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Emphasizing Intelligent Event Processing Cooperative Surveillance System (지능형 사건 처리를 강조한 협업 감시 시스템)

  • Yoon, Tae-Ho;Song, Yoo-Seoung
    • IEMEK Journal of Embedded Systems and Applications
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    • v.7 no.6
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    • pp.339-343
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    • 2012
  • Security and monitoring system has many applications and commonly used for detection, warning, alarm, etc. As the networking technology advances, user requirements are getting higher. An intelligent and cooperative surveillance system is proposed to meet current user demands and improve the performance. This paper focuses on the implementation issue for the embedded intelligent surveillance system. To cover wide area cooperative function is implemented and connected by wireless sensor network technology. Also to improve the performance lots of sensors are employed into the surveillance system to reduce the error but improve the detection probability. The proposed surveillance system is composed of vision sensor (camera), mic array sensor, PIR sensor, etc. Between the sensors, data is transferred by IEEE 802.11s or Zigbee protocol. We deployed a private network for the sensors and multiple gateways for better data throughput. The developed system is targeted to the traffic accident detection and alarm. However, its application can be easily changed to others by just changing software algorithm in a DSP chip.

Thermopile sensor with SOI-based floating membrane and its output circuit

  • Lee, Sung-Jun;Lee, Yun-Hi;Suh, Sang-Hi;Kim, Tae-Yoon;Kim, Chul-Ju;Ju, Byeong-Kwon
    • Journal of Sensor Science and Technology
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    • v.11 no.5
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    • pp.294-300
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    • 2002
  • In this study, we fabricated thermopile infrared sensor with floating membrane structure. Floating membrane was formed by SOI(Silicon On Insulator) structure. In SOI structure, silicon dioxide layer between top silicon layer and bottom silicon substrate was etched by HF solution, then membrane was floated over substrate. After membrane was floated, thermopile pattern was formed on membrane. By insertion of SOI technology, we could obtain thermal isolation structure easily and passivation process for sensor pattern protection was not required during fabrication process. Then, the amplifier circuit for thermopile sensor was fabricated by using $1.5{\mu}m$ CMOS process. The voltage gain of fabricated amplifier was about two hundred.

Structural strain measurement using a 3*3 passive demodulated fiber optic michelson interferometric sensor (3*3 수동변조 되풀이 광섬유 마이켈슨 간섭센서에 의한 구조물의 변형률 측정)

  • Gwon, Il-Beom;Gang, Hyeon-Gyu;Kim, Cheon-Gon;Hong, Chang-Seon
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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    • v.22 no.1
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    • pp.80-89
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    • 1998
  • The measuring method of structural strain by a 3*3 passive-demodulated fiber optic interferometric sensor was developed to implement the real-time monitoring of structural status. A 3*3 fiber optic Michelson interferometric sensor was constructed to sense the value and the direction of structural strain. This sensor was applied on the cantilevered aluminum beam to experiment the sensing of the structural deformation. The digital signal processing was programmed by LabVIEW to determine the structural strain from the fiber optic signals. This program was verified by various simulated fiber optic signals. Finally, the structural was well determined by this developed program from real fiber optic signals.

Composite Fracture Detection Capabilities of FBG Sensor and AE Sensor

  • Kim, Cheol-Hwan;Choi, Jin-Ho;Kweon, Jin-Hwe
    • Composites Research
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    • v.27 no.4
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    • pp.152-157
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    • 2014
  • Non-destructive testing methods of composite materials are very important for improving material reliability and safety. AE measurement is based on the detection of microscopic surface movements from stress waves in a material during the fracture process. The examination of AE is a useful tool for the sensitive detection and location of active damage in polymer and composite materials. FBG (Fiber Bragg Grating) sensors have attracted much interest owing to the important advantages of optical fiber sensing. Compared to conventional electronic sensors, fiber-optical sensors are known for their high resolution and high accuracy. Furthermore, they offer important advantages such as immunity to electromagnetic interference, and electrically passive operation. In this paper, the crack detection capability of AE (Acoustic Emission) measurement was compared with that of an FBG sensor under tensile testing and buckling test of composite materials. The AE signals of the PVDF sensor were measured and an AE signal analyzer, which had a low pass filter and a resonance filter, was designed and fabricated. Also, the wavelength variation of the FBG sensor was measured and its strain was calculated. Calculated strains were compared with those determined by finite element analysis.

A Study on Characteristics of Precession Motion for a Smart Munition (지능형 탄두의 세차운동 특성 해석 및 연구)

  • Ha, Do-Jun;Kim, Byoung-Soo;Kim, In-Keun;Song, Ho-In;Lee, Young-Jae
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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    • v.15 no.3
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    • pp.257-265
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    • 2012
  • This paper presents a study on characteristics of precession motion of a smart munition. It's a kind of the Sensor Fuzed Weapon. The particular thing for the smart munition is that it has precession motion in the air while the sensor is searching the ground to detect ground vehicles such as tanks. The smart munition has a cylindrical shape and has a sensor attached on its side. Due to its non-uniform mass distribution, its center of gravity(CG) is located away from the center of volume(CV). In order for the smart munition to detect the target effectively, the ground searching pattern of sensor should have an uniform circular form, and for this, the precession motion of smart munition should be in its steady-state. Finally, it is necessary to choose the right initial conditions at the moment of firing, for the steady-state precession motion during flight.

