• Transactions of the Korean hydrogen and new energy society
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• v.25 no.4
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• pp.405-418
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• 2014

Fuel cells are suitable for a power plant of a unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) as it is not only environmentally friendly and quiet but also more efficient than an internal combustion engine. A fuel cell hybrid UAV has better performance in endurance than a fuel cell only or battery only UAV. One of the key purposes of making fuel cell hybrid UAVs is having long endurance and now maximum 26 hours of flight is possible. Because optimal design and control methods for fuel cell hybrid UAVs are absolutely needed for their long endurance we have to check the methods. The aircraft made by using application-integrated design method has less BOP mass and better performances. The optimal design and control methods are generally based on computer simulations or Hardware-In-The-Loop simulations by using dynamic models for their design and control. The Hardware-In-The-Loop simulation (HILS) is to use a hardware device like a fuel cell stack as well as a simulation program and it allows for making optimally designed applications. This paper introduce efficient methods of design, control and evaluation for the fuel cell hybrid UAVs.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.42 no.4
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• pp.549-557
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• 2022

Due to harsh conditions of construction site, understanding of current feature of terrain and other infrastructures is critical issue for site managers. However, because of difficulties in acquiring the geographical information of the construction sites such as large sites and limited capability of construction workers, comprehensive site investigation of current feature of construction site is not an easy task for construction managers. To address these circumstances of construction sites, this study deduce difficulties and applicabilities of unmanned aerial vehicle in the area of construction site management. To confirm applicability of UAV in civil construction project, case study have been conducted on the road construction project. The result of case study proved that the developed system is one of promising technologies that has been studied in construction site management. To improve applicability of UAV for construction and process management information, law and technical issues will be an important area of future study.

• Journal of People, Plants, and Environment
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• v.24 no.4
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• pp.441-450
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• 2021

Background and objective: The purpose of study is to analyze the three-dimensional (3D) structure by creating a 3D model for green spaces in a park using unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) images. Methods: After producing a digital surface model (DSM) and a digital terrain model (DTM) using UAV images taken in Mureung Park in Chuncheon-si, we generated a digital tree height model (DHM). In addition, we used the mean shift algorithm to test the classification accuracy, and obtain accurate tree height and volume measures through field survey. Results: Most of the tree species planted in Mureung Park were Pinus koraiensis, followed by Pinus densiflora, and Zelkova serrata, and most of the shrubs planted were Rhododendron yedoense, followed by Buxus microphylla, and Spiraea prunifolia. The average height of trees measured at the site was 7.8 m, and the average height estimated by the model was 7.5 m, showing a difference of about 0.3 m. As a result of the t-test, there was no significant difference between height values of the field survey data and the model. The estimated green coverage and volume of the study site using the UAV were 5,019 m² and 14,897 m³, respectively, and the green coverage and volume measured through the field survey were 6,339 m² and 17,167 m³. It was analyzed that the green coverage showed a difference of about 21% and the volume showed a difference of about 13%. Conclusion: The UAV equipped with RTK (Real-Time Kinematic) and GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) modules used in this study could collect information on tree height, green coverage, and volume with relatively high accuracy within a short period of time. This could serve as an alternative to overcome the limitations of time and cost in previous field surveys using remote sensing techniques.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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• v.37 no.6
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• pp.89-95
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• 2022

A method for measuring the length and slope of a temporary structure using an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and 3D modeling method is proposed. The actual length and slope of the vertical member of the specimen were measured and compared with the measured values obtained by the proposed method for the specimens with and without the vertical protection net installed. Based on the result of measuring the length of the temporary structure specimen using the UAV and 3D modeling method, the measured value showed an error of 0.87% when compared to the actual length in the specimen without the vertical protection net installed. In addition, the error of the slope was 0.63°. It was thought that the proposed method could be usable for the purpose of finding parts in wrong installation state on the temporary structure and informing the manager in charge. However, in the case of the specimen with the vertical protection net, the measurement showed a 1.46% error in length and 2.77° difference in slope. Therefore, if a vertical protection net is to be installed in a temporary structure, the measurement accuracy should be improved by utilizing an image processing method, etc.

• Korean Journal of Soil Science and Fertilizer
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• v.50 no.5
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• pp.409-421
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• 2017

Recently Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) technology offers new opportunities for assessing crop growth condition using UAV imagery. The objective of this study was to select optimal vegetation indices and regression model for estimating of rice growth using UAV images. This study was conducted using a fixed-wing UAV (Model : Ebee) with Cannon S110 and Cannon IXUS camera during farming season in 2016 on the experiment field of National Institute of Crop Science. Before heading stage of rice, there were strong relationships between rice growth parameters (plant height, dry weight and LAI (Leaf Area Index)) and NDVI (Normalized Difference Vegetation Index) using natural exponential function ($R{\geq}0.97$). After heading stage, there were strong relationships between rice dry weight and NDVI, gNDVI (green NDVI), RVI (Ratio Vegetation Index), CI-G (Chlorophyll Index-Green) using quadratic function ($R{\leq}-0.98$). There were no apparent relationships between rice growth parameters and vegetation indices using only Red-Green-Blue band images.

