• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제20권12호
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• pp.1204-1208
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• 2014

As required performance of UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) becomes more complex and complicated, required positioning accuracy is becoming more and more higher. GPS is a reliable world wide positioning providing system. Therefore, UAV generally acquires position information from GPS. But when GPS is not available such as too weak signal or too less GPS satellites environments, UAV needs alternative positioning system such as network positioning system. RSSI (Received Signal Strength Indicator) based positioning, which is one method of network positioning technologies, determines its position using RSSI measurements containing distance information from AP (Access Point)s. In that method, a selected AP's configuration has strong and tight relationship with its positioning errors. In this paper, for, we additionally account AP's configuration information by adopting DOP (Dilution of Precision) into AP selection procedures and provide more accurate RSSI based positioning results.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.146-151
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• 2013

With the development of mobile internet, requirements of positioning accuracy for the LBS (Location Based Service) are becoming more and more higher. The LBS is based on the position of each mobile device. So, it requires a proper acquisition of accurate user's indoor position. Thus indoor positioning technology and its accuracy is crucial for various LBS. In general, RSSI (Received Signal Strength Indicator) measurements are used to obtain the position information of mobile unit under WLAN environment. However, indoor positioning error increases as multiple AP's configurations are becoming more complex. To overcome this problem, an enhanced indoor localization method by AP (Access Point) selection criteria adopting DOP (Dilution of Precision) is proposed.

• 한국산학기술학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국산학기술학회 2011년도 춘계학술논문집 1부
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• pp.201-203
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• 2011

본 논문은 지상에 배치된 의사위성의 배치에 따른 측위 정확도 분석에 대한 연구결과이다. 의사위성의 배치 간격에 따라 수신기에서의 측위 정확도(DOP, Dilution of Precision)가 결정된다. 본 논문에서는 다양한 배치에 따른 측위 정확도를 이론적인 연구결과를 이용하여 분석한 결과를 제시하였다. 특히 의사위성의 배치 시 디지털 지형 지도를 이용하여 정확한 위치에서 계산 될 수 있도록 하였고 측위정확도를 계산하기 위한 프로그램을 구현하였다.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제7권6호
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• pp.1009-1013
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• 2012

A relationship between the sensor placement and the PDOP (Position Dilution of Precision) is derived in the TDOA-based localization system. And the geometric condition of the sensor placement is analyzed in order to get a minimum PDOP based on the derived relationship. Through computer simulations, effect of the sensor placement on the PDOP is observed.

• 한국군사과학기술학회지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.272-279
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• 2016

Many researches on use of local ground navigation systems can be found to overcome vulnerability of GNSS. Effective use of an altimeter is proposed in GNSS/DME integrated navigation systems. A weighted DOP based on statistics of measurement error is derived for a given vehicle motion trajectory. From the derived DOP, the vertical error is estimated. By comparing the estimated vertical error with error specification of the altimeter, use of the altimeter is determined in the GPS/DME integrated navigation systems. In order to show effectiveness of the proposed method, 50 times Monte-Carlo simulations were performed for a GPS/DME integrated navigation system. The results show that the proposed method gives more accurate navigation outputs when the number of GPS satellites in view varies.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.171-178
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• 2008

Galileo 위성항법시스템은 GPS에 대응하기 위해 EU에서 구축중인 시스템으로 실험위성GIOVE-A의 테스트가 끝났으며 두 번째 테스트 위성 GIOVE-B가 발사 예정이다. GPS와 Galileo 신호 모두 이용할 경우 도심지나 숲과 같은 음영지역에서도 가시위성수의 증가로 위치해를 구할 수 있고 보다 정확한 위치해를 얻을 수 있다. GPS와 Galileo 위성항법시스템은 독자적인 시각과 좌표체계를 갖추고 있으며 항법해를 계산을 위해서 서로 다른 오차 모델을 이용한다. 본 논문에서는 각 위성항법시스템의 오차 모델과 시각 및 좌표체계의 차이에 대해서 분석하였으며 이를 바탕으로 GPS와 Galileo 통합하는 항법 알고리즘을 구현하였다. 시뮬레이션을 통하여 시각, 좌표 시스템의 불일치에 의한 항법오차를 분석하고 가시위성수와 Dilution of Precision(DOP)를 계산하여 통합항법알고리즘의 성능을 검증하였다.

