• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제19권5호
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• pp.71-77
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• 2005

This paper presents an integrated underwater navigational algorithm for unmanned underwater vehicles, using additional two-range transducers. This paper proposes a measurement model, using two range measurements, to improve the performance of an IMU-DVL (inertial measurement unit - Doppler velocity log) navigation system for long-time operation of underwater vehicles, excluding DVL measurement. Extended Kalman filter was adopted to propagate the error covariance, to update the measurement errors, and to correct the state equation when the external measurements are available. Simulation was conducted with the 6-d.o.f nonlinear numerical model of an AUV in lawn-mowing survey mode, at current flaw, where the velocity information is unavailable. Simulations illustrate the effectiveness of the integrated navigation system, assisted by the additional range measurements without DVL sensing.

• 로봇학회논문지
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.24-31
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• 2020

Alternative navigation in underwater environments is essential to prevent accumulating drift error of dead reckoning. In case of using an external positioning system, the installation and management process of the transmission station is cumbersome, and the operation range of underwater vehicle is limited. In order to solve this problem, navigation using geophysical information such as terrain, geomagnetic field and gravity can be used. Unlike the terrain, geomagnetic field and gravity are composed of 3-D information, so continuation process is required. In this paper, we present a integrated navigation algorithm using multiple geophysical information for long-term operation of UUV. The proposed algorithm is verified through numerical simulation in an artificially generated environments. As a result, integrated navigation showed higher navigation accuracy than single alternative navigation.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.105-111
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• 1997

This Paper Proposes a new efficient system design strategies for the acoustic-based underwater multiple modem and media access control protocol. The system aims to establish the acoustic-based communication network of an underwater vehicles for deep sea mining, which ensures a certain level of maximum throughput regardless of the propagation delay of acoustic and allows fast data transmission through the acoustic-based multiple channel. A media access control protocol for integrated communication network and it's acoustic-based communication modems that allows 'peer-to-peer' communication between a surface mining plant multiple underwater system is designed, and the proposed media access control protocol is implemented for its verification. Furthermore, a proposed design strategies which make it possible to control the multiple vehicle for an underwater mining is presented in this paper.

• 한국멀티미디어학회논문지
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• 제23권7호
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• pp.819-829
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• 2020

Underwater communication is necessarily useful for various application domains such as saving of human lives from underwater disasters, marine resource exploration, underwater military fields, underwater environment or ecosystem monitoring, fish farm monitoring and management, etc. Even though the acoustic wave has been the main underwater communication media until now, several media such as optical waves, VLF/ELF waves, magnetic fields, and infrared rays also began to be treated as possible media for underwater communication. If these underwater communicate-possible media are used mixing together, the underwater communication can be much more reliable and efficient through complementing the disadvantages of each communication media with advantages of other communication media. In fact, mixing and using multi-media for underwater communication requires the data flow control in the connection process of different media due to their communication speed gaps and bandwidth differences, and, specially, in the flow control, the appropriate message fragmentation technique is required inevitably. For this reason, this paper presents a fragmentation framework and technique necessary to the flow control in the underwater multi-media communication. In addition, through its implementation and experiments, this paper shows the feasibility on the realization of the multi-media based underwater communication.

• 한국전자통신학회논문지
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• 제13권6호
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• pp.1379-1386
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• 2018

양식장에서 사용되는 기존의 수중 카메라는 제한된 구역만 촬영할 수 있으며, 수중 오염으로 인해 훼손되기 쉽다. 또한 양식장 그물망에 사료 공급에 따른 잉여 찌꺼기가 퇴적되어 양식장을 오염시키는 문제점이 있다. 이에 본 논문은 양식장 수중 모니터링과 그물망 청소를 위한 수중 드론을 제안한다. 수중 드론을 이용한다면 수중 영상 촬영, 모니터링과 양식장 그물망 청소가 가능하다. 이를 활용하면 양식장 환경 변화를 감지해 데이터를 수집할 수 있고 그 데이터를 기반으로 양식장 내에서 발생하는 변화에 대응할 수 있다. 더불어 통합관제 시스템을 구축하게 되면 이를 통해 효율적이고 안정적인 스마트 양식장 구축이 가능할 것이다.

