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Application of computers to Cave Surveying

  • Bennett, A.J.
    • Journal of the speleological society of Korea
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    • no.5
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    • pp.96-106
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    • 1997
  • The reduction of cave survey data is an essentially straightforward but repetitive mathematical task which can be carried out to advantage using virtually any type of computer from a programmable calculator upwards. The obvious benefits are speed and accuracy in reducing and adjusting the raw data to obtain the x,y,z coordinates (eastings, northings and elevations) of the surveyed points. Additionally, depending on the functionality of the software (program) and power of the hardware (computer), the user may be able to build up a data base of surveys, plot out on paper scaled plans and elecations of the cave and possibly even see a three-dimensional model of the cave, in perspective or some other projection, as an aid to understanding the spatial relationships of cave passages.(omitted)

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Design and Implementation of Spectral Shaping Filter appropriated for QAM-VDSL (QAM 방식의 VDSL 모뎀에 최적화된 Spectral Shaping 필터의 설계 및 구현)

  • Yang, Tae-Uk;Choi, In-Gyu;Lee, Hoon;Kim, Jong-Eun;Park, Jong-Sik
    • Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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    • 2000.11b
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    • pp.289-292
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    • 2000
  • This paper proposes a new FIR fillet architecture for the spectral shaping filter used in the transmitter and the receiver for QAM-VDSL modem. This architecture reduced the hardware property and the power consumption. We derive algorithms for reducing the number of multipliers and the memory architecture for reducing the power consumption. The proposed filter has been implemented using VHDL and performed functional simulation.

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Telehealth for Rural Health Problems: Experiences in The U.S.A and Korea (농촌의 보건의료문제 해결을 위한 원격보건 : 미국과 한국의 경험)

  • Lee, Won-Jae
    • Korea Journal of Hospital Management
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    • v.1 no.1
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    • pp.188-202
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    • 1996
  • Telehealth is widely tested in the U.S.A and other developed countries. This system is expected to solve rural health problems reducing professional isolation. Some demonstration projects showed that the system can provide quality care in reasonable prices to rural residents. However, few study has been done on whether telehealth system can attract physicians by reducing professional isolation. The system is not available to most of the rural hospitals because the price for the equipment and telephone charges are not low enough. It is promising that the system cost and telephone charges are decreasing gradually. As time passes, rural hospitals will be more viable for the system. Satisfaction of the physicians and patients is a key factor for the implementation of the system. The physicians need to understand more about telecommunication and computer systems. After physicians are well-versed about the system, we can expect wide use of telehealth in rural areas. Effort for the confidentiality and standardization should be devoted to assure patient's privacy and compatibility of patient records and exam results. In Korea, two projects are being operated in Uljin and Kurye. A study evaluated the economic efficiency of the projects suggesting that increase of the number of patients up to three times of current number or decrease in hardware costs and telecommunication charges into two thirds of the current costs. The hardware and telecommunication charges are decreasing. Another area telehealth system can be applied is psychiatric accommodation facilities. Establishment of telehealth in the psychiatric facilities will increase the access of psychiatric care for patients and is expected to be economically efficient.

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Implementation of the adaptive Local Sigma Filter by the luminance for reducing the Noises created by the Image Sensor (이미지 센서에 의해 발생하는 노이즈 제거를 위한 영상의 조도에 따른 적응적 로컬 시그마 필터의 구현)

  • Kim, Byung-Hyun;Kwak, Boo-Dong;Han, Hag-Yong;Kang, Bong-Soon;Lee, Gi-Dong
    • Journal of the Institute of Convergence Signal Processing
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    • v.11 no.3
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    • pp.189-196
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    • 2010
  • In this paper, we proposed the adaptive local sigma filter reducing noises generated by an image sensor. The small noises generated by the image sensor are amplified by increased an analog gain and an exposure time of the image sensor together with information. And the goal of this work was the system design that is reduce the these amplified noises. Edge data are extracted by Flatness Index Map algorithm. We made the threshold adaptively changeable by the luminance average in this algorithm that extracts the edge data not in high luminance, but just low luminance. The Local Sigma Filter performed only about the edge pixel that were extracted by Flatness Index Map algorithm. To verify the performance of the designed filter, we made the Window test program. The hardware was designed with HDL language. We verified the hardware performance of Local Sigma Filter system using FPGA Demonstration board and HD image sensor, $1280{\times}720$ image size and 30 frames per second.

Development of Real-time based Hardware-In-Loop Simulator for performance evaluation of wind turbine control system (풍력발전기 제어시스템 성능평가를 위한 실시간 처리 기반의 Hardware-In-Loop 시뮬레이터 개발)

  • Kim, Dae-Jin;Ryu, Kyung-Sang;Kim, Byungki;Jang, Moon-Seok;Ko, Hee-Sang;Yoo, Cheol
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.18 no.10
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    • pp.794-805
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    • 2017
  • This paper proposes a Hardware-In-Loop(HIL) Simulator for a Wind Turbine and an operational control algorithm to evaluate the performance of a wind turbine control system. It provides not only for the validation of the control logics, safety functions and H/W failure, but also for the high reliability of the wind turbines (by reducing/and the reduction of the operating expense(OPEX) through performance evaluation tests with complex scenarios. On the other hand, the proposed simulator uses MATLAB, CODER, and the PLC library to operate in synchronization with the hardware, and a real-time processing-based wind turbine module including a dynamic model and control system, wind module, grid module and host PC to manage the HIL-simulator. Several experiments were carried out under the above concept to verify the effectiveness of the proposed WT HIL-simulator.

