• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.521-535
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• 2018

The main purpose of this paper is to predict missing absolute out-of-plane displacements and failure limits of infill walls by artificial neural network (ANN) models. For this purpose, two shake table experiments are performed. These experiments are conducted on a 1:1 scale one-bay one-story reinforced concrete frame (RCF) with an infill wall. One of the experimental models is composed of unreinforced brick model (URB) enclosures with an RCF and other is composed of an infill wall with bed joint reinforcement (BJR) enclosures with an RCF. An artificial earthquake load is applied with four acceleration levels to the URB model and with five acceleration levels to the BJR model. After a certain acceleration level, the accelerometers are detached from the wall to prevent damage to them. The removal of these instruments results in missing data. The missing absolute maximum out-of-plane displacements are predicted with ANN models. Failure of the infill wall in the out-of-plane direction is also predicted at the 0.79 g acceleration level. An accuracy of 99% is obtained for the available data. In addition, a benchmark analysis with multiple regression is performed. This study validates that the ANN-based procedure estimates missing experimental data more accurately than multiple regression models.

• Tribology and Lubricants
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.168-176
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• 2014

This paper presents an engine oil change warning algorithm based on the test results of a small dip-stick-gage-type engine-oil-deterioration-detection sensor, software to realize the algorithm and a display device to apply the software. The algorithm determines the engine oil deterioration condition from the rate of change in the dielectric constant based on the average measured capacitance at $80^{\circ}C$ after the engine stops. The rate of change in the dielectric constant at the time for oil change correlates with the time that one of recommended warning limits for engine oil physical properties such as TAN (Total Acid Number), TBN (Total Base Number) and viscosity is first reached. At this point, a warning signal for oil change appears on the display device like a smart-phone or individual display device. The frames of smartphone app have three stages. The user can directly input all of the thresholds into the frame of the smartphone app. The screen of the display device comprises one frame for each warning signature with the related message. The user can input the thresholds to the device through a USB cable connected to a personal computer.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제63권4호
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• pp.497-507
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• 2017

During recent earthquakes, a significant number of concrete structures suffered extensive damage. Conventional reinforced concrete structures are designed for life-time safety that may see permanent inelastic deformation after severe earthquakes. Hence, there is a need to utilize adequate materials that have the ability to tolerate large deformation and get back to their original shape. Super-elastic shape memory alloy (SMA) is a smart material with unique properties, such as the ability to regain undeformed shape by unloading or heating. In this research, four different stories (three, five, seven and nine) of reinforced concrete (RC) buildings have been studied and subjected to near-field ground motions. For each building, two different types of reinforcement detailing are considered, including (1) conventional steel reinforcement (RC frame) and (2) steel-SMA reinforcement (SMA RC frame), with SMA bars being used at plastic zones of beams and steel bars in other regions. Nonlinear time history analyses have been performed by "SeismoStruct" finite element software. The results indicate that the application of SMA materials in plastic hinge regions of the beams lead to reduction of the residual displacement and consequently post-earthquake repairs. In general, it can be said that shape memory alloy materials reduce structural damage and retrofit costs.

• 한국게임학회 논문지
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.91-98
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• 2019

본 연구는 모바일 Android OS에서 텍스쳐 포맷인 ASTC의 메모리 점유율, CPU 처리 속도, 평균 프레임 비교 검증을 진행하였다. 실험 환경 구성으로 가상의 게임 씬을 구현하여 Android 플랫폼으로 빌드하였다. 이를 바탕으로 비교 검증 데이터를 추출하였다. ASTC는 ETC보다 2D 텍스쳐의 메모리 사용량에서 36% 낮은 점유율을 보였다. CPU 연산 처리에서는 18% 빠른 처리속도를 보였다. 평균 프레임은 58% 더 높은 54프레임을 확인하였다. 스마트 모바일 게임 환경에서 ASTC는 ETC보다 비교우위의 결과를 확인하였다.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.285-292
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• 2015

This paper presents a wireless ground reaction force (GRF) sensing system for ambulatory GRF recording. The system is largely divided into three parts: force sensing modules based on optical sensor, outsole type frame, and embedded system for wireless communication. The force sensing module has advantages of the low height, robustness to the moment interference, and stable response in long term use. In simulation study, the strain and stress properties were examined to satisfy the requirements of the GRF sensing system. Four sensing modules were mounted on the toe, ball, and heel of foot shaped frame, respectively. The GRF signals were extracted using Micrpcontroller unit and transferred to the smart phone via Bluetooth communication. We measured the GRF during the normal walking for the validation of the continuous recording capability. The recorded GRF was comparable to the off the shelf stationary force plate.