• 로봇학회논문지
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.152-160
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• 2007

In this paper, two schemes are introduced for dynamic simulation of underwater robotic systems. One is principle of dynamical balance, which is an easy and powerful tool for formulating dynamic equations of composite systems such as underwater vehicle-manipulator system. In the dynamic modeling, this principle gives us the closed-form of dynamic equations on matrix Lie group. The other is geometric integration algorithm, called 4-th order explicit Munthe-Kaas method. By this method, the derived differential equations can be integrated preserving geometric structure. Adopting these two schemes, dynamic simulation of underwater vehicle- manipulator system can be conducted more easily and more reliably.

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.93-99
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• 2013

This paper describes a robust algorithm for an integrated underwater navigation system based on VKF (velocity Kalman filter). The proposed approach relies on a VKF, augmented by the altitude from an echo-sounder-based switching architecture to yield robust performance, even when DVL (Doppler velocity log) exceeds the measurement range and the measured value cannot be valid. The proposed approach relies on three parts: 1) PINS (pure inertial navigation system), 2) VKF design, and 3) VKF-aided integrated navigation filter design. To evaluate the proposed method, we compare the results of the VKF-aided navigation system with the simulation result from a PINS and conventional INS-DVL method.

• Corrosion Science and Technology
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.68-73
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• 2009

An evaluation of underwater - repair coating materials was based on the premise that defective areas of the existent epoxy coating such as blistering and cracking will be repaired on spot under submerged condition. Tests include the clarification as to whether they are compatible between as-built coating and new repair coating on each concrete specimen. Candidate coating materials for repair were tested in a laboratory to scrutinize their suitability to perform the needed function satisfactorily. The qualification tests performed are as a minimum as follows: Integrated radiation tolerance test, chemical resistance test (submerged condition in deionized water), hardness test and adhesion test of the repair materials. The proper repair coating materials were selected and approved from this test results.

• International Journal of Fuzzy Logic and Intelligent Systems
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.82-86
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• 2008

The article presents ARTMAP and Fuzzy BK-Product approach underwater obstacle avoidance for the Autonomous underwater Vehicles (AUV). The AUV moves an unstructured area of underwater and could be met with obstacles in its way. The AUVs are equipped with complex sensorial systems like camera, aquatic sonar system, and transducers. A Neural integrated Fuzzy BK-Product controller, which integrates Fuzzy logic representation of the human thinking procedure with the learning capabilities of neural-networks (ARTMAP), is developed for obstacle avoidance in the case of unstructured areas. In this paper, ARTMAP-Fuzzy BK-Product controller architecture comprises of two distinct elements, are 1) Fuzzy Logic Membership Function and 2) Feed-Forward ART component. Feed-Forward ART component is used to understanding the unstructured underwater environment and Fuzzy BK-Product interpolates the Fuzzy rule set and after the defuzzyfication, the output is used to take the decision for safety direction to go for avoiding the obstacle collision with the AUV. An on-line reinforcement learning method is introduced which adapts the performance of the fuzzy units continuously to any changes in the environment and make decision for the optimal path from source to destination.

• 한국측량학회지
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.275-281
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• 2011

해양이나 내수면 등 수상에서의 공사를 위해서는 수중 지형정보의 확보가 필수적이다. 수중 지형정보는 수심과 바닥면에 대한 지형정보로 구성할 수 있으며, 수심 측량과 바닥면에 대한 음향영상탐사 등을 별도의 탐사 방법으로 실시하여 정보를 취득하고 있다. 공학적 목적으로 양질의 정보를 제공하기 위해서는 두 정보에 대한 동시 획득과 통합적인 해석이 필요하다. 본 연구에서는 간섭계 방식을 이용한 음향영상탐사를 실시하여 수심과 수중 바닥 지형정보를 동시에 획득하였으며, 취득한 수심 정보에 대한 정확도 평가를 통해 간섭계방식의 수중 지형 탐사 방법에 대한 가능성을 검토하였다.