• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.42 no.2
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• pp.209-217
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• 2022

Lane management with a central variable lane(s) (or reversible lane) where the traffic flow is temporarily reversed in one or more lanes during peak periods has been evaluated as an effective strategy to alleviate congestion caused by tidal traffic flows. However, due to traffic safety issues, such a movable barrier system can be considered as an alternative to supplement the existing its operation facilities such as static and/or dynamic signs and special pavement markings. In addition, when combined with a bus exclusive lane strategy, its effectiveness could be greatly increased. The objective of this study is to propose a feasibility analysis procedure for operational strategies of a bus-exclusive lanes using a barrier transfer system (BTS) for urban expressways. To this end, a case study was conducted on two urban expressways on the west side of the Han River in Seoul. As a result, temporary operation during rush hour in the morning was found to be most effective. The results presented in this study are expected to serve as a basis for establishing bus-exclusive lane operation strategies using similar systems in the future.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of IIIuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers Conference
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• 2005.11a
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• pp.195-199
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• 2005

우리나라는 국토의 65% 이상이 산악지대로서 일반도로, 고속도로, 산업도로에서 터널이 차지하는 비중이 점차 증대되어지고 있다. 터널은 밝기가 급변하는 장소로서 자동차 운전자가 터널 진입 시 도로의 상황이나 교통상황을 정확히 파악하여 안전하고 불안감 없이 도로를 통행 할 수 있게 하여야 한다. 터널내의 충분한 노면휘도 유지를 위하여 터널내부의 조도를 정기적으로 측정하여야 하는데 기존의 수동식 측정법으로는 신속하고 신뢰적인 조도측정에 한계가 있다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 차량을 이용한 측정시스템을 이용하여 터널조도 및 휘도를 측정하고 그 실측값을 분석하였다.

• Journal of the Institute of Convergence Signal Processing
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.106-112
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• 2012

Smart Highway is the intelligent highway that improves a traffic safety, reduces incidence of traffic accidents, and supports intelligent and convenient driving environment so that drivers can drive at high speeds in safety[1]. In order to implement the highway, it is required to gather a dangerous data such as obstacle, wild animal, disabled car, etc. To provide the situation information of the highway, it has been gathered traffic information using various sensors. However, this technique has problems such as the problems of various information gathering, lack of accuracy depending on weather conditions and limitation of maintenance. Therefore, in order to provide safe driving information to driver by gathering dangerous condition, radar system is needed. In this paper, we used a developing 34.5GHz RWR(Road Watch Radar) radar for gathering dangerous information and we verified performance of obstacle detecting and resolution through field test.

• The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• v.14 no.3
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• pp.81-88
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• 2014

These days the researches using IT technologies have been done to decrease the traffic accident. Especially, the optimal safety speed considering the weather conditions have to be calculated in real time to protect the traffic accident on the high way in the case of the rain and snow. In this paper, we have simulated the automatic warning broadcasting system for the freezing and foggy regions based on Web to protect the traffic accident. Also, we have developed the simulator that can provide the drivers with the optimal safety speed in real time to protect the traffic accident even under the worst weather conditions using the Fuzzy Reasoning rules.

• The Journal of The Korea Institute of Intelligent Transport Systems
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• v.20 no.3
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• pp.1-19
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• 2021

The domastic hard shoulder running(HSR) System has been gradually expanding since its initial implementation in September 2007 with the aim of increasing capacity and resolving congestion. Hard Shoulder is used as a space for driver's visual comfort and a place for vehicles to evacuate in case of emergency, but it is replaced by a space for driving when the HSR System is implemented. Therefore, it was intended to determine the improvement effect before and after implementation of the HSR system through safety analysis and mobility analysis. The safety analysis analyzed the impact of traffic accidents by comparing HSR sections and similar sections. The mobility analysis was to determine the improvement effect by quantifying the speed and traffic volume changes before and after HSR System implementation. According to safety yanalysis, there is no effect of reducing traffic accidents when implementing the HSR System. In mobility analysis, the implementation of the HSR System significantly improved the speed of traffic during peak hours and significantly reduces slow and delay hours.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.4 no.4
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• pp.71-78
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• 2004

