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A Survey of Augmented Reality on Handheld Devices (휴대단말기 기반 증강현실 시스템 연구 및 개발 동향)

  • Awan, Muhammad Arshad;Kim, Cheong Ghil;Hong, Chung-Pyo;Lee, Jung-Hoon;Kim, Shin-Dug
    • IEMEK Journal of Embedded Systems and Applications
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    • v.5 no.4
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    • pp.195-205
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    • 2010
  • The popularity of Smartphones makes new fields of applications based on location based service easily feasible with a new user interface called augmented reality (AR). It presents a particularly powerful user interface to context-aware computing environments. AR on Smartphones integrates virtual information into a person's physical environment by overlaying information on an image taken through Smartphone's camera and motion sensors. Mobile augmented reality systems provide this service without constraining the individual's whereabouts to a specially equipped area. This work presents an overview of handheld augmented reality focusing on applications with introducing the basic issues of them. For this purpose, an example system, Studierstube ES (embedded system), is cited, which introduces the most significant problems and various methods of solving them through the experience of converting existing PC-based AR system into handheld AR.

A New Algorithm for Resolving Narrowband Coherent Signals Incident on a General Array (임의 배열 안테나로 입사하는 협대역 코히어런트 신호의 분리를 위한 새로운 알고리즘)

  • 박형래;김영수
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics B
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    • v.32B no.7
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    • pp.989-1002
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    • 1995
  • In this paper, we propose a new algorithm, so called the Signal Decorrelation via Virtual Translation of Array (SDVTA) algorithm, for estimating the directions of arrival(DOA's) of narrowband coherent signals incident on a general array. An effective procedure is composed of transforming the steering matrix of the original array into that of the virtually translated sensor array and taking the average of the transformed covariance matrices in order to decorrelate the coherent signals. The advantage of this approach is in that 1) it can estimate the DOA's of m-1 coherent signals(M : the number of array sensors) since the effective aperture size is never reduced. 2) a geometry of array is unrestricted for solving the narrowband coherency problem. 3) the efficiency of signal decorrelation does not depend on the phase differences between coherent signals unlike the Coherent Signal Subspace Method (CSM). Simulation results are illustrated to demonstrate the superior performance of this new algorithm in comparison with the normal MUSIC and examine the comparative performance with the various choices of the optimal transformation matrix under coherent signal environments.

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Derivation and Validation of Aerodynamic Parameters of Small Airplanes Using Design Software and Subjective Tests (설계용 S/W를 활용한 소형비행기의 비행특성 매개변수 추출과 주관적 시험평가방식에 관한 연구)

  • 이숙경;공지영;최유환;윤석준
    • Proceedings of the Korea Society for Simulation Conference
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    • 2004.05a
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    • pp.142-147
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    • 2004
  • It is very difficult to acquire high-fidelity flight test data for small airplanes such as typical unmanned aerial vehicles because MEMS-type small sensors used in the tests do not present reliable data in general. Besides, it is not practical to conduct expensive flight tests for low-cost small airplanes in order to simulate their flight characteristics. A practical approach to obtain acceptable flight data, including stability and control derivatives and data of weight and balance, is proposed in this study. Aircraft design software such as Darcorp's AAA is used to generate aerodynamic data for small airplanes, and moments of inertia are calculated using CATIA, structural design software. These flight data from simulation software are evaluated subjectively and tailored using simulation flight by experienced pilots, based on the certified procedures in FAA AC 120-45A and 40B, which are used for manned airplane simulators.

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MICROPHONE-BASED WIND VELOCITY SENSORS AND THEIR APPLICATION TO INTERACTIVE ANIMATION

  • Kanno, Ken-ichi;Chiba, Norishige
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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    • 2009.01a
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    • pp.596-600
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    • 2009
  • We are developing a simple low-cost wind velocity sensor based on small microphones. The sensor system consists of 4 microphones covered with specially shaped wind screens, 4 pre-amplifiers that respond to low frequency, and a commercial sound interface with multi channel inputs. In this paper, we first present the principle of the sensor, i.e., technique to successfully suppress the influence of external noise existing in the environment in order to determine the wind velocity and the wind direction from the output from a microphone. Then, we present an application for generating realistic motions of a virtual tree swaying in real wind. Although the current sensor outputs significant leaps in a measured sequence of directions, the interactive animations demonstrate that it is usable for such applications, if we could reduce the leaps to some degree.

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A Motion Control utilizing Human Motions (사람의 움직임을 쓴 운동 제어)

  • 최원수;손호영;윤중선
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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    • 1996.11a
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    • pp.243-247
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    • 1996
  • A general procedure for motion capture and mimic system has been delineated. Utilizing sensors operated in the magnetic fields, complicated and optimized movements are easily digitized to analyze and reproduce. The system consists of a motion capture module, a motion visualization module, a motion plan module, a motion mimic module, and a GUI module. Design concepts of the system are modular, open, and user friendly to ensure the overall system performance. This procedure is being implemented on a virtual cyber cube. and an inverted pendulum. With modifications, this procedure can applied for complicated motion controls.

