• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.41-46
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• 2012

A deep-sea manganese nodule miner consists of 4 parts: the pickup device, crusher, disposal device, and tracked vehicle. The tracked vehicle is an essential component to keep the self-propelled miner moving across deep-sea soil. The performances of the tracked vehicle are influenced by noise factors: the shear strength of the seafloor, bottom current, seafloor slope, track speed, reaction forces of flexible hose, etc. It is necessary to adopt a robust design method that improves the performances and minimizes the variation caused by noise factors. Taguchi's method, the most widely known robust design method, searches for the robust optimum using an orthogonal array composed of the product of the inner array and outer array. In this paper, we propose a new screening technique to reduce the number of input factors and apply the MRSN (Multi-Response Signal to Noise) ratio to convert multiple performances into single one in order to overcome the difficulties and limitations of using Taguchi's method in a case with many input factors and multiple performances. A test miner was already designed and tested. It has about 1/10 the capacity of a commercial one and was successfully operated at an in-shore area. Taguchi's robust design was applied to the tracked vehicle of the test miner, and design improvements were implemented for the vehicle.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제37권8C호
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• pp.721-730
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• 2012

본 논문에서는 화장장이란 특수한 실내 공간에서 시신을 최종 목적지인 화장로까지 안전하게 운구할 수 있는 무인이송차량(AGV)의 이동 제어 문제를 다루고자 한다. 바닥에 유도라인을 매립하는 방식은 화장장 환경에 적합하지 않기 때문에, 적외선 센서 기반 AGV 이동 궤적 제어 방식을 제안한다. 이 방식은 AGV가 근적외선을 방사하여 미리 부착된 랜드마크(landmark) 판독을 통해 해당 경로를 따라 주행하게 된다. 이러한 방식이 갖는 문제점은 랜드마크 배열 과정에서 사각 지역(dead zone) 및 중첩 지역(overlap zone)이 존재할 수 있다는 점이다. 이를 해결하기 위해 이중 랜드마크 인식을 통해 센싱 과정에서의 오차 발생 과정을 최소화할 것이다. 또한, 화장로에 진입하기 위한 회전 구간에서는 회전 직후 화장로의 진입로와 일직선을 유지하도록 AGV 안쪽 바퀴와 바깥쪽 바퀴의 가속도 제어를 위한 알고리즘을 제안할 것이다. 본 논문에서 제안한 방식은 모의 차량에 적용하여 그 타당성을 검증하였다. 실제 국내 화장장에 본 논문에서 개발한 AGV 시스템을 적용하여 오차 범위 내에서 동작함을 확인하였다.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제36권3호
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• pp.439-449
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• 2014

In this paper, a novel vision-based nighttime vehicle detection approach is presented, combining state machines and downhill simplex optimization. In the proposed approach, vehicle detection is modeled as a sequential state transition problem; that is, vehicle arrival, moving, and departure at a chosen detection area. More specifically, the number of bright pixels and their differences, in a chosen area of interest, are calculated and fed into the proposed state machine to detect vehicles. After a vehicle is detected, the location of the headlights is determined using the downhill simplex method. In the proposed optimization process, various headlights were evaluated for possible headlight positions on the detected vehicles; allowing for an optimal headlight position to be located. Simulation results were provided to show the robustness of the proposed approach for nighttime vehicle and headlight detection.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제21권9호
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• pp.69-76
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• 2004

Most tasks of the large vertical or ceiling structures have been carried out by human power. Those tasks require us much operation costs and times, safety devices, etc. So the need of automation for those tasks have been rising. That automation needs a wall-climbing mobile vehicle. Most former researches are things about attachment devices and moving mechanisms. A wall-climbing mobile vehicle must be designed by a method different from the case of the vehicle of the horizontal environment. That is because gravity acts as a negative role on the stability of a wall-climbing vehicle. In this thesis, the particular shape characteristics of a wall-climbing mobile vehicle are derived by the wall-environment modeling. In addition, some design constraints of the permanent magnetic wheel as an attachment device was studied. According to those requirements and constraints, one specific wall-climbing mobile vehicle was designed and some experiments were made on the attachment ability of that vehicle.

