• Journal of Sensor Science and Technology
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.79-87
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• 2003

In this paper, we propose a method to obtain a linear characteristic using soft computing for systems which have array sensors of nonlinear characteristics. Also a procedure utilizing the pattern information of array sensors without additional sensors is proposed to reduce disturbance effects. For a typical example, even a single CdS cell for CdS array has nonlinear characteristics. Overall linear characteristic for CdS array is obtained using fuzzy logic for each cell and overlapped portion. In addition, further improvement for linearization is obtained applying genetic algorithms for the parameters of membership functions. Also the effect of disturbing external light changes to the CdS array can be reduced without using any additional sensors for calibration. The proposed method based on fuzzy logic shows improvements for position measurements and disturbance reduction to external light changes due to the fuzziness of the shadow boundary as well as the inherent nonlinearity of the CdS array. This improvement is shown by applying the proposed method to the ball position measurements of a magnetic levitation system.

• Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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• v.14 no.7
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• pp.949-963
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• 2011

Generally, It is indispensible to use an ISP(In System Programming) tool for upgrading, patching, or changing the system software of the each sensor nodes in wireless sensor networks. While under a small number of nodes, the upgrading task is not a serious burden, however if there are a large number of nodes to be updated, the task is almost impossible to do for the given constrains such as limited budgets and resources. Based on this observation, in this paper we have proposed a novel upgrading scheme based on a single hop in IEEE 802.15.4 PAN(Personal Area Network)s. Simulation results have shown the scheme outcomes the conventional methods in the performance measures.

• Journal of Sensor Science and Technology
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• v.10 no.3
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• pp.148-155
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• 2001

A pressure sensor on the tip of a catheter which is utilized to measure the in-vivo pressure in a human body was fabricated and the characteristic of the pressure sensor as measured. To fit into a catheter with 1 mm caliber, samples of $150\;{\mu}m$(thickness) ${\times}$ (600, 700, 800, 900, 1000) ${\mu}m$(width) ${\times}2\;mm$(length) was fabricated. The thicker face with $450\;{\mu}m$ thickness of SDB wafer was made thin to $134\;{\mu}m$ thickness using KOH etchant and it made possible to fabricate sensor cell with the width shorter than 1 mm. Different to the whitstone bridge sensor, we formed one piezoresistor and one reference resistor in sensor. Therefore there are possibilities of reduction of the sensitivity, then by using the simulation tool ANSYS 5.5.1, the location and the type of the piezoresistor was optimized. Another piezoresistor type of sensor which contain one longitudinal and one transverse piezoresistor was fabricated at the same time, but the sensitivity was not improved very much. To get the output versus the pressure, a constant current source and a implementation amplifier was used. As a result, the maximum sensitivity of the sensor with one piezoresistor was $1.6\;{\mu}V/V/mmHg$.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2012.07a
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• pp.501-502
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• 2012

본 논문에서는 입력 단 센서를 제거한 태양광 AC 모듈 인터리브드 플라이백 인버터의 최대 전력점 추종 및 전류 평형 제어 기법을 제안한다. 기존 제어 방식들의 수행을 위해서는 입력 전압 $V_{pv}$, 입력 전류 $I_{pv}$ 센서와 각 상 스위치 단의 전류 센서들이 필요하나 4개의 센서와 주변 회로는 AC 모듈의 사이즈, 부피 및 가격을 증가시킨다. 이러한 문제점들을 해결하기 위해 제안하는 방식은 각 상의 전류 센서만을 사용하여 최대 전력점 추종 및 전류 평형 제어를 동시에 수행한다. 제안한 시스템의 타당성을 이론적 분석과 시뮬레이션을 통해 검증한다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Surface Engineering Conference
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• 2009.10a
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• pp.186-187
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• 2009

단일 나노선 적용 센서의 단점을 극복하고 신뢰성이 높은 센서를 구현하고자 vapor-liquid-solid (VLS) 법을 이용하여 $SnO_2$ 나노선의 선택적 성장을 통한 나노선 네트워크 구조의 센서를 제조하였다. 분리된 전극층의 변화에 따른 나노선의 접합 특성 변화에 이에 따른 나노선 네트워크 센서의 가스감지 특성을 고찰하였다.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.36 no.5
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• pp.353-360
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• 2017

