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A Design and Implementation of Educational Delivery Robots for Learning of Autonomous Driving

  • Hur, Hwa-La;Park, Myeong-Chul
    • Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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    • v.27 no.11
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    • pp.107-114
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    • 2022
  • In this paper, proposes a delivery robot that can be autonomous driving learning. The proposed robot is designed to be used in park-type apartments without ground parking facilities. Compared to the existing apartments with complex ground and underground routes, park-type apartments have a standardized movement path, allowing the robot to run stably, making it suitable for students' initial education environment. The delivery robot is configured to enable delivery of parcels through machine learning technology for route learning and autonomous driving using cameras and LiDAR sensors. In addition, the control MCU was designed by separating it into three parts to enable learning by level, and it was confirmed that it can be used as a delivery robot for learning through operation tests such as autonomous driving and obstacle recognition. In the future, we plan to develop it into an educational delivery robot for various delivery services by linking with the precision indoor location information recognition technology and the public technology platform of the apartment.

A Development of Multi-Sensors LED Streetlight Lighting Control System Based on RTOS (RTOS 기반의 다중센서 LED 가로등 점등제어 시스템 설계)

  • In, Chi-Goog;Lin, Chi-Ho
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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    • v.37C no.11
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    • pp.1020-1026
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    • 2012
  • In this paper, we proposed a RTOS-based lighting control system to improve energy efficiency. This proposed system, real time process was designed to the specified division of the LED streetlight control module for the RTOS-based lighting control into three different tasks. The first task transmits LED lighting signal by measuring illuminance, and the second task transmits motion detecting signal using motion detector. In the third task, lighting control to LED was designed through passed control signal from other tasks The execution status was examined ports that are directly to the ATmega128 MCU for the verification of the system, and illuminance distribution and operating conditions were verified through LED street field test. The proposed RTOS-based lighting control system has brought improving system performance and also facilitate an addition of other functions, and it was possible to optimize energy saving by intelligent lighting pattern control.

Wireless Power Harvesting Techniques to Improve Time to Fly of Drone (무인항공기 비행시간 향상을 위한 무선 전력획득 기술)

  • Nam, Kyu-hyun;Jung, Won-jae;Jang, Jong-eun;Chae, Hyung-il;Park, Jun-seok
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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    • v.41 no.11
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    • pp.1574-1579
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    • 2016
  • This paper presents a self-powered sensor-node scheme using a RF wireless power harvesting techniques for improve drone time of flight. Sensor-node that is proposed is turned when two conditions satisfy: The one is input RF ID data from master-node should be same with sensor-node's ID, and the other one is RF wireless power harvesting system is turned on by hysteresis switch. In this paper, master-node's output is 26 dBm at 263 MHz. Maximum RF to DC power conversion efficiency is about 55% at 4-6 dBm input power condition (2 meter from master-node). The maximum RF wireless power harvesting range is about 13 meter form master-node. And power consumption of the sensor-node's load elements such as transmitter, MCU and temperature sensors is approximately average 15 mA at 5.0 V for 10 msec.

Smart Harness for Preventing Pet Loss Outdoors (실외에서 애완견 분실 방지를 위한 스마트 어깨줄)

  • Lee, Jun-Hyeok;Ruy, Se-Hyun;Lim, Jong-Chan;Chou, Tea-Hyun;Han, Yeong-Oh
    • The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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    • v.16 no.4
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    • pp.709-718
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    • 2021
  • In this paper, it can be seen that the number of abandoned dogs increases every year through the statistics on the occurrence of abandoned animals. With the goal of reducing the number of stray dogs, a smart pet dog shoulder strap is implemented based on a real-time location tracking system using the ESP32 module and GPS sensor. It is an ESP32 module with a built-in Bluetooth module. It is input to the MCU using various sensors, and finally outputs to a smart-phone application, and communicates through the built-in blue-tooth module. In addition, it uses Neopixels to compensate the weaknesses at night through LED light emission, and automatically sets the warning distance to design a music playback system through the LED flashing effect and MP3 module. In addition, a smart pet dog shoulder strap was designed to help pet dog health care by measuring the moving distance according to the amount of activity through the gyro sensor.

