• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.57 no.4
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• pp.686-691
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• 2008

This paper proposes the concept of "virtual sensor data" and its application for real time obstacle avoidance. The virtual sensor data is virtual distance which takes care of the movement of the obstacle as well as that of the robot. In practical application, the virtual sensor data is calculated from the odometry data and the range sensor data. The virtual sensor data can be used in all the methods which use distance data for collision avoidance. Since the virtual sensor data considers the movement of the robot and the obstacle, the methods utilizing the virtual sensor data results in more smooth and safer collision-free motion.

• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.18 no.8
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• pp.105-111
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• 2013

This paper presents a virtual sensor system that is an effective method to test application software of smart sensors. The common way of testing sensor application is to build a test board, connect sensors to the board, and test sensor applications on the board with sensor's measurements as inputs. The problem of testing sensor application software with sensor's measurements as inputs is the restriction of test data. In other words, software testers cannot manipulate test data, because test data is generated by sensors. To solve this problem a virtual sensor system is presented in this paper. The virtual sensor system enables software testers to manipulate measurements of sensors. In the virtual sensor system, generation of virtual sensors comprises three stages - sensor selection, sensor characterization, and determination of output patterns. Sensor's measurements that can be manipulated through the virtual sensor system make the process of testing efficient. To show the usefulness of our virtual sensor system, it is applied to sensor applications in Android platform and the result of experiments is shown.

• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2008.11a
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• pp.894-899
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• 2008

Measured sensor datum from a quadruped robotics is commonly used for recognizing physical environment information which controls the posture of robotics. We can advance the ambulation with this sensed information and need to synthesize various sensors for obtaining accurate data, but most of these sensors are expensive and require excessive load for the operation. Those defects can be serious problem when it comes to the prototype's practicality and mass production, and maintenance of the system. This paper suggests virtual sensor technology for avoiding previous defects and presents ways to apply a theory to a walking robotics through virtual sensor information which is trained with several kinds of actual sensor information from the prototype system; the general algorithm is initially based on the neural network theory of back propagation. In specific, we verified a possibility of replacing the virtual sensor with the actual one through a reaction force measurement experiment.

• The Journal of Korea Robotics Society
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• v.3 no.2
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• pp.112-116
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• 2008

This paper presents URS (Ubiquitous Robotic Space) Modeling and service technique for the robotic security service while bridging between virtual space and physical space. First, this paper introduces a concept of virtual URS and responsive virtual URS. Second, this paper addresses modeling of URS which covers modeling of indoor geometry and environment sensor. Third, this paper describes virtual URS services including interactive virual-physical bridging service.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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• v.11 no.2
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• pp.40-47
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• 2003

This paper presents a new evaporative system monitoring method using a virtual HC sensor for an automotive on-board diagnosis. A development was made at providing mathematical expressions from the lambda control information to estimate the HC mass flow purged into the intake manifold from the canister for implementing a virtual HC sensor. The change of the lambda averagevalue reflected the influence of the additional fuel from purging results the sensor estimation of the purged HC amount. Based on this virtual HC sensor, a new evaporative system monitoring method was proposed comparing the amount of purged HC amount with the amount of the HC gas evaporated from the fuel tank and absorbed into the canister. Finally, the method was validated with a simulation using the data logged from the retail car.

• Journal of Industrial Technology
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• v.29 no.A
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• pp.77-82
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• 2009

In this paper, we implement a virtual keyboard using infrared distance sensor. A virtual keyboard allows a user to enter characters by selecting keyboard layouts with sensing areas. By projecting infrared light on any flat surface and detection devices we can sense the user's input characters. Unlike a conventional physical keyboard, the virtual keyboard provides convenience in terms of mobility, portability, and space savings.

• Journal of the Korea Computer Graphics Society
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• v.24 no.4
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• pp.11-20
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• 2018

Applications about systems integration of sensors and virtual environments have been developed increasingly. Accordingly, there is a need for the ability to represent, control, and manage physical sensors directly in a 3D virtual environment. In this research, a method of representing physical sensor devices in a 3D virtual environment has been defined using mixed and augmented reality, including virtual and real worlds, where sensors and virtual objects co-exist. The research is intended to control and manage various physical sensors through data sharing and interchange between heterogeneous computing environments. In order to achieve this, general sensor types have been classified, and a sensor based 3D scene graph for representing the functions of sensors has been defined. In addition, a sensor data model has been defined using the scene graph. Finally, a sensor 3D viewer has been implemented based on the scene graph and the data model so as to simulate the functions of sensors in indoor and outdoor 3D environments.

• Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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• v.18 no.12
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• pp.1538-1546
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• 2015

This paper proposes a virtual sleep sensor in order to monitor sleep disorder for an individual, and presents a therapy service model for the sleep management. PSQI score is usually used clinically to evaluate the levels of sleep disorder. However, The PSQI score which was only gleaned through an interview on a questionnaire can not be accurate because it is difficult to remember something about sleep during the last month. In order to resolve this problem, This paper presented the virtual sleep sensor that has a protocol to receive sleep information through physical sensors and smart algorithm. In addition, the virtual sleep sensor can be contributed to a service model for sleep therapy when it is combined with light therapy and aromatherapy. Finally, based on the findings of the experiment, its effectiveness was confirmed in the proposed model.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2002.10a
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• pp.37.3-37
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• 2002

$\textbullet$ Mobile robots $\textbullet$ Sensor-based motion planning $\textbullet$ Potential field $\textbullet$ Local minimum-free motion $\textbullet$ Virtual target point $\textbullet$ Set of linked line segments $\textbullet$ We build a sensor-based motion planning using virtual target point for free of local minimum

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.14 no.7
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• pp.1634-1640
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• 2010

In this paper, I studied the "Establishment of Fault Tolerant System" as well as the sensor and cylinder that are general components being used in automation equipments. I design a system that when the sensor breaks down on free flow conveyor, it will be converted to virtual sensor system mode by simulation, also I design IPC(Internal Pressure Cylinder), a basis of various applicable fault tolerant system by analyzing the changing of analog data according to the load of operation. With IPC and the increasing ability of developer, the Fault Tolerant System will be widely applied in the increasment of service time of cylinder, grease pouring time expection, fault recognition of cylinder and etc.