• 한국위성정보통신학회논문지
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.43-48
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• 2017

Recently, demands on civilian UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) has been increasing and appropriate communication system is required for the UAV. In this paper, the performance of the UAV communication system using commercial wireless mobile network is discussed. The main service area of the wireless mobile network is ground level however the flying range of the UAV is normally in high altitude. Because of this mismatch of service area the performance of the UAV communication system is degraded in high altitude. To compensate performance degradation of the UAV communications system in high altitude, adaptive array antenna is introduced which is able to overcome altitude limitation of the UAV communication system.

• 한국항공운항학회지
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.94-99
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• 2021

UTM is an air traffic management ecosystem under development for autonomously controlled operations of UAS by the FAA, NASA, other federal partner agencies, and industry. They are collaboratively exploring concepts of operation, data exchange requirements, and a supporting framework to enable multiple UAS operations beyond visual line-of-sight at altitudes under AGL 500ft in airspace where air traffic services are not provided. Minimum Safe Altitude is a generic expression, used in various cases to denote an altitude below which it is unsafe to fly owing to presence of terrain or obstacles. The European drone regulation mentions that the UAS is maintained within 120 metres from the closest point of the surface of the earth during flight, except when overflying an obstacle. This study attempted to develop a minimum flight altitude database system. Based on domestic and international rules and regulations on setting the minimum flight altitude it is expected that it can be applied to the operation of aircraft and unmanned aerial system in UTM environments for specific area in Korea.

• Journal of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.189-196
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• 2021

In this paper, we propose techniques to correct the altitude error and heading error of 3D Pedestrian Inertial Navigation (PIN). When a PIN is used to estimate the location of a pedestrian only with an Inetrial Measurement Unit (IMU) without infrastructure, there is a problem in that the location error gradually increases due to the limitation of the observability of the filter. To solve this problem without additional sensors, we propose two techniques in this paper. First, stair walking is recognized in consideration of the altitude difference that may occur during one step. If it is recognized as stair walking, only Zero-velocity UPdaTe (ZUPT) is performed, and if it is recognized as level walking, ZUPT + Altitude Damping (AD) is performed together to correct the altitude error. Second, the straight-line movement direction is calculated through the difference of the estimated position, and the heading error is corrected by matching this information with the link information of the digital map. By applying these techniques, it is verified through real tests that accurate three-dimensional location information of pedestrians can be estimated without infrastructure.

• 정보처리학회논문지:소프트웨어 및 데이터공학
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• 제6권10호
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• pp.473-478
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• 2017

드론은 비행 목적을 달성하기 위해 고도 유지를 필요로 하는 경우가 많다. 일반적으로 드론의 고도 유지 기능은 현재 측정되는 고도 정보에 따라 드론을 상승시키거나 하강시키는 작업을 반복하는 것을 의미한다. 고도 유지 중에 모터 속도 차이로 인한 추력의 불균형이나 바람 등의 외적 요인으로 인해 드론의 고도가 계속 변한다. 그럼에도 불구하고 고도를 유지하기 위해서는 기본적으로 계속해서 변하는 드론의 고도를 정확하게 측정해야 한다. 드론의 고도 측정 방법은 일반적으로 가속도센서를 사용한다. 이 방법은 적분 오차 누적으로 인한 측정값이 발산하는 문제와 드론의 기체 진동조차 고도 변화로 인지하는 문제가 존재한다. 그래서 상용 드론이나 기존 연구에서는 가속도센서를 제외한 별도의 센서를 추가하여 고도 측정에 사용한다. 그러나 추가하는 센서 대부분은 측정거리에 제한이 있으며 여러 센서들을 같이 사용하는 경우 센서 값들의 연산 처리가 많아져 고도 측정 속도가 지연될 우려가 있다. 따라서 드론의 고도 유지, 고도 측정 성능에 영향을 주지 않으면서 정확한 고도를 측정할 수 있는 방안이 필요하다. 본 논문에서는 가속도센서를 이용하는 일반적인 고도 측정 방법을 개선한 측정 알고리즘을 제안하고 본 알고리즘을 적용한 결과로 고도 유지와 고도 측정의 정확성이 향상됨을 보인다.

