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A Study on Ground Control System Design by User Classification to Increase Drone Platform Usability (드론 플랫폼 활용성 증대를 위한 사용자 맞춤형 지상 제어 시스템 설계 연구)

  • Ukjae Ryu;Yanghoon Kim
    • Journal of Platform Technology
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    • v.10 no.4
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    • pp.56-61
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    • 2022
  • Various convergence technologies discovered through the 4th industrial revolution are permeating the industry. Drones are being used in industries such as construction, transportation, and national defense based on convergence technology. Quart-copter drone control is being used in a wide range of fields from the visual field of operation with the naked eye to the remote field of view using GCS. If we classify those who operate industrial drones, there are general pilots who directly use drones, instructors who train drone pilots, and mechanics who check the status of drones and use them for a long time. Depending on the shape of the screen of the drone GCS, a user's quick response or key data can be acquired. Accordingly, in this study, GUI characteristics were analyzed for the mission planner GCS and a screen composition method according to the user was proposed.

A Study on Efficient Training Methods by Analyzing Differences inSpatial Disorientation Recovery according to Pilot Experience (조종사 경력별 공간정위상실(SD) 회복 차이 분석을 통한효율적인 훈련방안에 대한 연구)

  • Se-Jun Kim;Young-Jin Cho
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aviation and Aeronautics
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    • v.31 no.2
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    • pp.18-24
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    • 2023
  • According to the results of a survey by Boeing, LOC-I (Loss of Control in Flight) was the highest in the number of deaths by fatality accident category in the past 10 years from 2012 to 2021, and the number of deaths worldwide due to LOC-I accidents was 757. It turned out to be the biggest cause of aircraft fatalities, with a figure close to twice the sum of UNK (Unknown or Undetermined), which is the 2nd place, and CFIT (Controlled Flight Into or Toward Terrain), which is the 3rd place. This study set six scenarios related to spatial disorientation that may occur during sensory-dependent flight targeting student pilots and instructor pilots at domestic designated specialized educational institutions using flight simulation training equipment, and in each scenario, the pilot's. The need for SDRT (Spatial Disorientation Recovery Training) is verified by analyzing the flight experience and recovery ability by qualification, and SDRT is repeatedly performed to verify and present the training cycle and time.

A Study on Human Error Risk Analysis of Helicopter Frequent Accidents through AHP Method (AHP 방법을 통한 헬리콥터 다빈도 사고의인적오류 위험도 분석에 관한 연구)

  • TaeJung Yu
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aviation and Aeronautics
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    • v.31 no.2
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    • pp.46-54
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    • 2023
  • Helicopter pilots are required to perform many visual workloads in topographical avoidance, flight path modification and navigation, because helicopters operate at very low altitudes. The helicopter-specific instability also require the pilot to have precise perception and control. This has caused frequent human error in helicopter accidents. In Korea, two to three cases have occurred annually on average over the past 10 years, and this trend has not decreased. The purpose of this study was to identify human error risks in advance to prevent helicopter accidents and to help develop measures for missions and mission phases with high risk of human error. Through the study, the tasks and mission phases where accidents occur frequently were classified and the risk of human error was calculated for each mission phases. To this end, the task of frequent accidents during helicopter missions was first identified, detailed steps were classified, and the number of accidents was analyzed. Next, the AHP survey program was developed to measure the pilot's risk of human error and the survey was conducted on the pilots. Finally, the risk of human error by helicopter mission and by mission phases calculated and compared with the actual number of accidents.

