• 지능정보연구
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.33-41
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• 2006

본 논문에서는 공장 자동화 시스템의 한 예로, 컨베이어 벨트로 흘러 들어오는 생산품을 모델별로 자동 인식하기 위한 방법을 제안하고 있다. 일반적으로 NTSC 방식의 카메라를 사용할 경우 움직이는 물체는 카메라 고유의 잔상이 발생하게 된다. 잔상이 존재하는 영상을 이용하여 효율적인 처리가 불가능하므로 적당한 후처리 방법이 요구된다. 이를 위하여 제안하는 인터레이스 제거 기법을 통하여 잔상을 제거하고, 이진화를 통하여 대략적 물체 영역을 판별한 후 물체를 에워싸는 직사각형 영역을 구한다. 그 후 윤곽선 검출을 거쳐 직사각형 영역을 블록별로 세분화한 후 각 블록별 화소수를 계산하여 평균을 중심으로 재분류한 후 모델 코드를 생성하여 모델 분류를 하였다. 실험결과 본 논문에서 제안하는 방법의 경우 기존의 방법보다 높은 분류 성공률을 나타내었다.

• 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국해양정보통신학회 1999년도 춘계종합학술대회
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• pp.340-347
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• 1999

최근 산업화로 인하여 물류 자동화에 많은 관심이 집중되고 있다. 지금까지는 컨베이어 벨트가 물류 자동화에 있어서 가장 많이 사용되었지만 이 시스템은 공간을 많이 차지하고, 비용이 많이 든다는 단점을 가지고 있다. 본 논문은 퍼지를 이용한 새로운 자율 주행 제어 알고리즘을 소개한다. 이 이동로봇은 바닥 위에 설치된 선을 따라가도록 되어있다. 그리고 3개의 근접센서로부터 정보가 입력된다. 이러한 획득된 정보를 자율 주행을 위하여 퍼지로 제어하였다. 그러므로 현존하는 시스템과는 달리, 열악한 환경 조건하에서도 높은 신뢰성을 보증하고, 라인의 유지 보수를 낮은 비용으로 쉽게 설치할 수 있다. 이 자율이동로봇의 이용은 공장이나 병원 내의 물류자동화를 실현시키고, 사무실 내에서 서류배달 등의 여러분야에 응용되어 질 수 있다.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.91-98
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• 1994

Planting, transplanting, and harvesting are important processes for the successful production of farm products in Korea because those require the high labor intensity during limitted period. Recently, many researches of using automatic control with a microcomputer are carried in the agricultural field, but are not much spread to the seeder development. Automatic sowing technology would be much attractive if there was a way to assure that each seed was count accurately in the seed metering device. Thus, an automatic seed metering device was designed and constructed to be controlled by microcomputer. This device could be improved in not only counting the number of seeds in but also sowing seeds between row spacings. Automatic seed metering device consisted of conveyor belt and temporary storage device. Performance of seed metering device depends on the apparatus including sensor, stepping motor and DC-solenoid. Research contents and results are summarized as follows. 1. The seed metering device involving seed hopper, sorter and temporary storage device was designed and constructed. 2. A seed counting system with six photo electric sensors, designed and built for this project, was adequate for tranferring and counting seeds accurately. 3. Operating algorithm for stepping motor and photo electric DC-solenoid was developed. The Seed metering device proved to be a smooth and accurate operating device using the algorithm. 4. The performance of second prototype metering device was examined with five kinds of seeds ; mung beans, red beans, white beans, black beans and corn to transfer and count the seeds. The error ratio of seed metering was less than 3.5%.