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 1998년도 추계종합학술대회 논문집
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• pp.955-958
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• 1998

This paper describes the algorithm which extracts moving vehicles from sequential images and tracks those vehicles using Kalman filter. This work is composed of a motion segmentation stage which extracts moving objects from sequential images and gets features of objects, and a motion estimation stage which estimates the position and the motion of moving objects using Kalman filter. In the motion estimation stage, applying to affine motion model we divided the Kalman filter into position filter and velocity filter to employ linear Kalman filter. Multi-target tracking requires a data association component that decides which measurement to use for updating the state of which object. We use pattern recognition method to solve this problem.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.331-338
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• 1992

In this study, Fuzzy control algorithm to generate a change of rocomotion condition according to an outer environment is introduced on a motorized wheelchair control. An optimal control rule for conquesting the less of safety and system Inefficiency in the past are given to this motorized wheelchair. And dynamic analysis Is also adopted to it. Using those rules, a proportional control was possible when the vehicle changed Its moving direction. The proposed method which considers the relationship between a moving velocity and the command from the joystick shows better performance in the change of moving direction.

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 1999년도 하계종합학술대회 논문집
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• pp.615-618
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• 1999

In this paper, a object detection and tracking algorithm is presented which exhibits robust properties for image sequences with complex background. The proposed algorithm is composed of three parts: moving object detection, object tracking, and motion analysis. The moving object detection algorithm is implemented using a temporal median background method which is suitable for real-time applications. In the motion analysis, we propose a new technique for removing a temporal clutter, such as a swaying plant or a light reflection of a background object. In addition, we design a multiple vehicle tracking system based on Kalman filtering. Computer simulation of the proposed scheme shows its robustness for MPEG-7 test image sequences.

• 대한의용생체공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한의용생체공학회 1992년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.71-76
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• 1992

In this study, Fuzzy control algorithm to generate a change of rocomotion cordition according to an outer environment is introduced on a motorized wheelchair control. An optimal control rules for conquesting the less of safety and system inefficiency in the past are given to this motorized wheelchair. And dynamic analysis is also adopted to it. Using those rules, a proportional control was possible when the vehicle changed its moving direction. The proposed method which considers the relationship between a moving velocity and the command from the joystick shows better performance in the change of moving direction.

• Composites Research
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• 제16권6호
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• pp.23-32
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• 2003

복합 신소재의 건설 분야 적용은 확대되고 있는 추세이고, 높은 비강도 비를 지닌 복합 신소재 교량 바닥 판의 개발은 국내외에서 활발히 진행되고 있다. 본 연구의 목적은 이동 하중을 받는 비등방성 복합재료 적층판의 동적 응답을 정식화하고, 유한요소법을 사용하여 적층에 따른 동적거동 특성을 분석하는 것이다. 수치 해석 모델에 대해서 이동하중의 속도를 증가시키면서 동적 확대 계수를 계산하였다. 또한 적층형식 및 순서, 섬유 보강 각도 등의 변화에 따른 동적 거동 특성을 분석하였다. 본 연구 프로그램의 타당성을 확보하기 위해 휨과 자유 진동 해석에 관한 기존 문헌 결과와 비교하여 검증하였다. 또한 이동 하중에 의한 동적 해석에 대해 모우드 중첩법과 Newmark 직접 적분법을 사용하였다. 이러한 이동 하중과 적층 수, 적층 순서 및 섬유 보강 각도에 따른 수치 해석 결과는 완전 복합 신소재 교량 바닥 판을 개발하는데 있어서 중요한 기초 자료로 제시될 수 있을 것이다.

• 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국해양정보통신학회 2004년도 춘계종합학술대회
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• pp.345-349
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• 2004

자동차, 모바일 폰, PDA와 같은 이동 객체를 모바일 데이터베이스에 정확히 색인하기 위해서는 위치 정보를 계속적으로 변경해주어야 하며 이는 많은 시간이 소요된다. 기존의 공간 색인에 관한 연구는 효율적인 검색 방법을 제시하였지만 이동체 데이터베이스에서는 질의처리의 효율성보다 이동객체의 위치정보를 빨리 획득하고, 최신 위치를 저장하는 것이 더 중요하다. 그러므로 가능한 한 정확한 현재 위치 정보를 제공해야 하는 이동체 데이터베이스를 위해서는 병렬 처리 시스템의 도입이 필요하다. 이 논문에서는 다중 처리기를 이용하여 모바일 객체를 공간 색인 하는 시스템을 제안한다. 구체적으로 데이터베이스의 변경 연산을 최소화하기 위해 이동객체의 특성을 이용한 버켓 분할 기법을 제안한다. 그리고 처리기간의 메시지 전송량을 줄이기 위한 데이터 획득 방법 및 버켓 경계 정보 전송 방법을 제안한다.