• 한국멀티미디어학회논문지
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.196-204
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• 2017

Behavior of intelligent video surveillance system is recognized by analyzing the pattern of the object of interest by using the frame information of video inputted from the camera and analyzes the behavior. Detection of object's certain behaviors in the crowd has become a critical problem because in the event of terror strikes. Recognition of object's certain behaviors is an important but difficult problem in the area of computer vision. As the realization of big data utilizing machine learning, data mining techniques, the amount of video through the CCTV, Smart-phone and Drone's video has increased dramatically. In this paper, we propose a multiple-sliding window method to recognize the cumulative change as one piece in order to improve the accuracy of the recognition. The experimental results demonstrated the method was robust and efficient learning units in the classification of certain behaviors.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제18권7호
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• pp.1540-1546
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• 2014

인도어 기지국(Indoor BS) 결함으로 인해 발생하는 커버리지홀 문제를 해결하기 위하여, 새로운 프레임 구조와 최적화 기법 기반의 실제적인 알고리즘을 제안한다. 우리의 핵심 공헌은 다음과 같다: 1) 갑작스런 IBS 결함 문제 해결을 위한 힐링(healing) 채널을 가지는 새로운 프레임 구조를 제안하고 2) 최적화 문제의 복잡도 감소를 위한 고정적 IBS 선택에 기반한 효과적인 휴리스틱 자원할당 알고리즘을 제안한다. 시뮬레이션을 통하여 평균 셀 용량과 사용자 공평성 관점에서 기존 알고리즘에 비해 제안 방안이 우수함을 증명한다.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.205-217
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• 2011

This article describes the research work involving the implementation of an Active Bracing System aimed at the modification of the initial dynamics of a laboratorial building structure to a new desired dynamics. By means of an adequate control force it is possible to assign an entirely new dynamics to a system by moving its natural frequencies and damping ratios to different values with the purpose of achieving a better overall structural response to external loads. In Civil Engineering applications, the most common procedures for controlling vibrations in structures include changing natural frequencies in order to avoid resonance phenomena and increasing the damping ratios of the critical vibration modes. In this study, the actual implementation of an active system is demonstrated, which is able to perform such modifications in a wide frequency range; to this end, a plane frame physical model with 4 degrees-of-freedom is used. The Active Bracing System developed is actuated by a linear motor controlled by an algorithm based on pole assignment strategy. The efficiency of this control system is verified experimentally by analyzing the control effect obtained with the modification of the initial dynamic parameters of the plane frame and observing the subsequent structural response.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제6권7호
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• pp.793-810
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• 2010

This paper addresses the control issue of vibratory MEMS-based gyroscopes. This study considers a gyroscope that can be modeled by an inner mass attached to an outer mass by four springs and four dampers. The outer mass itself is attached to the rotating frame by an equal number of springs and dampers. In order to measure the angular rate of the rotating frame, a driving force is applied to the inner mass and the Coriolis force is sensed along the y-direction associated with the outer mass. Due to micro-fabrication imperfections, including anisoelasticity and damping effects, both gyroscopes do not allow accurate measurements, and therefore, it becomes necessary to devise feedback controllers to reduce the effects of such imperfections. Given an ideal gyroscope that meets certain performance specifications, a feedback control strategy is synthesized to reduce the error dynamics between the actual and ideal gyroscopes. For a dual-mass gyroscope, it is demonstrated that the error dynamics are remarkably decreased with the application of four actuators applied to both masses in the x and y directions. It is also shown that it is possible to reduce the error dynamics with only two actuators applied to the outer mass only. Simulation results are presented to prove the efficiency of the proposed control design.

• 전기전자학회논문지
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.369-374
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• 2012

본 논문에서는 손동작을 영상 입력 정보로 하여 기기의 기능을 제어하는 UX를 구현하였다 이를 위하여 Microsoft 사의 Kinect 센서를 이용하여 초당 30 프레임의 사용자의 3차원 depth map을 얻고 여기서 skeleton 이미지를 추출하여 손목 등의 관절의 위치에 대한 좌표 값을 얻는다. 전 후 프레임의 손의 위치가 변화하는 방향과 병화량으로부터 손 동작의 의미를 추출하고 다양한 손동작을 이용하여 스마트TV 등의 원격의 영상을 제어하는 명령어 입력으로 사용하는 UX를 제시하고 실험을 통하여 구현하였다.