• Tunnel and Underground Space
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• v.25 no.6
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• pp.527-533
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• 2015

This study performed an on-site demonstration of the topographic surveying technique at a large-scale open-pit limestone mine in Korea using a fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV, Drone, SenseFly eBee). 288 sheets of aerial photos were taken by an automatic flight for 30 minutes under conditions of 300 m altitude and 12 m/s speed. Except for 37 aerial photos in which no keypoint was detected, 251 aerial photos were utilized for data processing including correction and matching, then an orthomosaic image and digital surface model with 7 cm grid spacing could be generated. A comparison of the X, Y, Z-coordinates of 4 ground control points measured by differential global positioning system and those determined by fixed-wing UAV photogrammetry revealed that the root mean squared errors were around 15 cm. Because the fixed-wing UAV has relatively longer flight time and larger coverage area than rotary-wing UAVs, it can be effectively utilized in large-scale open-pit mines as a topographic surveying tool.

• Defense and Technology
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• no.1 s.287
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• pp.86-93
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• 2003

Objective Force의 모든 측면에서 볼 때, 육군항공은 절대 필요한 구성요소이다. 통합개념팀(Intergrated Concept Team)은 현재 Alabama주 Fort Rucker에서 미래 항공력에 대한 작전적 및 조직적(O & O : Operational and Organizational) 개념을 개발하고 있는 중이다. 이러한 노력은 무인항공기, 공중기동수송기, Loitering Attack Munition – Aviation, 새로운 군수 및 공중수송서비스 등과 같은 최근에 생겨난 개념과 시스템들을 획득하는데 목적이 있다.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.35 no.5
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• pp.452-459
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• 2007

This paper presents the flight control system using a PC104 with GPS and IMU. This System includes an Auto/Manual conversion module by PIC16 for safety, and homing type guidance algorithm to flight toward a scheduled target. We verify the performance of the flight control system via ground test, and present the possibility of application into UAV control system via comparison with the commercial system.

• Tunnel and Underground Space
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• v.26 no.1
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• pp.24-31
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• 2016

Recently, many studies have been conducted to use fixed-wing and rotary-wing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs, Drones) for topographic surveying in open-pit mines. Because the fixed-wing and rotary-wing UAVs have different characteristics such as flight height, speed, time and performance of mounted cameras, their results of topographic surveying at a same site need to be compared. This study selected a construction site in Yangsan-si, Gyeongsangnam-do, Korea as a study area and compared the topographic surveying results from a fixed-wing UAV (SenseFly eBee) and a popular rotary-wing UAV (DJI Phantom2 Vision+). As results of data processing for aerial photos taken from eBee and Phantom2 Vision+, orthomosaic images and digital surface models with about 4 cm grid spacing could be generated. Comparisons of the X, Y, Z-coordinates of 7 ground control points measured by differential global positioning system and those determined by eBee and Phantom2 Vision+ revealed that the root mean squared errors of X, Y, Z-coordinates were around 10 cm, respectively.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.32 no.5
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• pp.1-9
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• 2004

The performance analysis code has been developed for vertical take-off and landing(VTOL) UAV which can be utilized as a trade analysis tool in the pre-conceptual design phase. The UAV requires VTOL capability and high speed cruise performance. The main logic of this performance analysis code is to estimate performance parameters of each mission segment by mission fuel weight iteration. The reliability of this performance analysis code is discussed by comparing the data of existing dual flight mode VTOL UAVs such as Boeing CRW and Bell Tilt Rotor.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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• 2019.07a
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• pp.235-236
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• 2019