Dedicated Short Range Communications(DSRC) as a prominent communications candidate for Intelligent Transportation Systems(ITS) have been developed to support ITS applications such as value-added information service, e-commerce, electronic toll payment, etc. These various applications associated with electronic payment through unsecure communication channel of DSRC suffer from security threats. To ensure secure payment, we have adopted appropriate cryptographic mechanisms including encipherment, authentication exchange and digital signature. The cryptographic mechanisms require to use cryptographic keys established between two communication entities. In this paper, we propose a secure electronic payment system which is designed to have some functions for strong authentication, encryption, key agreement, etc. Especially, we adopt domestic developed cryptographic algorithms such as EC-KCDSA and SEED for digital signature and block cipher, respectively. We can show those mechanisms are appropriate for the secure electronic payment system for ITS services under the DSRC wireless environment in aspects of constrained computational resource use and processing speed.

• Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.111-123
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• 2006

In the design of bridges, exact evaluation of traffic loading is very important for the safety and maintenance of bridges. In general, traffic loading is represented by live load (including impact load) and fatigue load. For exact evaluation of traffic loading, it is important to get reliable and comprehensive truck data including the traffic and weight information. It requires the development of Bridge Weigh-In-Motion (BWIM), which measures the truck weights without stopping the traffic. Objectives of the study is (1) to develop the BWIM system, (2) to verified the system in bridges in Highways.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.36 no.1
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• pp.73-79
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• 2012

Kiosks are widely used in drive-thru systems in parking lots or on the highway to provide various services to drivers. However, the driver must stop at an exact location to access the kiosk, since its panel is fixed. In order to improve the kiosk accessibility, in this study we developed a manipulator that can adjust the position of the kiosk panel. The number of active joints was minimized to lower the cost, whereas a parallelogram mechanism and passive joints were adopted to increase its convenience for the users. Furthermore, a safety mechanism using springs and a cam was designed to ensure the safety of the user in the case of an emergency. The performance of the position controller and the safety mechanism were verified through various tests. In addition, the proposed collision reaction strategy improved the safety performance of the kiosk system.

• Proceedings of the Acoustical Society of Korea Conference
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• 1998.08a
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• pp.65-69
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• 1998

고속 주행중인 자동차 환경에서 운전자의 안전 및 편의성을 위하여, 음성인식 기술을 이용한 각종 차량 편의장치를 제어하는 것으로, 운전자와 자동차와의 Man Machine Interface 구조로 구성되었다. 이 시스템은 주행중인 자동차 환경에서 보조적인 스위치의 조작없이 상시 음성의 입, 출력이 가능하도록 하며, band pass filter를 이용하여 잡음 환경에 강인한 모델을 선택하도록 하였으며, 음성의 특징 파라미터와 인식 알고리즘은 perceptual linear predictive 13차와 one-stage dynamic programming을 사용하였다. off-line 실험 결과 고속 주행중인 자동차 환경에서 자주 사용하는 차량제어 명령 33개에 대하여 화자독립 82.47%(중부고속도로), 화자종속 94.44%의 인식율을 구하였다. 또한 고속 주행중인 차량에서 kvhs, 핸드폰 사용으로 인한 사고를 줄이기 위하여 음성으로 전화를 걸 수 있도록 하는 Voice Dialing기능도 구현하였다.

• Journal of Auto-vehicle Safety Association
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• v.8 no.4
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• pp.31-37
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• 2016

Since real road experiments have many restrictions, a multi-vehicle traffic simulator can be an effective tool to develop and evaluate fully automated driving systems. This paper presents multi-vehicle environment simulation tool to develop and evaluate motorway automated driving systems. The proposed simulation tool consists of following two main parts: surrounding vehicle model and environment sensor model. The surrounding vehicle model is designed to quickly generate rational complex traffic situations of motorway. The environment sensor model depicts uncertainty of environment sensor. As a result, various traffic situations with uncertainty of environment sensor can be proposed by the multi-vehicle environment simulation tool. An application to automated driving system has been conducted. A lane changing algorithm is evaluated by performance indexes from the multi-vehicle environment simulation tool.