• The Journal of Korea Robotics Society
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• v.18 no.4
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• pp.472-480
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• 2023

This paper describes the development of a test-equipment for the pre-verification of navigation performance in cluster-based AUVs (Autonomous Underwater Vehicle). In the development of an AUV, conducting hardware and software development sequentially is not efficient due to the limited research and development period. Therefore, in order to reduce the overall development time and achieve successful development results, it is essential to pre-validate the navigation system and navigation algorithms. Accordingly, this paper explains the test-equipment for pre-verification of navigation performance, and ultimately confirms the stability of the navigation system and the performance of the navigation algorithms through the analysis of five types of navigation sensor data stored during real-sea experiments. The results demonstrate that through the development and verification of the test-equipment, it is possible to shorten the overall development period and improvement of product quality in the process of developing multiple AUVs.

• Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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• v.1 no.1
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• pp.11-22
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• 1997

Determination of position, velocity and time from the satellite signals is the central problem of the GPS receiver. Generally, GPS receiver uses least square method for navigation filter algorithm. The Kalman filter has known as an optimal linear estimator, which uses the knowledge of the system dynamics and the statistical characteristics of the system noises and measurement error. In this paper, we design an 8 state Kalman filter for GPS navigation and employ some techniques that can reduce computational burden, increase numerical stability, and improve filtering performance. To show its effectiveness, the designed filter is implemented in a GPS receiver and tested in real-time.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2008.05a
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• pp.827-830
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• 2008

The Center Based Navigation System(CBNS) used real time road data searches an optimal path. The other hand, the Terminal Based Navigation System(TBNS) used embedded road data searches a path that has less qualitative than the CBNS. But the TBNS has been favored, because it has no additional fees. Generally, TBNS has not used real time road data but it is recently able to use it with technique such as TPEG. However, it causes to increase a cost of exploring by using real time road data for improvement qualify of a path, because of limited performance. We propose a path-finding algorithm using a Maximum peed Dynamic Heuristic to improve quality and reduce a cost of exploring. Proposed method is to use a maximum road speed of appropriate region as dynamic heuristic for path-finding.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.38C no.12
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• pp.1196-1206
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• 2013

In this paper, based on the information about navigation system of UAV with PTZ camera and 3D topography, algorithm able to show us in real-time UAV's geographical shooting location and automatically calculate superficial measure of the shooting area is proposed. And the method that can automatically estimate whether UAV is allowed to shoot a specific area is shown. In case of an UAV's shooting attempt at the specific area, obtainability of valid image depends on not only UAV's location but also information of 3D topography. As a result of the study, Ground Control Center will have real-time information about whether UAV can shoot the needed topography. Therefore, accurate remote flight control will be possible in real-time. Furthermore, the algorithm and the method of estimating shooting probability can be applied to pre-flight simulation and set of flight route.

• Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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• v.24 no.5
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• pp.374-381
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• 2020

In order to improve the vertical position accuracy, the advantages of GPS and barometric altimeter are combined and used, but in order to fuse the two sensors, the geoid altitude must be compensated. In this paper, we proposed a technique that can calculate geoid altitude in real time even in low-cost embedded systems applied to drones or autonomous vehicles. Since the reference EGM08 is determined by a polynomial of the 2160th order, real-time calculation is impossible in the embedded system. Therefore, by introducing a linear interpolation technique, the amount of calculation was increased, and the storage space was saved by 75% by using the integer geoid height as a grid point. The accuracy of the proposed technique was evaluated through simulation, and it was confirmed that the accuracy of the maximum error is -1.215 m even in the region where the geoid change is rapid.

• Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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• v.16 no.3
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• pp.504-509
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• 2012

Multiple CAS (Conditional Access System) could be safely downloaded and implemented in IPTV environment. Domestic standard of iCAS (Interchangeable CAS) which is providing device compatibility and mobility, can only defines CAS replacement for protecting Real-Time Streaming broadcast. CAS, however has limitations in IPTV's two-way communication environment where it needs to fulfill contents protection requirements of various broadcasting service. In order to supplement the limit of CAS, DRM protection technology should be required. Contents for real time broadcasting service or real time VOD service could be protected by CAS technology whereas services such as PVR, download VOD service or downloaded contents sharing could be protected by DRM technology. Therefore, a flexible IPTV device service environment could be constructed by mutual protection of CAS and DRM. This essay is going to research on the method of applying DRM based on iCAS standard, as well as proposing a system configuration applied with iCAS/DRM in commercialization.

• Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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• v.23 no.5
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• pp.452-459
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• 2019

In this paper, we describe a PCM encoder structure that can update the telemetry system parameters in real time. In the PCM encoder, an analog signal control unit for FPGA, flash memory, and sensor data acquisition was constructed. UART communication, analog signal control, flash memory control, and frame generation are possible through logic inside FPGA of PCM encoder. UART communication allows the PC to transmit parameter data to the PCM encoder, and flash memory is controlled to update the parameter of the telemetry system in real time and finally the frame is formed. Simulation and verification were performed to confirm whether the parameter data is updated in real time, and the proposed structure was used to construct a telemetry system with enhanced flexibility and convenience.

• Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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• v.22 no.6
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• pp.623-629
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• 2018

In this paper, we propose a real-time obstacle detection and avoidance path generation algorithm for UAV. 2-D Lidar is used to detect obstacles, and the detected obstacle data is used to generate real-time histogram for local avoidance path and a 2-D SLAM map used for global avoidance path generation to the target point. The VFH algorithm for local avoidance path generation generates a real-time histogram of how much the obstacles are distributed in the vector direction and distance, and this histogram is used to generate the local avoidance path when detecting near fixed or dynamic obstacles. We propose an algorithm, called modified $RRT^*-Smart$, to overcome existing limitations. That generates global avoidance path to the target point by creating lower costs because nodes are checked whether or not straight path to a target point, and given arbitrary lengths and directionality to the target points when nodes are created. In this paper, we prove the efficient avoidance maneuvering through various simulation experiment environment by creating efficient avoidance paths.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems Conference
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• 2007.11a
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• pp.328-332
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• 2007

본연구에서는 센서의 융합을 통하여 환경을 인식하며, 주변환경에 대한 지식을 갱신, 학습할수 있는 방법론을 연구하며, 동적인 장애물의 감지및 움직임 예측에 기반한 지능적 회피 알고리즘과 AHP를 이용한 Navigation Strategy수정과 이동 로봇 스스로 최적의 결과를 낼수 있게 개선 시키는 알고리즘을 구현한다. 그와 더불어 AHP를 이용하여 Navigation Performance를 최대로 높일 수 있는 방향을로 진화시키는 알고리즘을 구현한다. 또한 부여된 임무수행을 위한 목표물 추적을 위한 비전 시스템에서의 대상체 추출및 인식 알고리즘을 개발하며 인간뇌의 환경인식 체계와 유사한 방식의 Map building기법을 연구한다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems Conference
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• 1993.06a
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• pp.1258-1261
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• 1993

This paper presents a methodology of path planning and navigation for an autonomous mobile robot. A fast algorithm using decomposition technique, which computes the optimal paths between all pairs of nodes, is proposed for real-time calculation. The robot is controlled by fuzzy approximation reasoning. Our new methodology has been implemented on a mobile robot. The results show that the robot successfully navigates to its destination following the optimal path.