스마트화 시대로 인해 주차장에서 운전자가 불편함을 줄여줄 수 있는 많은 기능들이 추가되었으나, 여전히 해결되지 못한 불편함은 많이 남아있다. 그 중 협소한 주차 공간에서 발생하는 접촉 사고와 차량을 주차하는데 많은 시간을 소모하는 불편함이 남아있다. 주차 공간 부족으로 인해 아파트 입구와 갓길, 소방차 지정구역에도 차량을 주차하는 등 많은 문제가 발생하고 있다. 아파트 입구의 주차된 차량들로 인해 운전자는 갑자기 튀어나온 어린이들을 발견하지 못하는 사고가 발생한다. 또한 갓길과 소방차 지정구역의 주차로 인해 화재 발생 시 소방차가 진입하지 못하여 화재 진압에 영향을 주어 2차 피해가 발생 하고 있다. 최근 몇 년간 부족한 주차 공간으로 인해 발생하는 문제를 해결하기 위해 소방법 강화 및 지정 주차구역, 주차 요일제 등을 시행하고 있으나, 주차 공간을 증가 시키는 등 직접적인 주차 공간 해결에는 많은 노력을 기울이지 않고 있다. 이러한 사고 피해를 예방하기 위한 연구의 중심으로써 주차 구역으로 설정하였으며, 자동화와 편의성을 추가하고자 하였다. 무인 주차 시스템의 자동화 구현을 위해 아두이노 개발환경에 3가지 센서를 적용하였으며, 편의성을 높이기 위해 RFID카드를 이용한 차량 정보 인식 기능을 적용하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aviation and Aeronautics
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• v.28 no.4
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• pp.55-62
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• 2020

Special airworthiness certificates can be issued if the aircraft does not meet the airworthiness standards, but it is deemed that it can be operated safely by partially limiting the scope of operation and flight performance. Currently, Korea is subject to experimental special certification for UAS(Unmanned Aircraft Systems) exceeding 150 kg of its own weight, but detailed guidelines need to be prepared on how to prove that they can be operated safely in a limited range. Recently, Korea Airworthiness Standard(KAS) Part 21 has been revised to reflect this, but it needs to be supplemented. In this study, through an understanding and analysis of the FAA's procedure of expeirmental special airworthiness certifications for UAS, we would like to suggest what we should consider when developing relevant guidelines in our country.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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• v.27 no.1
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• pp.51-59
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• 2024

Uumanned aerial vehicle(UAV) systems have been used in various fields including industry and military. According to increasing the number of UAVs, the attention on interoperable UAV systems is increasing. In this paper, we propose the practical design of datalink in interoperable UAV systems. For practical design, we firstly review the operational scenarios in the interoperable UAV system. We then propose the system model of the datalink in interoperable UAV system. Consequently, the technical components such as the design of the network, the link management, the support of the multicast transmission, the support for autonomous mission and flight safety, and the datalink security are derived and reviewed for the practical design.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.49 no.12
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• pp.971-980
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• 2021

Recently popularized drone technologies have revealed that low-cost small unmanned aerial vehicles(UAVs) can be a significant threat to prevailing power by operating in group or in swarms. Researchers in many countries have tried to utilize integrated swarm unmanned aerial system(SUAS) in the battlefield. Agency for Defense Development also identified four core technologies in developing SUAS: swarm control, swarm network, swarm information, and swarm collaboration, and the authors started researches on swarm control and network technologies in order to be able to operate vehicle platforms as the first stage. This paper introduces design and integration of SUAS consisting of small fixed-wing UAVs, swarm control and network algorithms, a ground control system, and a launcher, with which swarm control and network technologies have been verified by flight tests. 19 fixed-wing UAVs succeeded in swarm flight in the final flight test for the first time as a domestic research.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.49 no.10
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• pp.829-839
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• 2021

Autonomous system for UAVs has a capability to decide an appropriate current action to achieve the goal based on the ultimate mission goal, context of mission, and the current state of the UAV. We propose a decision-making system that has an ability to operate ISR mission autonomously under the realistic limitation such as low altitude operation with high risk of terrain collision, a set of way points without change of visit sequence not allowed, and position uncertainties of the objects for the mission. The proposed decision-making system is loaded to a Hardware-In-the-loop Simulation environment, then tested and verified using three representative scenarios with a realistic mission environment. The flight trajectories of the UAV and selected actions via the proposed decision-making system are presented as the simulation results with discussion.