• The Journal of The Korea Institute of Intelligent Transport Systems
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• v.21 no.3
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• pp.62-72
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• 2022

In this study, a miniaturized GPS band(L₁ : 1.575 GHz) antenna that can be mounted on a small drone is proposed. The miniaturization was designed by applying the perturbation method based on the λ/4 microstrip antenna and lengthening the current path at the edge of the patch. The miniaturized antenna was fabricatred such that it could be attached to the surface of styrofoam(ε_r=1.06, t=10 mm) having a size of 10 mm × 9 mm × 10 mm (0.05 λ × 0.05 λ × 0.05 λ). The thickness and length of the feeding line and the spacing between short stubs were adjusted for impedance matching. S₁₁ was found to be -18.8 dB at the center frequency of the fabricated antenna, 1.575 GHz. The radiation pattern measurement results show that the maximum gain of E_θ is 1.87 dBi in 0 directions in the xz-plane, and that E_θ is an omnidirectional characteristic with an average gain of -1.7 dBi in the yz-plane. It was found that the antenna can be used as an ultra-small microstrip antenna, which can be mounted on a small dron for GPS, and is capable of preserving a reduction ratio of 98.8% as compared to a λ/2 microstrip patch antenna.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.21 no.1
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• pp.14-19
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• 2020

This paper proposes a precise drone-positioning technique using a differential global positioning system (DGPS). The proposed system consists of a reference station for error correction data production, and a mobile station (a drone), which is the target for real-time positioning. The precise coordinates of the reference station were acquired by post-processing of received satellite data together with the reference station location data provided by government infrastructure. For the system's implementation, low-cost commercial GPS receivers were used. Furthermore, a Zigbee transmitter/receiver pair was used to wirelessly send control signals and error correction data, making the whole system affordable for personal use. To validate the system, a drone-tracking experiment was conducted. The results show that the average real-time position error is less than 0.8 m.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.41 no.10
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• pp.1247-1255
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• 2016

The safety and autonomous flight function of micro UAV or drones is crucial to its commercial application. The requirement of own building stable drones is still a non-trivial obstacle for researchers that want to focus on the intelligence function, such vision and navigation algorithm. The paper present a GCS using commercial drone and hardware platforms, and open source software. The system follows modular architecture and now composed of the communication, UI, image processing. Especially, lane-keeping algorithm. are designed and verified through testing at a sports stadium. The designed lane-keeping algorithm estimates drone position and heading in the lane using Hough transform for line detection, RANSAC-vanishing point algorithm for selecting the desired lines, and tracking algorithm for stability of lines. The flight of drone is controlled by 'forward', 'stop', 'clock-rotate', and 'counter-clock rotate' commands. The present implemented system can fly straight and mild curve lane at 2-3 m/s.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• 2018.11a
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• pp.108-110
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• 2018

항공 드론의 비약적 발전에 비해 소형 선박을 이용한 Sail Drone의 기술 개발은 이제 막 초보적인 수준을 벗어나, 해양과학 조사에 이용되고 있는 추세이다. Sail Drone은 항공드론으로는 할 수 없는 해양의 조류, 해수 온도, 염분 농도 및 염분의 비중, 오염 해역의 측정과 어류의 분포 등 다양한 해양과학 자료의 조사뿐만 아니라, 선형 및 사용 용도를 변경하면 군사적으로도 적지의 관찰과 적 잠수함의 추적, 공격목표물에 대한 충돌 폭파, 아군의 미사일 등 전략무기의 공격 목표(Target) 등 다양한 방법으로 이용 할 수 있다. 추진동력을 얻기 위한 재생에너지 기술, 해양과학 Sensor의 설치 및 이용에 관한 기술, 획득한 정보의 전송 및 판독에 관한 기술, 무인 항행 조정 기술, GPS를 포함한 위치정보 이용 기술 등 복합적이고도 융합적인 기술이 요구되는 Sail Dronen 개발에 앞서 무인 제어선박을 연구하였다.