Positional Tracking System Using Smartphone Sensor Information

  • Kim, Jung Yee
    • Journal of Multimedia Information System
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    • v.6 no.4
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    • pp.265-270
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    • 2019
  • The technology to locate an individual has enabled various services, its utilization has increased. There were constraints such as the use of separate expensive equipment or the installation of specific devices on a facility, with most of the location technology studies focusing on the accuracy of location verification. These constraints can result in accuracy within a few tens of centimeters, but they are not technology that can be applied to a user's location in real-time in daily life. Therefore, this paper aims to track the locations of smartphones only using the basic components of smartphones. Based on smartphone sensor data, localization accuracy that can be used for verification of the users' locations is aimed at. Accelerometers, Wifi radio maps, and GPS sensor information are utilized to implement it. In forging the radio map, signal maps were built at each vertex based on the graph data structure This approach reduces traditional map-building efforts at the offline phase. Accelerometer data were made to determine the user's moving status, and the collected sensor data were fused using particle filters. Experiments have shown that the average user's location error is about 3.7 meters, which makes it reasonable for providing location-based services in everyday life.

Sensor Nodes Localization for Temperature Distribution Measurement System

  • Ohyama, Shinji;Alasiry, Ali Husein;Takayama, Junya;Kobayashi, Akira
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2005.06a
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    • pp.1781-1786
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    • 2005
  • In sensor network systems, all the nodes are interconnected and the positional information of each sensor is essential. To measure the temperature, position detection and communication functions are required. Many sensor nodes are distributed to a measurement field, and these sensors have three main functions: they measure the distance to the other nodes, the data of which are used to determine the position of each node; they communicate with other nodes; and they measure the temperature of each node. A novel range measurement method using the difference between light and sound propagation speed is proposed. The experimental results show the temperature distribution as measured with the aid of the determined positions. The positions of every node were calculated with a PC program. Eight nodes were manufactured and their fundamental functions were tested. The results of the range measurement method, which takes relatively accurate measurements, contribute significantly to the accuracy of the position determination. Future studies will focus on 3-D position determination and on the architecture of appropriate sensors and actuators.

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Extended Kalman Filter-based Localization with Kinematic Relationship of Underwater Structure Inspection Robots (수중 구조물 검사로봇의 기구학적 관계를 이용한 확장 칼만 필터 기반의 위치추정)

  • Heo, Young-Jin;Lee, Gi-Hyeon;Kim, Jinhyun
    • Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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    • v.19 no.4
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    • pp.372-378
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    • 2013
  • In this paper, we research the localization problem of the crawler-type inspection robot for underwater structure which travels an outer wall of underwater structure. Since various factors of the underwater environment affect an encoder odometer, it is hard to localize robot itself using only on-board sensors. So in this research we used a depth sensor and an IMU to compensate odometer which has extreme error in the underwater environment through using Extended Kalman Filter(EKF) which is normally used in mobile robotics. To acquire valid measurements, we implemented precision sensor modeling after assuming specific situation that robot travels underwater structure. The depth sensor acquires a vertical position of robot and compensates one of the robot pose, and IMU is used to compensate a bearing. But horizontal position of robot can't be compensated by using only on-board sensors. So we proposed a localization algorithm which makes horizontal direction error bounded by using kinematics relationship. Also we implemented computer simulations and experiments in underwater environment to verify the algorithm performance.

An Energy-Efficient Clustering Algorithm consider Minimum-hop in Hierarchical Sensor Network (계층구조 센서 네트워크에서 Minimun-hop 을 고려한 클러스터 구성 알고리즘)

  • Kim, Yong;Lee, Doo-Wan;Jang, Kyung-Sik
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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    • 2010.10a
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    • pp.510-513
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    • 2010
  • In hierarchical wireless sensor network, Sensor nodes forming a cluster with a hierarchy. And there are being study for balanced energy consumption between cluster nodes. When forming network routing path, if there are configured incorrectly then it can be wasting energy. In this paper to solve these problem, We propose that it can consider sensor's communication range to create minimum hop layer when cluster heads configure routing path.

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Structural and Electrical Properties of WOx Thin Films Deposited by Direct Current Reactive Sputtering for NOx Gas Sensor

  • Yoon, Young-Soo;Kim, Tae-Song;Park, Won-Kook
    • Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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    • v.41 no.2
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    • pp.97-101
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    • 2004
  • W $O_{x}$-based semiconductor type thin film gas sensor was fabricated for the detection of N $O_{x}$ by reactive d.c. sputtering method. The relative oxidation state of the deposited W $O_{x}$ films was approximately compared by the calculation of the difference of the binding energy between Ols to W4 $f_{7}$2/ core level XPS spectra in the standard W $O_3$ powder of known composition. As the annealing temperature increased from 500 to 80$0^{\circ}C$, relative oxygen contents and grain size of the sputtered films were gradually increased. As the results of sensitivity ( $R_{gas}$/ $R_{air}$) measurements for the 5 ppm N $O_2$ gas, the sensitivity was 110 and the sensor showed recovery time as fast as 200 s. The other sensor properties were examined in terms of surface microstructure, annealing temperature, and relative oxygen contents. These results indicated that the W $O_3$ thin film with well controlled structure is a good candidate for monitoring and controlling of automobile exhaust.haust.t.t.t.