• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.40 no.6
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• pp.515-522
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• 2012

CFIT(Controlled Flight Into Terrain) is one of the major causes of aircraft accidents. In order to solve this problem, GPWS(Ground Proximity Warning System) is used to generate terrain collision warning using the distance between the aircraft and the underneath ground. Since the GPWS uses the vertical clearance only, it frequently generates false warnings. In this study, a terrain/obstacle collision avoidance warning algorithm was developed for fast flying and highly maneuvering fighters using the flight status and the geographic information. This algorithm condsiders the overall delay in the aircraft reactive motion including the pilot's reaction time. The paper presents a detailed logic and test methods.

• Proceedings of the Korean Association of Geographic Inforamtion Studies Conference
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• 2008.10a
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• pp.249-250
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• 2008

본 연구는 전년도 지형참조항법(TRN; Terrain Referenced Navigation)에 근거하는 3-D 헬리콥터 항법 시스템을 위한 알고리즘 개발의 후속 연구로서 실용적 완성을 위해 수행되었다. 본 연구에서 헬리콥터의 위성항법장치(GPS)로부터의 정보(X,Y,Z 좌표)는 자동차가 도로주행중 매 1초 간격으로 수신되는 GPGGA Code로 대체되었다. 비행체는 3차원 직교 좌표 체계(Cartesian coordinate system)로 표현되는 수치지형모델(DTM; Digital Terrain Model)상에서 시점(Origination)-종점(Destination) 분석 기법에 의해 항로를 결정한다. 본 시스템은 우선 조종사에게 지형의 사전 인식을 위해 시점-종점 주변 3차원 지형도와 항로의 종단면도를 보여준다. 본 시스템은 직접적인 지상 충돌을 피하기 위해 지형 여유 층면(Terrain Clearance Floor)의 개념을 도입, 기복 지형 표면에 일정 높이의 완충 공간을 설정한다. 본 시스템은 매초 GPS로부터 실시간 수신되는 X,Y,Z 위치와 DTM상의 x,y,z를 비교하여 만약 비행체가 완충 공간에 접근하게 되면 즉시 경고음과 메시지를 발한다. 수치지형모델은 (주)첨성대가 확보하고 있는 3초 간격의 DTM을 채택, 작성하였다.

• Spatial Information Research
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.363-370
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• 2007

This study has been carried for the development of the basic algorithm of helicopter navigation system based on TRN (Terrain Referenced Navigation) with information input from the GPS. The helicopter determines flight path due to Origination-Destination analysis on the Cartesian coordinate system of 3-D DTM. This system shows 3-D mesh map and the O-D flight path profile for the pilot's acknowledgement of the terrain, at first. The system builds TCF (terrain clearance floor) far the buffer zone upon the surface of ground relief to avid the ground collision. If the helicopter enters to the buffer zone during navigation, the real-time warning message which commands to raise the body pops up using Matlab menu. While departing or landing, control of the height of the body is possible. At present, the information (x, y, z coordinates) from the GPS is assumed to be input into the system every 92.8 m of horizontal distance while navigating along flight path. DTM of 3" interval has been adopted from that which was provided by ChumSungDae Co., Ltd..

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.44 no.7
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• pp.611-619
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• 2016

This paper proposes a collision prevention system for an agricultural unmanned helicopter. The collision prevention system consists of an obstacle detection system, a mapping algorithm, and a collision avoidance algorithm. The obstacle detection system based on a LiDAR sensor is implemented in the unmanned helicopter and acquires distance information of obstacles in real-time. Then, an obstacle mapping is carried out by combining the distance to the obstacles with attitude/location data of the unmanned helicopter. In order to prevent a collision, alert is activated to an operator based on the map when the vehicle approaches to the obstacles. Moreover, the developed collision prevention system is verified through flight test simulating a flight pattern aerial spraying.