Two Circle-based Aircraft Head-on Reinforcement Learning Technique using Curriculum (커리큘럼을 이용한 투서클 기반 항공기 헤드온 공중 교전 강화학습 기법 연구)

  • Insu Hwang;Jungho Bae
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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    • v.26 no.4
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    • pp.352-360
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    • 2023
  • Recently, AI pilots using reinforcement learning are developing to a level that is more flexible than rule-based methods and can replace human pilots. In this paper, a curriculum was used to help head-on combat with reinforcement learning. It is not easy to learn head-on with a reinforcement learning method without a curriculum, but in this paper, through the two circle-based head-on air combat learning technique, ownship gradually increase the difficulty and become good at head-on combat. On the two-circle, the ATA angle between the ownship and target gradually increased and the AA angle gradually decreased while learning was conducted. By performing reinforcement learning with and w/o curriculum, it was engaged with the rule-based model. And as the win ratio of the curriculum based model increased to close to 100 %, it was confirmed that the performance was superior.

Channel estimation and detection with space-time transmission scheme in colocated multiple-input and multiple-output system

  • Pratibha Rani;Arti M.K.;Pradeep Kumar Dimri
    • ETRI Journal
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    • v.45 no.6
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    • pp.952-962
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    • 2023
  • In this study, a space-time transmission scheme is proposed to tackle the limitations of channel estimation with orthogonal pilot information in colocated multiple-input multiple-output systems with several transmitting and receiving antennas. Channel information is obtained using orthogonal pilots. Channel estimation introduces pilot heads required to estimate a channel. This leads to bandwidth insufficiency. As a result, trade-offs exist between the number of pilots required to estimate a channel versus spectral efficiency. The detection of data symbols is performed using the maximum likelihood decoding method as it provides a consistent approach to parameter estimation problems. The moment-generating function of the instantaneous signal-to-noise ratio is used to drive an approximate expression of the symbol error rate for the proposed scheme. Furthermore, the order of diversity is less by one than the number of receiver antennas used in the proposed scheme. The effect of the length of a pilot sequence on the proposed scheme's performance is also investigated.

Coherence Bandwidth and Coherence Time for the Communication Frame in the Underwater of East Sea (동해 천해환경에서 수중 통신 프레임 설계를 위한 상관 대역폭과 상관 시간의 산출)

  • Choi, Dong-Hyun;Kim, Hyeon-Su;Kim, Nam-Ri;Kim, Seong-Il;Chung, Jae-Hak
    • The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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    • v.29 no.6
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    • pp.365-373
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    • 2010
  • For effective underwater digital communications, a frame structure is used, which includes pilots in time and frequency domains for channel estimation at a receiver. To estimate channel precisely, the each pilot should be located less than coherence time and coherence bandwidth. This paper measured underwater communication environments to provide coherence time and coherence bandwidth. Based on the measurement, the paper exhibits the calculated coherence time and coherent bandwidth is adequate by computer simulations.

A Human Factors Study in Instrument Panel Layout of the Korean Air Force Aircraft. (항공기 계기판의 적정배열을 위한 인간공학적 연구)

  • Park Jong-Sun
    • Journal of the military operations research society of Korea
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    • v.2 no.1
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    • pp.127-143
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    • 1976
  • The purpose of this thesis is to study the optimal arrangement of aircraft instrument panels through the human factors approach. Human factors engineering is the process of effectively fitting the human component to the machine component in any man-machine system. The human factors. are especially important to an aircraft pilot who must constantly shift his attention between the instrument panel within the cockpit and the surrounding area of the aircraft. The preliminary part of this study is to find the general patterns of the Korean pilot's eye movements during their various flying maneuvers, and which instruments require the most attention while in flight. It is assumed that all pilots have a general pattern of eye movement when observing the aircraft instrument panel and that an optimum arrangement would be to minimize the eye travel distance between instruments. In this thesis the arrangements of instruments is taken to be the independent variable and the eye travel distance between instruments the dependent variable. la order to compile the information necessary for this study, sixty Korean Air Force pilots were interviewed and requested to complete information forms. These information forms listed various flying maneuvers and listed each instrument used on the instrument panel. The compilation of the information on these completed forms listed the instruments most frequently used by the pilots. The second part of this study was to determine the optimum instrument arrangement. It was necessary to study the various number of possible arrangements of instruments depending upon the number of instruments involved. Therefore, these instruments are grouped by two major functions, The flight instruments were subdivided into three groups, and the engineering instruments were subdivided into six groups. With this subdivision we arrive at the possible number of arrangements of 4,320. Through the simulation method, total eye travel distance for each of these 4,320 arrangements is calculated and the arrangement which appears to be of optimum distance between the most frequently used aircraft instruments is determined. The results of this study indicate that the optimum distance between instruments would be 33,028cm and that the corresponding distance of the instrument panel now being used is 34,288cm. Therefore, an increased efficiency of $3.8\%$ would be realized if the existing aircraft instrument panel were re-arranged according to layout proposed in this thesis.

