• Journal of Magnetics
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.150-154
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• 2017

A novel high precision spatial positioning method utilizing the electromagnetic momentum, i.e., Electromagnetic Momentum Positioning (EMP), is proposed in this paper. By measuring the momentum of the electromagnetic field around the small current loop, the relative position between the sensor and the current loop is calculated. This method is particularly suitable for the application of close-range and high-precision positioning, e.g., data gloves and medical devices in personal healthcare, etc. The simulation results show that EMP method can give a high accuracy with the positioning error less than 1 mm, which is better than the traditional magnetic positioning devices with the error greater than 1 cm. This method lays the foundation for the application of data gloves to meet the accurate positioning requirement, such as the high precision interaction in Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR) and personal wearable devices network.

• 대한임베디드공학회논문지
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• 제8권5호
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• pp.273-283
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• 2013

The traditional medical equipments are devices used by medical professionals but not used in public environment. Common people, however, require light-weight medical devices to make healthcare for themselves nowadays. Those medical devices are used to monitor personal health status such as blood pulse, blood pressure, diabetes. Also, some of them are operated in mobile environment called u-healthcare. This paper implements a portable healthcare system composed of $SpO_2$(Saturation of Partial Pressure Oxygen) sensors and a gateway for detecting hypoxemia during people's leasure activity such as climbing or hiking. The $SpO_2$ sensor is designed as watch style to support dynamic exercise and the gateway is designed as necklace style to support the elderly. The result of a performance evaluation shows that the performance of the $SpO_2$ sensor using reflection technology is not lower than that of a clairvoyant styled $SpO_2$ sensor.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제35권5호
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• pp.459-465
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• 2022

This paper reports a method to use a wireless sensor network deployed in the field to real-time monitor soil moisture, warning when the moisture level reaches a specific value, and wirelessly controlling an additional device (LED or water supply system, etc.). In addition, we report all processes related to wireless irrigation system, including field deployment of sensors, real-time monitoring using a smartphone, data calibration, and control of additional devices deployed in the field by smartphone. A commercially available open-source Internet of Things (IoT) platform, NodeMCU, was used, which was combined with a 9V battery, LED and soil humidity sensor to be integrated into a portable prototype. The IoT-based soil humidity sensor prototype deployed in the field was installed next to a tree for on-site demonstration for the measurement of soil humidity in real-time for about 30 hours, and the measured data was successfully transmitted to a smartphone via Wifi. The measurement data were automatically transmitted via e-mail in the form of a text file, stored on the web, followed by analyses and calibrations. The user can check the humidity of the soil real-time through a personal smartphone. When the humidity of a soil reached a specific value, an additional device, an LED device, placed in the field was successfully controlled through the smartphone. This LED can be easily replaced by other electronic devices such as water supplies, which can also be controlled by smartphones. These results show that farmers can not only monitor the condition of the field real-time through a sensor monitoring system manufactured simply at a low cost but also control additional devices such as irrigation facilities from a distance, thereby reducing unnecessary energy consumption and helping improve agricultural productivity.

• 한국융합학회논문지
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• 제12권10호
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• pp.211-218
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• 2021

최근에 전동킥보드와 같은 개인형 이동수단의 보급이 급격히 확대되면서 교통사고 발생 건수도 크게 늘고있다. 개인형 모빌리티가 자세 안정성이 낮고 탑승자가 외부로 노출되어 전도 사고나 낙상 사고의 위험이 크기 때문이다. 전동킥보드 사고 방지를 위해 본 논문은 주행 보조 장치로써 자동긴급제동시스템과 안전시동시스템을 제안하였다. 인공지능 기반 물체 인식 기술을 이용하여 주변 위험 요소를 탐지하고 자동으로 제동을 걸 수 있는 시스템을 개발하였다. 또한 운전자의 탑승이 확인되기 전까지 장치의 시동을 보류하는 안전시동시스템도 개발하였다. 상용차와 주행 조건이 매우 다른 개인형 이동 수단에 특화된 첨단 운전자 보조 시스템 융합 기술을 제안한다는 점에서 본 연구의 의의가 있다.

• 재활복지공학회논문지
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.245-250
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• 2015

스마트 폰과 개인 휴대정보 단말기와 같은 장치는 일상생활에서 중요한 역할을 담당한다. 본 논문에서는 물리적 활동의 모니터링을 위해 신호벡터크기(signal vector magnitude)와 적응적인 임계값 처리에 기반한 걸음수 검출 알고리즘을 제안한다. 알고리즘은 스마트 폰에 내장된 가속도 센서와 중력 센서를 사용하여 걸음수를 측정한다. 실험결과 제안한 알고리즘이 스마트 폰의 어플에 비해 정확도와 적응성에서 좋은 성능을 나타내었다.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제29권5호
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• pp.284-288
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• 2016

