• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제6권5호
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• pp.396-403
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• 2000

A thermal imaging system is implemented for the measurement and the analysis of the thermal distribution of the target objects. The main part of the system is a thermal camera in which a focal plane array typed sensor is introduced. The sensor detects the mid-range infrared spectrum of target objects and then it outputs a generic video signal which should be processed to form a frame thermal image. Here, a digital signal processor(DSP) is applied for the high speed processing of the sensor signals. The DSP controls analog-to-digital converter, performs correction algorithms and outputs the frame thermal data to frame buffers. With the frame buffers can be generated a NTSC signal and transferred the frame data to personal computer(PC) for the analysis and a monitoring of the thermal scenes. By performing the signal processing functions in the DSP the overall system achieves a simple configuration. Several experimental results indicate the performance of the overall system.

• Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.41-47
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• 2004

Air quality monitoring is a primary activity for industrial and social environment. The government push for pollutants that must be monitored. Especially, the VOCs (Volatile Organic Compounds), which are very harmful for human and environment, should be controlled under the government policy. We have been developed a VOCs measurement system which recognize various kinds and quantities of VOCs, such as benzene, toluene, and xylene (BTX). Especially, we designed sensor array with various kinds of gas sensor and ANN (Artificial Neural Network) algorithm. The measured values for BTX have errors of-4ppm.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제31권11호
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• pp.3084-3092
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• 2010

This paper describes the development of an automated, hand-held sensor for the fast assessment of seafood freshness. The sensor developed here combined: an array-based chemical sensor, composed of incrementally different conducting polymer elements deposited on a small chip; a highly sensitive, custom-made electronics for the detection of very small signal changes; precise temperature control of the sensor chamber; and an on-board microcontroller for data collection, storage, automation, and analysis. The instrument was used to successfully test seafood samples with different degree of freshness and spoilage. A linear relationship between microbiological count and e-Nose signal for three different fish fillet was developed. Once the linear relationship is included into the hand-held unit software, the e-Nose signal can be used for assessment of seafood freshness without performing the microbiological count technique.

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 1998년도 하계종합학술대회논문집
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• pp.271-274
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• 1998

Ultrasonic sensors are becoming indispensable components in every sector of automation equipments due to many advantages. But the main purposes of the noncontact sensing device are rather narrowly confined within object detection and distance measurement. To widen the realm of the applications to object recognition, ultrasonic sensors need to improve the recognition resolution to a certain amount. To resolve the problem of spatial resolution restriction, an increased number of the sensors in the forms of a linear array or 2-dimensional array of the sensor has been used. Also better resolution has been obtained by shifting the array in several steps using mechanical actuators. For an object recognition using ultrasonic sensors, measurements of distance, shift, oblique angle in certain ranges should be obtained. But a little attention has been paid to the measurement of angles. In this paper we propose a practical method for an object angular value detection in addition to distance measurement in ultrasonic sensor array system with little additional hardware burden. Using the established measurement look-up table for the variations of distance, shift, angle and transmitter voltages for each sensor characteristics, a set of different return echo signals for adjacent receivers are processed to provide enhanced angular value reading for an object.

• 한국음향학회지
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• 제23권5호
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• pp.370-375
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• 2004

본 논문에서는, 미지 위치의 원거리 능동음원을 이용하여 해저고정형 선배열 센서에 대한 3차원 배열형상추정 기법을 제안하였다. 본 연구는 센서에 도달하는 음파가 평면파라는 가정 하에 기준센서와 나머지 센서간의 음파도달 시간지연, 센서위치 및 입사각과의 선형방정식의 해를 반복적 최소자승법에 의해 구함으로서 센서위치 추정이 가능하다. 제안된 기법의 타당성을 검증하기 위해 컴퓨터 시뮬레이션과 실제 해상실험을 수행하였으며, 이론적 분석을 통하여 음원 위치 분포에 따른 성능 및 시간지연 오차에 따른 센서위치 추정 성능을 분석하였다.

