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A Study on the Establishment of Anti-Drone Concept and Effective Response System (안티드론 개념 정립 및 효과적인 대응체계 수립에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Donghyuk;Kang, Wook
    • Korean Security Journal
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    • no.60
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    • pp.9-31
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    • 2019
  • Due to the development of technology and popularization of drone, the so-called "dirty drone" that exploits drones for crimes and terrorism has become a social problem, and it is time to seriously consider the "revenge of drones." Indeed, the cases of threats posed by drones are expanding not only to threats to ground facilities, but also to aviation safety threats, more recently to large-scale events, demonstrations and crimes targeting specific personnel, and terrorism. This research clearly defined the concept of anti-drone when it emerged as a new type of social safety threat as it was abused in crime and terrorism, while response to it was not enough yet. Through this process, it was intended to present an effective anti-drones system. We analyzed the major controversial elements of anti-drone, and defined them as "comprehensive response activities at the legal, institutional and technical levels performed by law enforcement agencies, related technology and industrial entities in a way that prevents, detects, and blocks acts that violate public well-being and order, such as crimes and terrorism caused by the drones." To effectively respond to dirty drones, the authority of law enforcement agencies and the enactment of relevant laws were proposed. In the future, a comprehensive and systematic follow-up study of the anti system should be conducted.

IT Convergence UAV Swarm Control for Aerial Advertising (공중 광고를 위한 IT 융합 무인항공기 군집 제어)

  • Jung, Sunghun
    • Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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    • v.8 no.4
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    • pp.183-188
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    • 2017
  • As the price of small UAVs is getting cheaper and its controllability is getting greatly increased, many aerial applications using both fixed-wing and hoverable UAVs have appeared in recent years. In this paper, a new aerial advertising method is proposed using four hoverable UAVs. Using the UAV swarm control method, four UAVs are maneuvered to carry a $7.07{\times}7.07m^2$ square banner along collision-free and predefined waypoints for aerial advertising. According to simulation results, it takes about 270 s for UAVs to perform aerial advertising in $669{\times}669m^2$ size area and the minimum distance among UAVs turns out to be 0.45 m which proves there is no any collision. Due to abrupt direction changes of UAVs along the predefined waypoints, UAVs cannot always maintain exact square formation and it results the maximum and minimum side lengths of square formation to be 10.35 m and 1.96 m, respectively. Also, the maximum and minimum diagonal lengths of square formation turn out to be 14.75 m and 2.78 m, respectively.

Design and Implementation of UAV's Autopilot Controller

  • Lee, Jeong-Hwan;Lee, Ki-Sung;Jeong, Tae-Won
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2004.08a
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    • pp.52-56
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    • 2004
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are remotely piloted or self-piloted aircraft by inputted program in advance or artificial intelligence. In this study Aileron and Elevator are used to control the movement of airplane for horizontal and vertical flights about its longitudinal and lateral axis. In an introduction, the drone was linearly modeled by extracting aerodynamic parameter through flight test and simulation, lift and drag coefficient corresponding to angle of attack, changes of pitching moment coefficient. In the main subject, the flight simulation was performed after constructing hardware using TMS320F2812 from TI company and PID with lateral and longitudinal controller for horizontal and vertical flights. Flying characteristics of two system were estimated and compared through real flight test with hardware equipped algorithm and adaptive algorithm that was applied to consider external factors such as turbulence. In conclusion the control performance of the controller with proposed algorithm was streamlined at lateral and longitudinal controller respectively, we will discuss guidance command to pass way point.

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DEVS-based Digital Twin Simulation Environment Modeling for Alternative Route Selection in Emergency Situations of Unnamed Aerial Vehicles (무인비행체의 유사시 대안 경로 선택을 위한 DEVS 기반 디지털 트윈 시뮬레이션 환경 모델링)

  • Kwon, Bo Seung;Jung, Sang Won;Noh, Young Dan;Lee, Jong Sik;Han, Young Shin
    • Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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    • v.25 no.8
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    • pp.1007-1021
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    • 2022
  • Autonomous driving of unmanned aerial vehicles may have to pay expensive cost to create and switch new routes if unexpected obstacles exist or local map updates occured by the control system due to incorrect route information. Integrating digital twins into the path-following process requires more computing resources to quickly switch the wrong path to an alternative path, but it can quickly update the path during flight. In this study, we design a DEVS-based simulation environment which can modify optimized paths through short-term simulation of multi-virtual UAVs for applying digital twin concepts to path follow. Through simulation, we confirmed the possibility of increasing the mission stability of UAV.