Development and Application of Arduino Based Multi-sensors System for Agricultural Environmental Information Collection - A Case of Hog Farm in Yeoju, Gyeonggi - (농업환경정보 수집을 위한 아두이노 기반 멀티 센서 시스템 개발 및 적용 - 경기 여주시 소재 양돈농가를 사례로 -)

  • Han, Jung-Heon;Park, Jong-Jun
    • Journal of Korean Society of Rural Planning
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    • v.25 no.2
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    • pp.15-21
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    • 2019
  • The agricultural environment is changing and becoming more advanced due to the influence of the 4th Industrial Revolution. From the basic plan of Rural Informatics to the current level of 2nd generation smart farms aimed at improving productivity using Big data, cloud network and more IoT technology. We are continuing to provide support and research and development. However, many problems remain to be solved in order to supply and settle smart farms in Korea. The purpose of this study is to provide a method of collecting and sharing data on farming environment and to help improve the income and productivity of farmers based on collected data. In the case of hog farm, the multiple sensors for environmental data like temperature, humidity and gases and the network environment for connecting the internet were established. The environment sensor was made using the ESP8266 Node MCU board as micro-controller, DHT22 sensor for temperature and humidity, and MQ series sensors for various gases in the hog pens. The network sensor was applied experimentally for one month and the environmental data of the hog farm was stored on a web database. This study is expected to raise the importance of collecting and managing the agricultural and environmental data, for the next generation farmers to understand the smart farm more easily and to try it by themselves.

A Fundamental Study on Structure Health Monitoring System Based on Energy Harvesting of Harbour Structure (자가발전기반 항만 구조물 건전성 모니터링 시스템에 대한 기초연구)

  • Jong-Hwa Yi;Seung-Hyeon Lee;Young-seok Kim;Chul Park
    • Journal of the Society of Disaster Information
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    • v.18 no.4
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    • pp.847-860
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    • 2022
  • Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to present a basic study on the development of a self-generation infrastructure for monitoring the health of harbour structures. Method: By developing a self-generation system and fiber optic sensors for seawater, the study provides basic research data on port structure health monitoring. Result: Through sunlight simulation analysis, 4-5 hours of sunlight can be secure in the domestic environment. Through this, the optical splitter (Introgate) that collects the raw data from the FBG sensor applicable to seawater, the MCU that calculates it, the IoT module with wireless communication functionality, the monitoring server and the supply system are set up. Conclusion: Monitoring port structures directly with fiber optic probes (FBG) and the possibility of using selfpowered systems were confirmed.

Attitude Estimation of Agricultural Unmanned Helicopters using Inertial Measurement Sensors (관성센서를 이용한 농용 무인 헬리콥터의 자세 추정)

  • Bae, Yeonghwan;Oh, Minseok;Koo, Young Mo
    • Current Research on Agriculture and Life Sciences
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    • v.32 no.3
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    • pp.159-163
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    • 2014
  • Agricultural unmanned helicopters have become a new paradigm for aerial application. Yet, such agricultural helicopters require easy and affordable attitude control systems. Therefore, this study presents an affordable attitude measurement system using a DCM (direction cosine matrix) algorithm that would be applied to agricultural unmanned helicopters. An IMU using a low-cost MEMS and an algorithm to estimate the attitude of the helicopter were applied in a gimbals structure to evaluate the accuracy of the attitude measurements. The estimation errors in the attitude were determined in comparison with the true angles determined by absolute position encoders. The DCM algorithm and sensors showed an accuracy of about 1.1% for the roll and pitch angle estimation. However, the accuracy of the yaw angle estimation at 3.7% was relatively larger. Such errors may be due to the magnetic field of the stepping motor and encoder system. Notwithstanding, since the intrinsic behavior of the agricultural helicopter remains steady, the determination of attitude would be reliable and practical.