Compensation of Installation Errors in a Laser Vision System and Dimensional Inspection of Automobile Chassis

  • Barkovski Igor Dunin;Samuel G.L.;Yang Seung-Han
    • Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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    • v.20 no.4
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    • pp.437-446
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    • 2006
  • Laser vision inspection systems are becoming popular for automated inspection of manufactured components. The performance of such systems can be enhanced by improving accuracy of the hardware and robustness of the software used in the system. This paper presents a new approach for enhancing the capability of a laser vision system by applying hardware compensation and using efficient analysis software. A 3D geometrical model is developed to study and compensate for possible distortions in installation of gantry robot on which the vision system is mounted. Appropriate compensation is applied to the inspection data obtained from the laser vision system based on the parameters in 3D model. The present laser vision system is used for dimensional inspection of car chassis sub frame and lower arm assembly module. An algorithm based on simplex search techniques is used for analyzing the compensated inspection data. The details of 3D model, parameters used for compensation and the measurement data obtained from the system are presented in this paper. The details of search algorithm used for analyzing the measurement data and the results obtained are also presented in the paper. It is observed from the results that, by applying compensation and using appropriate algorithms for analyzing, the error in evaluation of the inspection data can be significantly minimized, thus reducing the risk of rejecting good parts.

A Study on Standby Power and Reduced Power Consumption Control System for High-efficiency Module (대기전력 및 소비전력 절감을 위한 고효율 모듈제어 시스템에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Myung-Hwan;Park, Yung-Teak;Chung, Hun-Suk;Kang, Ey-Goo
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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    • v.25 no.5
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    • pp.334-339
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    • 2012
  • A study on electrical and electronic equipment will occur in the atmosphere, which is essential to cut the power to prevent the waste of power by power measurement technology development and to develop the technology to do this operation is the main core of standby power to detect and block it and return the configured for software and hardware, while the actual construction to ensure stability through field testing and debugging of problems improved accordingly, as well as ease of installation and so it could be done while the test. In addition, in terms of basic hardware switching of standby power when blocking, reducing stress and ensure stable operation and circuit design, power off and back to ensure stable operation even when a protection circuit is applied.

Reasonable Hardware Design Methods for 2-Wheeled Mobile Robots : Based on Segway Type Mobile Robots (2륜 이동로봇의 합리적인 하드웨어 설계 노하우 : 세그웨이를 중심으로)

  • Joh, Jung-Woo;Park, Gwi-Tae
    • Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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    • 2009.05a
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    • pp.109-111
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    • 2009
  • In this paper, we discuss how to design 2-wheeled mobile robot hard wares as reasonable and practical as possible. A segway type mobile robot consists of 2 wheels only, placed in parallel rather than horizon. 2-wheeled mobile robots make you overcome high cost and time consuming maintenance procedures of the robot by reducing the number of robot hardwares. The most challenging thing in a 2-wheeled mobile robot that has many more valid virtues than the traditional mobile robots is to make it balance itself whenever it stands still or goes forward. But balancing itself is not an easy matter and there are many researches and experiments on this issue. When researchers test theories on 2-wheeled mobile robots to improve its self balancing performance, they should consider how to design hard wares of that mobile robot. No matter how great those new theories are, if a testbed for those theories is not suitable, performance output would be poor and meaningless. In this point of view, to design a proper 2-wheeled mobile robot as a testbed is a very important issue with development of new theories. So we define 4 guide lines to design segway type mobile robots reasonably; about motor, battery, and MCU selection and shock-proof design with robust motor setting.

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Performance Improvement of Motion Compensation using Motion Vector Segmentation (움직임 벡터 분할을 이용한 움직임 보상 성능 개선)

  • 채종길;곽성일;황찬식
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics B
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    • v.32B no.3
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    • pp.77-88
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    • 1995
  • It is assumed in the block matching algorithm(BMA) that all the pels in a block have a same motion vector. Then, the motion vector of a block in the BMA is matched to only one or none of the objects in the worst case if objects in a block have different motion vectors. This is apparent in the motion estimation using the fast BMA which has the effect of reducing the computation time and hardware complexity, compared to the full search BMA. Although the motion vector in the motion estimation using small block size is accurate, the increased number of bits is required to represent motion vectors. In this paper, new motion vector segmentation with less additional information and hardware complexity than the conventional method is proposed. In the proposed method, a motion vector is derived from the block for motion vector segmentation and another motion vector is extracted from four neighboring blocks to consiture a motion vector pair. For the accurate motion vector of each subblock, the motion vector is assigned to each subblock by mean squared error measure. And the overlapped motion compensation using window is also applied to reduce displaced frame difference.

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Investigating the Determinants of Major IT Incident Tickets: A Case Study of an IT Service Provider Firm for Logistics and Distribution Industry

  • Ro, Mohamad Izham Che;Lau, Wee-Yeap
    • Journal of Distribution Science
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    • v.14 no.12
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    • pp.61-69
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    • 2016
  • Purpose - This study investigates the determinants that affect the number of IT Incident tickets of an IT Service Provider ("ITSP") to logistics industry in order to improve its management process by reducing the incident tickets. Research design, data, and Methodology - This study uses weekly data of IT incident tickets from September 2012 to June 2015. Correlation and regression analyses are conducted. Six identified determinants i.e., IT Change, User Errors, Shipment Volume, Network, Hardware and Software Issues are used as the explanatory variables. Results - Our findings show as following. First, our analysis indicates that IT Change is not a significant determinant as opposed to what commonly believed by many as the most important factor. Second, Software issue is the highest contributor to the Major IT incident tickets, followed by User Error, Network and Hardware issues. Third, it seems there is lead-lag relationship between IT Change and Major IT Incidents tickets as indicated by earlier studies. Fourth, the relationship between IT Change and Major IT tickets is also affected by shipment volume. Conclusions - As policy recommendation, all identified determinants should be treated according to priority. In addition, improving the way IT Changes are implemented will definitely reduce the IT incident tickets.