Study on Utilization Drones in Domestic Logistics Service in Korea (한국내 물류서비스에 드론 활용을 위한 연구)

  • Kang, Ki-Seog;Jeon, In-Oh
    • Journal of Distribution Science
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    • v.14 no.5
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    • pp.51-57
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    • 2016
  • Purpose - In the year of 2015 and 2016, one of the items that got attention in CES was a drone. It has been 100 years since a drone emerged, but most were used for military purposes. As its use became diverse as of 2010, it got attention of the general public. In Korea, it was in 2011 that a drone was known to the public through an aerial video shooting for television program. This study tried to come up with suggestions by comparing domestic with overseas cases, and tried to consider the related technologies and systems with applying the role of drones in logistics service. Research design, data, and methodology - The overseas cases were regarded as drone's logistical purpose. The Prime Air service by US Amazon is still not commercialized and under pre-testing due to Federal Aviation Regulations, although it started in 2013. In Germany, DHL succeeded in delivering service testing which is called Parcelcopter, but it is not commercialized yet. Other than these, there are more attempts to prepare logistics service in China with Taobao, in France with Geopost's test, and in Africa. In Korea, CJ Korea Express tested delivery with a self-developed drone Results - In order to study for utilizing drones for logistics as the prerequisites, some overseas and domestic cases, which are currently considered, were reviewed. Also, the technologies and institutional requirements to commercialize drones for logistical purpose were reviewed. The reasons for using drones in logistics is to ensure the price competitiveness by reducing cost. The empirical test also will be needed because drone pilot areas are designated by ministry of land, infrastructure and transport. Conclusions - In order to utilize drones in logistics and foster the industry, this study would like to suggest the followings. First of all, size of drones for logistics needs to be fixed and their operating system should be standardized. Centralized investment resources are needed through standardization to ensure the market occupancy. Secondly, it is necessary to get the converged businesses that do research, develop and commercialize drones with the investment of private sector. Example can be found in Korea aerospace Industries. We can respond to the rapid growth of the market with intensive investing by integrating the private sector investment. Thirdly, institutional arrangements are needed to be established quickly. In the case of high-technologies like drones, institutional support often does not follow the rapid development of the technology. The problems can be found in securing drones-only airspace, creating drone-specialized pilot's license, matters related to remote controller and complementary regulations for drones in Aviation Act. If these regulations are not prepared or complemented at the right timing, technologies cannot be commercialized even though the development is completed. Fourthly, there is a need to secure the transparency regarding possible privacy and personal information protection problem while operating drones. Finally, in order to foster this new industry, government should focus on supporting R&D more in the long term than short term outcomes.

A Study on the international legality issues of armed attack by drone (무인항공기의 무력공격을 둘러싼 국제법상 쟁점에 관한 연구)

  • Shin, Hong-Kyun
    • The Korean Journal of Air & Space Law and Policy
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    • v.28 no.2
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    • pp.37-61
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    • 2013
  • In modern international law, the absence of legal definition regarding drone(Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) has made legal scholars work on an typical analogy between aircraft codified in the international document and drone. The wording of the Convention on International Civil Aviation is limited to two categories of aircraft, such as civil aircraft and state aircraft, whereas military aircraft is not legally defined. As such it is, the current practices of the State regarding the drone flight over foreign territory have proven a hypothese that drone is being deemed as military aircraft. Principal usage of drone lies in reconnaissance and surveillance mission as well as so-called targeted killing, which is prohibited if the killing is treacherous. Claimed war against terrorism, however, is providing a legal rationale that targeted killing is not treacherous, and that the targeted person is not civilian but combatant. In such context, armed attack of drone is deemed legal and justified. Consequently, such attack is legal in the general context of the war. The rules that govern targeting do not turn on the type of weapon system used, and there is no prohibition under the laws of war on the use of technologically advanced weapons systems in armed conflict so long as they are employed in conformity with applicable laws of war. Drones may present interesting new challenges because of their sophistication and the technological advantage they convey to their operators.

