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A Study on Scalable Bluetooth Network for Secure Ubiquitous Environment (안전한 유비쿼터스 환경을 위한 확장성 있는 블루투스 네트워크에 관한 연구)

  • Baek, Jang-Mi;Seo, Dae-Hee
    • Journal of Internet Computing and Services
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    • v.9 no.1
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    • pp.159-170
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    • 2008
  • The ubiquitous network revolution is beginning with the onset of digital convergence, whereby computers, horne appliances, and communications and broadcast media are being unified into digital media with the founding of the information super high speed. This technical advancement is creating a new culture and a new space and accelerating society's transition to the new and unique social paradigm of a 'ubiquitous society'. In particular, studies on ubiquitous communications are well underway. Lately, the focus has been on the Bluetooth technology due to its applicability in various environments. Applying Bluetooth connectivity to new environments such as ubiquitous or sensor networks requires finding new ways of using it. Thus, the scalable Bluetooth piconet scheme with independent slave device is proposed. It follows from work by Sea et al. But extended scatternet is not considered is Kiisc05 paper. Therefore, we propose secure bridge connection scheme for scalable Bluetooth scatternet.

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Implementation of u-Care System Based on Multi-Sensor in u-Home Environment (u-Home 환경에서 멀티센서 기반 u-Care System 구현)

  • Lee, Hee-Jeong;Kang, Sin-Jae;Jang, Hyung-Geun;Jeong, Chang-Won;Joo, Su-Chong
    • Journal of Internet Computing and Services
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    • v.12 no.2
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    • pp.135-147
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    • 2011
  • As the number of elderly people living alone has been increasing in the recent years, systems for their safety have been required, and some related services or pilot systems have been operating. These systems provide the monitoring service for the activities of the elderly people living alone with indoor location tracking technology using the various sensors. However, most systems provide services on expensive infrastructure such as attached tags and mobile devices. In this point, this paper attempts to suggest a system based on low cost sensors to collect event data in home environment. And a main characteristic of the system is that people can monitor the results of provided services through web browser in real time and the system can provide related context information to guardians and health care managers through SMS of mobile phone.

Application of Acoustic Emission Technique for Bridge Cable Monitoring (교량 케이블 적용 강연선 모니터링을 위한 음향방출 기법 검토)

  • Kim, Ga-Young;Seo, Dong-Woo
    • Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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    • v.22 no.4
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    • pp.121-125
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    • 2018
  • This paper presents the assessment of 7-wire strand monitoring using acoustic emission technique for bridges. 7-wire strand is widely used construction materials to provide additional tensile force to bridges. PSC (PreStressed Concrete) bridge and cable-stayed bridge are representatives for such cases. However, as the bridge aging progresses recently, corrosion problems of strand are emerging. For this reason, various NDT (Non-Destructive Test) methods for cable inspection are being studied and applied to the field. One of the NDT methods, acoustic emission technique, is known as an effective technique to detect cable damage and breakage. In this study, to evaluate the applicability of acoustic emission technique to bridges, acoustic emission signals according to damage of the strand were acquired and analyzed by tensile test. Moreover, The optimal AE sensor type was selected for field application. As a result, it is considered that the acoustic emission technique will be able to detect corrosion breakage and signs of rupture.

Heavy Snowfall Disaster Response using Multiple Satellite Imagery Information (다중 위성정보를 활용한 폭설재난 대응)

  • Kim, Seong Sam;Choi, Jae Won;Goo, Sin Hoi;Park, Young Jin
    • Journal of Korean Society for Geospatial Information Science
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    • v.20 no.4
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    • pp.135-143
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    • 2012
  • Remote sensing which observes repeatedly the whole Earth and GIS-based decision-making technology have been utilized widely in disaster management such as early warning monitoring, damage investigation, emergent rescue and response, rapid recovery etc. In addition, various countermeasures of national level to collect timely satellite imagery in emergency have been considered through the operation of a satellite with onboard multiple sensors as well as the practical joint use of satellite imagery by collaboration with space agencies of the world. In order to respond heavy snowfall disaster occurred on the east coast of the Korean Peninsula in February 2011, snow-covered regions were analyzed and detected in this study through NDSI(Normalized Difference Snow Index) considering reflectance of wavelength for MODIS sensor and change detection algorithm using satellite imagery collected from International Charter. We present the application case of National Disaster Management Institute(NDMI) which supported timely decision-making through GIS spatial analysis with various spatial data and snow cover map.

