• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2008.06d
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• pp.424-427
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• 2008

최근 산업용 로봇에서부터 청소 로봇과 지능형 서비스 로봇에 이르기까지 주행 기능을 갖고 있지만, 제한된 상황에서의 단순한 주행 기능이 거의 대부분이다. 로봇이 복잡한 환경에서 자율 주행 하기 위해서는 로봇의 위치인식이 되어야 가능하다. 지금까지 많은 기술들이 나와 있지만 비교적 고가의 장비로 구현되어야 한다는 단점을 가지고 있다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 IEEE 802.15.4a 기반에 CSS (Chirp Spread Spectrum) 방식의 RTLS를 로봇 위치추적에 사용함으로 낮은 가격에 로봇의 위치 추적이 가능한 방법을 제안한다. 이를 위해 RTLS 모듈을 제작하였고, 로봇의 위치제어에 사용하였다. RTLS를 적용한 로봇은 비용적인 측면에서 비교적 낮은 가격에 로봇의 현재 위치를 얻을 수 있는 장점을 가지며, 충돌감지 센서와 같은 센서를 통해 간편하게 지도를 작성할 수 있다는 장점이 있다. 또 앞으로 여러 대의 로봇을 동시에 사용하는 환경에서도 각각의 로봇이 위치를 인식하기 위해 드는 비용을 줄임으로 실제 저가의 로봇에 적용 가능할 것이다.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.35 no.7A
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• pp.669-681
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• 2010

In this paper, we analyze the active RFID system ISO/IEC 18000-7. In order to apply to USN, which consists active RFID tags and sensor nodes, we propose UWB-based Class 4 active RFID protocol using active RFID relay tag as relay AP. To compare the performance between the existing ISO/IEC 18000-7 system and the proposed system, we introduce sensitivity-based measurement of achieved coverage and system efficiency. Also, we analyze the performance of the proposed system and compare it with that of the existing system through MCL analysis and SLS analysis.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.18 no.3
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• pp.327-332
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• 2017

As Internet of Things (IoT) technology advances, there is a growing demand for location-based services (LBSs) to identify users' mobility and identity. The initial LBS system was mainly used to measure position information by measuring the phase of a signal transmitted from a global positioning system (GPS) satellite or by measuring distance to a satellite by tracking the code of a carrier signal. However, the use of GPS satellites is ineffective, because it is difficult to receive satellite signals indoors. Therefore, research on wireless communications systems like ultra-wide band (UWB), radio frequency identification (RFID), and ZigBee are being actively pursued for location recognition technology that can be utilized in an indoor environment. In this paper, we propose an LBS system that includes the 2.45GHz band for chirp spread spectrum (CSS), and the 3.1-10.6GHz band and the 250-750MHz bands for UWB using the IEEE 802.15.4a standard for low power-based location recognition. As a result, we confirmed that the 2.45GHz Industrial, Scientific and Medical (ISM) band RF transceiver and the ranging function can be realized in the hardware and has 0dBm output power.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.37 no.1C
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• pp.1-7
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• 2012

At the industrial work site, the manufacturing process is being automated to improve work efficiency. However, it is often difficult to automate the entire manufacturing process, and there are spaces in which workers there are constantly exposed to danger. To protect such workers from the danger, this paper studied a worker safety management system for the industrial work site which uses a location recognition system and which is based on the Ubiquitous-Wireless Sensor Network (U-WSN). Using wireless signals, the distance between two devices can be measured and the location of a worker can be calculated using triangularization in 3-D. But at the industrial work sites where there are a lot of steel and structures, errors occur due to signal reflection and multi-path, etc., which makes it difficult to get the accurate location. To address this problem the following was done: first, a circular polarization patch antenna appropriate to the work site was used to reduce the degree of error that may occur from the antenna emission pattern and the particular Line of Sight (LOS); second, a 3-D localization technique and a filtering algorithm were used to improve the accuracy of location determination. The developed system was tested by using it on a wharf crane to validate its accuracy and effectiveness. The proposed location recognition system is expected to contribute greatly in ensuring the safety of workers at industrial work sites.