• The Korean Journal of Air & Space Law and Policy
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• v.30 no.2
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• pp.373-401
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• 2015

The UAV(Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, Drone) technology has been undergoing rapid progress, accompanied with a growth in the market. However, domestic industry standards and technology lag behind such progress happening on the international scene, and in particular in developed countries. Related regulations are also deemed lacking to address the issues that arise with such developments. Meanwhile, as the rise of UAV technology is a fairly recent phenomenon, the gap between Korea and developed countries is not too big. As this technology has high relevance to information and communication technologies, it also offers ample leeway for Korea to catch up in the field of UAV. As such, this paper seeks to provide a survey of the overall technology, market and regulations concerning UAV to identify possible measures on how to address any issues that may arise through proper policies. Due to the progress made in the field of UAV technology and increased penetration rate, striking a right balance between putting in place a proper regulatory system and establishing policies that foster growth in the field has risen as a very important issue. While the importance of establishing a legal system that helps prevent possible risks is indeed important, it must also be acknowledged that excessive regulation can also hinder technological progress. This, in turn would stagnate the market and dampen the entrepreneurial spirit in the society. In the case of new, practical technologies such as UAV, a prompt establishment of regulatory systems and policy measures in terms of policies is a requisite. In brief, in order to promote progress in the UAV industry and at the same time, for public safety and the protection of privacy, there should be an appropriate level on the easing and tightening of the regulation.

• The Journal of Korea Robotics Society
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.341-349
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• 2020

Recently, interest in ground subsidence in urban areas has increased after a large sinkhole occurred near the high-story building area in Jamsil, Seoul, Korea, in 2014. If a massive sinkhole occurs in an urban area, it is crucial to assess its risk rapidly. Access to humans for on-site safety diagnosis may be difficult because of the additional risk of collapse in the disaster area. Generally, inspection using drones equipped with high-speed lidar sensors can be utilized. However, if the sinkhole is created vertically to a depth of 100 m, similar to the sinkhole in Guatemala, the drone cannot be applied because of the wireless communication limit and turbulence inside the sinkhole. In this study, a three-dimensional (3D) scanning system was fabricated and operated using a towed cable in a massive vertical sinkhole to a depth of 200 m. A high-speed lidar sensor was used to obtain a continuous cross-sectional shape at a certain depth. An inertial-measuring unit was applied to compensate for the error owing to the rotation and pendulum movement of the measuring unit. A reconstruction algorithm, including the compensation scheme, was developed. In a vertical hole with a depth of 180 m in the mining area, the fabricated system was applied to scan 0-165 m depth. The reconstructed shape was depicted in a 3D graph.

• Journal of Digital Contents Society
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• v.18 no.5
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• pp.889-894
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• 2017

The purpose of this paper is to implement smart farm using automatic navigation, short - range wireless communication network technology, and automatic take - off and landing system using unmanned aerial vehicle to maximize the efficiency of grazing farm management. The grazing pasture management system that integrates ICT fusion technology for the activation of the mountain ecological livestock production is expected to contribute to the improvement of the productivity of the grazing livestock, the infrastructure to produce the excellent quality, and the competitiveness of the livestock industry in response to the FTA. And it will contribute to the improvement of career force through the supply to the farmhouse.

• Journal of Platform Technology
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• v.8 no.1
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• pp.3-9
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• 2020

In Korea, 63% of the nation's land is made up of forests, and the average temperature of the earth has been increasing. Forest service has been operating a proactive control system for preventing the spread of forest pests such as Pine wilt disease. but there were some hurdles in timely control due to weather, topography and manpower management difficulties. In this paper, we propose a model for building fast, accurate and efficient control system by categorizing the damage and dead wood automatically based on the images acquired using small unmanned aerial vehicles based on information and communication technology. In particular, the proposed model establishes an effective response system for government affairs through cooperation in the private sector. It can also create new jobs in the unmanned aerial vehicle business and service industries.

• Transactions of the Korean hydrogen and new energy society
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• v.34 no.6
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• pp.758-766
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• 2023

Multi-copter of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) was initially developed as strategic technology in the only military field, but it is developing into an industrial field with a wide range of applications in the civil sector based on the development and convergence of aviation technology and information and communication technology. Currently, the degree of utilization of multi-copter is increasing in various industries for the purpose of performing classic tactical missions, logistics transportation, farm management, internet supply, video filming, weather management, life-saving, etc, and active technology development responding to market demand. Existing commercial multi-copter mainly use an electric energy propulsion system consisting of an electric battery and a brushless direct current (BLDC) motor. It is the limitations for usage in the flying time (up to 20 minutes) and payload (less than 20 kg). this study aims to overcome these limitations and expand the commercialization of engine-powered multi-copter of UAV in various industries in the futures.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2004.08a
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• pp.52-56
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• 2004

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are remotely piloted or self-piloted aircraft by inputted program in advance or artificial intelligence. In this study Aileron and Elevator are used to control the movement of airplane for horizontal and vertical flights about its longitudinal and lateral axis. In an introduction, the drone was linearly modeled by extracting aerodynamic parameter through flight test and simulation, lift and drag coefficient corresponding to angle of attack, changes of pitching moment coefficient. In the main subject, the flight simulation was performed after constructing hardware using TMS320F2812 from TI company and PID with lateral and longitudinal controller for horizontal and vertical flights. Flying characteristics of two system were estimated and compared through real flight test with hardware equipped algorithm and adaptive algorithm that was applied to consider external factors such as turbulence. In conclusion the control performance of the controller with proposed algorithm was streamlined at lateral and longitudinal controller respectively, we will discuss guidance command to pass way point.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2017.04a
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• pp.1003-1004
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• 2017

본 연구에서는 실내 환경에서 드론의 측위를 위한 마커 인식 및 검출 기술을 소개한다. 기존 실내 측위를 위한 기술인 Global Positioning System이나 Wi-Fi를 이용한 삼각측량 기법은 실내 환경에서 각각의 성질로 인하여 사용하기 어려운 점이 있다. 본 논문에서는 2차원 바코드와 마커 등의 객체를 드론의 카메라를 이용한 실시간 영상 전송을 통하여 검출하여 위치 정보를 획득하는 기술을 소개한다. 실험에서는 드론의 카메라를 통하여 실시간 전송된 영상에서 OpenCV V2.4.10을 통하여 객체를 검출하였고, 카메라와 객체 사이의 거리와 바코드 크기에 따른 2차원 바코드의 검출 여부를 보였으며 15*15cm의 2차원 바코드는 비교적 잘 인식하였으나 비교적 작은 11*11cm의 2차원 바코드는 거리가 멀어질 수록 인식이 힘들어지는 결과를 보였다.

• 한국항공운항학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2016.05a
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• pp.233-239
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• 2016

NASA(미국 항공우주청)를 중심으로 무인항공기교통관리(UTM) 체계를 이용한 드론 항공교통통제 모의시험을 진행하고 있다. 국내에서도 2017년부터 안전한 무인항공기교통관리(UTM) 체계 구축을 위한 '저고도 무인기 감시관리 기술 개발 및 시스템 시범 운용사업'을 진행할 예정이다. 본 논문은 지상도로망을 버드뷰(Birdview)처럼 내려다보며 비행할 수 있는 저고도 드론이 안전하고 효율적인 운항을 보장하기 위해서는, 상공에 장애물이 없는 지상도로망의 상공에 가상도로망과 가상신호체계를 확장시킨 한국형 가상 'SKYWAY' 항법 및 관제 체계(${\mu}$ATM)에 관한 기획 연구에 관한 것이다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2016.10a
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• pp.731-732
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• 2016

본 논문에서는 드론을 이용하여 재난 현장에서 다수의 조난자를 구조하기 위한 다중임무 수행 시스템을 설계하고 직접 제작한 드론을 이용하여 시스템을 검증해 보았다. 먼저, 조난 영역을 설정하고 라즈베리파이를 이용한 사진 매핑을 통해 조난자의 위치를 파악한다. 다음으로, 우선순위에 따라 임무 수행 순서가 정해지고 이에 따른 임무를 미치는 방식으로 구성된다. 재난 현장에서 제안한 시스템을 사용한다면 드론이 스스로 판단하여 임무를 수행하므로 위급상황에 대한 빠른 대처가 가능할 것으로 판단된다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2016.04a
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• pp.854-857
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• 2016

본 논문에서는 드론의 비행원리와 4족 로봇의 움직임에 관해 설명하고 마커 인식을 이용하여 두 로봇의 도킹 방법을 제시한다. 드론과 4족 로봇이 도킹 되었을 때 로봇의 무게 고려를 하여 설계를 하였고, 구조현장이나 재난극복 및 재난현장 같은 지상에서 이동할 수 없는 현장에 대해 비행과 지상을 이동하며 기동성을 높이고 임무를 수행할 수 있는 로봇을 제작했다.