• 한국항공운항학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2016.05a
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• pp.39-47
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• 2016

150미터(500피트) 이하의 공역에서 무인기 택배 등의 활용을 목적으로 고속 비행이 요구되는 소형무인기(드론)의 순항을 가정하여 안전 분리 간격을 고려한 고속 비행 공역을 제안하고, 해당 경로에서 무인기간의 충돌방지를 위한 항법시스템의 성능요구조건과 안전한 분리 간격에 대한 선행 연구 분석과 고찰 결과를 제시한다.

• Journal of KIISE
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• v.44 no.7
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• pp.649-657
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• 2017

As the type and purpose of drones become diverse and the number of additional functions is increasing, the role of the corresponding software has increased. Through partitioning and an efficient solving of SWaP(size, weight and power) problems, ARINC 653 can provide reliable software reuse and consolidation regarding avionic systems. ARINC 653 can be more effectively applied to drones, a small unmanned aerial vehicle, in addition to its application with large-scale aircraft. In this paper, to exploit ARINC 653 for a drone flight-control program, an intra-partition communication system is implemented through an extension of the layered ARINC 653 and applied to a real drone system. The experiment results show that the overheads of the intra-partition communication are low, while the resources that are assigned to the drone flight-control program are guaranteed through the partitioning.

• Explosives and Blasting
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• v.38 no.3
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• pp.1-14
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• 2020

Stereophotogrammetry can be used for accurate and fast investigation of over-break or under-break which may form during the blasting of underground space. When integrated with small unmanned aerial vehicles(UAVs) or drones, stereophotogrammetry can be performed much more efficiently. However, since previous research are mostly focused on surface environments, underground applications of drone-based stereophotogrammetry are limited and rare. In order to expand the use of drone-based stereophotogrammetry in underground environments, this study investigated a rock surface of a underground mine through drone-based stereophotogrammetry. The accuracy of the investigation was evaluated and analyzed, which proved the method to be accurate in underground environments. Also, recommendations were proposed for the image acquisition and matching conditions for accurate and efficient application of drone-based stereophotogrammetry in underground environments.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.28 no.2
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• pp.159-162
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• 2017

Along with the popular use of commercial drones, there are increased concerns on the possible threats from drones intruding into secured areas. The difficulty of drone detection is attributed to its stealthy operation flying at low altitude with low level signature. Consequently, the anti-drone technique has been of major research topic in recent years and among others, the radar detection is considered as the most promising technique. However, the use of conventional radar detection may not be effective due to the low level radar cross sections of the commercial drones. In this paper, ISAR technique has been employed to implement drone detection in urban area. To this purpose, a pulsed radar system is set up on the ground to track flying drones and the corresponding ISAR images are produced by coherent processing.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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• v.28 no.5
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• pp.827-834
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• 2022

Recently, marine surveys using unmanned ships are attracting attention, and research on small unmanned ships using sails is on the rise. Sail drones can be used for marine surveys, monitoring, and pollution management. Therefore, in this study, using the method of estimating the ship speed for twin sail drones, the optimal conditions for sailing are checked, and the performance to be considered in the initial design stage, such as the motion performance and resistance of the sail drone. Consequently, the twin sail drone had a speed lower than 2.0 m/s, and the stability satisfied the rule by DNV. In addition, the maximum speed at an angle of attack of 20° at TWA 100° was 1.69 m/s and that at an angle of attack of 25° at TWA 100° was 1.74 m/s.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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• 2023.07a
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• pp.105-106
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• 2023

소형제트엔진은 주로 연구, 실험, 교육 등의 목적으로 사용되고 있다. 이러한 소형제트엔진은 고도가 높고 고속으로 비행하는 드론에 추력 발생 장치로서의 중요한 역할을 수행할 수 있다. 그러나 엔진의 실질적인 활용을 위해서는 기존의 유선으로 구성된 컨트롤러를 무선으로 제어할 수 있는 방식으로 재구성하는 것이 필요하다. 이 중에서도 연료펌프의 무선제어시스템이 우선적으로 개발되어야만 다른 부분에 대한 무선제어개발이 가능해질 것이다. 본 논문에서는 소형 제트 엔진의 연료 펌프를 무선으로 제어할 수 있는 방식을 적용한 임베디드 시스템의 구성과 방식에 대해 제안하고 있다.