• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제13권8호
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• pp.783-789
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• 2007

In this paper, firstly, we propose a generating method of the 3-D obstacle map using ultrasonic sensors. Secondly, we try to find the necessary stimulation conditions of compact tactile display device for effective transfer of obstacle information. The final goal of this research is the development of a walking guide system for the blind to walk safely. The walking guide system consists of a guide vehicle for the obstacle detection and a tactile display device for the transfer of the obstacle information. The guide vehicle, located in front of the walking blind, detects the obstacle using ultrasonic sensors. The processed information makes an obstacle map and transmits safe path and emergency situation to the blind by the tactile display. The tactile display device, located in the handle which is connected with the guide vehicle by cane, offers the processed obstacle information such as position, size, moving, shape of obstacle and safe path, etc. The concept of a walking guide system with tactile display is introduced, and experiments of 3-D obstacle detection and tactile perception are carried out and analyzed.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.145-150
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• 2004

시각장애인의 시각보조를 위하여 공간 및 방향감각 보조시스템으로 초음파거리계 및 전자나침반을 개발하였다. 초음파거리계는 40 KHz 초음파의 반사를 이용하여 장애물까지 거리 정보를 거리에 비례하는 시간간격의 가청음 자극을 제공하며, 전자나침반은 자기저항브리지를 이용하여 지구자기장을 검출하고 자북 방향 정보를 이마주위의 진동모터를 통하여 촉각자극을 제공하도록 설계하였다. 초음파저리계의 측정범위는 0.065-3.26미터이며 전자나침반의 방향 분해능은 22.5도이다. 그리고 초음파거리계와 전자나침반을 통합한 일체형 시각보조시스템을 구현하였으며 이때 거리정보는 두부에서 진동모터의 위치로 전달하도록 하였다. 본 연구의 목표는 시각장애인의 공간 및 방향감각을 위한 실용적인 보조시스템을 구현하는 것이며, 본 보조시스템을 반복 사용함에 따라 시각장애인의 공간 및 방향감각 기능이 향상될 것으로 추측된다.

• 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보통신학회 2019년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.45-48
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• 2019

시각장애인이 다른 사람의 도움 없이 횡단보도를 건너는 것은 위험하다. 보도에서는 점자블록과 같은 시설물이 있지만, 자동차와 사고위험이 큰 횡단보도에는 시각장애인의 보행을 위한 유도 장치가 없기 때문이다. 본 연구에서는 영상 센서를 이용하여 보행자의 전방에 존재하는 횡단보도를 검출하고 횡단보도의 방향을 추정하는 기법을 제안한다. 이를 위해 횡단보도의 흰색 및 회색 영역이 일정한 면적과 간격을 가지고 교차하여 반복되는 특징을 이용하였다. 프레임마다 전방에 관심영역을 여러 구간으로 설정하고 구간마다 이진화를 수행한다. 그리고 각 구간의 이진 영상마다 색상의 변화 횟수와 흰색 영역이 차지하는 면적 비율을 기준으로 횡단보도를 판별하였다. 또한, 투영 데이터를 통해 횡단보도의 방향을 추정하였다. 실제 환경에서 획득한 실험영상을 이용하여 성능평가를 실시한 결과 80%의 정확도를 나타내었다.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.155-162
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• 2009

In walking guide robot, a guide vehicle detects an obstacle distribution in the walking space using range sensors, and generates a 3D grid map to map the obstacle information and the tactile display. And the obstacle information is transferred to a blind pedestrian using tactile feedback. Based on the obstacle information a user plans a walking route and controls the guide vehicle. The algorithm for 3D detection of an obstacle distribution and the method of mapping the generated obstacle map and the tactile display device are proposed in this paper. The experiment for the 3D detection of an obstacle distribution using ultrasonic sensors is performed and estimated. The experimental system consisted of ultrasonic sensors and control system. In the experiment, the detection of fixed obstacles on the ground, the moving obstacle, and the detection of down-step are performed. The performance for the 3D detection of an obstacle distribution and space mapping is verified through the experiment.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제7권5호
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• pp.1131-1145
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• 2013

Energy detection is a widely used method for spectrum sensing in cognitive radios due to its simplicity and accuracy. However, it is severely affected by the noise uncertainty. To solve this problem, a blind multiband spectrum sensing scheme which is robust to noise uncertainty is proposed in this paper. The proposed scheme performs spectrum sensing over the total frequency channels simultaneously rather than a single channel each time. To improve the detection performance, the proposal jointly utilizes the likelihood function combined with Gerschgorin radii of unitary transformed covariance matrix. Unlike the conventional sensing methods, our scheme does not need any prior knowledge of noise power or PU signals, and thus is suitable for blind spectrum sensing. In addition, no subjective decision threshold setting is required in our scheme, making it robust to noise uncertainty. Finally, numerical results based on the probability of detection and false alarm versus SNR or the number of samples are presented to validate the performance of the proposed scheme.

