• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2021.11a
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• pp.1364-1367
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• 2021

불량 방충재 납입 사건에 따른 방충재 관리의 중요성 및 선박 접안사고가 화두가 되면서 본 논문에서는 현재 방충재 점검 시스템과 그로 인해 발생하는 선박의 접안사고 위험에 대해 문제를 제기한다. 문제를 해결하기 위해 본 논문은 "스마트 방충재 로봇"을 제안하며, 제안하는 로봇의 기능은 다음과 같다. 첫째, 부두에 부착된 방충재의 상태를 실시간으로 확인하고, 전용 애플리케이션을 통해 방충재를 관리한다. 둘째, 방충재 교체 시 부두 위치에 따른 해상조건을 수집하여 적합한 방충재를 추천한다. 셋째, 방충재 손상 또는 선박이 제한 접안속도 초과 시 스마트 방충재 로봇을 투입하여 선박의 접안사고를 방지한다.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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• v.29 no.7
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• pp.857-862
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• 2023

In order for an autonomous ship to arrive near the pier and automatically berth without the help of a tugboat or pilot, it is necessary to recognize the pier and calculate the thruster output and output angle for berthing to the pier at a fixed berthing speed under given external force conditions. Therefore, in this study, the external force and moment acting on the ship while berthing were analyzed, and the thruster output calculation for automatic berthing was designed and the basic concept for the development of the automatic berthing program was designed. The wind pressure applied to the hull by the wind while the ship is berthing was calculated based on the wind pressure area and the wind direction angle and the turning moment to rotate the ship according to the transverse force of the ship was calculated. Considering the force acting on the ship and the turning moment during berthing, a theoretical formula was presented to calculate the thruster output and output angle for berthing parallel to the pier, and the turning due to other variables was controlled by the PID controller. In addition, the basic concept for program development was presented by analyzing the input elements necessary for the theoretical formula.

• Journal of Navigation and Port Research
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• v.44 no.6
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• pp.494-500
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• 2020

Maneuvering vessels in the harbor is an interesting problem in marine cybernetics. The vessel, operated by the pilot and moving very slowly in shallow water, usually is assisted by thrusters, the main propulsion system, and tugboats. In this paper, we suggest a new vessel berthing technique using dampers (cylinder-type fenders) and a system of winches for complex and dangerous berthing situations. We found that control of the fender stroke and rope tension enabled a safe and quick berthing process. The effectiveness and usefulness of this berthing system was verified using a ship of about 2,000 tons.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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• v.28 no.6
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• pp.1036-1043
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• 2022

This paper discusses about the development of a visual sensor that can be installed in an automatic mooring device to detect the berthing condition of a vessel. Despite controlling the ship's speed and confirming its location to prevent accidents while berthing a vessel, ship collision occurs at the pier every year, causing great economic and environmental damage. Therefore, it is important to develop a visual system that can quickly obtain the information on the speed and location of the vessel to ensure safety of the berthing vessel. In this study, a visual sensor was developed to observe a ship through an image while berthing, and to properly check the ship's status according to the surrounding environment. To obtain the adequacy of the visual sensor to be developed, the sensor characteristics were analyzed in terms of information provided from the existing sensors, that is, detection range, real-timeness, accuracy, and precision. Based on these analysis data, we developed a 3D visual module that can acquire information on objects in real time by conducting conceptual designs of LiDAR (Light Detection And Ranging) type 3D visual system, driving mechanism, and position and force controller for motion tilting system. Finally, performance evaluation of the control system and scan speed test were executed, and the effectiveness of the developed system was confirmed through experiments.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• 2014.06a
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• pp.15-16
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• 2014

As trade cross the world is increasing these days, safe and effective management of harbour system is becoming important issue. With this background, the development of automatic time-domain simulation programme for ship berthing operation has been being peformed and PD (Proportional Derivative) controller has been used to control the speed and the heading angle of ships. This paper provides feasibility study for developing the time-domain simulation programme for berthing operation of ships with analysing advantages and drawbacks of the two different mathematical models, one is for low advance speed of ships by Kose (1984) and the other is MMG model for normal advance speed, through the simulations with various initial heading angles and positions of the ship.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• 2013.06a
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• pp.17-20
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• 2013

Many researches have been conducted in the field of constructing controllers for ships over 20 years. But still, ship automatic track-keeping controllers has not been designed for ship's automatic berthing as they considered nearly constant ship's speed. This study dealt with this problem to design track-keeping control on ship's model of SAE NURI using nonlinear mathematical expression. By using this control, the ship is auto track-kept in fare-way at reducing speed to anchorage place. The simulation results proved that this control can be adapted in ship's auto berthing in near future.

