• Journal of Navigation and Port Research
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• v.39 no.3
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• pp.253-260
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• 2015

There are many efforts to mechanize the process for underwater port construction due to the severe and adverse working environment. This paper presents an underwater construction robot to level rubbles on the seabed for port construction. The robot is composed of a blade and a multi-functional arm to flatten the rubble mound with respect to the reference level at uneven terrain and to dig and dump the rubbles. This research analyzes the kinematics of the blade and the multi-functional arm including track and swing motions with respect to a world coordinate assigned to a reference depth sensor. This analysis is conducted interfacing with the position and orientation sensors installed at the robot. A hydraulic control system is developed to control a track, a blade and a multi-functional arm for rubble leveling work. The experimental results of rubble leveling work conducted by the robot are presented in land and subsea. The working speed of the robot is eight times faster than that of a human diver, and the working quality is acceptable. The robot is expected to have much higher efficiency in deep water where a human diver is unable to work.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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• v.11 no.4
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• pp.94-101
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• 2003

Recently, miniaturization and weight reduction is getting more attention due to various benefits in automotive components design. It is a trend that the design of experiment(DOE) and statical design method are frequently used for optimization. In this research, the safety of lower control arm is evaluated according to its material change form S45C to A16061 for the reduction of arm's weight. The variance analysis on the basis of structure analysis and DOE is applied to the lower control m. We have proposed a statistical design model to evaluate the effect of structural modification by performing the practical multi-objective optimization considering mass, stress and deflection.

• Bulletin of the Korean Space Science Society
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• 2003.10a
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• pp.101-101
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• 2003

다목적 실용위성 1호에 탑재된 EOC(Electro-Optical Camera)는 2,000년부터 현재까지 한반도 인근 및 세계의 주요 육지 지역을 관측하고 있다. DOC는 크게 광학부(Sensor Assembly)와 전자부(Electronics Assembly)로 구성되어 있으며, 지상으로부터 입사하는 광 정보를 디지털 신호로 재구성하여 PDTS(Payload Data Transmission System)을 통해 지상으로 전송한다. EOC 광학부는 2,592개의 CCD(Charge-Coupled Device) 센서들로 구성된 선형 시스템이며, push-broom 주사 방식으로 구동된다. 한편, EOC의 임무 전, 후로 Aperture Cover Mechanism에 의해 EOC의 덮개를 덮은 상태로 짧은 시간동안 촬영을 수행, 획득된 영상 역시 지상으로 전송한다. 이러한 영상들은 EOC 영상에 포함되어 있는 암전류(Dark Current)에 대한 간접적인 정보를 제공하며, Dark Calibration Data로 정의된다. Dark Calibration Data는 지상에서 수신된 후, EOC 영상에 대한 복사 보정에 이용된다. 본 연구에서는 EOC Dark Calibration Data에 대한 분석을 통해, EOC 영상 내의 잡음 성분을 분석한다.

• Environmental and Resource Economics Review
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• v.17 no.4
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• pp.845-873
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• 2008

This study estimates the VSL(value of a statistical life) as well as the WTP(willingness to pay) for mortality risk reduction using sample selection model with data on liver cancer examination which is associated with little possibility of multi-purpose(i.e. joint production) in averting behavior. The marginal benefits of mortality risk reduction are estimated by applying for household production function model with medical expense and the time required for medical examination of liver cancer. Individuals are more likely to take liver cancer test if they are male, older, higher educated, those with spouse, smoker, more income of household, and more anxious about their health. The costs of liver cancer examination are statistically significantly affected with expected signs by size of mortality risk reduction, sex, period of eduction, those with spouse, and household income. The marginal effect of mortality risk reduction owing to taking liver cancer examination is estimated at 321,097 won. The costs of liver cancer examination are increased by 905 won with more one year of education period and by 1,743 won with more one million won in household income. On liver cancer examination, male spends more 12,310 won than female and those with spouse pay more 7,969 won than those without spouse. Therefore the VSL from mortality risk reduction due to liver cancer examination is 321.10 million won at mean size of mortality risk reduction and mean cost of liver cancer examination. The results of sensitivity tests on costs and effects of liver cancer test shows that the VSLs are estimated in a range from 160.55 million won to 642.19 million won.

• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.20 no.4
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• pp.69-76
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• 2015

We present microscopy based hyperspectral imaging system that successively shows high spatial (micrometer) and temporal resolutions (milisecond), and acquired pseudocolor hemoglobin saturation map a result of various image processing techniques can provide additional information such as oxygen transport, abnormal vascularity and therapeutic effects besides structural and physiological measurements in various diseases. To increase understanding of vascular defects several optical methods of imaging for preclinical/clinical assessment have been developed so far. However, they have some limitations for outcoming resolution and user satisfaction level compared to its cost. A hyperspectral imaging system has shown a wide range of vascular characteristics associated with hypervascularity, aberrant angiogenesis or abnormal vascular remodeling in many diseases. This vascular characteristic is considered as a key component to diagnose and detect a type of disease as evidenced by them.