• Journal of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.18-23
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• 2003

This paper presents new algorithms of path planning and obstacle avoidance for an autonomous mobile robot to navigate under unknown environments in the real time. Temporary targets are set up by distance variation method and then the algorithms of trajectory planning and obstacle avoidance are designed using fuzzy rules. It is shown by computer simulation that these algorithms are working well. Furthermore, an autonomous mobile robot was constructed to implement and test these algorithms in the real field. The experimental results are also satisfactory just like those of computer simulation.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.154-160
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• 2012

Recently, development of technologies for autonomous vehicles has been actively carried out. This paper proposes a computer vision system to recognize lanes, crosswalks, and stop lines for autonomous vehicles. This vision system first recognizes lanes required for autonomous driving using the RANSAC algorithm and the Kalman filter, and changes the viewpoint from the perspective-angle view of the street to the top-view using the fact that the lanes are parallel. Then in the reconstructed top-view image this system recognizes a crosswalk based on its geometrical characteristics and searches for a stop line within a region of interest in front of the recognized crosswalk. Experimental results show excellent performance of the proposed vision system in recognizing lanes, crosswalks, and stop lines.

• Journal of the Institute of Convergence Signal Processing
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.160-168
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• 2000

In this paper, we study how the remote controllable mobile robot which could come to many via points with FLC(Fuzzy Logic Control) efficiently. The fabricated robot stop after the movement of single path method by four kinds of commands (forward, backward, turn left, turn right). To reduce disadvantages of this driving type, this paper reduce via points to goal position base on map which get from senor, let robot drive via point to via point on optimized path. An algorithm for the avoidance of unexpected obstacles by FLC is developed. And these algorithms are confirmed by computer simulations

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems Conference
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• 한국퍼지및지능시스템학회 2004년도 춘계학술대회 학술발표 논문집 제14권 제1호
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• pp.129-132
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• 2004

본 논문에서는 비전 기반 구륜이동로봇이 복도를 주행하기 위해 필요한 벽면으로부터의 거리와 방향각을 신경망을 이용하여 추정하는 알고리즘에 대해 기술하였다. 복도에 설치된 조명을 표식으로 사용하였고, 구륜이동로봇의 위치와 각도에 따라 조명들의 배열선과 정의된 소멸점의 위치는 다르게 된다. 따라서 조명의 배열선과 소멸점의 위치에 관한 두개의 평면을 구성하였다. 조명의 배열선과 소멸점의 위치는 간단한 영상처리 알고리즘을 통하여 획득하였다. 기지의 위치와 각도에서의 조명의 배열선과 소멸점의 위치에 대한 데이터를 획득하였다. 획득된 데이터를 이용하여 신경망을 구성하고 학습시켰다. 학습을 통해 수정된 신경망을 이용하여 실제 주행에 적용하였다.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers A
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• 제48권7호
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• pp.889-897
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• 1999

In this paper, we propose a new method of path planning for autonomous mobile robot in mapped circumstance. To search the optimal path, we adopt the genetic algorithm which is based on the natural mechanics of selection, crossover and mutation. We propose a method for generating the path population, selection and evaluation in genetic algorithm. Simulations show the efficiency for the global path planning, if we adopt the proposed GA method

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• 한국항해항만학회 2013년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.83-85
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• 2013

무인 자가 운반 차량은 컨테이너 터미널 내 선박과 장치장 사이를 오가며 컨테이너를 운반하는 무인 장비로 컨테이너를 집고 내리는 하역 능력을 갖고 있다. 터미널에서 컨테이너의 처리량을 극대화하기 위해서는 컨테이너 운송 시간을 최소화하여야 하는데, 이를 위해서는 차량의 효율적인 주행 경로 설정이 필요하다. 최적의 주행경로를 설정하기 위한 방법으로 A*, ant colony optimization과 같은 탐색알고리즘을 이용해서 주행경로를 찾는 방안이 연구된바 있다. 하지만 교통 상황에 따라 최적의 주행 경로는 바뀌게 되는데 기존의 연구에서는 결정된 주행 경로에 대한 수정이 없기 때문에 이러한 변화를 반영하지 못하는 문제가 있었다. 이에 본 논문에서는 주행 중인 차량이 다른 차량의 간섭에 의하여 대기하는 경우 대기 시간을 이용하여 새로운 주행 경로를 탐색 하여 현재 교통 상황에 맞는 최적의 경로를 찾는 방안을 제안하였으며 실험을 통해 기존 방안보다 더 효율적임을 확인하였다.