• Current Optics and Photonics
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• 제7권5호
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• pp.485-495
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• 2023

The pixel size in high-resolution complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) image sensors continues to shrink due to chip size limitations. However, the pixel pitch's miniaturization causes deterioration of optical performance. As one solution, a quad color filter (CF) array with pixel binning has been developed to enhance sensitivity. For high sensitivity, the microlens structure also needs to be optimized as the CF arrays change. In this paper, the covered microlens, which consist of four microlenses covered by one large microlens, are proposed for the quad CF array in the backside illumination pixel structure. To evaluate the optical performance, the suggested microlens structure was simulated from 0.5 ㎛ to 1.0 ㎛ pixels at the center and edge of the sensors. Moreover, all pixel structures were compared with and without in-pixel deep trench isolation (DTI), which works to distribute incident light uniformly into each photodiode. The suggested structure was evaluated with an optical simulation using the finite-difference time-domain method for numerical analysis of the optical characteristics. Compared to the conventional microlens, the suggested microlens show 29.1% and 33.9% maximum enhancement of sensitivity at the center and edge of the sensor, respectively. Therefore, the covered microlens demonstrated the highly sensitive image sensor with a quad CF array.

• 대한전자공학회논문지SD
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• 제37권11호
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• pp.9-17
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• 2000

폭발성 가스의 종류 및 그 양을 검지하기 위한 10개의 개별 센서가 한 기판위에 집적된 센서어레이를 개발했다. 이 센서어레이는 각종 가스에 대해 다양한 감도 패턴을 가지며, $SnO_2$를 모물질로 하는 10개의 산화물 반도체 가스센서로 구성하였다. 나노사이즈이며 큰 비표면적을 가진 모물질에 서로 다른 첨가물을 첨가하여 감지물질를 제작함으로써 저농도에 대한 감도 및 재현성을 높였고, 센서어레이 전반에서 균일한 온도 분포가 되도록 설계하였다. $400^{\circ}C$에서 동작하는 센서어레이로부터 얻은 감도를 이용하여 주성분 분석 기법을 통해 폭발 하한값의 범위에서 부탄, 프로판 그리고 메탄 등과 같은 폭발성 가스의 종류 및 양을 신뢰성 있게 식별할 수 있었다.

• 센서학회지
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.162-173
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• 2013

The purpose of this paper is to classify VOC gases by emulating the characteristics found in biological olfaction. For this purpose, we propose new signal processing method based a polymeric chemical sensor array consisting of 4096 sensors which is created by NEUROCHEM project. To remove unstable sensors generated in the manufacturing process of very large scaled chemical sensor array, we used discrete wavelet transformation and cosine similarity. And, to remove the supernumerary redundancy, we proposed the method of selecting candidates of representative sensor representing sensors with similar features by Fuzzy c-means algorithm. In addition, we proposed an improved algorithm for selecting representative sensors among candidates of representative sensors to better enhance classification ability. However, Classification for very large scaled sensor array has a great deal of time in process of learning because many sensors are used for learning though a redundancy is removed. Throughout experimental trials for classification, we confirmed the proposed method have an outstanding classification ability, at transient state as well as steady state.

• Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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• 제16권10호
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• pp.1222-1228
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• 2002

This research is the development of a flexible tactile sensor array for service robots using PVDF (polyvinylidene fluoride) film for the detection of a contact state in real time. The prototype of the tactile sensor which has 8${\times}$8 array using PVDF film was fabricated. In the fabrication procedure, the electrode patterns and the common electrode of the thin conductive tape were attached to both sides of the 281$\mu\textrm{m}$ thickness PVDF film using conductive adhesive. The sensor was covered with polyester film for insulation and attached to the rubber base for a stable structure. The proposed fabrication method is simple and easy to make the sensor. The sensor has the advantages in the implementing for practical applications because its structure is flexible and the shape of the each tactile element can be designed arbitrarily. The signals of a contact force to the tactile sensor were sensed and processed in the DSP system in which the signals are digitized and filtered. Finally, the signals were integrated for taking the force profile. The processed signals of the output of the sensor were visualized in a personal computer, and the shape and force distribution of the contact object were obtained. The reasonable performance for the detection of the contact state was verified through the sensing examples.

• 한국음향학회지
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• 제39권3호
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• pp.191-199
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• 2020

현재 압축센싱 기반 도래각 추정 알고리듬의 연구는 활발히 진행 중이나 비균일 센서 배열 기반 공분산 fitting 알고리듬의 성능에 대한 연구는 진행되지 않았다. 본 논문에서는 주파수 영역으로 확장된 압축센싱 기반 공분산 fitting 알고리듬의 유도과정을 다루며 센서배열이 비균일하게 배치된 경우와 센서배열의 일부 소자에 고장이 발생한 경우에 대한 해당 알고리듬의 도래각 추정 성능을 비교하였다.