• 한국컴퓨터산업학회논문지
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• 제2권4호
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• pp.537-546
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• 2001

DSSS(Direct-Sequence Spread-Spectrum) CDMA 시스템에서 MAI(Multiple Access Interference)와 원근 문제를 해결할 수 있는 단일-사용자 검파에 적합한 알고리즘으로 Griffiths’알고리즘과 LCCMA(Linearly Constrained Constant Modulus Algorithm)에 제안되었으며 MMSE 검파기에 적합한 다중-사용자 알고리즘인 MOE 알고리즘 또한 제안되었다. 본 논문은 training sequence의 요구 없이 시스템의 성능을 향상시킬 수 있는 이 세 가지 Blind 적합 알고리즘을 가지고 간섭 사용자의 수나 원하는 사용자의 데이터 업데이트율에 따라 각각의 알고리즘별 성능을 비교 분석하였다. 시뮬레이션 결과 간섭 사용자수와 원하는 사용자의 업데이트율의 변화에 따라 모두 LCCMA 알고리즘이 뛰어난 성능을 보았다. Blind 적용은 하나의 training sequence의 필요성을 없앰으로써 더욱 융통성 있는 네트웍디자인을 가능케 했다.

• 한국소음진동공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국소음진동공학회 2003년도 춘계학술대회논문집
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• pp.839-845
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• 2003

This paper introduces multichannel blind source separation (BSS) and multichannel blind deconvolution (MBD) based on higher order statistics of signals from convolutive mixtures. In particular, we are concerned with the case that the number of inputs is the same as the number of outputs. Simulations for two input two output cases are carried out and their performances are assessed. One of the major applications of those sequential algorithms (BSS and MBD) is demonstrated through the fault signal detection from only a single measurement of rotating machine, which offers a certain degree of practicability in the engineering field such as machine health monitoring or condition monitoring.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 1996년도 하계학술대회 논문집 B
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• pp.1310-1312
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• 1996

In this study, the algorithm for detection of evoked potentials is proposed. The observed evoked potentials are first preprocessed by blind identification so as to eliminate the ongoing EEG Bile noise. Then, statistic characteristics of the peak components i.e latency and amplitude are detected from prefiltered responses by latency-corrected averaging method. The performance of blind identification is compared with those of adaptive fillers as to deterministic and stochastic EPs, is assessed in terms of NMSE, distortion index, correlation coefficient with original EPs. The estimated deterministic and stochastic EPs restored with peak components are compared and assessed. The results show the superiority of this proposed algorithm using blind identification in detecting deterministic and stochastic EPs.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.682-685
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• 2014

In this letter, we propose an efficient near-optimal detection scheme (that makes use of a generalized sphere decoder (GSD)) for blind multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) systems. In practical MU-MIMO systems, a receiver suffers from interference because the precoding matrix, the result of the precoding technique used, is quantized with limited feedback and is thus imperfect. The proposed scheme can achieve near-optimal performance with low complexity by using a GSD to detect several additional interference signals. In addition, the proposed scheme is suitable for use in blind systems.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제41권4호
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• pp.426-436
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• 2019

In time division duplex (TDD)-based multiuser massive multiple input multiple output (MIMO) systems, the uplink channel is estimated and the results are used in downlink for signal detection. Owing to noisy uplink channel estimation, the downlink channel should also be estimated for accurate signal detection. Therefore, recently, a blind method was developed, which assumes the use of a linear high-power amplifier (HPA) in the base station (BS). In this study, we extend this method to a scenario with a nonlinear HPA in the BS, where the Bussgang decomposition is used for HPA modeling. In the proposed method, the average power of the received signal for each user is a function of channel gain, large-scale fading, and nonlinear distortion variance. Therefore, the channel gain is estimated, which is required for signal detection. The performance of the proposed method is analyzed theoretically. The simulation results show superior performance of the proposed method compared to that of the other methods in the literature.