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GPR using optical electric field sensor (광전계 센서(optical electric field sensor)를 이용한 GPR)

  • Cho Seong-Jun;Tanaka Ryohey;Sato Motoyuki;Kim Jung-Ho
    • 한국지구물리탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2005.05a
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    • pp.215-220
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    • 2005
  • In order to apply to land mine detection effectively, GPR using an optical electric field sensor as a receiver has been developed. The optical electric field sensor is very small and uses optical fiber instead of metallic coaxial cable. With the combination of these advantages and the bistatic radar system, it can be possible for an operator to measure quite flexible and safely. The sensor has been tested in stepped frequency radar system with frequency which consists of a vector network analyzer, a fixed double ridged horn antenna as transmitter. For considering effectiveness in real field, we applied impulse radar system, which consist of a digital oscilloscope and a impulse generator to produce the impulse. Detection of a PMN2 mine model was carried out by the impulse radar system at a sand pit. The PMN2 were detected clearly with sufficiently high resolution, the target contrast was almost the same while the scanning time decreased down to 1/100.

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Ring-Shaped Inductive Sensor Design and Application to Pressure Sensing (환형 인덕티브 센서의 설계 및 압력센서로의 적용)

  • Noh, Myounggyu;Kim, Sunyoung;Baek, Seongki;Park, Young-Woo
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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    • v.39 no.10
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    • pp.995-999
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    • 2015
  • Inductive sensors are versatile and economical devices that are widely used to measure a wide variety of physical variables, such as displacement, force, and pressure. In this paper, we propose a simple inductive sensor consisting of a thin partial ring and a coil set. The self-inductance of the sensor was estimated using magnetic circuit analysis and validated through finite element analysis (FEA). The natural frequency of the ring was estimated using Castigliano's theorem and the method of equivalent mass. The estimation was validated through experiments and FEA. A prototype sensor with a signal processing circuit is built and applied to noninvasively sense the pressure inside a flexible tube. The obtained sensor outputs show quadratic behavior with respect to the pressure. When fitted to a quadratic equation, the least-square measurement error was less than 2%. The results confirm the feasibility of pressure sensing using the proposed inductive sensor.

Flip Chip Interconnection Method Applied to Small Camera Module

  • Segawa, Masao;Ono, Michiko;Karasawa, Jun;Hirohata, Kenji;Aoki, Makoto;Ohashi, Akihiro;Sasaki, Tomoaki;Kishimoto, Yasukazu
    • Proceedings of the International Microelectronics And Packaging Society Conference
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    • 2000.10a
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    • pp.39-45
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    • 2000
  • A small camera module fabricated by including bare chip bonding methods is utilized to realize advanced mobile devices. One of the driving forces is the TOG (Tape On Glass) bonding method which reduces the packaging size of the image sensor clip. The TOG module is a new thinner and smaller image sensor module, using flip chip interconnection method with the ACP (Anisotropic Conductive Paste). The TOG production process was established by determining the optimum bonding conditions for both optical glass bonding and image sensor clip bonding lo the flexible PCB. The bonding conditions, including sufficient bonding margins, were studied. Another bonding method is the flip chip bonding method for DSP (Digital Signal Processor) chip. A new AC\ulcorner was developed to enable the short resin curing time of 10 sec. The bonding mechanism of the resin curing method was evaluated using FEM analysis. By using these flip chip bonding techniques, small camera module was realized.

