• The Journal of The Korea Institute of Intelligent Transport Systems
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.26-32
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• 2016

An autonomous car(driverless car, self-driving car, robotic car) is a vehicle that is capable of sensing its environment and navigating without human input. Autonomous cars can detect surroundings using a variety of techniques such as radar, lidar, GPS, odometry, and computer vision. Advanced control systems interpret sensory information to identify appropriate navigation paths, as well as obstacles and relevant signage. Autonomous cars have control systems that are capable of analyzing sensory data to distinguish between different cars on the road, which is very useful in planning a path to the desired destination. An issue tree, also called a logic tree, is a graphical breakdown of a question that dissects it into its different components vertically and that progresses into details as it reads to the right.Issue trees are useful in problem solving to identify the root causes of a problem as well as to identify its potential solutions. They also provide a reference point to see how each piece fits into the whole picture of a problem. Using Issue-Tree menthods, transportation safety policies were developed with autonompus vehicle in mind.

• 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.

• The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.135-144
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• 2021

In railway systems, it is common to obtain train location information through an infrastructure-based train detection system. However, this system has a problem that may provide incorrect location information due to non-detection and erroneous detection, which may cause an accident. Therefore, in this study, we propose a method of providing train location information using a sensor-based integrated navigation system. In order to provide accurate information; however, the reliability of the integrated navigation system must be verified. Therefore, in this paper, we develop a simulator that can generate a reference trajectory and sensor data based on the real trajectory and analyze the performance of the integrated navigation system according to various scenarios on the real trajectory.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• 2022.11a
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• pp.82-83
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• 2022

국제해상충돌예방규칙(COLREGs)에 관한 협약은 해상에서 발생하는 충돌사고를 방지하기 위한 규칙으로 구성되어 있으며, Seaman(선원)의 Qualitative Rule(질적 규칙)과 Ordinary practice(통상적인 관행)에 기초하고 있다. MASS의 출현으로 인하여 질적 규칙과 관행으로 인하여 COLREG를 기반으로 한 항법 해석의 기준의 다름이 발생하였고, 기준의 차이로 인해 충돌 상황에 대한 항법 해석의 모호성문제가 발생하고 있다. 따라서 본 연구는 COLREG의 항법 해석의 모호성을 규명하여 유인과 무인 사이의 충돌회피 상황을 명확히 하는 것을 목적으로 한다. COLREG를 기반으로 한 충돌 상황의 모호성을 식별하기 위해 실제 항해사를 대상으로 충돌 회피 상황에 대한 인식을 조사하고, 정면 및 횡단, 횡단 및 추월 상황을 기반으로 조사 결과를 분석하였다. 분석 결과, 응답자들은 008°에서 마주치는 선박에 대해서 정면 또는 횡단 상황 항법 규칙을 적용해야 하는지, 160°에서 다가오는 선박에 대해서 추월 또는 횡단 상황을 적용해야 하는지에 대해 확신하지 못하는 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 결과는 이러한 모호성의 증가와 함께 충돌회피상황의 수동적 행동보다 능동적인 행동을 취함으로써 선원에 의한 충돌위험을 회피하려는 경향이 더 강해짐을 나타낸다.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2011.07a
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• pp.1928-1929
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• 2011

무인항공기란(Unmanned Aerial Vehicle : UAV)란 일반적으로 조종사 없이 사전에 입력된 프로그램에 따라 또는 비행체 스스로 주위환경(장애물, 항로)을 인식하고 판단하여 자율 비행(Autonomous Flying)하는 비행체를 말한다. 본 논문에서는 항법센서(Attitude Heading Referance System: AHRS)를 비행제어 시스템과 통합한 시스템에 관하여 다루었다.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems
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• v.21 no.6
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• pp.755-760
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• 2011

This paper presents a method for improving the positioning accuracy of the laser navigation. As a wireless navigation system, the laser navigation which is more flexible than a wired guidance system is used for the localization and control of an AGV(automatic guided vehicle). However, the laser navigation causes the large positioning error while the AGV turns or moves fast. To solve the problem, we propose the method for improving the positioning accuracy of the laser navigation using particle filter which has robust and reliable performance in non-linear/non-gaussian systems. For the experiment, we use the actual fork-type AGV. The AGV has a gyro, two encoders and a laser navigation. To verify the performance, the proposed method is compared with the laser navigation which is a product. In the experimental result, we verified that the proposed method could improve the positioning accuracy by approximately 66.5%.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.34 no.4
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• pp.1343-1351
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• 2014

Recent technological advances in wireless networks and microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) have led to the development of different types of mini-UAVs and their utilizations in various ways. This study endeavors to develop a low-cost mini-UAV with autonomous flight capability, in order to obtain geospatial information of a small or medium-sized area, and also assess its flight stability by comparing the predetermined flight paths against the actual flight paths. Based on a post-development flight test, stable flight has been proven achievable as follows: the maximum endurance speed is 1 hour, the flying distance is 50km, the horizontal accuracy of flight paths is about ${\pm}6{\sim}8m$, and the altitude accuracy is about ${\pm}8m$. Therefore, it is deemed that high-resolution images which can be utilized for geospatial information are obtainable. This indicates that a UAV flying at an altitude of 200m can acquire images across a $2km{\times}3km$ area on the ground within 25 minutes, which validates its high usability for obtaining high-solution images at low altitudes in the future.

• Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.133-139
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• 2015

This paper surveys vision based autonomous navigation technologies for unmanned systems. Main branches of visual navigation technologies are visual servoing, visual odometry, and visual simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM). Visual servoing provides velocity input which guides mobile system to desired pose. This input velocity is calculated from feature difference between desired image and acquired image. Visual odometry is the technology that estimates the relative pose between frames of consecutive image. This can improve the accuracy when compared with the exisiting dead-reckoning methods. Visual SLAM aims for constructing map of unknown environment and determining mobile system's location simultaneously, which is essential for operation of unmanned systems in unknown environments. The trend of visual navigation is grasped by examining foreign research cases related to visual navigation technology.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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• v.16 no.3
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• pp.7-14
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• 2008

Unmanned vehicle has a performance for finding the path and the way point by itself, so called orientation and direction. For the more precise navigation performance, Extended kalman filter, which is integrated with inertial navigation system and global positioning system is proposed in this paper. Extended kalman filter's performance is evaluated by the simulation and applied to the unmanned vehicle. The test result shows the effectiveness of Extended kalman filter for the navigation.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.34 no.5
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• pp.74-80
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• 2006

GPS, which has been opened to the public since the 1980's, uses the C/A code time of arrival to estimate the position, and measures the carrier doppler frequency to estimate the velocity. In development from the 1990's, DGPS has improved position accuracy by eliminating common errors and CDGPS has achieved cm-level position accuracy using carrier phase. In this paper, a modified LSAST ambiguity resolution method for CDGPS is proposed to improve reliability and computational efficiency. Also the test results of cm level relative positioning of a moving vehicle using single frequency GPS receivers are compared to INS position. This research result can be widely used for the development of high precision INS, unmanned autonomous driving, survey and mapping, etc.