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Development of 2-Dimension Radar Distance Measurement System with 24 GHz Antenna Module and Its Performance Evaluation (24 GHz 안테나 모듈을 이용한 2차원 레이더 거리 측정 시스템 개발 및 성능 평가)

  • Go, Seok-Jo;Kim, Tae-Hoon;Cha, Byung-Soo;Park, Min-Kyu;Moon, Young-Gun;Yu, Ki-Ho
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Industry Convergence
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    • v.19 no.2
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    • pp.62-68
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    • 2016
  • Laser distance measuring systems are used in many fields with high precision. However, when measuring the reflector such as the mirror and the black color, a laser distance measuring system does not guarantee the measurement accuracy. In order to measure the shape of the cargo, this study proposes the radar distance measurement system. The radar distance measuring system is composed of a distance measuring unit with a 24 GHz antenna module, a signal processing and control board and the 1-axis tilting unit. And, this study developed a monitoring program to monitor the measured data. In order to evaluate performance of the developed system, the distance measurement tests are carried out. The distance error was about 6-15 cm. However, considering the size of the cargo, the precision is not a problem. And, cargo shape was measured by using the distance information measured by the 1-axis tilting unit. It could get a 2 dimension shape profile for the cargo stacked in a yard.

Multipath Mitigation for Pulses Using Supervised Learning: Application to Distance Measuring Equipment

  • Kim, Euiho
    • Journal of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing
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    • v.5 no.4
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    • pp.173-180
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    • 2016
  • This paper presents a method to suppress multipath induced by pulses using supervised learning. In modern electronics, pulses have been used for various purposes such as communication or distance measurements. Like other signals, pulses also suffer from multipath. When a pulse and a multipath are overlapped, the original pulse shape is distorted. The distorted pulse could result in communication failures or distance measurement errors. However, a large number of samples available from a pulse can be used to effectively reject multipath by using a supervised learning method. This paper introduces how a supervised learning method can be applied to Distance Measuring Equipment. Simulation results show that multipath induced distance measuring error can be suppressed by 10 ~ 45 percent depending on the allowed pulse shape variation allowed in a standard.

Measurement of 3D Spreader Position Information using the CCD Cameras and a Laser Distance Measuring Unit

  • Lee, Jung-Jae;Nam, Gi-Gun;Lee, Bong-Ki;Lee, Jang-Myung
    • Journal of Navigation and Port Research
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    • v.28 no.4
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    • pp.323-331
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    • 2004
  • This paper introduces a novel approach that can provide the three dimensional information about the movement of a spreader by using two CCD cameras and a laser distance measuring unit in order to derive ALS (Automatic Landing System) in the crane used at a harbor. So far a kind of 2D Laser scanner sensor or laser distance measuring units are used as comer detectors for the geometrical matching between the spreader and a container. Such systems provide only two dimensional information which is not enough for an accurate and fast ALS. In addition to this deficiency in performance, the price of the system is too high to adapt to the ALS. Therefore, to overcome these defects, we proposed a novel method to acquire the three dimensional spreader information using two CCD cameras and a laser distance measuring unit. To show the efficiency of proposed method, real experiments are performed to show the improvement of accuracy in distance measurement by fusing the sensory information of the CCD cameras and a laser distance measuring unit.

Approach of Self-mixing Interferometry Based on Particle Swarm Optimization for Absolute Distance Estimation

  • Li, Li;Li, Xingfei;Kou, Ke;Wu, Tengfei
    • Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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    • v.19 no.1
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    • pp.95-101
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    • 2015
  • To accurately extract absolute distance information from a self-mixing interferometry (SMI) signal, in this paper we propose an approach based on a particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm instead of frequency estimation for absolute distance. The algorithm is utilized to search for the global minimum of the fitness function that is established from the self-mixing signal to find out the actual distance. A resolution superior to $25{\mu}m$ in the range from 3 to 20 cm is obtained by experimental measurement, and the results demonstrate the superiority of the proposed approach in comparison with interpolated FFT. The influence of different external feedback strength parameters and different inertia weights in the algorithm is discussed as well.

Real Time W-band FMCW Distance Measuring Devices Using TMS320C6701 DSP (TMS320C6701 DSP를 이용한 실시간 W-대역 FMCW 거리측정장치)

  • Lee, Chang-Won
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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    • v.9 no.1 s.24
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    • pp.109-116
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    • 2006
  • This paper presents a real time distance measuring device using a W-band linear frequency modulated continuous wave(FMCW) radar and TMS320C6701 digital signal processor(DSP). We used FFT operation for measuring distance with the beat signals and the results of FFT could be converted to distance with ease. We presented how to implement a real time miniaturized hardware system including network protocols using a single DSP core. Also how to control the modulation signal of FMCW system to compensate the VCO nonlinearity using the Time Gating control of DSP is presented. We have shown that the proposed system has good performances for measuring distance in real time via outdoor environment experiments.