밀리미터파 레이다 시스템을 이용한 전력선 검출

  • Kang, Gum-Sil;Yong, Sang-Soon;Kang, Song-Doug;Kim, Jong-Ah;Chang, Young-Jun
    • Aerospace Engineering and Technology
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    • v.3 no.1
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    • pp.242-250
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    • 2004
  • This paper describes the detection method of wire-like obstacles using millimeter-wave radar system. Passive sensor like CCD camera can be used for the detection of high power electric cables on the hills or mountains and it can give very good quality of obstacle target information. But this system is very limited to use by bad weather condition. The detection capability for different diameters of wire targets using millimeter radar system have been accomplished. To simulate the target on the moving helicopter, rotating targets are used with fixed radar system. In the experiment 11mm, 16mm and 22mm diameter of wires have been detected in single, two and three wires in one position. The detected signal from single wire was very clear on gray level image. Three wires placed very closely together could be recognized in range, cross range image plane. For two and three wires, blur effect due to mutual scattering effect is observed.

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A Study on the Generating Characteristics Depending on Driving System of a Honeycomb Shaped Piezoelectric Energy Harvester (벌집형 압전 발전 소자의 구동방식에 따른 출력 특성)

  • Jeong, Seong-Su;Kang, Shin-Chul;Park, Tae-Gone
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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    • v.28 no.2
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    • pp.69-74
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    • 2015
  • Recently, energy harvesting technology is increasing due to the fossil fuel shortages. Energy harvesting is generating electrical energy from wasted energies as sunlight, wind, waves, pressure, and vibration etc. Energy harvesting is one of the alternatives of fossil fuel. One of the energy harvesting technologies, the piezoelectric energy harvesting has been actively studied. Piezoelectric generating uses a positive piezoelectric effect which produces electrical energy when mechanical vibration is applied to the piezoelectric device. Piezoelectric energy harvesting has an advantage in that it is relatively not affected by weather, area and place. Also, stable and sustainable energy generation is possible. However, the output power is relatively low, so in this paper, newly designed honeycomb shaped piezoelectric energy harvesting device for increasing a generating efficiency. The output characteristics of the piezoelectric harvesting device were analyzed according to the change of parameters by using the finite element method analysis program. One model which has high output voltage was selected and a prototype of the honeycomb shaped piezoelectric harvesting device was fabricated. Experimental results from the fabricated device were compared to the analyzed results. After the AC-DC converting, the power of one honeycomb shaped piezoelectric energy harvesting device was measured 2.3[mW] at road resistance 5.1[$K{\Omega}$]. And output power was increased the number of harvesting device when piezoelectric energy harvesting device were connected in series and parallel.

An Analysis System Using Big Data based Real Time Monitoring of Vital Sign: Focused on Measuring Baseball Defense Ability (빅데이터 기반의 실시간 생체 신호 모니터링을 이용한 분석시스템: 야구 수비능력 측정을 중심으로)

  • Oh, Young-Hwan
    • The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.221-228
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    • 2018
  • Big data is an important keyword in World's Fourth Industrial Revolution in public and private division including IoT(Internet of Things), AI(Artificial Intelligence) and Cloud system in the fields of science, technology, industry and society. Big data based on services are available in various fields such as transportation, weather, medical care, and marketing. In particular, in the field of sports, various types of bio-signals can be collected and managed by the appearance of a wearable device that can measure vital signs in training or rehabilitation for daily life rather than a hospital or a rehabilitation center. However, research on big data with vital signs from wearable devices for training and rehabilitation for baseball players have not yet been stimulated. Therefore, in this paper, we propose a system for baseball infield and outfield players, especially which can store and analyze the momentum measurement vital signals based on big data.