• International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.437-444
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• 2015

Satellite selection and exclusion techniques have been applied to the global navigation satellite system (GNSS) with the aim of achieving a balance between navigational performance and computational efficiency. Conventional approaches to satellite selection based on the best dilution of precision (DOP) are excessively computational and complicated. This paper proposes a new method that applies a geometric sensitivity index of individual GNSS satellites. The sensitivity index is derived using the inner product of the line of sight (LOS) vector of each satellite. First, the LOS vector is computed, which accounts for the geometry between the satellite and user positions. Second, the inner product of each pair of LOS vectors is calculated, which indicates the proximities of the satellites to one another. The proximity can be determined according to the sensitivity of each satellite. A post-processing test was conducted to verify the reliability of the proposed method. The proposed index and the results of a conventional approach that measures the dilution of precision (DOP) were compared. The test results demonstrate that the proposed index produces results that are within 96% of those of the conventional approach and reduces the computational burden. This index can be utilized to estimate the sensitivity of individual satellites, obtaining a navigation solution. Therefore, the proposed index applies to satellite selection and exclusion as well as to the sensitivity analyses of multiple GNSS applications.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.39-47
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• 2008

GPS에 의사위성(PL: Pseudolite)을 추가하여 고도 정확도를 향상시키면 무인 항공기의 착륙 성능이 향상된다. 그러나 GPS 위성이 계속 움직이고, 매번 착륙 위치가 바뀌는 환경에서 원하는 정확도를 얻을 수 있도록 의사위성을 설치하고 운영하는 것은 매우 어려운 일이다. GPS와 의사위성으로 얻을 수 있는 서비스의 범위와 측위 정확도는 시뮬레이터로 예측 가능하고 정확하게 예측된 정보는 무인항공기의 운영을 위하여 매우 중요하다. 본 논문에서는 효과적인 의사위성의 활용을 위하여 GPS/PL 시뮬레이터를 개발하고 그 성능을 평가하였다. 시뮬레이터의 서비스 범위 예측은 의사위성의 설치 위치 및 개수, 송신 전력과 무인 항공기의 고도를 고려하여 GIS 데이터와 광선 방출 기법을 이용하여 계산하였다. 측위 정확도는 GPS와 의사위성을 동시에 사용하여 구한 DOP와 NSP를 이용하여 분석하였다. 실제 수신기의 출력과 비교하여 구현된 시뮬레이터를 검증하였으며, 시뮬레이션 결과 2개 이상의 의사위성의 추가로 무인항공기의 자동 착륙에서 요구되는 정확도를 만족시킬 수 있음을 확인하였다.

• Journal of Ship and Ocean Technology
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.36-46
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• 2007

The maintenance of a ship is essential for safe navigation and hence regular surveys are prescribed according to the rule of classification societies. A hull inspection is generally performed by professional divers, but it takes a long time and the efficiency is low in terms of time and cost. In this research, a ROV(Remotely Operated Vehicle) named as SNU-ROV(Seoul National University-ROV) is developed to replace the conventional inspection method. In this system, the ROV is intended to be used for inspecting ship and harbor because harbor inspection is merging as a safety measure against any possible terror actions. In order to increase the efficiency of inspection, the ROV must be able to measure the exact position of damages. SNU-ROV has a positioning system based on LBL(Long Base Line). In shallow water such as harbor, however, LBL has bad DOP(Dilution of Precision) in the depth direction due to the limited depth. Thus LBL only can not locate the exact depth position. To solve the DOP problem, a pressure sensor is introduced to LBL and a complementary filter is attached by using indirect feedback Kalman filter. Thus developed positioning system is verified by simulation and experiment in towing tank.

• Journal of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.399-408
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• 2023

In this paper, we propose a solution that enables continuous indoor/outdoor positioning of smartphone users through the integration of Pedestrian Dead Reckoning (PDR) and GPS/WiFi signals. Considering that accurate step detection affects the accuracy of PDR, we propose a Deep Neural Network (DNN)-based technology to distinguish between walking and non-walking signals such as walking in place. Furthermore, in order to integrate PDR with GPS and WiFi signals, a technique is used to select a proper measurement by distinguishing between indoor/outdoor environments based on GPS Dilution of Precision (DOP) information. In addition, we propose a technology to adaptively change the measurement error covariance matrix by detecting measurement outliers that mainly occur in the indoor/outdoor transition section through a residual-based χ² test. It is verified through experiments on a testbed that these technologies significantly improve the performance of PDR and PDR/GPS/WiFi fingerprinting-based integrated pedestrian navigation.