• 한국지형학회지
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.13-24
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• 2017

This study analyzes altitude changes of riverbed at 6 bridges in the upper and lower reaches of Yeongju Dam in Naeseong River, from 2009 to 2016 just before and after the dam construction. For 5 years from November 2010 to December 2015 when the dam was under construction, approximately 0.091m of the riverbed altitude in average more than twice before the dam construction was lowered, because of the effects of riverbed excavation for riverside maintenance in the upper reaches and transport limitation of flow and sediment by the dam in the lower reaches. Between November 2009 and December 2016 when the dam was in pre-construction and post-construction stages, respectively, the most sites in this study in the upper and lower reaches showed lowering in the riverbed altitudes. On the other hand, the riverbed around Hoeryongpo closed to the river mouth seems to be influenced by channel changes in Nakdong River rather than by the dam construction.

• International journal of advanced smart convergence
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.1-7
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• 2019

Drones will evolve from military to personal or social purposes. How can people socially interact with a drone that is familiar to them? This study explored the social proximity of human drone interaction with safety glass wall between participants and drone. The experiment results showed that drone's altitude, size and gender factor did not significantly affect social proxemics as to what extent participants got closer to hovering drones by the limitation of the distance from the safety wall. However, it shows a tendency that participants more closely approached an eye-level drone compared with an overhead drone, and females tended to approach more closely males. This study consequently demonstrated that most participants are nearly ready to allow a near field operation of social drone under safe conditions.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.229-234
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• 1998

We study on a terrain contour matching algorithm using Radial Basis Functions(RBFs) for aided inertial navigation system for position fixing aircraft, cruise missiles or re-entry vehicles. The parameter optimization technique is used for updating the parameters describing the characteristics of an area with modified Gaussian least square differential correction algorithm and the step size limitation filter according to the amount of updates. We have applied the algorithm for matching a sampled area with a target area supposed that the area data are available from Radar Terrain Sensor(RTS) and Reference Altitude Sensor(RAS)

• 한국추진공학회지
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.38-44
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• 2003

본 연구에서는 회전익 상태에서 이/착륙, 저속 전진비행을 하고, 고정익 상태에서 고속 전진비행을 하는 스마트 무인기 추진시스템을 모델링하고 회전익 모드, 고정익 상태의 고속 비행모드, 팁 제트 노즐과 주 엔진 노즐을 모두 이용하는 혼합모드에 대해 정상상태 성능해석을 수행하였다. 성능해석 결과는 각 비행모드에서 덕트의 손실로 인한 추진 시스템의 운용영역이 제한되는 결과를 보였으며, 비행 마하수 변화에 대한 결과와 비교해 고도의 변화에 대한 해석결과가 더 넓은 영역에서 비행영역을 제한함을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국추진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국추진공학회 2003년도 제20회 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.177-182
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• 2003

본 연구에서는 회전익 상태에서 이/착륙, 저속 전진비행을 하고, 고정익 상태에서 고속 전진비행을 하는 스마트 무인기 추진시스템을 모델링하고 회전익 모드, 고정익 상태의 고속 비행모드, 팁 제트 노즐과 주 엔진 노즐을 모두 이용하는 혼합모드에 대해 정상상태 성능해석을 수행하였다. 성능해석 결과는 각 비행모드에서 덕트의 손실로 인한 추진 시스템의 운용영역이 제한되는 결과를 보였으며, 비행 마하수 변화에 대한 결과와 비교해 고도의 변화에 대한 해석결과가 더 넓은 영역에서 비행영역을 제한함을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국항공운항학회지
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.37-43
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• 2019

Obstacle limitation surfaces are imaginary space surfaces that must be clear of obstacles for the aircraft to safely take off and land on the aerodrome. These surfaces are closely related to the safety of the VFR aircraft, which require a pilot to be able to see outside the cockpit, to control the aircraft's altitude, navigate, and avoid obstacles and other aircraft. The Republic of Korea, which has a lot of restrictions on the use of airspace, cannot provide a rich operating environment for VFR aircraft. Under these circumstances, safer operation will not be guaranteed if additional factors that directly or indirectly affect existing VFR routes, such as drone delivery services. This study analyzes and models the track distribution of each VFR section based on radar track data around a specific airport. Through this study, we estimate the three-dimensional space for VFR aircraft and provide the data for future research such as airspace analysis of VFR corridors and correlation with obstacle limitation surfaces.