Development of Location/Safety Tracking System for Construction Site Workers by Using MEMS Sensors (MEMS 센서를 활용한 건설현장 작업자 위치/안전 정보 추적 시스템 개발)

  • Kim, Jin-Young;Ahn, Sung-Soo;Kang, Joon-Hee
    • 전자공학회논문지 IE
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    • v.49 no.1
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    • pp.12-17
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    • 2012
  • Fast development of ubiquitous technology prompted the broadening of the related application area. Application of ubiquitous techniques and system into the construction sites may give us many benefits. There are always a lot of hazard situations in construction sites, and the falling is known to have the high accident rate. To prevent the falling, there has been a lot of efforts including safety education and use of safety gears. In this study, we designed, fabricated and tested a system that can monitor the worker's safety and location informations in real time by using the wireless technology of TOA and RSSI. We used ATmegal28 that is popular in the industrial equipments as MCU and NanoPan 5357 module from Nanotron and CC2500 chipset from TI for radio circuits. We also used 3-axis accelerometer and pressure MEMS sensors to obtain the environmental information, and therefore to aquire the informations of the worker's movement and altitude. We used Labview software from National Instrument to monitor and control the system. We developed the system to send the warning alarms to the server operator and the workers when the workers in the danger zone did not wear the safety hook.

Implementation of Pattern Recognition Algorithm Using Line Scan Camera for Recognition of Path and Location of AGV (무인운반차(AGV)의 주행경로 및 위치인식을 위한 라인스캔카메라를 이용한 패턴인식 알고리즘 구현)

  • Kim, Soo Hyun;Lee, Hyung Gyu
    • Journal of Korea Society of Industrial Information Systems
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    • v.23 no.1
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    • pp.13-21
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    • 2018
  • AGVS (Automated Guided Vehicle System) is a core technology of logistics automation which automatically moves specific objects or goods within a certain work space. Conventional AGVS generally requires the in-door localization system and each AGV equips expensive sensors such as laser, magnetic, inertial sensors for the route recognition and automatic navigation. thus the high installation cost is inevitable and there are many restrictions on route(path) modification or expansion. To address this issue, in this paper, we propose a cost-effective and scalable AGV based on a light-weight pattern recognition technique. The proposed pattern recognition technology not only enables autonomous driving by recognizing the route(path), but also provides a technique for figuring out the loc ation of AGV itself by recognizing the simple patterns(bar-code like) installed on the route. This significantly reduces the cost of implementing AGVS as well as benefiting from route modification and expansion. In order to verify the effectiveness of the proposed technique, we first implement a pattern recognition algorithm on a light-weight MCU(Micro Control Unit), and then verify the results by implementing an MCU_controlled AGV prototype.

Development of an AVR MCU-based Solar Tracker (AVR 마이크로 컨트롤러 기반의 태양추적 장치 개발)

  • Oh, Seung-Jin;Lee, Yoon-Joon;Kim, Nam-Jin;Hyun, Joon-Ho;Lim, Sang-Hoon;Chun, Won-Gee
    • Journal of Energy Engineering
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    • v.20 no.4
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    • pp.353-357
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    • 2011
  • An embedded two-axis solar tracking system was developed by using AVR micro controller for enhancing solar energy utilization. The system consists of an Atmega128 micro controller, two step motors, two step drive modules, CdS sensors, GPS module and other accessories needed for functional stability. This system is controlled by both an astronomical method and an optical method. Initial operation is performed by the result from the astronomical method, which is followed by the fine controlled operation using the signals from Cds sensors. The GPS sensor generates UTC, longitude and latitude data where the solar tracker is installed. A database of solar altitude, azimuth, and sunrise and sunset times is provided by UART (Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter).