• 한국전자통신학회논문지
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• 제15권5호
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• pp.959-966
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• 2020

수산업의 중요성이 커지고 양식 산업이 급성장한 가운데 수산 양식 분야 ICT 융합을 통한 스마트 양식장에 대한 연구가 진행되고 있다. 양식장 현장에서 생육 환경 모니터링이 가능하도록 수중 드론의 구동부, 영상 수집 장치, 자세 안정화를 위한 통합 컨트롤러, 실시간 수중 영상을 통한 드론 조정 및 제어가 가능한 원격 관제 장치를 제안하고 설계, 개발 및 시험을 진행하였다. 수중 드론 활용을 통해 양식 산업에서 문제 되는 인력 수급 및 고비용 작업을 대체 할 수 있으며, 양식 폐사 확률을 줄여 안정적인 양식장 관리가 가능하다.

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제34권6호
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• pp.475-480
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• 2020

Underwater operating platforms face difficulties regarding power supply and communications. To overcome these difficulties, this study proposes a hybrid surface and underwater vehicle (HSUV) and presents the development of the platform, control algorithms, and results of field tests. The HSUV is capable of supplying reliable power to the unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) and obtaining data in real time by using a tether cable between the UUV and the unmanned surface vehicle (USV). The HSUV uses global positioning system (GPS) and ultra-short base line sensors to determine the relative location of the UUV. Way point (WP) and dynamic positioning (DP) algorithms were developed to enable the HSUV to perform unmanned exploration. After reaching the target point using the WP algorithm, the DP algorithm enables USV to maintain position while withstanding environmental disturbances. To ensure the navigation performance at sea, performance tests of GPS, attitude/heading reference system, and side scan sonar were conducted. Based on these results, manual operation, WP, and DP tests were conducted at sea. WP and DP test results and side scan sonar images during the sea trials are presented.

• Ocean Science Journal
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• 제41권3호
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• pp.175-179
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• 2006

The Ieodo Ocean Research Station(IORS) is an integrated meteorological and oceanographic observation base which was constructed on the Ieodo underwater rock located at a distance of about 150 km to the south-west of the Mara-do, the southernmost island in Korea. The underwater ambient noise level observed at the IORS was similar to the results of the shallow water surrounding the Korean Peninsula (Choi et al. 2003) and was higher than that of deep ocean (Wenz 1962). The wind dependence of ambient noise was dominant at frequencies of a few kHz. The surface current dependence of ambient noise showed good correlation with the ambient noise in the frequency of 10 kHz. Especially, the shrimp sound was estimated through investigations of waveform and spectrum and its main acoustic energy was about 40 dB larger than ambient noise level at 5 kHz.

• 한국군사과학기술학회지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.25-39
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• 2018

In this paper, an integrated analysis model for evaluating the underwater acoustic performance of the multilayered acoustic coatings containing visco-elastic composite layers with hollow glass microspheres is described. The model uses the effective medium theory considering the acoustic scattering and resonance effects of the inclusions. Also, the model incorporates the compressive deformation mechanism associated with hydrostatic pressure. The technique developed in this work was used as the acoustic layer design and performance analysis tools for the practical hull coatings and acoustic baffles in Korean next generation submarines.

• IEIE Transactions on Smart Processing and Computing
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• 제4권4호
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• pp.216-223
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• 2015

The autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) is being widely researched in order to achieve superior performance when working in hazardous environments. This research focuses on using image processing techniques to estimate the AUV's egomotion and the changes in orientation, based on image frames from different time frames captured from a single high-definition web camera attached to the bottom of the AUV. A visual odometry application is integrated with other sensors. An internal measurement unit (IMU) sensor is used to determine a correct set of answers corresponding to a homography motion equation. A pressure sensor is used to resolve image scale ambiguity. Uncertainty estimation is computed to correct drift that occurs in the system by using a Jacobian method, singular value decomposition, and backward and forward error propagation.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제66권1호
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• pp.33-39
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• 2017

