• 한국인터넷방송통신학회논문지
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.179-184
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• 2010

본 논문에서, 실내 다중 경로 무선 채널에서 초광대역(UWB: ultra wide band) 시스템을 위한 레이크 수신기의 성능을 분석한다. 펄스 위치-시간 도약(PPM-TH: pulse position modulation-time hopping) 신호가 고려되었다. 그리고 또한 이상적인 레이크, 선택적 레이크, 부분적 레이크 수신기 등의 세 종류의 레이크 수신기를 고려한다. 실내 채널은 IEEE 802.15.SG3a에서 UWB 채널 모델로 제안한 수정된 SV (Saleh and Valenzuela) 모델로 모델링하였다.

• 로봇학회논문지
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.357-364
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• 2020

Indoor localization using an artificial marker plays a key role for a robot to be used in a service environment. A number of researchers have predefined the positions of markers and attached them to the positions in order to reduce the error of the localization method. However, it is practically impossible to attach a marker to the predetermined position accurately. In order to visualize the position of an object in the environment based on the marker attached to them, it is necessary to consider a change of marker's position or the addition of a marker because of moving the existed object or adding a new object. In this paper, we studied the method to estimate the artificial marker's global position for the visualization of environment. The system calculates the relative distance from a reference marker to others repeatedly to estimate the marker's position. When the marker's position is changed or new markers are added, our system can recognize the changed situation of the markers. To verify the proposed system, we attached 12 markers at regular intervals on the ceiling and compared the estimation result of the proposed method and the actual distance. In addition, we compared the estimation result when changing the position of an existing marker or adding a new marker.

• 센서학회지
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.220-228
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• 2007

For many applications particularly in navigation system, a three-dimensional representation improves the usability of information. This paper introduces 3D Graphical User Interface (GUI) of indoor location tracking system, 3D Navigation View. The application provides users a 3D visualization of the indoor environments they are exploring, synchronized with the physical world through spatial information obtained from indoor location tracking system. It adopts widely used Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML) to construct, represent, distribute and render 3D world of indoor environments over Internet. Java, an all-purpose programming language is integrated to comprehend spatial information received from indoor location tracking system. Both are connected through an interface called External Authoring Interface (EAI) provided by VRML. Via EAI, Java is given the authority to access and manipulate the 3D objects inside the 3D world that facilitates the indication of user's position and viewpoint in the constructed virtual indoor environments periodically.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.75-82
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• 2016

Visible light communication (VLC) using LED lamps is suitable for implementing an indoor positioning system in an indoor environment where the global positioning system (GPS) signal does not reach. In this paper, we present an indoor positioning system for mobile robots using a VLC beacon and fuzzy rules. This system consists of an autonomous mobile robot, VLC modules, and device application software. Fuzzy rules are applied to plan the global and local paths along which the mobile robot navigates indoors. The VLC transmitter modules are attached to the wall or the ceiling as beacons to transmit their own location information. The variable pulse position modulation (VPPM) algorithm is used to transmit data, which is a new modulation scheme for VLC providing a dimming control mechanism for flicker-free optical communication. The mobile robot has a receiver module to receive the location information while performing its mission in the environment where VLC transmitters are deployed.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제16권5호
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• pp.1083-1094
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• 2012

현재 상용화 되어 있는 위치 추정 시스템은 높은 정확도로 다양한 서비스에 폭넓게 사용되고 있다. 그러나 위치추정 시스템은 실내에서 완벽하게 설치하지 않을 경우 위치 추정 정확도가 매우 좋지 않은 경향을 보인다. 본 논문에서는 Location Fingerprint 기법을 활용하여 완벽하게 설치되지 않은 위치 추정 시스템으로부터 얻은 위치 정보를 보정하여 객체의 위치 정확도를 향상시켜 설치비용을 최소화할 수 있는 실내 위치 추정 알고리즘을 제안한다. 본 논문에서는 실내 환경에서 우수한 위치 정밀도를 제공하는 UWB 기반의 Ubisense 시스템을 활용하였다. 결론적으로, 본 논문에서는 위치 추정 시스템에서 측정한 객체의 위치 정보를 보정함으로써 위치 정확도를 향상시킬 수 있었다.

