• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.45 no.1
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• pp.36-45
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• 2017

Abstract It is necessary to verify the properties of an inertial measurement unit in the flight environment before applying to military applications. In this paper, we presented a new approach to verify an inertial measurement unit(IMU) in regard to the performance and the robustness in flight environments for the high-dynamics vehicle systems. We proposed two methods for verification of an IMU. We confirmed normal operation of an IMU and properties in flight environment by using direct comparison method. And we proposed real time multi-navigation system to complement the first method. The proposed method made it possible to compare navigation result at the same time. Therefore, it is easy to analyze the performance of an inertial navigation system and robustness during the vehicle flight. To verify the proposed method, we carried out a flight test as well as an experimental test of flight vibration on the ground. As a result of the experiment, we confirmed flight environment properties of an IMU. Therefore, we shows that the proposed method can serve the reliability improvement of IMU.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.44 no.4
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• pp.308-315
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• 2016

A new technique for Attitude & Heading Reference System (AHRS) by using sequential measurement noise covariance (SMNC) is addressed in a vibration environments in this paper. In particular, a low-cost inertial measurement unit in general diverges in the acceleration phase or vibrating environments due to inherent properties of gravity and acceleration. In this paper, by considering current and prior measurements to estimate actual attitudes and headings in a local frame, the proposed technique overcomes these problems efficiently. Finally, the performance of the suggested approach is verified by numerical simulations.

• Proceedings of the Korea Committee for Ocean Resources and Engineering Conference
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• 2004.05a
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• pp.54-54
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• 2004

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• v.2
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• pp.475-478
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• 2006

본 논문에서는 소형 무인항공기의 정확한 위치, 속도, 자세 정보를 제공하기 위해 저급의 MEMS IMU를 이용한 항법 시스템을 제안한다. 제안하는 시스템은 비행체의 직선운동과 회전운동을 측정할 수 있는 관성측정기와 위성신호를 수신하여 항체의 위치, 속도 정보를 제공하는 GPS 수신기, 지구 자기장 정보를 이용하여 방향각 정보를 제공하는 지자기 센서들로 구성되었다. SDINS와 약결합 방식의 칼만필터를 이용한 항법 시스템은 초기정렬 알고리즘과 센서 오차 보상 알고리즘, 자력계 보상 알고리즘 및 복합항법 알고리즘으로 나뉘며, 설계된 항법 알고리즘들은 시뮬레이션과 차량 실험을 통해서 성능을 분석하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.36 no.4
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• pp.393-398
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• 2008

This paper suggests a GPS/INS navigation computer architecture that can be applied to small satellites. In order to implement a GPS/INS navigation system on a small satellite, the extreme environment in space such as radiation, micro-gravity, vacuum, etc. must be considered. In addition, a real-time processing ability is required for the GPS/INS navigation system since the formation flying of multiple small satellites is the ultimate goal. The developed navigation electronics utilizes a PowerPC-type MPC860T that has space environment heritage, and a pair of Atmega128s that has been implemented in KAUSAT-2 and has completed the space environment verification tests. The navigation algorithm is designed to work in VxWorks environment, ported in MPC860T.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2000.10a
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• pp.29-29
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• 2000

This paper describes the design and implementation of a high-speed navigation computer to achieve precision navigation performance with Strapdown INS. The navigation computer inputs are velocity and angular increment data from the ISA at the signal of the 2404Hz interrupt and performs the removal of gyro block motion and the compensation of high dynamic errors at the 200Hz. For high-speed and high-accuracy, the computer consists of the 68040 micro-processor, 128k Memories, FPGAs, and so on. We show that the computer satisfies the required performance by In-Run navigation tests.

• Journal of Ocean Engineering and Technology
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• v.17 no.6
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• pp.83-90
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• 2003

This paper presents an underwater hybrid navigation system for a semi-autonomous underwater vehicle (SAUV). The navigation system consists of an inertial measurement unit (IMU), and a Doppler velocity log (DVL), accompanied by a magnetic compass. The errors of inertial measurement units increase with time, due to the bias errors of gyros and accelerometers. A navigational system model is derived, to include the scale effect and bias errors of the DVL, of which the state equation composed of the navigation states and sensor parameters is 20. The conventional extended Kalman filter was used to propagate the error covariance, update the measurement errors, and correct the state equation when the measurements are available. Simulation was performed with the 6-d.o,f equations of motion of SAUV, using a lawn-mowing survey mode. The hybrid underwater navigation system shows good tracking performance, by updating the error covariance and correcting the system's states with the measurement errors from a DVL, a magnetic compass, and a depth sensor. The error of the estimated position still slowly drifts in the horizontal plane, about 3.5m for 500 seconds, which could be eliminated with the help of additional USBL information.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.35 no.5
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• pp.419-425
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• 2007

A rapid one-shot alignment method of the Strapdown INS (SDINS) for a vertical launch is proposed. The proposed alignment is performed using the accelerometer output of the Slave INS and the attitude of the Master INS. To improve the accuracy and the speed of the alignment, the equivalent linear transformation and the pre-filtering method are developed. Experiment results show that the proposed method is effective in improving the accuracy and the speed of the alignment.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• 2016.05a
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• pp.29-31
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• 2016

위성 항법 시스템 (GPS : Global Positioning System)은 3차원 위치는 물론 정확한 시각정보를 제공할 수 있는 항법시스템으로 항해에 있어 필수적인 요소이다. 최근 무인선박에 대한 연구가 활발히 진행되며, GPS에 대한 중요성이 증대되고 있다. 무인선박은 자율 항해를 위하여 GPS와 관성센서, 라이다, 카메라 등의 기타 보조 센서를 결합한 데이터를 활용한다. 복합 센서를 활용한 자율 항해에 있어 각 센서들간의 시각동기 또한 중요한 요소이다. 본 논문은 GPS를 활용하여 소프트웨어/하드웨어적인 시각동기화 기법을 제안한다. 제안된 기법은 embedded Linux platform을 활용하여 GPS로부터 획득한 시각동기화 신호를 기준으로 시각동기화된 복합 센서 데이터를 취득하는 방안이다. 제안된 기법의 성능 평가를 위하여, GPS 가용/불가용 구간을 모사한 환경에서 GPS, 관성센서, 고도계를 결합한 실제 데이터를 활용하였다.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.38-46
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• 2007

This paper proposes a design method of a CDU(Control Display Unit) for commercial INS(Inertial Navigation Systems). In order to guarantee reusability and extendability, the design method is based on the class programming of the Windows operating system. Since the CDU has abstracted functions and variables, it can be interfaced with any INS. It is also easy to extend the designed functions using inheritance and polymorphism of the class. In order to show usefulness of the CDU, it has been implemented for the H-726 INS.