• The Journal of The Korea Institute of Intelligent Transport Systems
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.95-111
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• 2021

As the population decreases in an aging society, the average age of drivers increases. Accordingly, the elderly at high risk of being in an accident need autonomous-driving vehicles. In order to secure driving safety on the road, several technologies to respond to various obstacles are required in those vehicles. Among them, technology is required to recognize static obstacles, such as poor road conditions, as well as dynamic obstacles, such as vehicles, bicycles, and people, that may be encountered while driving. In this study, we propose a deep neural network algorithm capable of simultaneously detecting these two types of obstacle. For this algorithm, we used 1,418 road images and produced annotation data that marks seven categories of dynamic obstacles and labels images to indicate road damage. As a result of training, dynamic obstacles were detected with an average accuracy of 46.22%, and road surface damage was detected with a mean intersection over union of 74.71%. In addition, the average elapsed time required to process a single image is 89ms, and this algorithm is suitable for personal mobility vehicles that are slower than ordinary vehicles. In the future, it is expected that driving safety with personal mobility vehicles will be improved by utilizing technology that detects road obstacles.

• The Journal of The Korea Institute of Intelligent Transport Systems
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.240-257
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• 2022

Autonomous vehicles use various local sensors such as camera, radar, and lidar to perceive the surrounding environment. However, it is difficult to predict the movement of vulnerable road users using only local sensors that are subject to limits in cognitive range. This is true especially when these users are blocked from view by obstacles. Hence, this paper developed an algorithm for collision avoidance with VRU using V2X information. The main purpose of this collision avoidance system is to overcome the limitations of the local sensors. The algorithm first evaluates the risk of collision, based on the current driving condition and the V2X information of the VRU. Subsequently, the algorithm takes one of four evasive actions; steering, braking, steering after braking, and braking after steering. A simulation was performed under various conditions. The results of the simulation confirmed that the algorithm could significantly improve the performance of the collision avoidance system while securing vehicle stability during evasive maneuvers.

• The Journal of The Korea Institute of Intelligent Transport Systems
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.99-108
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• 2014

Recently, the interest in autonomous vehicle which is an aggregate of the automotive control technology is increasing. In particular, researches on the self-localization technology that is directly connected with stable driving of autonomous vehicle have been performed. Various dead reckoning technologies which are solutions for resolving the limitation of GPS have been introduced. However, the conventional dead reckoning technologies have two disadvantages to apply on the autonomous vehicle. First one is that the expensive sensors must be equipped additionally. The other one is that the accuracy of self-localization decreases caused by wheel slip when the vehicle's motion changed rapidly. Based on this background, in this paper, the wheel speed sensor which is equipped on most of vehicles was used and the dead reckoning algorithm considering wheel slip ratio was developed for autonomous vehicle. Finally, in order to evaluate the performance of developed algorithm, the various simulation were conducted and the results were compared with the conventional algorithm.

• Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
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• 제34권6_1호
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• pp.1131-1142
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• 2018

The autonomous vehicles are being developed and operated widely because of the advantages of reducing the traffic accident and saving time and cost for driving. The vehicle localization is an essential component for autonomous vehicle operation. In this paper, localization algorithm based on sensor fusion is developed for cost-effective localization using in-vehicle sensors, GNSS, an image sensor and reference images that made in advance. Information of the reference images can overcome the limitation of the low positioning accuracy that occurs when only the sensor information is used. And it also can acquire estimated result of stable position even if the car is located in the satellite signal blockage area. The particle filter is used for sensor fusion that can reflect various probability density distributions of individual sensors. For evaluating the performance of the algorithm, a data acquisition system was built and the driving data and the reference image data were acquired. Finally, we can verify that the vehicle positioning can be performed with an accuracy of about 0.7 m when the route image and the reference image information are integrated with the route path having a relatively large error by the satellite sensor.