• Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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• v.19 no.6
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• pp.569-575
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• 2013

This paper proposes a method for PDR (Pedestrian Dead-Reckoning) using a low cost IMU. Generally, GPS has been widely used for localization of pedestrians. However, GPS is disabled in the indoor environment such as in buildings. To solve this problem, this research suggests the PDR scheme with an IMU attached to the pedestrian's waist. However, despite the fact many methods have been proposed to estimate the pedestrian's position, but their results are not sufficient. One of the most important factors to improve performance is, a new calibration method that has been proposed to obtain the reliable sensor data. In addition to this calibration, the PDR method is also proposed to detect steps, where estimation schemes of step length, attitude, and heading angles are developed. Peak and zero crossings are detected to count the steps from 3-axis acceleration values. For the estimation of step length, a nonlinear step model is adopted to take advantage of using one parameter. Complementary filter and zero angular velocity are utilized to estimate the attitude of the IMU module and to minimize the heading angle drift. To verify the effectiveness of this scheme, a real-time system is implemented and demonstrated. Experimental results show an accuracy of below 1% and below 3% in distance and position errors, respectively, which can be achievable using a high cost IMU.

• 한국HCI학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2009.02a
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• pp.384-389
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• 2009

In general, gestures can be utilized in human-computer interaction area. Even though the acceleration information is most widely used for the detection of user’s intention, it is hard to use the information under the condition of zero or small variations of gesture velocity due to the inherent characteristics of the accelerometer. In this paper, a natural interaction method which does not require excessive gesture acceleration will be described. Taking advantages of the gravity, the system can generate various types of signals. Also, many problems such as initialization and draft error can be solved using restorative uprighting force of the system.

• 한국HCI학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2007.02a
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• pp.920-926
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• 2007

새로운 매체와 접촉 시 발생하는 거부감을 최소화 하고 별도의 학습 없이 사용 가능한 직관적 명령 전달 방식의 매개 인터페이스를 제안한다. 제안하는 매개 인터페이스는 3차원 공간에서 사용가능한 가상 마우스와 TV 리모트 컨트롤러의 기능적 결합을 목표로 하고 실버세대들에게 익숙한 매체인 펜을 형태로 삼아 개념적으로 설계되었다. 구체적인 구현은 가속도계의 신호를 분석하거나 펜촉에 레이저 포인터를 추가하여 레이저 포인터의 좌표 변화를 웹캠으로 추적, 인식하는 방법으로 구분하였고 본 논문에서는 가속도계의 경우를 소개한다. 가속도계 신호분석을 통해 마우스의 기능을 모사하고 동작을 감지하는데 발생하는 문제점과 이를 해결하기 위한 기존 연구를 분석하고 동작 중에 중력방향의 수직축이 바뀌면서 발생하는 가속도계 신호의 오류를 보상하기 위해 제안된 Zero Velocity Compensation 방법을 소개한다. ZVC의 결과에 필수적인 저주파의 시계열 신호 실시간 끝점 추출과 동시에 패턴인식을 위한 특징추출 기능을 수행하는 새로운 알고리즘을 제안하며 기존의 방법과 실험적으로 성능을 비교한다. 또한 입력된 가속도계 신호를 학습된 인식기를 통해 인식하는 기존의 연구에서 더 나아가, 마우스의 좌표변화를 짧은 시간동안 가속도 신호의 실시간 분석을 통해 모사하기 위해 변형시킨 알고리즘을 소개한다.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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• v.25 no.1
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• pp.92-102
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• 2017

For an automotive surveillance radar system, fast-chirp train based FMCW (Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave) radar is a very effective method, because clutter and moving targets are easily separated in a 2D range-velocity map. However, pedestrians with low echo signals may be masked by strong clutter in actual field. To address this problem, we proposed in the previous work a clutter cancellation and moving target indication algorithm using the coherent phase method. In the present paper, we initially composed the test set-up using a 24 GHz FMCW transceiver and a real-time data logging board in order to verify this algorithm. Next, we created two indoor test environments consisting of moving human and stationary targets. It was found that pedestrians and strong clutter could be effectively separated when the proposed method is used. We also designed and implemented these algorithms in FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) in order to analyze the hardware and time complexities. The results demonstrated that the complexity overhead was nearly zero compared to when the typical method was used.

• Journal of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing
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• v.1 no.1
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• pp.35-43
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• 2012

The UGV is one of the special field robot developed for mine detection, surveillance and transportation. To achieve successfully the missions of the UGV, the accurate and reliable navigation data should be provided. This paper presents design and implementation of multi-sensor-based open architecture integrated navigation for localization of UGV. The presented architecture hierarchically classifies the integrated system into four layers and data communications between layers are based on the distributed object oriented middleware. The navigation manager determines the navigation mode with the QoS information of each navigation sensor and the integrated filter performs the navigation mode-based data fusion in the filtering process. Also, all navigation variables including the filter parameters and QoS of navigation data can be modified in GUI and consequently, the user can operate the integrated navigation system more usefully. The conventional GPS/INS integrated system does not guarantee the long-term reliability of localization when GPS solution is not available by signal blockage and intentional jamming in outdoor environment. The presented integration algorithm, however, based on the adaptive federated filter structure with FDI algorithm can integrate effectively the output of multi-sensor such as 3D LADAR, vision, odometer, magnetic compass and zero velocity to enhance the accuracy of localization result in the case that GPS is unavailable. The field test was carried out with the UGV and the test results show that the presented integrated navigation system can provide more robust and accurate localization performance than the conventional GPS/INS integrated system in outdoor environments.