, the existing researches that generally focus on the efficient management of data storing can not solve these problems efficiently. In this paper, we propose a NUNS(Non-Uniform Network Split) method that can distribute loads of sensor nodes and decrease the communication cost caused by the sensor network extension. By dividing the sensor network into non-uniform partitions that have the minimum difference in the number of sensor nodes and the splitted area size and storing the data which is occurred in a partition at the sensor nodes within the partition, the NUNS can distribute loads of sensor nodes and decrease the communication cost efficiently. In addition, by dividing each partition into non-uniform zones that have the minimum difference in the splitted area size as many as the number of the sensor nodes in the partition and allocating each of them as the processing area of each sensor node, the NUNS can protect a specific sensor node from the load concentration and decrease the unnecessary routing cost.