The single sensor based acoustic reflection control system separates the incident and reflected signals from the single sensor output, and reduces the reflected signal by generating an out-of-phase signal from the incident signal component. In this paper, we propose an optimal filter design method for a single sensor based reflection control system. In the proposed method, it is shown that the optimum control filter design is possible by using the measured impulse responses of the reflection and control paths. The reflection control algorithm based on the proposed optimal filter achieves better performance than the conventional adaptive filter-based algorithm and effectively controls the reflection without the initial convergence time. We performed computer simulations using the signals obtained in a 1-dimensional acoustic duct environment, and from the simulation results, it was confirmed that the proposed optimal filter has robust performance even in noisy environment.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.41 no.6
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• pp.610-620
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• 2022

An acoustic vector sensor can simultaneously receive vector quantities, such as particle velocity and acceleration, as well as acoustic pressure at one location, and thus it can be used as a single input multiple output receiver in underwater acoustic communication systems. On the other hand, vector signals received by a single vector sensor have different channel characteristics due to the azimuth angle between the source and receiver and the difference in propagation angle of multipath in each component, producing different communication performances. In this paper, we propose a channel parameter-based weighting method to improve the performance of an acoustic communication system using a single vector sensor. To verify the proposed method, we used communication data collected from the experiment conducted during the KOREX-17 (Korea Reverberation Experiment). For communication demodulation, block-based time reversal technique which is robust against time-varying channels were utilized. Finally, the communication results showed that the effectiveness of the channel parameter-based weighting method for the underwater communication system using a single vector sensor was verified.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.19 no.12
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• pp.2905-2910
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• 2015

CW Radar Sensors can be categorized into Single and Dual by its IF output type. Dual IF type is used for detecting the direction of moving objects. However, Dual IF type has more complicated circuitry than Single IF type and higher cost due to more parts required. In this paper, we propose an algorithm for Single IF type CW radar sensors to detect the direction of moving objects. It performs FFT on signals created at IF output when an object moves and determines approach, stop and recede according to amplitude variations. In order to verify the algorithm, a function generator is used to create a virtual signal and confirmed that it accurately detects the directions according to amplitude variations.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.45 no.8
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• pp.671-677
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• 2017

A new INS/Vision integrated navigation system by using multi-vision sensors is addressed in this paper. When the total number of landmark measured by the vision sensor is smaller than the allowable number, there is possibility that the navigation filter can diverge. To prevent this problem, multi-vision concept is applied to expend the field of view so that reliable number of landmarks are always guaranteed. In this work, the orientation of camera installed are 0, 120, and -120degree with respect to the body frame to improve the observability. Finally, the proposed technique is verified by using numerical simulation.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2004.04a
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• pp.535-537
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• 2004

최근 센서 네트워크에 대한 필요성이 증대되면서 센서 기술과 통신 기술 등 센서 네트워크의 기반기술에 대한 연구가 활발하게 진행되고 있다. 특히, 센서 네트워크에서 센서 노드의 수명은 센서의 배터리 전력량에 비례하므로 보다 적은 전력으로 통신을 수행하는 기술들에 관심이 집중되고 있다. 이러한 저전력 통신 프로토콜 가운데 대표적인 것이 시간 분할 다중 접속(TDMA) 기반 MAC 프로토콜이다. 지정된 시간에만 센서 노드의 통신 상태를 정지(sleep)상태에서 유휴(idle)상태로 변경하여 통신을 수행하므로 전력 소비를 최소화시키는 기술이다. 그러나 이웃한 다른 센서들 간의 통신을 간섭하지 않기 위해 센서들은 통신시 서로 다른 주파수를 사용해야 한다. 이러한 제한 사항을 충족시키기 위해서는 센서 노드들이 다양한 주파수를 청취할 수 있어야 하며. 이는 센서 노드 생산시 제조단가의 증가와 직결되어 센서 네트워크의 상용화에 주요한 문제가 될 수 있다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 시간 분할접속(TDMA) 기반 저전력 MAC 프로토콜에서 단일 주파수를 사용한 수 있도록 통신 시간(time slot)을 할당하는 알고리즘을 제안하고자 한다.