A Study on Mechanism Stated Number of Electro-Optical Distance Measuring Instrument (광파측거의의 기계정수에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Y.H.;Mun, D.Y.
    • Journal of Korean Port Research
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    • v.5 no.2
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    • pp.77-84
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    • 1991
  • This paper is compared with fourier series and least square polynomial fit and interpolation to mechanism stated number in electro-optical distance measuring instrument. Systematic instrumental errors occurring in electro-optical systems include uncertainties in the position of the electrical center of the transmitter, uncertainties in the effective center of the reflectors. frequency drift and instrument nonlinearity. Microwave systems are affected by uncertainties in the electrical centers of the master and remote units and by a phenomenon called group swing or reflection. As the result of this study, mechanism stated number will be used as verification of electro0optical measuring instrument to distance measurement.

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On Assessing Inter-observer Agreement Independent of Variables' Measuring Units

  • Um, Yong-Hwan
    • Journal of the Korean Data and Information Science Society
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    • v.17 no.2
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    • pp.529-536
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    • 2006
  • Investigators use either Euclidean distance or volume of a simplex defined composed of data points as agreement index to measure chance-corrected agreement among observers for multivariate interval data. The agreement coefficient proposed by Um(2004) is based on a volume of a simplex and does not depend on the variables' measuring units. We consider a comparison of Um(2004)'s agreement coefficient with others based on two unit-free distance measures, Pearson distance and Mahalanobis distance. Comparison among them is made using hypothetical data set.

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3D Spreader Movement Information by the CCD cameras and the Laser Distance Measuring Unit

  • Lee, Bong-Ki;Lee, Jung-Jae;Kim, Sang-Ju;Lee, Jang-Myung
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2003.10a
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    • pp.241-245
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    • 2003
  • This paper introduces a method that can derive information about the movement of a spreader and skew in order to drive ALS(Automatic Landing System) in the crane used at a harbor. Some methods that use LDL Corner detectors a kind of 2D Laser scanner sensor or Laser distance measuring units to obtain the information in ALS are used presently. But these have some defects in economic efficiency and performance. Therefore, to correct these defects, we propose a method to acquire the information for the movement of a spreader, skew and sway angle using CCD camera image data and Laser distance measuring unit data.

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A study on horizontal positing for the seashore reclamation (해안매립을 위한 수평위치 결정에 관한 연구)

  • 문두열
    • Journal of Ocean Engineering and Technology
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.113-121
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    • 1997
  • With the increase use of electromagnrtic distance measuring equiment, is is required that we need to study the higher dimensional applications and detail technical methods. The purpose of this paper is to improve the accuracy of ocean construction surveying and computer programming for determining of horizontal position of a quadrilateral by measuring line on traverse surveyng, trigulation and trilateration. Aa long distance measurements with high accuracy became possible by the apperance of EDM distance measuring instruments, we induced correct adjustment equation through angle condition and area conditionequation. After that we compared and experimental model. From its a result of the practical applicationto quadrilateral, it has been found that its triangulation and traverse surveying algorithms provide better accuracy than trilateration.

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Analysis for Ground Impedance Measurement Influenced by Distance of Current Probe and Frequency (접지임피던스 측정에 관한 전류보조전극 거리 및 주파수의 영향 분석)

  • Gil, Hyoung-Jun;Kim, Dong-Woo;Kim, Dong-Ook;Lee, Ki-Yeon;Moon, Hyun-Wook;Kim, Hyang-Kon
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of IIIuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers Conference
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    • 2009.05a
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    • pp.289-292
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    • 2009
  • This paper describes the analysis for ground impedance measurement influenced by distance of current probe and frequency using the fall-of-potential method and the testing techniques to minimize the measuring errors are proposed. The fall-of-potential method is theoretically based on the potential and current measuring principle and the measuring error is primarily caused by the position of auxiliary probes. In order to analyze the effects of ground impedance due to the distance of the current probe and frequency, ground impedances were measured in case that the distance of current probe was located from 5[m] to 20[m] and the measuring frequency was ranged in 55[Hz], 128[Hz], 342[Hz], and 513[Hz]. The results could be help to determine the position of current probe when the ground impedance was measured at grounding system.

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