• 산업공학
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.136-147
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• 2005

This paper introduces a simulation study regarding the operation of the Painted Body Storage (PBS) in an automobile factory. In the paint shop of the factory, same colored bodies are grouped together in order to increase the effectiveness of process, for example decrease the loss of cleaning the painting-gun when the color of body changes from one to another. However the production of automobiles in the assembly shop is a typical example of the mixed model assembly production. Therefore PBS locates between the paint shop and the assembly shop for control the input sequence of bodies to the assembly shop, and it enables to meet the smoothing requirement of assembly sequence. There are highly restricted constraints on the assembly sequence in a assembly shop. Those are spacing restriction and smoothing restriction. If such restrictions are violated, conveyor-stop or utility work will be necessary. Thus the major objective of PBS is to control the assembly sequence in a way to meet the two restrictions. In this paper a case study of PBS in an automotive factory is introduced. The storage/retrieval algorithms are suggested and the proposed system is verified using simulation models. Sensitivity analysis for operating factors is also conducted.

• Journal of Magnetics
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.635-643
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• 2016

Improvements were made in the study for the design of the conventional Eddy Current Separator (ECS) used for separating small sized non-ferrous particles in the waste. These improvements include decreasing the air gap between the material and magnetic drum, making the drum position adjustable and placing the splitter closer to the drum. Thus, small particles were separated with high efficiency. The magnetic drum was removed from inside the ECS conveyor belt system as design change and was placed as a separate unit. Hence, the force generated on the test material increased by about 5.5 times while the air gap between the non-ferrous materials and drum decreased from 3 mm to 1 mm. The non-metal material in the waste is separated before the drum in the novel design. Whereas non-ferrous metal particles are separated by falling into the splitter as a result of the force generated as soon as the particles fall on the drum. Every material that passes through the drum can be recycled as a result of moving the splitter closer to the contact point of the drum. In addition, the drum can also be used for the efficient separation of large particles since its position can be adjusted according to the size of the waste material. The performance of the novel design ECS was verified via analytical approaches, finite element analysis (FEA) and experimental studies.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제11권9호
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• pp.3422-3427
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• 2010

본 논문에서는 빠르게 움직이는 화물 대상체의 효율적인 검색을 위해 스테레오 X-선 영상을 이용하여 장치 켈리브레이션을 통한 최적화된 구조에 대하여 연구하였다. 스테레오 X-선 스캔 영상은 X-선 발생장치, 듀얼 라인 어래이 검출기, 컨베이어 시스템 등으로 구성된 특별하게 제작된 스테레오 X-선 검색 장치로부터 획득하였다. 스테레오 X-선 영상을 이용하여 영상과 실제 대상체의 3차원 형상 구성사이의 관계를 찾기 위해 센서에 대한 캘리브레이션을 수행하였다. 스테레오 영상을 얻기 위해 구성된 두 개의 검출기 사이의 거리를 다양하게 변화 시키며 획득한 영상을 이용하여 영상에서의 GCP(Ground Control Point)에 대하여 계산 하였다. 계산된 GCP 값과 실제 대상체의 GCP의 좌표값을 비교하여 오차가 작은 효율적인 장치의 구조에 대하여 결과를 얻었다. 실험의 결과는 화물검색을 위한 영상의 효율적인 가시화 및 스테레오 매칭의 정확도를 향상시키기 위해 활용될 것이다.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제28권5호
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• pp.403-410
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• 2003

To enhance the performance of a rice seed pelleting machine and the quality of rice-seed pellets made, improvement of the rice seed pelleting machine developed previously(Park, 2002) was tried and its performance was evaluated. As compared with the previous pelleting machine, a feeding mechanism of pellet materials to the forming rolls was changed from screw conveyor to hydraulic cylinder for proper feeding, rings were installed among rows of semi-spherical forming grooves on the forming rolls for reducing pellet materials loss and seeds damage, and discharging air nozzles were added for complete discharging of the pellets made. Through performance tests, capacity, pelleting ratio, and seed loss ratio of the pelleting machine were investigated at the mixing ratios of soil to rice seed of 6 : 1, 7 : 1, and 8 : 1, and rotating speeds of the forming rolls of 7 rpm, 10 rpm, and 13 rpm. As results of performance evaluation, pelleting ratios were in the range of 77 ∼ 89 ％, and maximum pelleting ratio increased by 18 % in comparison with that of the previous machine. Maximum capacity was about 110 kg/h(about 63,000 pellets/h), which was increased by 70 % in comparison with that of the previous machine. But, ratios of seed loss were in the range of 24 - 49 ％, which were not improved.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제27권5호
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• pp.381-390
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• 2002

