• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.201-206
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• 2019

This study presents the design and experimental result of a GaN-based DC-DC converter with an integrated gate driver. The GaN device is attractive to power electronic applications due to its superior device performance. However, the switching loss of a GaN-based power converter is susceptible to the common source inductance, and converter efficiency is severely degraded with a large loop inductance. The objective of this study is to achieve high-efficiency power conversion and the highest power density using a multiphase integrated half-bridge GaN solution with minimized loop inductance. Before designing the converter, several GaN and Si devices were compared and loss analysis was conducted. Moreover, the impact of common source inductance from layout parasitic inductance was carefully investigated. Experimental test was conducted in buck mode operation at 48 -12 V, and results showed a peak efficiency of 97.8%.

• 대한임베디드공학회논문지
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.139-147
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• 2017

In recent years, non-volatile memory express (NVMe), a new host controller interface standard, has been adapted to overcome performance bottlenecks caused by the acceleration of solid state drives (SSD). Recently, performance breakthrough cases over AHCI based SATA SSDs by adapting NVMe based PCI Express (PCIe) SSD to servers and PCs have been reported. Furthermore, replacing legacy eMMC-flash storage with NVMe based storage is also considered for next generation of mobile devices such as smartphones. The Linux kernel includes drivers for NVMe support, and as the kernel version increases, the implementation of the NVMe driver code has changed. However, mobile devices are often equipped with older versions of Android operating systems (OSes), where the newest features of NVMe drivers are not available. Therefore, different features of different NVMe driver implementations are not well evaluated on Android OSes. In this paper, we analyze the response time of the NVMe driver for various Linux kernel version.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2013

Recently, the automotive technology has developed with electronics and information technology as convergence technology while vehicles had been regarded as machines. Moreover, vehicles are becoming more intelligent and safer devices, assembly of advanced technologies by customers' demand. Even though all of installations of vehicle have attracted as diverting devices, it cause drivers' mistakes like delay of response on traffic condition. Here, we proposed the Field Operational Test (FOT) environment which could be used as driving and road conditions collector(Vehicle motion, Traffic condition, Driver input, Driver state, etc.) for researches about Driver Friendly Intelligent System(SCC, LDWS, etc.), Human Vehicle Interface(Driving Workload, etc.) and Economic Drive Model. Furthermore driving patten and fuel consumption patten of drivers were analyzed by measured data and direction of future research was suggested.

• 전력전자학회:학술대회논문집
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• 전력전자학회 2017년도 전력전자학술대회
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• pp.138-139
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• 2017

This paper describes the design and implementation of a trigger circuit which can be series connected with main pulse circuit for a xenon flash lamp driver. For generating high voltage, the trigger circuit is designed as an inductive energy storage pulsed power modulator with 2 state step-up circuit consisting of a boost converter and a flyback circuit. In order to guarantee pulse width, a resonant capacitor on the output side of the flyback circuit is designed. This capacitor limits the output voltage to protect the flyback switch. In addition, to protect another power supply of xenon flash lamp driver from trigger pulse, the high voltage transformer which can carry the full current of main pulse is designed. To verify the proposed design, the trigger circuit is developed with the specification of maximum 23 kV, 0.6 J/pulse output and tested with a xenon flash lamp driver consisting of a main pulse circuit and a simmer circuit.

• 한국철도학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국철도학회 2011년도 정기총회 및 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.165-171
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• 2011

A Consider the dead man's switch installed in each and every locomotive cab, which support operational safety on railways around the world. The concept is very simple - every 150 to 180 seconds an illuminated push-button demands to be acknowledged so as to know that the Train Driver is alive and active. In the absence of a response over a period of minutes, the vigilance control will automatically apply the train brakes and bring the train to a stand. If we multiply the resetting of the vigilance control 60 times per hour by a 10-hour shift it equals 600 presses of the button during the shift that a Train Driver must pay attention to and acknowledge. This adds a fair bit of pressure on the train driver's job, particularly when he/she is driving through stations, with passengers moving about on platforms in an environment of complex signaling arrangements - all the while looking out for restricting signals. From this perspective, the Vigilance System's demand to be acknowledged every 150/180 seconds is disturbing and can unnecessarily take a driver's attention away from what is happening outside the confines of the cab. A much more dramatic situation can happen when a train driver is driving hour after hour at night when, by Mother's Nature request - people need to sleep. Experience and research shows that the the dead man's switch can be pressed by train driver in a state of deep relaxation and 'micro-sleep'. The vigilance control system which is applied to reduce the drive load considering bio-response multiple unit train is proposed.

• 대한인간공학회지
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.217-227
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• 2013

Objective: The purpose of this study was to analyze 'response time', 'peak response time' and 'overshoot value' for each muscle by applying the EMG signal to the vehicle response in ISO 7401 and to quantify the response of the driver according to vehicle characteristics by comparing vehicle characteristics and muscle responses of the driver. Background: The Open-loop test defined in international standards ISO 7401 is the only method for evaluating the performance of the vehicle. However, this test was focused only on mechanical responses, not driver's ones. Method: One skilled male driver(22 yrs. experience) was participated in this experiment to measure muscle activities of the driver in transient state. Then the seven muscle signals were applied to calculate 'response time', 'peak response time', and 'overshoot value'. Results: In the analyses of the EMG data, the effects of vehicle type and muscle were statistically significant on the 'response time' and 'peak response time'. Also, the effects of vehicle type, muscle, and lateral acceleration level were statistically significant on the 'overshoot value' in this study. According to the analyses of the vehicle motion data, vehicle motion variable(LatAcc, Roll, YawVel) was statistically significant on the 'response time' and vehicle type, vehicle motion variable, and lateral acceleration level were statistically significant on the 'peak response time', respectively. Conclusion: In the analyses of the 'response time' and 'overshoot value', the data of muscle activities(EMGs) was better index that could evaluate the vehicle characteristic and performance than the data of vehicle motion. In case of peak response time, both EMG and vehicle motion data were good index. Application: The EMGs data from a driver might be applicable as index for evaluation of various vehicle performances based on this study.

• International Journal of Automotive Technology
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.25-34
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• 2006

For decades, simulation technique has been well validated in areas such as computer and communication systems. Recently, the technique has been much used in the area of transportation and traffic forecasting. Several methods have been proposed for investigating complex traffic flows. However, the dynamics of vehicles and diversities of driver characteristics have never been considered sufficiently in these methods, although they are considered important factors in traffic flow analysis. In this paper, we propose a traffic simulation tool called Multi-Agent for Traffic Simulation with Vehicle Dynamics Model (MATDYMO). Road transport consultants, traffic engineers and urban traffic control center managers are expected to use MATDYMO to efficiently simulate traffic flow. MATDYMO has four sub systems: the road management system, the vehicle motion control system, the driver management system, and the integration control system. The road management system simulates traffic flow for various traffic environments (e.g., multi-lane roads, nodes, virtual lanes, and signals); the vehicle motion control system constructs the vehicle agent by using various vehicle dynamic models; the driver management system constructs the driver agent capable of having different driving styles; and lastly, the integrated control system regulates the MATDYMO as a whole and observes the agents running in the system. The vehicle motion control system and driver management system are described in the companion paper. An interrupted and uninterrupted flow model were simulated, and the simulation results were verified by comparing them with the results from a commercial software, TRANSYT-7F. The simulation result of the uninterrupted flow model showed that the driver agent displayed human-like behavior ranging from slow and careful driving to fast and aggressive driving. The simulation of the interrupted flow model was implemented as two cases. The first case analyzed traffic flow as the traffic signals changed at different intervals and as the turning traffic volume changed. Second case analyzed the traffic flow as the traffic signals changed at different intervals and as the road length changed. The simulation results of the interrupted flow model showed that the close relationship between traffic state change and traffic signal interval.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제26권6호
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• pp.859-864
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• 2022