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The Case Study of Startle and Surprise Emergency Flight Training for Introduction of Non-Technical Flight Training to Commercial Airline Pilots in Korea (국내 민간항공사 조종사들의 비기술적 훈련 도입을 위한 사례연구: Startle 및 Surprise 비상상황 훈련 사례를 중심으로)

  • Hwang, Jae-Kab;Yoon, Han-Young
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.22 no.4
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    • pp.473-482
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    • 2021
  • The introduction of automated flight systems has greatly improved aviation safety, but aircraft pilots continue to face new challenges. The pilot's stress from an aeronautical perspective can be distinguished by the 'Startle and Surprise' responses. 'Startle' is a short, strong physiological response to sudden or threatening stimuli such as unexpected gunfire. 'Surprise' is a cognitive-emotional response to an event that goes beyond one's expectations. In Martin et al.'s (2012) Startle Effect Experiment, the pilot identified physiological responses in the 'Startle' state, including delayed response and increased heart rate. In the Rahim (2020) Startle/Surprise experiment, the pilot's breathing rate and pulse rate did not change due to pre-planned emergency training. On the other hand, it was confirmed that the pilot's respiratory and heart rate were greatly increased due to the complicated aircraft and unplanned emergencies. Based on the results of these experiments, domestic pilots need to be trained to handle non-technical and various unexpected emergencies that could arise in an aircraft, rather than be just put through courses for enhancing technical capabilities or simple repetitive training as required by aviation law.

The Show up Time in the Development of the Korean Pilots Fatigue Management Program (한국형 운항승무원 피로관리 프로그램의 출두시간에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Seungyoung;Chung, Seung Sup;Kim, Hyeon Deok
    • Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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    • v.25 no.4
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    • pp.280-285
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    • 2021
  • The significance of pilots' fatigue and the attributed risk management had continuously increased over time as the airline industry expanded. Research and legislation efforts associated with pilot fatigue are being taking place actively all over the world. In the developed world such as the United States and European Union etc., the airline pilot fatigue is already being managed by considering the show up time, the number of take offs and landings made, resting period, jet lag etc., when computing flight duty time. In Korea, the flight duty time is only limited by the total number of hours per given period regardless of the flight conditions and environment. Such lack of regulation demand development of a fatigue management program. According to the survey taken from the airline pilots in Korea, it has been found that acquiring foreign policies directly may in turn, increase the risk of fatigue. This research suggest future studies regarding fatigue management program adapted exclusively to Korean domestic flight environment and culture.

A Study on the Application of Analytic Hierarchy Process to the selection of Airliners (계층화의사결정법(AHP)을 이용한 여객기의 기종선정에 관한 연구)

  • Eun, Hee-Bong;Kim, Bong-Sun
    • IE interfaces
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    • v.14 no.1
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    • pp.47-53
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    • 2001
  • This paper was studied to present a model for the application of AHP to the selection of airliners. For this study, a questionnaire was developed in respect to the criteria of airliner and given to 80 airline pilots and 30 maintenances in airlines to ask their opinions about the candidates for the middle-range airliners. The AHP software developed by Korean Advanced Institute of Science Technology (KAIST) was used to process the data. The result was analyzed by the criteria of selecting airliners and the several alternatives for the middle-range airliners.

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