Direct seeding of rice-seed pellets is expected to be an alternative for solving problems in current direct seeding cultivation of rice. but mass production of rice-seed pellets is prerequisite for practical application. Design. construction and performance evaluation of an experimental rice seed pelleting machine were carried out for mass production of rice-seed pellets. The pelleting machine intended to make a ball type rice-seed pellet, which have 3∼5 rice seeds and diameter of which is 12 mm. Pellet materials ; rice seeds, soil, and binder were mixed and kneaded by the mixer. The designed rice seed pelleting machine fed pellet materials by screw conveyor to forming rolls and made rice-seed pellets. Capacity, ratio of perfect rice-seed pellets, seed and pellet material loss were investigated as mixing ratio of soil to rice seed and feeding rate of pellet materials. The pelleting machine showed up to 37,000 pellets/h of pelleting rate, 61∼71% of weight ratio of perfect rice-seed pellets to pellet materials supplied, 17∼48% of seed loss ratio. Average weight and average diameter of the pellets were 1.66 g and 12.0 mm. respectively. More than 3 rice seeds were included in most pellets at 6 : 1 of mixing ratio of soil to rice seed. And compression strength of the pellets was in the range of 88-130 N. To improve performance of the pelleting machine, improvements of the forming rolls, feeding mechanism, and discharging mechanism for reducing loss of pellet materials and seeds damage are needed.

• 대한안전경영과학회지
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.31-40
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• 2013

For the matter of elevator, one of the multi-use facilities for unspecified public, the JIS has re-established and reformed to apply to the environment in South Korea for the past 20 years. In the aspect of safety assurance, it was inevitable to suggest improved measures. The government, Ministry of Public Administration and Security has secured the safety by enhancing the safety management functions in the elevator inspection standards and expanding its safety device measures. Further, the international inspection standard has been introduced, which is about unifying inspection standard system into the international standard code. In March 14th 2012, the international standard (EN) has been amended and fully announced. Escalator and passenger conveyor among lift devices have several common danger factor that cause safety accident. First, the accident caused by decreased braking power of brake. Second, the accident caused by the rate difference between handrail and tread-board. Third, the accident caused by defects of contraflow preventing device or carelessness inspection. Fourth, the accident caused by wet tread-board or wet floor of platform which makes passenger slip and fall. As the improvements to prevent and reduce these negligent accidents, the inspection list to check and methods should be subdivided and applied for each accident likelihood cause for safety management enhancement and safety assurance of existing escalator and passenger conveyors. The escalators and passenger conveyors without safety devices in existence should be obliged to modify the part of the system or install additional safety device. With making these measures obligations, it requires to improve the system to be suitable for the international inspection standard and to have measures to prevent safety accidents. It also needs to arrange improvements for skid accident of tread-board by the external environment factors such as snow and rain.

• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.456-463
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• 2015

Nowadays, small quantity batch production, which is so-called a flexible manufacturing system, is a major trend in the modern factory automation industry. The demands for new transportation system are increased gradually, with which multiple passive carriers carrying materials and semi-products are precisely and individually controlled along a single closed rail. Thus, a new type of permanent magnet linear synchronous motor (PMLSM), which consists of state coils on a single rail and PM movers as many as carriers, is proposed in this paper. The rail can be segmented as modules with pairs of coils and a current amplifier, which makes the transportation system simple; therefore, the rail can be easily extended and repaired. A design method of the new PMLSM with a single carrier is proposed, which can be thought as a new version of PMLSM, a coil-segmented coreless PMLSM (CS-CLPMLSM). Experimental setup for it is made, and propulsion results show that with the help of a new effective coil selection and switching algorithms, the conventional current-based vector control is sufficient to fulfill the position and velocity control of the new PMLSM. The proposed PMLSM is expected to fulfill seamless servo-control of multiple carriers also in process line, such as a new generation of flat panel display manufacturing line.