매년 교통사고의 가장 큰 원인으로 손꼽히는 졸음운전은 운전자의 수면 부족, 산소 부족, 긴장감의 저하, 신체의 피로 등과 같은 다양한 요인을 동반한다. 졸음 유무를 확인하는 일반적인 방법으로 운전자의 표정과 주행패턴을 파악하는 방법, 심전도, 산소포화도, 뇌파와 같은 생체신호를 분석하는 방법들이 연구되고 있다. 본 논문은 영상을 검출하는 딥러닝 모델과 생체 신호 측정 기술을 이용한 운전자 피로 감지 시스템을 제안한다. 제안 방법은 일차적으로 딥러닝을 이용하여 운전자의 눈 모양과 하품 유무, 졸음으로 예상되는 신체 동작을 파악하여 졸음 상태를 감지한다. 이차적으로 맥파 신호와 체온을 이용하여 운전자의 피로 상태를 파악하여 시스템의 정확도를 높이도록 설계하였다. 실험 결과, 실시간 영상에서 운전자의 졸음 유무 판별이 안정적으로 가능하였으며 각성상태와 졸음 상태에서의 분당 심박수와 체온을 비교하여 본 연구의 타당성을 확인할 수 있었다.

• 정보처리학회논문지:소프트웨어 및 데이터공학
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• 제10권11호
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• pp.439-448
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• 2021

교통사고 원인 중 가장 큰 비율을 차지하는 것이 운전자의 부주의로서 이를 검출하는 연구가 꾸준히 진행되고 있다. 본 논문은 부주의한 운전자를 정확히 검출하고, 검출된 운전자의 모습에서 가장 특징적인 영역을 선정(Localize)하는 방법을 제안한다. 제안하는 방법은 운전자의 부주의를 검출하기 위해서 CAM(Class Activation Map) 기반의 전체 클래스를 분류하는 CNN 모델과 이 모델에서 혼동하거나 공통된 특징 영역을 갖는 클래스들에 대한 상세 분류가 가능한 네 개의 서브 클래스 CNN 모델을 계층적으로 구성한다. 각 모델에서 출력한 분류 결과는 CNN 특징맵들과의 매칭 정도를 표현하는 새로운 특징으로 간주해서 수평적으로 결합하고 학습하여 분류의 정확성을 높였다. 또한 전체 및 상세 분류 모델의 분류 결과를 반영한 히트맵 결과를 결합하여 이미지의 특징적인 주의 영역을 찾아낸다. 제안한 방법은 State Farm 데이터 셋을 이용한 실험에서 95.14%의 정확도를 얻었으며, 이는 기존에 동일한 데이터 셋을 이용한 결과 중 가장 높은 정확도인 92.2%보다 2.94% 향상된 우수한 결과이다. 또한 전체 모델만을 이용했을 때 찾아진 주의 영역보다 훨씬 의미 있고 정확한 주의 영역이 찾아짐을 실험으로 확인하였다.

• 한국인터넷방송통신학회논문지
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.115-122
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• 2016

본 논문은 차량의 내부 및 외부 정보를 통합하여 운전자의 인지 상태를 측정하고, 안전운전을 보조하여 주는시스템을 제안한다. 구현된 시스템은 운전자의 시선 정보와 외부 영상을 분석하여 얻은 주변정보를 mutual information기반으로 통합하여 구현되며, 차량의 앞부분과 내부 운전자를 검출하는 2개의 카메라를 이용한다. 외부 카메라에서 정보를 얻기 위해 선택적 집중모델을 기반으로 하는 게슈탈트법칙을 제안하고, 이를 기반으로 구현된 saliency map (SM) 모델은 신호등과 같은 중요한 외부 자극을 두드러지게 표현한다. 내부 카메라에서는 얼굴의 특징정보를 이용하여 운전자의 주의가 집중되는 외부 응시 정보를 파악하고 이를 통해 운전자가 응시하고 있는 영역을 검출한다. 이를 위해서 우리는 실시간으로 운전자의 얼굴특징을 검출하는 알고리즘을 사용한다. 운전자의 얼굴을 검출하기 위하여 modified census transform (MCT) 기반의 Adaboost 알고리즘을 사용하였으며, POSIT (POS with ITerations)알고리즘을 통해 3차원 공간에서 머리의 방향과 운전자 응시 정보를 측정하였다. 실험결과를 통하여 제안한 시스템이 실시간으로 운전자의 응시하고 있는 영역과, 신호등과 같은 운전에 도움이 되는 정보를 파악하는데 도움이 되었음을 확인할 수 있으며, 이러한 시스템이 운전보조 시스템에 효과적으로 적용될 것으로 판단된다.