Evaluation of Uncertainty Sources in Temperature Measurement Using Platinum Resistance Thermometer Caused by Temperature Gradient in Furnace and Sealed-type Freezing Point Cells (전기로 및 봉입형 응고점 셀 내의 온도구배가 미치는 표준백금저항온도계 온도측정의 불확도 요소 평가)

  • Kang, Kee-Hoon;Gam, Kee-Sool;Kim, Yong-Gyoo;Song, Chang-Ho
    • Journal of Sensor Science and Technology
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    • v.13 no.6
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    • pp.411-416
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    • 2004
  • In the international temperature scale of 1990 (ITS-90), standard platinum resistance thermometer (SPRT) is a defining standard thermometer used in the temperature range from 13.8033 K to $961^{\circ}C$. Uncertainty of SPRT is about several mK and uncertainty of defining fixed points of the ITS-90 which is used for calibrating SPRT is about several tenth of mK. Above $0^{\circ}C$. the defining fixed points are gallium melting point and indium, tin, zinc, aluminium and silver freezing points which are all realized using an electric furnace or a liquid bath. To realize freezing point of tin ($231.928^{\circ}C$) and zinc ($419.527^{\cir}C$), two 3-zone furnaces which have 3 electric heaters were manufactured. Temperature gradient of the constructed furnaces were tested. Uncertainty caused by temperature gradient of furnace and immersion effect of SPRT in the sealed-type freezing point cells were evaluated 0.038 mK for tin freezing point and 0.036 mK for zinc freezing point.

Design of Small Acoustic Filter for ITE Type Noise Protector (ITE 타입의 소음 차폐기용 소형 음향 필터의 설계)

  • Lee, Yun-Jung;Kim, Pil-Un;Chang, Yong-Min;Lee, Sang-Heun;Cho, Jin-Ho;Kim, Myoung-Nam
    • Journal of Sensor Science and Technology
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    • v.13 no.6
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    • pp.479-487
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    • 2004
  • The prevention of noise induced hearing loss is very important, because there is no treatment for it. There are some kinds of devices for hearing protection, and those are effective in preventing a noise induced hearing loss. However, people often resist the use of hearing protection devices because it is difficult to have a conversation. Therefore, a hearing protection device is must effective not only in hearing protection but also in preserving communication ability. In this paper, we proposed a small acoustic filter for ITE type noise protector to solving the problem about the difficulties of conversation. That is applied a principle of acoustic filters that have been used for a muffler of automobiles, guns, and etc. To find out the sound transmission characteristic at the eardrum, we regarded an acoustic filter and external ear canal as a coupled system. So, we simulated the coupled system with OrCad, and experimented with a designed acoustic filter and a 2 cc coupler which has the same transmission characteristic as the external ear canal has. We confirmed that it is possible to adjustment acoustic transmission characteristics through simulation of electrical model for acoustic filter and external ear and experiments using designed small acoustic filters.

Growth and photocurrent study on the splitting of the valence band for ZnIn2S4 single crystal thin film by hot wall epitaxy (Hot Wall Epitaxy (HWE)법에 의한 ZnIn2S4 단결정 박막 성장과 가전자대 갈라짐에 대한 광전류 연구)

  • Hong, Kwang-Joon
    • Journal of Sensor Science and Technology
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    • v.16 no.6
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    • pp.419-427
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    • 2007
  • Single crystal $ZnIn_{2}S_{4}$ layers were grown on a thoroughly etched semi-insulating GaAs(100) substrate at $450^{\circ}C$ with the hot wall epitaxy (HWE) system by evaporating the polycrystal source of $ZnIn_{2}S_{4}$ at $610^{\circ}C$ prepared from horizontal electric furnace. The crystalline structure of the single crystal thin films was investigated by the photoluminescence and double crystal X-ray diffraction (DCXD). The carrier density and mobility of single crystal $ZnIn_{2}S_{4}$ thin films measured with Hall effect by van der Pauw method are $8.51{\times}10^{17}\;electron/cm^{-3}$, $291{\;}cm^{2}/v-s$ at 293 K, respectively. The photocurrent and the absorption spectra of $ZnIn_{2}S_{4}$/SI(Semi-Insulated) GaAs(100) are measured ranging from 293 K to 10 K. The temperature dependence of the energy band gap of the $ZnIn_{2}S_{4}$ obtained from the absorption spectra was well described by the Varshni's relation, $E_g(T)$=2.9514 eV. ($7.24{\times}10^{-4}\;eV/K$)$T^{2}$/(T+489 K). Using the photocurrent spectra and the Hopfield quasicubic model, the crystal field energy(${\Delta}cr$) and the spin-orbit splitting energy(${\Delta}so$) for the valence band of the $ZnIn_{2}S_{4}$ have been estimated to be 167.8 meV and 14.8 meV at 10 K, respectively. The three photocurrent peaks observed at 10 K are ascribed to the $A_{1}$-, $B_{1}$-, and $C_{41}$-exciton peaks.