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Trends of Nafion-based IPMC Application and Development (Nafion 기반 IPMC 응용 및 개발 동향)

  • Ho, Donghae;Cho, Sooyoung;Choi, Yoon Young;Choi, Young Jin;Cho, Jeong Ho
    • Ceramist
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    • v.23 no.1
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    • pp.16-26
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    • 2020
  • Recently, polymer-metal composite (IPMC)-based ionic artificial muscle has been drawing a huge attention for its excellent soft actuator performance having outstanding soft actuator performance with efficient conversion of electrical energy to mechanical energy under low working voltage. In addition, light, flexible and soft nature of IPMC and high bending strain response enabled development of versatile sensor application in association with soft actuator. In this paper, current issues of IPMC were discussed including standardizing preparation steps, relaxation under DC bias, inhibiting solvent evaporation, and improving poor output force. Solutions for these drawbacks of IPMC have recently been suggested in recent studies. After following explanation of the IPMC working mechanism, we investigate the main factors that affect the operating performance of the IPMC. Then, we reviewed the optimized IPMC actuator fabrication conditions especially for the preparation process, additive selection for a thicker membrane, water content, solvent substitutes, encapsulation, etc. Lastly, we considered the pros and cons of IPMCs for sensor application in a theoretical and experimental point of view. The strategies discussed in this paper to overcome such deficiencies of IPMCs are highly expected to provide a scope for IPMC utilization in soft robotics application.

A Study of Stress Intensity Factors using Micro Fiber Composite Sensors (MFC 센서를 이용한 응력 확대 계수 측정에 관한 연구)

  • Oh, Dong-Jin;Kim, Myung-Hyun
    • Journal of Welding and Joining
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    • v.29 no.3
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    • pp.76-81
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    • 2011
  • Recently, the structural failures due to fatigue occur frequently with the increase of size of ships and offshore structures. In this respect, the assessment of fatigue life and the residual strength are very important. Currently, the smart materials technology has demonstrated a variety of possibilities for a diagnosis of structural strength and structural health condition for large structures. The benefits and feature of the MFC sensor are more flexible, durable and reliable than conventional smart material. In this study, Micro Fiber Composite (MFC) sensor for the measurement of stress intensity factor (SIF) of two dimensional cracks induced in a structure is developed. Two MFC sensors are placed in the vicinity of the crack tip close to each other with the crack tip in between them. The SIFs of Mode I($K_I$) as well as of Mode II($K_{II}$) based on the piezoelectric constitutive law and fracture mechanics are calculated. In this study, the SIF values measured by MFC sensors are compared with the theoretical results and measured value.

Provably secure attribute based signcryption with delegated computation and efficient key updating

  • Hong, Hanshu;Xia, Yunhao;Sun, Zhixin;Liu, Ximeng
    • KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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    • v.11 no.5
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    • pp.2646-2659
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    • 2017
  • Equipped with the advantages of flexible access control and fine-grained authentication, attribute based signcryption is diffusely designed for security preservation in many scenarios. However, realizing efficient key evolution and reducing the calculation costs are two challenges which should be given full consideration in attribute based cryptosystem. In this paper, we present a key-policy attribute based signcryption scheme (KP-ABSC) with delegated computation and efficient key updating. In our scheme, an access structure is embedded into user's private key, while ciphertexts corresponds a target attribute set. Only the two are matched can a user decrypt and verify the ciphertexts. When the access privileges have to be altered or key exposure happens, the system will evolve into the next time slice to preserve the forward security. What's more, data receivers can delegate most of the de-signcryption task to data server, which can reduce the calculation on client's side. By performance analysis, our scheme is shown to be secure and more efficient, which makes it a promising method for data protection in data outsourcing systems.

Improvement of PMOLED life time using Mg-Zn-F thin film passivation

  • Kim, Jae-Hyun;Seo, Jun-Seon;Hong, Seok-Min;Kang, Byoung-Ho;Kim, Do-Eok;Lee, Sung-Youp;Shin, Byong-Wook;Lee, Hyeong-Rag;Kim, Hak-Rin;Kang, Shin-Won
    • 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2009.10a
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    • pp.794-797
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    • 2009
  • We manufactured a novel gas permeation thin film passivation by using inorganic Mg-Zn-F target which has better optical characteristics and high electronegativity. We fabricated targets in various composition ratio and formed about 200nm which is limited thickness of the flexible display. Applied to PLED device, the target which composed of $MgF_2$ and Zn at the ratio of 4:6, WVTR was reached the measurement limit of the equipment, $10^{-3}g/m^2{\cdot}day$ and the life time was increased 25 times better than PLED device which is non-passivation.