Among the various physiological information that could be obtained from human body, heartbeat rate is a commonly used vital sign in the clinical milieu. Photoplethysography (PPG) sensor is incorporated into many wearable healthcare devices because of its advantages such as simplicity of hardware structure and low-cost. However, healthcare device employing PPG sensor has been issued in susceptibility of light and motion artifact. In this paper, to develop the real-time heart rate measurement device that is less sensitive to the external noises, we have fabricated an ultra-small wireless LC resonant pressure sensor by MEMS process. After performance evaluation in linearity and repeatability of the MEMS pressure sensor, heartbeat waveform and rate on radial artery were obtained by using resonant frequency-pressure conversion method. The measured data using the proposed heartbeat rate measurement system was validated by comparing it with the data of an commercialized heart rate measurement device. Result of the proposed device was agreed well to that of the commercialized device. The obtained real time heartbeat wave and rate were displayed on personal mobile system by bluetooth communication.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.623-628
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• 2009

최근 정보화를 기반으로 급변하는 사회 현상과 함께 관심을 끌고 있는 USN프로젝트는 아직까지 미흡한 점들이 많이 존재하고 있는 상황이다. 현재의 연구 진행은 정보이용의 효율성을 추구하는 움직임이 주를 이루고 있으며, 네트워크 기술과 나노기술의 발달 등으로 인하여 USN 시장의 확대와 활성화에 많은 영향을 끼치고 있다. 우리나라의 경우 USN 구축 계획의 시행과 급변하는 네트워크 시장 등의 영향으로 수많은 연구가 진행되고 있으며, 무선센서를 이용한 분야의 확대 움직임이 활성화되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 우리나라의 USN 프로젝트의 기반이 되는 센서 네트워크에 대한 연구를 위하여 일반적으로 구성 가능한 센서노드, 싱크노드와 임베디드 시스템을 이용한 무선 센서 네트워크의 모델을 설계하고 ST사의 STR711FR2 프로세서 칩과 Sensirion사의 SHT11센서 모듈 그리고 Chipcon사의 CC2420 통신모듈을 사용하여 센서 노드를 설계하였다. 이후 제작된 센서노드에 임베디드 시스템을 이용하여 목적에 맞는 프로그램을 탑재하고 이를 이용하여 센서네트워크를 구현하였으며, 센서노드와 호스트 PC간의 데이터 전송실험을 위하여 센서로부터 센싱된 온도와 습도 데이터의 전송실험을 하였다.

• 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국해양정보통신학회 2008년도 추계종합학술대회 B
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• pp.365-368
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• 2008

This paper presents a new concept of IP-based wireless sensor networks and also introduces a routing protocol that is based on clustering for global healthcare information system. Low-power wireless personal area networks (LoWPANs) conform the standard by IEEE 802.15.4-2003 to IPv6 that makes 6lowpan. It characterized by low bit rate, low power, and low cost as well as protocol for wireless connections. The 6lowpan node with biomedical sensor devices fixed on the patient body area network that should be connected to the gateway in personal area network. Each 6lowpan nodes have IP-addresses that would be directly connected to the internet. With the help of IP-address service provider can recognize or analysis patient biomedical data from anywhere on globe by internet service provider equipments such as cell phone, PDA, note book. The system has been evaluated by technical verification, clinical test, user survey and current status of patient. We used NS-2.33 simulator for our prototype and also simulate the routing protocols. The result shows the performance of biomedical data packets in multi-hope routing as well as represents the topology of the networks.

• 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국해양정보통신학회 2011년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.378-381
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• 2011

본 논문에서는 무선 센서 네트워크 및 스마트폰 디바이스를 기반으로 한 그룹 관리 시스템을 제안한다. 제안하는 시스템은 무선 센서 네트워크 기반의 개인단말, 스마트폰으로 구성된 인솔자단말, 그리고 웹서버로 이루어진다. 각 그룹 멤버들의 개인단말로 사용되어 지는 센서노드는 2초마다 데이터 패킷을 인솔자 단말로 전송한다. 인솔자 단말은 개인 단말로부터 받은 정보를 화면상에 표시하고, 화면에 표시된 정보를 웹서버로 전송한다. 서버에서는 수신한 데이터를 웹페이지에 나타내고, 각 그룹 멤버의 보호자는 이를 통하여 멤버의 현재 상황을 확인할 수 있다. 센서 노드로부터 전송된 RSSI 값은 도출된 log-normal path loss 모델을 이용하여 거리 값으로 변환한 후 인솔자 단말에 표시된다.

• Journal of Information Technology Applications and Management
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.93-104
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• 2005

Recently, RFID/USN is one of fundamental technologies in information and communications networks. Low-Rate WPAN, IEEE802.15.4 is a low-cost communication network that allows wireless connectivity in applications with limited Power and relaxed throughput requirements. Its applications are building automation, personal healthcare, industrial control, consumer electronics, and so on. Some applications require location information. Of course location awareness is useful to improve usability of data Low-Rate WPAN Is regarded as a key specification of the sensor network with the characteristics of wireless communication, computing, energy scavenging, self-networking, and etc. Unfortunately ZigBee alliance propose a lot of applications based on location aware technologies, but the specification and low-rate WPAN devices don't support anything about location-based services. RSSI ( Received Signal Strength indication) is for energy detection to associate, channel selection, and etc. RSSI is used to find the location of a potable device in WLAN. In this paper we studied indoor location awareness using vector matching of RSSI in low-Rate wireless PAN. We analyzed the characteristics of RSSI according to distance and experimented location awareness. We implemented sensor nodes with different shapes and configured the sensor network for the location awareness with 4 fixed nodes and a mobile node. We try to contribute developing location awareness method using RSSI in 3-dimension space.