A top priority in the design of underwater vehicle is to guarantee the dependability of the electric system because failure of the electrical power supply system is directly related to the life of the passengers. In this paper, we present four kinds of alternative designs to improve reliability of electrical system in underwater vehicle. To reduce the risk and to increase availability of the electrical system, we use the redundancy of the grid structure and power converter. For all design alternatives, we carry out Fault Tree Analysis. Based on the FTA result, we implement RAM simulation to compare the risk and availability for the proposed design alternatives.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• 제37권4호
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• pp.425-430
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• 2013

수중통신은 지상통신에 비하여 통신채널의 강건성과 고속데이터 전송 측면에서 상당한 제약 요인을 가지고 있다. 공기 중에서 RF 통신은 장거리 전송에도 높은 데이터 전송률을 보이지만, 수중에서는 매질의 전도특성으로 인하여 전파에너지의 심각한 감쇠현상이 발생하여 통신이 어려운 실정이다. 현재 수중에서 수 십 킬로미터 이상의 장거리 통신이 가능한 음향파 통신 모뎀이 개발되어 사용되고 있지만 낮은 전송율과 높은 전력 소모, 느린 전송속도가 문제로 거론되고 있다. 이 문제를 보완할 수 있는 방안으로 빛을 이용한 근거리 수중무선통신이 대안으로 연구되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 가시광 파장영역에서 수중통신 채널 특성을 분석하였다. 자유공간 광무선 통신과 비교하여 수중 가시광 통신기술의 가능성을 제시하고, LED 기반 트랜시버와 CMOS 센서를 통신시스템에 장착하여 수중이미지 전송을 위한 광무선 통신 시스템을 시연하였다.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.584-591
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• 2014

This paper presents a novel aided navigation method for AUV (Autonomous Underwater Vehicles). The navigation system for AUV includes several sensors such as IMU (Inertial Measurement Unit), DVL (Doppler Velocity Log) and depth sensor. In general, the $13^{th}$ order INS error model, which includes depth error, velocity error, attitude error, and the accelerometer and gyroscope biases as state variables is used with measurements from DVL and depth sensors. However, the model may degrade the estimation performance of the heading state. Therefore, the $11^{th}$ INS error model is proposed. Its validity is verified by using a degree of observability and analyzing steady state error. The performance of the proposed model is shown by the computer simulation. The results show that the performance of the reduced $11^{th}$ order error model is better than that of the conventional $13^{th}$ order error model.

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제30권5호
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• pp.367-373
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• 2016

This paper describes the development of a navigation HILS (hardware in the loop simulation) system for an integrated navigation performance analysis of a large diameter unmanned underwater vehicle (LDUUV). The HILS system was used for the performance analysis of the LDUUV. When a conventional HILS system is used, it is not possible to calculate the velocity and position using an inertial navigation system (INS). To cope with this problem, an external acceleration was generated. To evaluate the proposed method, we compare the results of a Monte Carlo simulation and navigation HILS experiment.

• 센서학회지
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• 제32권5호
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• pp.307-312
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• 2023

To measure the flow velocity and direction in the near field of an unmanned underwater vehicle, an optical measurement unit containing an image sensor and a phosphor-integrated pillar that mimics the neuromasts of a fish was constructed. To analyze pillar movement, which changes with fluid flow, fluorescence image analysis was conducted. To analyze the flow velocity, mean force analysis, which could determine the relationship between the light intensity of a fluorescence image and an external force, and length-force analysis, which could determine the distance between the center points of two fluorescence images, were employed. Additionally, angle analysis that can determine the angles at which pixels of a digital image change was selected to analyze the direction of fluid flow. The flow velocity analysis results showed a high correlation of 0.977 between the external force and the light intensity of the fluorescence image, and in the case of direction analysis, omnidirectional movement could be analyzed. Through this study, we confirmed the effectiveness of optical flow sensors equipped with phosphor-integrated pillars.