• Journal of Korean Society for Geospatial Information Science
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• v.16 no.4
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• pp.79-87
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• 2008

There has been a strong demand for low altitude UAV development in rapid mapping not only to acquire high resolution image with much more low cost and weather independent, compared to satellite surveying or traditional aerial surveying, but also to meet many needs of the aerial photogrammetry. Especially, efficient geocoding of UAV imagery is the key issue. Contrary to high UAV potential for civilian applications, the technology development in photogrammetry for example direct georeferencing is in the early stage and it requires further research and additional technical development. In this study, two approaches are supposed for automatic geocoding of UAV still images by simple affine transformation and block adjustment of affine transformation using minimal ground control points and also evaluated the applicability and quality of geometric model compared to geocoded images generated by commercial S/W.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.27 no.1
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• pp.62-68
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• 2023

An aerial relay system utilizing an unmanned aerial vehicle(UAV) or drone is addressed for event-driven operations such as temporary communication services for disaster affected area, military and first responder support. UAV relay system (URS) targets to provide a reliable communication service to a remote user equipment or an operator, therefore, a fast UAV placement to guarantee a minimum quality of service(QoS) is important when an operation is requested. Researches on UAV utilization in communication systems mostly target to derive the optimal position of UAV to maximize the performance, however, fast deployment of UAV is much more important than optimal placement under emergency situations. To this end, this paper derives the feasible area for UAV placement, investigates the effect of performance requirements on that area, and suggests UAV placement to certainly guarantee the performance requirements. Simulation results demonstrate that the feasible area derived in this paper matches that obtained by an exhaustive search.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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• 2012.01a
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• pp.49-50
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• 2012

본 논문에서는 다수의 소형 무인 항공기(UAV) 그룹이 이동 중 장애물을 만났을 때 장애물과의 충돌을 방지하는 효율적인 장애물 회피 정책을 제안한다. 이 정책은 무선 에드혹(moblie ad hoc) 네트워크를 기반으로 단순히 UAV 간의 충돌 회피 뿐만이 아니라 UAV 그룹이 이동하는 도중 장애물을 발견 하였을 경우 장애물을 효율적으로 회피하는 방법과 연결성이 손실되는 경우에 대처하는 방안도 고려하였다. 제안하는 정책은 UAV가 장애물을 포착 하였을 때 현재 이동 속도를 유지한 채 장애물을 기준으로 UAV 그룹을 2개의 그룹으로 분리하여 장애물을 회피 한 후 일정한 지점에서 모여 다시 각 UAV간의 연결성을 유지한 채 목표물을 향해 이동하는 정책을 제안한다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2018.05a
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• pp.445-446
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• 2018

최근 무인항공기 (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, UAV)에 장착한 카메라를 활용하여 사용자의 눈높이가 아닌 새로운 시각에서 사용자를 촬영한 영상을 제공한다. 사용자를 추적하며 촬영하기 위해 저전력 블루투스 (Bluetooth Low Energy, BLE) 신호, 영상, 그리고 Natural User Interface/Natual User Experience(NUI/NUX) 기술을 활용한다. BLE 신호로 사용자를 추적하는 경우 사용자의 후방에서 추적하며 사용자만을 추적하며 촬영 가능한 문제가 있다. 하지만 복수의 사용자를 전방에서 추적하며 촬영하는 방법이 필요하다. 본 논문에서는 복수의 사용자를 추적하며 전방에서 촬영하기 위해 UAV의 비행방향을 결정하는 방법을 설명한다. 복수의 사용자로부터 측정 가능한 BLE 신호들을 UAV에서 측정한다. 복수개의 BLE 신호의 변화를 활용하여 UAV의 비행방향을 결정한다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2023.05a
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• pp.210-210
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• 2023

하천에서 범람이 발생하는 위험단면을 획득하는 것은 인명 및 재산을 보호하기 위해 매우 중요하다. 이제까지는 특정단면을 현장에서 확인하여 직접측량을 통해 획득하고 이를 위험단면으로 하여 실제 하천 인근에서 홍수로 인해 가장 먼저 범람이 발생하는 위험단면과는 차이를 보일 수 밖에 없었다. 하지만 최근에 UAV(Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) 항공사진측량을 통해 3차원 정보를 획득함으로써 각 세부단면에 대한 분석이 가능해져 보다 정밀한 위험단면을 산정할 수 있다. 각 세부단면을 활용하여 시뮬레이션을 통해 위험단면을 획득한다면 이제까지 직접측량으로 획득한 위험단면보다 홍수로 인해 가장 먼저 범람하는 지점과 최소홍수량 산정이 가능하다. 본 연구에서는 UAV 항공사진측량을 통해 하천의 각 세부단면을 분석하여, 최소 홍수량에서 범람하는 위험단면을 자동으로 산정하는 연구를 진행하였다. 본 연구를 통해 소하천에서 UAV를 활용하여 자동으로 위험단면을 산정한다면 조기경보시스템 등을 설정하는것에 유용할 것으로 판단된다.