• Journal of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea
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• v.58 no.6
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• pp.358-365
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• 2021

Crabbing motion is a pure sway motion with only sway velocity. The ship's crabbing motion is essential for an ideal berthing/unberthing process. The unberthing situation proceeds in sequential order such as crabbing motion section, pivoting section, and outer port section. For the berthing situation, the sequence has a reverse order: the inner port section, pivoting section, and crabbing motion section. In this paper, the berthing/unberthing data of the reference ship, Pukyong National University research ship "NARA", was analyzed to develop a sway velocity reference model. Several constraints were defined to derive the crabbing motion section during berthing/unberthing. The sway velocity reference model for the auto-berthing/unberthing was developed using the estimated sway velocity. A reproduction simulation of the ship was performed to compare the designed reference model and the reference ship data.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• 2022.11a
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• pp.155-155
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• 2022

유조선 우이산호 부두시설 접촉사고는 광양항 원유 2부두에 접근 중 과도한 속력 등 도선사의 부적절한 도선으로 좌회두를 적절하게 통제하지 못해 발생한 사고이다. 광양항 원유 2부두에 접안하고자 하는 VLCC는 부두 법선을 감안하여 약 10도 이내의 경사각으로 서서히 속력을 감속하면서 부두 전면 해상으로 접근하여 부두로부터 선폭의 약 2~3배 거리에 정선시킨 다음 예선의 도움을 받아 접안 예정 선박을 횡방향으로 5~10 cm/s 속도로 평행 이동시켜 부두에 계류시키는 것이 통상적인 접안 방법이다. 하지만, 우이산호의 부두 접근 시 속력을 살펴보면, 부두 1마일 전에서 8.4노트, 부두 0.5마일 전에서 7.1노트, 그리고 부두 0.2마일 전에서 5.2노트로 정상적인 타 선박의 속력보다 2~3배 빠른 속력으로 부두에 접근하면서 예선을 사용하였음에도 속력제어에 실패하여 부두와 접촉한 사고이다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• 2004.11a
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• pp.41-46
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• 2004

In this paper, we study the stabilization control if an underwater vehicle from its initial posture to its desired one. We assume tint the underwater vehicle has velocity constraint, i.e. it has no velocity component for some direction. Our approach is based on the nonholonomic system which am derived from velocity constraints that cannot integrable. We proposed a control strategy for posture control of the underwater vehicle using multi-rate digital control. The proposed control scheme is applied to the berthing control if an underwater vehicle and verified the effectiveness if control strategy by numerical simulation.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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• v.29 no.7
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• pp.980-991
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• 2023

To prevent accidents near the quay caused by a ship, ports are generally designed and constructed through navigation and berthing safety assessment. However, unpredictable accidents such as ship collisions with the quay or personal accidents caused by ropes still occur sometimes during the ship berthing or mooring process. Automatic mooring systems, which are equipped with an attachment mechanism composed of robotic manipulators and vacuum pads, are designed for rapid and safe mooring of ships. This paper deals with a displacement and velocity measurement system for the automatic mooring device, which is essential for the position and speed control of the vacuum pads. To design a suitable system for an automatic mooring device, we first analyze the sensor's performance and outdoor environmental characteristics. Based on the analysis results, we describe the configuration and design methods of a displacement and velocity measurement system for application in outdoor environments. Additionally, several algorithms for detecting the sensor's state and estimating a ship's velocity are developed. The proposed method is verified through some experiments for displacement and speed measurement targeted at a moving object with constant speed.