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An Intelligence Embedding Quadruped Pet Robot with Sensor Fusion (센서 퓨전을 통한 인공지능 4족 보행 애완용 로봇)

  • Lee Lae-Kyoung;Park Soo-Min;Kim Hyung-Chul;Kwon Yong-Kwan;Kang Suk-Hee;Choi Byoung-Wook
    • Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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    • v.11 no.4
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    • pp.314-321
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    • 2005
  • In this paper an intelligence embedding quadruped pet robot is described. It has 15 degrees of freedom and consists of various sensors such as CMOS image, voice recognition and sound localization, inclinometer, thermistor, real-time clock, tactile touch, PIR and IR to allows owners to interact with pet robot according to human's intention as well as the original features of pet animals. The architecture is flexible and adopts various embedded processors for handling sensors to provide modular structure. The pet robot is also used for additional purpose such like security, gaming visual tracking, and research platform. It is possible to generate various actions and behaviors and to download voice or music files to maintain a close relation of users. With cost-effective sensor, the pet robot is able to find its recharge station and recharge itself when its battery runs low. To facilitate programming of the robot, we support several development environments. Therefore, the developed system is a low-cost programmable entertainment robot platform.

The Vision-based Autonomous Guided Vehicle Using a Virtual Photo-Sensor Array (VPSA) for a Port Automation (가상 포토센서 배열을 탑재한 항만 자동화 자을 주행 차량)

  • Kim, Soo-Yong;Park, Young-Su;Kim, Sang-Woo
    • Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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    • v.16 no.2
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    • pp.164-171
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    • 2010
  • We have studied the port-automation system which is requested by the steep increment of cost and complexity for processing the freight. This paper will introduce a new algorithm for navigating and controlling the autonomous Guided Vehicle (AGV). The camera has the optical distortion in nature and is sensitive to the external ray, the weather, and the shadow, but it is very cheap and flexible to make and construct the automation system for the port. So we tried to apply to the AGV for detecting and tracking the lane using the CCD camera. In order to make the error stable and exact, this paper proposes new concept and algorithm for obtaining the error is generated by the Virtual Photo-Sensor Array (VPSA). VPSAs are implemented by programming and very easy to use for the various autonomous systems. Because the load of the computation is light, the AGV utilizes the maximal performance of the CCD camera and enables the CPU to take multi-tasks. We experimented on the proposed algorithm using the mobile robot and confirmed the stable and exact performance for tracking the lane.

Strain Transmission Characteristics of Packaged Fiber Bragg Grating Sensors for Structural Health Monitoring

  • Cho, Sung-In;Yoo, Seung-Jae;Kim, Eun-Ho;Lee, In;Kwon, Il-Bum;Yoon, Dong-Jin
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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    • v.30 no.3
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    • pp.236-243
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    • 2010
  • Fiber Bragg grating(FBG) sensor arrays can be used to monitor the mechanical behavior of the large composite structures such as wind turbine rotor blades and aircrafts. However, brittle FBG sensors, especially multiplexed FBG sensors are easily damaged when they are installed in the flexible structures. As a protection of brittle FBG sensors, epoxy packaged FBG sensors have been presented in this paper. Finite element analysis and experiments were performed to evaluate the effects of adhesives, packaging materials and the bonding layer thickness on the strain transmission. Two types of epoxy were used for packaging FBG sensors and the sensor probes were attached with various bonding layer thickness. It was observed that thin bonding layer with high elastic modulus ratio of the adhesive to packaging provided good strain transmission. However, the strain transmission was significantly decreased when elastic modulus of the adhesive was much lower than the packaged FBG sensor probe's one.