• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.32 no.3
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• pp.307-314
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• 2015

In this paper, the embedding type novel liquid metal strain gauge was developed for measuring the deformation of wind turbine blades. In general, the conventional methods for the SHM have many disadvantages such as frequency distortion in FBG sensors, the low gauge factor and mechanical failures in strain gauges and extremely sophisticated filtering in AE sensors. However, the liquid metal filled in a pre-confined micro channel shows dramatic characteristics such as high sensitivity, flexibility and robustnes! s to environment. To adopt such a high feasibility of the liquid metal in flexible sensor applications, the EGaIn was introduced to make flexible liquid metal strain gauges for the SHM. A micro channeled flexible film fabricated by the several MEMS processes and the PDMS replication was filled with EGaIn and wire-connected. Lots of experiments were conducted to investigate the performance of the developed strain gauges and verify the feasibility to the actual wind turbine blades health monitoring.

• The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• v.14 no.3
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• pp.147-153
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• 2014

In this paper, we propose smart emotional lighting control system based on the android platform. The proposed smart emotional lighting control system be configure android platform and sensibility lighting equipment, expansion device, zigbee module. Smart emotional lighting control system based on the android platform is automatic control possible using the illumination sensor, and by selecting the desired lighting partial control can be designed. The experimental results of the proposed smart emotional lighting control sensitivity than conventional lighting control system decreased the power consumption and efficient lighting control was possible. Office acts will be suitable conditions to control the color and brightness, so they can be controlled from the improves concentration and ability to work.

• Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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• 2007.11a
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• pp.1940-1945
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• 2007

The wheelsets are one of most important component: damages in wheel tread and press fitted axle are a significant cost for railway industry. Since failure in railway wheelset can cause a disaster, regular inspection of defects in wheels and axles are mandatory. Ultrasonic testing, acoustic emission and eddy current testing method and so on regularly check railway wheelset in service. However, it is difficult to use this method because of its high viscosity and because its sensitivity is affected by temperature. Also, due to noise echoes it is difficult to detect defects initiation clearly with ultrasonic testing. It is necessary to develop a non-destructive technique that is superior to conventional NDT techniques in order to ensure the safety of railway wheelset. In the present paper, the new NDT technique is applied to the detection of surface defects for railway wheelset. To detect the defects for railway wheelset, the sensor for defect detection is optimized and the tests are carried out with respect to surface and internal defects each other. The results show that the surface crack depth of 1.5 mm in press fitted axle and internal crack in wheel could be detected by using the new method. The ICFPD method is useful to detect the defect that initiated in the tread of railway wheelset.

• Journal of Sensor Science and Technology
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• v.20 no.3
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• pp.199-206
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• 2011

Sell call radio buoy is mostly used for searching for the location of fishing nets. Sell call radio buoy for the detection of the code uses the band pass filter(BPF). All BPF is used by imported from Japanese companies. But, Japanese companies stopped selling buoys for searching for the location of fishing nets, and domestic manufacturing companies could not sell buoys any more. Therefore, In this paper, a new method to replace the conventional buoy code detector is proposed. The proposed methods are constructed with an analog filter division composed of BPFs and notch filters as well as a microprocessor with analog digital converters. The advantage of proposed methods is able to combine various codes, can enhance receiver sensitivity. The experimental results confirm the usefulness of the proposed method.

• Journal of Sensor Science and Technology
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• v.20 no.3
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• pp.178-186
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• 2011

Line tracking is a well defined method of mobile robot navigation. It is simple in concept, technically easy to implement, and already employed in many industrial sites. Among several different line tracking methods, magnetic sensing is widely used in practice. In comparison, vision-based tracking is less popular due mainly to its sensitivity to surrounding conditions such as brightness and floor characteristics although vision is the most powerful robotic sensing capability. In this paper, a vision-based robust path line detection technique is proposed for the navigation of a mobile robot assuming uncontrollable surrounding conditions. The technique proposed has four processing steps; color space transformation, pixel-level line sensing, block-level line sensing, and robot navigation control. This technique effectively uses hue and saturation color values in the line sensing so to be insensitive to the brightness variation. Line finding in block-level makes not only the technique immune from the error of line pixel detection but also the robot control easy. The proposed technique was tested with a real mobile robot and proved its effectiveness.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.19 no.3
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• pp.39-45
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• 2002

A simple and low cost stylus profiler made of ferrite cores is developed. The devised profiler consists of a contact probe, a measuring transducer, a signal processing unit, and a motorized stage. The contact probe attached to 4-bar spring maintains sufficient stiffness to protect disturbances. An overlap-area type inductive position sensing system is selected as a measuring transducer, which has high sensitivity, repeatability and linearity. The transducer is composed of coil bundles and ferrite cores which have good electromagnetic characteristics in spite of low cost. The repeatability of the profiler with the proposed inductive sensing system is better than 50nm. Experimental results are shown that the proposed profiler can measure the line or 3D profile of an object with sub-micron features.

• Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology
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• v.9 no.3
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• pp.169-175
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• 2018

Cu-Salen complex was prepared and attached into chitosan (Cs) polymer backbone. Nanocomposite of the synthesized polymer was prepared with functionalized carbon nano-particles (Cs-Cu-sal/C) to modify the electrode surface. The surface morphology of (Cs-Cu-sal/C) nanocomposite film showed a homogeneous distribution of carbon nanoparticles within the polymeric matrix. The cyclic voltammogram of the modified electrode exhibited a redox behavior at -0.1 V vs. Ag/AgCl (3 M KCl) in 0.1 M PB (pH 7) and showed an excellent hydrogen peroxide reduction activity. The Cs-Cu-sal/C electrode displays a linear response from $5{\times}10^{-6}$ to $5{\times}10^{-4}M$, with a correlation coefficient of 0.993 and detection limit of $0.9{\mu}M$ (at S/N = 3). The sensitivity of the electrode was found to be $0.356{\mu}A\;{\mu}M^{-1}\;cm^{-2}$.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2004.04b
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• pp.72-76
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• 2004

본 논문은 CdS의 소성 온도가 방사선 검출 특성에 미치는 영향을 조사하였다. CdS 센서는 스크린 프린터 방식을 이용해 $40{\mu}m$의 두께로 제조하였다. XRD 와 SEM을 이용하여 형성된 CdS 필름의 구조 및 형상을 분석하였다. 제조된 CdS 센서에 대해 X선 반응 특성을 조사하기 위해 I-V 측정을 수행하였다. 인가 전압에 따른 Dark current, x-ray sensitivity 및 선량에 따른 Linearity을 측정한 결과 CdS 센서가 $450^{\circ}C$이상 소성시 방사선에 대한 우수한 검출 특성을 보였다.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2008.07a
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• pp.1474-1475
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• 2008

본 논문에서는 nanoporous Pt (Platinum) 전극을 이용한 무효소 혈당센서의 생체 적합성 및 전류응답 특성 향상을 위해 다양한 패키징 방법이 제안되었다. 생체적합성을 갖는 Nafion 멤브레인을 dipping, spin coating, chemical bonding 방법으로 패키징 한 후, 다양한 글루코오스 농도의 혈장, 전혈에서 특성을 분석, 비교하였다. 단백질 등이 포함되지 않은 환경에서 spin coating 방법으로 패키징한 센서의 전류응답 특성은 가장 좋았지만, 혈장 및 전혈에서는 dipping, chemical bonding 방법으로 패키징한 센서의 전류응답 특성에 미치지 못했다. Nafion film을 센서와 chemical bonding한 센서의 혈장에서 sensitivity 는 0.32 ${\mu}A/mM{\cdot}cm^2$ 이었다. 한편, 전혈에서 bare 센서가 급격한 bio-fouling 현상을 보이는 반면 패키징한 센서는 글루코오스 농도에 따라 일정한 전류변화를 보였다. 이는 Nafion을 이용하여 패키징한 무효소 혈당 센서가 생체환경에 적합할 뿐 아니라 생체이식형 및 연속 측정 가능한 시스템에 적용 가능함을 보여준다.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2015.07a
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• pp.1219-1220
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• 2015

마이크로, 나노유체 (micro-, nanofluidics)을 이용한 종이 기반 분석 소자 (paper-based analytical devices, micro-PADs)에 대한 관심이 증가하고 있다. 종이 기반의 분석 소자는 초저가의 비용과 간단한 공정 방법으로 인하여 상용화 컨셉의 바이오센서로 각광받고 있다. 하지만, 종이 기반의 분석 소자는 낮은 검출 한계 (limit of detection, LOD)와 민감도 (sensitivity)의 제한이 있다. 그로 인해 우리는 이온 선택적 투과층 (ion permselective membrane, i.e. Nafion)을 종이 기반의 분석 소자와 결합하여 이온 농도 분극 (ion concentration polarization, ICP) 현상을 구현하여 낮은 검출한계와 민감도를 개선할 수 있었다. 접착력이 있는 테이프 표면에 이온 선택적 투과층을 패터닝 (patterning)하여 종이 기반 분석 소자와 결합하여 매우 간단하게 소자를 제작할 수 있었다. 따라서 종이 기반의 채널 양단에 직류 전압을 인가했을 때 발생하는 ICP 현상으로 인하여 형광 물질 (fluorescence dye)이 농축(preconcentration)되는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 구체적으로, 초기 농도가 1.55 nM인 형광 물질을 이용하여 200 V의 외부전압을 인가했을 때, 500 초 이내에 1000 배 이상의 농축비를 얻을 수 있었다. 따라서, 외부 전압을 상용화된 건전지 출력값으로 낮출 수 있다면 다양한 종이 기반 분석 소자와 간단한 결합 방법을 통해 상용화 컨셉의 바이오센서로도 구현이 가능할 것이다.