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The Visual Aesthetics of Drone Shot and Hand-held Shot based on the Representation of Place and Space : focusing on World Travel' Peninsula de Yucatán' Episode (장소와 공간의 재현적 관점에서 본 드론 쇼트와 핸드헬드 쇼트의 영상 미학 : <세계테마기행> '유카탄 반도'편을 중심으로)

  • Ryu, Jae-Hyung
    • Journal of Korea Entertainment Industry Association
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    • v.14 no.3
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    • pp.251-265
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    • 2020
  • The Drone shot is moving images captured by a remotely controlled unmanned aerial vehicle, takes usually bird's eye view. The hand-held shot is moving images recorded by literal handheld shooting which is specialized to on-the-spot filming. It takes a walker's viewpoint through vivid realism of its self-reflexive camera movements. The purpose of this study is to analyze comparatively aesthetic functions of the drone shot and the hand-held shot. For this, the study understood Certeau's concepts of 'place' and 'space,' chose World Travel 'Peninsula de Yucatan' episode as a research object, and analytically applied two concepts to the scenes clearly presenting two shots' aesthetic characteristics. As a result, the drone shot took the authoritative viewpoint providing the general information and atmosphere as it overlooked the city with silent movements removing the self-reflexivity. This aesthetic function was reinforced the narration and subtitles mediating prior-knowledge about proper rules and orders of the place. The drone shot tended to project the location as a place. Conversely, the hand-held shot practically experienced the space with free walking which is free from rules and orders inherent in the city. The aesthetics of hand-held images represented the tactic resisting against the strategy of a subject of will and power in that the hand-held shot practiced anthropological walking by means of noticing everyday lives of the small town and countryside than main tourist attraction. In opposition to the drone shot, the hand-held shot tended to reflect the location as a space.

드론 무선통신의 개요 및 이슈

  • Son, Seong-Hwa;Gang, Jin-Hyeok;Park, Gyeong-Jun
    • Information and Communications Magazine
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    • v.33 no.2
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    • pp.93-99
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    • 2016
  • 본고에서는 최근 각광받고 있 는 무인 항공기 ( UAV, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) 시스템인 드론(Drone)에 관하여 살펴본다. 드론은 군사적 목적으로 시작하였지만 현재는 오픈소스 드론의 영향으로 방송촬영, 통신중계, 농업, 정찰, 배송, 레저 등의 산업 및 민간 분야로 시장을 급속도로 넓혀나가고 있다. 드론은 그 자체만으로도 전도유망한 분야이지만 기존 서비스와의 창조적 융합을 통해 새로운 블루오션 마켓의 발생 또한 매우 기대된다. 드론에 관련된 다양한 기술, 연구, 이슈 등 많은 주제 중 본고에서는 특히 드론 시스템의 무선통신 시스템을 살펴보도록 한다. 또한 드론 제어 전용 주파수할당 현황 관련 이슈를 소개한다.

Tack Coat Inspection Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicle and Deep Learning

  • da Silva, Aida;Dai, Fei;Zhu, Zhenhua
    • International conference on construction engineering and project management
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    • 2022.06a
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    • pp.784-791
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    • 2022
  • Tack coat is a thin layer of asphalt between the existing pavement and asphalt overlay. During construction, insufficient tack coat layering can later cause surface defects such as slippage, shoving, and rutting. This paper proposed a method for tack coat inspection improvement using an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and deep learning neural network for automatic non-uniform assessment of the applied tack coat area. In this method, the drone-captured images are exploited for assessment using a combination of Mask R-CNN and Grey Level Co-occurrence Matrix (GLCM). Mask R-CNN is utilized to detect the tack coat region and segment the region of interest from the surroundings. GLCM is used to analyze the texture of the segmented region and measure the uniformity and non-uniformity of the tack coat on the existing pavements. The results of the field experiment showed both the intersection over union of Mask R-CNN and the non-uniformity measured by GLCM were promising with respect to their accuracy. The proposed method is automatic and cost-efficient, which would be of value to state Departments of Transportation for better management of their work in pavement construction and rehabilitation.

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An Efficient MANET Routing Protocol for the Drone Delivery Communication Network System (드론 택배 통신망시스템을 위한 효율적인 MANET 라우팅 프로토콜)

  • Jo, Jun-Mo
    • The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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    • v.10 no.9
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    • pp.973-978
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    • 2015
  • The drone delivery service as a new important business is emerging worldwide. American DHL parcel service is already running the delivery business using drones, and the Google, Amazon, and china's Alibaba, Baidu are also preparing for the same business. However, there are some problems in security and safety since the heavy parcels flies over the people walking down streets, so many things must be considered. The problems can be solved by communicating among drones to avoid collision. Therefore, the efficient network performance is essential, and to resolve the problem, in this paper, an efficient routing protocol is suggested by the Opnet simulator. The drone intercommunication network of MANET is designed and simulated for the efficient routing protocol.