• 한국항행학회논문지
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• 제25권6호
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• pp.441-449
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• 2021

지능형 이동체 시스템 발달에 따라서, 보다 정확한 위치 정보 추정 기술에 대한 요구가 증가하고 있다. 특히, 실내에서 사용되는 이동 로봇에게 주어진 일을 정해진 위치에서 수행할 때에는 보다 정확한 위치 추정에 대한 성능을 필요로 한다. 따라서, 이 논문에서는 고정형 또는 이동형 사물에 적용 가능한 진보된 위치 추정 방법을 제안한다. 제안 방법은 미리 설치된 블루투스 비콘 신호로부터 위치 추정 결과를 칼만 필터의 관찰 신호로 사용한다. 또한, 센서의 위치와 각도에 따라서 결정되는 각 방향의 중력 가속도를 추정하기 위해서, 롤(roll)과 피치(pitch) 각도를 먼저 계산하고, 이 결과를 자기장 센서 출력과 결합하여 요(Yaw) 각도를 추정함으로써,이동체의 진행 방향을 정확히 추정한다. 이를 기반으로 이동체의 제어 입력이 되는 가속도 신호를 정확히 계산함으로써, 칼만 필터의 성능을 향상시키는 방법을 제안한다. 제안 방법의 성능은 고정 상태와 이동 상태로 나누어 평균 위치 오차를 계산하여 기존의 칼만 필터와 비교시 위치 오차를 크게 향상시킴을 확인하였다.

• Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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• 제18권11호
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• pp.1941-1948
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• 2004

This paper presents a novel design of indoor airship having a passive wheeled mechanism and its stationary position control. This wheeled blimp can work both on the ground using wheeled vehicle part and in the air using the floating capability of the blimp part. The wheeled blimp stands on the floor keeping its balance using a caster-like passive wheel mechanism. In tele-guidance application, stationary position control is required to make the wheeled blimp naturally communicate with people in standing phase since the stationary blimp system responds sensitively to air flow even in indoor environments. To control the desired stationary position, a computed torque control method is adopted. By performing a controller design through dynamic analysis, the control characteristics of the wheeled blimp system have been found and finally the stable control system has been successfully developed. The effectiveness of the controller is verified by experiment for the real wheeled blimp system.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 1994년도 Proceedings of the Korea Automatic Control Conference, 9th (KACC) ; Taejeon, Korea; 17-20 Oct. 1994
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• pp.601-604
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• 1994

This paper describes an effective method to estimate a position of an automous vehicle equipped with a single CCD-camera along indoor passageways. Using the sequential image data from the self-movement of the vehicle, the position is estimated by integrating the approximated motion parameters. The detection of the yaw angle that is one of the motion parameter is difficult in general, e.g. slip or error for noise, therefore the different detection is presented, which is, without shaft encoders, based on a projection function for 2D-image data and a cross-correlation function so as to be robust for noise. The approximated geometric function to estimate the position is used to reduce the computational effort. To verify the effectiveness of the method, the analysis and the computational results are shown through the simulations. Furthermore, the experimental results by using the test vehicle for the real indoor passageway are shown.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.379-384
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• 2013

We propose a new global positioning method for the indoor mobile robots. The multiple indoor lights fixed in ceiling are used as the landmarks of positioning system. The ceiling images are acquired by the fisheye lens camera mounted on the moving robot. The position and orientation of the lights are extracted by binarization and labeling techniques. Also the boundary lines between ceiling and walls are extracted to identify the order of each light. The robot position is then calculated from the extracted position and known position of the lights. The proposed system can increase the accuracy and reduce the computation time comparing with the other positioning methods using natural landmark. Experimental results are presented to show the performance of the method.

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 2009년도 정보 및 제어 심포지움 논문집
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• pp.187-189
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• 2009

Position estimation in indoor is significant problem, because GPS which is usually used for outdoor positioning cannot be utilized to indoor positioning. Sensor network can be a solution for the positioning. Recently, chirp spread spectrum(CSS) specified in IEEE 802.15.4a provides an ability of ranging. Based on the results of the ranging, a position of a CSS node can be calculated by using trilateration. In this case, Kalman filter can be applied to the trilateration because of the measurement noise. In this paper, we apply the unscented Kalman filter for the trilateration. The trilateration can be represented to a nonlinear state space equation, and the unscented Kalman filter is suitable for nonlinear state space equation. Through the experimental results. we show the accuracy of the estimated position.