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Real Time Driver's Respiration Monitoring (실시간 운전자 호흡 모니터링)

  • Park, Jaehee;Kim, Jaewoo;Lee, Jae-Cheon
    • Journal of Sensor Science and Technology
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    • v.23 no.2
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    • pp.142-147
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    • 2014
  • Real time driver's respiration monitoring method for detecting driver's drowsiness is investigated. The sensor to obtain driver's respiration signal was a piezoelectric pressure sensor attached at the abdominal region of the seat belt. The resistance of the pressure sensor was changed according to the pressure applied to the seat belt due to the driver's respiration. Monitoring driver's respiration was carried out by driving on the virtual road in a driving simulator from Cheonan to Seoul and monitoring results were compared to the PELCLOS. Experiment results show that the driver's respiration signal can be used for detecting driver's drowsiness.

Control of Lane Change of Vehicles using Fuzzy Logic for the Intelligent Vehicle Highway System(IVHS) (IVHS에서의 Fuzzy 논리를 이용한 차량의 차선 변경 제어)

  • Lim, Hyung-Soon;Kim, Myung-Joong;Lee, Chang-Goo
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 1998.07b
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    • pp.465-467
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    • 1998
  • A lane change maneuver is a part of lateral control of an automated highway system. Assuming no direct measurement of its position during transition from one lane to another. A vehicle is controlled to follow the virtual desired trajectory using only on-board sensors. This paper investigates the development of a fuzzy controller for automated lateral control during emergencies. The performance of the fuzzy controller is presented at 20m/s for a step lane change and a double lane change. The robustness of fuzzy controller is investigated with respect to change in tire parameters and the number of passengers.

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Simulating the Spatial Focusing of Time Reversal Lamb Waves Using Virtual Sensors (가상탐지자를 이용한 시간반전램파의 공간모임 모사)

  • Park, Hyun-Woo
    • Proceedings of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute Conference
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    • 2011.04a
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    • pp.295-298
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    • 2011
  • 최근 3년간 판 구조물의 손상진단에서 시간반전램파 (Time reversal Lamb waves)의 가능성이 주목 받고 있다. 시간반전음향학(Time reversal acoustics)에 의하면 시간반전램파의 공간모임을 적절히 활용하면 판에 순간적으로 가해지거나 발생한 충격하중의 위치를 높은 공간해상도와 신호대 잡음비로 추정할 수 있다고 알려져 있다. 이 연구에서는 시간반전램파의 공간모임을 직사각형 평판에서 가상탐지자 모델을 이용하여 모사한다. 특히, 평판에서의 파 반사에 의해 발생하는 가상탐지자 효과에 의해 단일 부착형 압전소자만을 사용하더라도 시간반전 램파의 공간 모임 구현이 가능함을 보인다. 또한 제안된 방법의 결과를 유한 요소 해석결과와 비교하고 제안된 방법의 타당성을 보인다.

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Autonomous Animated Robots

  • Yamamoto, Masahito;Iwadate, Kenji;Ooe, Ryosuke;Suzuki, Ikuo;Furukawa, Masashi
    • International Journal of CAD/CAM
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    • v.9 no.1
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    • pp.85-91
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    • 2010
  • In this paper, we demonstrate an autonomous design of motion control of virtual creatures (called animated robots in this paper) and develop modeling software for animated robots. An animated robot can behave autonomously by using its own sensors and controllers on three-dimensional physically modeled environment. The developed software can enable us to execute the simulation of animated robots on physical environment at any time during the modeling process. In order to simulate more realistic world, an approximate fluid environment model with low computational costs is presented. It is shown that a combinatorial use of neural network implementation for controllers and the genetic algorithm (GA) or the particle swarm optimization (PSO) is effective for emerging more realistic autonomous behaviours of animated robots.

Mouthguard and Sports Dentistry: a perspective for the future (마우스가드와 스포츠치의학의 발전과 미래)

  • Ryu, Jae Jun;Lee, Soo Young
    • The Journal of the Korean dental association
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    • v.56 no.6
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    • pp.339-347
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    • 2018
  • Conventional mouthguard fabrication process which consists of elastomeric impression taking and followed gypsum model making is changing into intraoral scanning and dental model printing with 3D printer. In addition, new 3D printing materials for mouthgurad, 3D Computer-Aided Design(CAD) software for dental appliance, evaluation of a virtual dentoalveolar model for testing virtually 3D designed mouthguard, and lightweight sensor technology will lead dental professionals to the new era of Sports Dentistry, including information technology integrated custom mouthguard fabrication and creating value with analytic data acquired from sensors in mouthguard.

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