• The Journal of The Korea Institute of Intelligent Transport Systems
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• v.22 no.5
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• pp.30-42
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• 2023

Various studies have been conducted using microtraffic simulation (VISSIM) to analyze the safety of traffic flow when introducing autonomous vehicles. However, no studies have analyzed traffic safety in mixed traffic while considering the driving behavior of general vehicles as a parameter in VISSIM. Therefore, the aim of this study was to optimize the input variables of VISSIM for non-autonomous vehicles through genetic algorithms to obtain realistic behavior. A traffic safety analysis was then performed according to the penetration rate of autonomous vehicles. In a 640 meter section of US highway I-101, the number of conflicts was analyzed when the trailing vehicle was a non-autonomous vehicle. The total number of conflicts increased until the proportion of autonomous vehicles exceeded 20%, and the number of conflicts decreased continuously after exceeding 20%. The number of conflicts between non-autonomous vehicles and autonomous vehicles increased with proportions of autonomous vehicles of up to 60%. However, there was a limitation in that the driving behavior of autonomous vehicles was based on the results of the literature and did not represent actual driving behavior. Therefore, for a more accurate analysis, future studies should reflect the actual driving behavior of autonomous vehicles.

• The Journal of The Korea Institute of Intelligent Transport Systems
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• v.23 no.4
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• pp.94-109
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• 2024

As autonomous vehicles are allowed to drive on public roads, there is an increasing amount of on-road data available for research. It has therefore become possible to analyze impacts of autonomous vehicles on traffic safety using real-world data. It is necessary to use indicators that are well-representative of the driving behavior of autonomous vehicles to understand the implications of them on traffic safety. This study aims to derive indicators that effectively reflect the driving stability of autonomous vehicles by analyzing the driving behavior using the Waymo Open Dataset. Principal component analysis was adopted to derive indicators with high explanatory capability for the dataset. Driving stability indicators were separated into longitudinal and lateral ones. The road segments on the dataset were divided into four based on the characteristics of each, which were signalized and unsignalized intersections, tangent road section, and curved road section. The longitudinal driving stability was 35.48% higher in the curved road sections compared to the unsignalized intersections. With regard to the lateral driving stability, the driving stability was 76.08% higher in the signalized intersections than in the unsignalized intersections. The comparison between curved and tangent road segments showed that tangent roads are 146.87% higher regarding lateral driving stability. The results of this study are valuable for the further research to analyze the impact of autonomous vehicles on traffic safety using real-world data.

• The Journal of The Korea Institute of Intelligent Transport Systems
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• v.23 no.1
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• pp.42-60
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• 2024

This study analyzed the characteristics of mixed traffic flows with autonomous vehicles on highway weaving sections and assessed the safety of vehicle-following pairs based on surrogate safety indicators. The intelligent driver model (IDM) was utilized to emulate the driving behavior of autonomous vehicles, and the weaving sections were divided into lengths of 300 and 600 meters for analysis within a micro-traffic simulation (VISSIM). Although significant differences were found in the average speed, density, and headway between the two sections through t-test results, no significant differences were observed when comparing the number of conflicts per indicator and the vehicle-following pair. Four safety indicators were selected for the mixed traffic evaluation based on their ability to represent risk levels similar to those perceived by drivers. The safety analysis, based on the selected four indicators, determined that autonomous vehicles following other autonomous vehicles were the safest pairing. Future research should focus on integrating these indicators into a single comprehensive index for analysis.

• The Journal of The Korea Institute of Intelligent Transport Systems
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• v.20 no.6
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• pp.280-298
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• 2021

As the development automated vehicles(AV) actively progresses around the world, the demand for a reasonable and systematic evaluation method for AVs is increasing. Research on scenarios, evaluation procedures, and methods for evaluating AVs conducted in simulations and proving ground(PG) is actively conducted internationally. In contrast, methods and procedures for evaluations on real roads are still in their infancy internationally. Therefore, it is necessary to conduct research on evaluating AVs on real roads in preparation for future use of AVs. This study aims to define the basic direction for evaluating the driving safety of AVs on real roads. To this end, the evaluation direction and process of AVs were presented on the real roads, and qualitative and quantitative evaluation indicators were selected to evaluate driving safety. A total of 38 items were selected based on the Road Traffic Act as qualitative evaluation items for evaluating the driving safety of AVs on real roads.

• Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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• v.22 no.7 s.78
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• pp.139-146
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• 2004

Road design should be conformed to the expectancy of drivers. The alignment such as long tangent followed by the sharp horizontal curve should be avoided for the road design consistency. Currently, operating speed profile model is generally used to check the consistency of the successive road alignments. In this model, the hypothesis about the drivers' behaviour on the long tangent followed by the sharp horizontal curve is also included. This study compares the hypothesized drivers' behaviour in the existing operating speed profile model with the actual drivers' behaviour observed at the two lane rural roads. In addition to this, comparison between the acceleration for the vehicles approaching and departing horizontal curves suggested by the foreign research and the value observed at this study was made, From this study, it was concluded that the hypothesis in the existing model was well representing the actual drivers' behaviour. The deceleration for vehicles approaching the horizontal curves was ranged $0.39{\sim}1.06m/s^2$ with the average of $0.66m/s^2$. The average acceleration for the vehicles departing horizontal curves was $0.22m/s^2$.

• Information and Communications Magazine
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• v.33 no.4
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• pp.34-40
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• 2016

본고에서는 스마트 카/자율주행에서 스마트 폰과의 연결성에 대해 알아본다. 2008년 스마트폰이 막 등장한 시점에 자동차와의 연결에 대해 연구를 진행했던 당시에는 매우 획기적인 일이었지만 이제는 스마트폰과 스마트카는 연동되는 것이 당연한 시대가 되었다. 스마트폰의 기능 중 자동차와 연동하는 기능이 제공되기 시작했고 스마트 카의 핵심기능으로 마케팅 아이템으로도 사용되고 있다. 차량과 스마트 폰 연결성의 표준화 동향과 스마트 폰 플랫폼 사와 자동차 제조사간의 영역 다툼에 대해서도 살펴보고, 다가올 무인주행시대에서 스마트 폰의 역할에 대해 전망해 본다. 마지막으로 스마트 카와 자율주행 차의 컨테츠로 자율주행 네비게이션과 멀티미디어 컨텐츠에 대해서도 알아본다.

• The Journal of The Korea Institute of Intelligent Transport Systems
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• v.21 no.1
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• pp.51-63
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• 2022

Convoy driving is one of the technologies of multi-vehicle cooperation driving along with platoon driving. All over the world, research on vehicle control mechanisms to maintain vehicle formation during convoy driving convoy driving has been actively conducted and in Europe's Autonet 2030 project has developed and demonstrated convoy driving services for highways. But, even the concept of convoy driving is still insufficient in Korea. Therefore, in this study, the concept of convoy driving service was established and scenarios and communication messages for service application on urban roads were developed. And its effectiveness was verified through simulation analysis. As a result of comparing and analyzing individual vehicle cooperative driving and convoy driving for the blind spot support service and dilemma zone safety support service, which are representative V2I cooperative driving services on urban roads, the number of conflicts(indicator of traffic safety) and delays and stops(indicator of traffic efficiency) are significantly improved in convoy driving compared to individual vehicle cooperative driving.

• Proceedings of the KAIS Fall Conference
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• 2008.11a
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• pp.113-116
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• 2008

본 연구에서는 차량-교량간 상호작용효과가 교량의 동적거동에 미치는 영향을 분석하기 위한 차량 주행 하중에 대한 실험적 및 이론적 연구를 수행하였다. 이를 위하여 차량 교량간 상호작용이 포함된 이동질량형 윤하중 실험기를 단순교형식 교량에 적용하여 반복주행실험을 수행하였다. 이동질량 반복 주행실험 결과를 분석하여 차량-교량간의 상호작용을 포함한 가속도 형태의 실동주행차량가속도를 규명하였다. 규명된 차량의 실동주행차량가속도를 범용 해석프로그램에 적용하여 차량-교량 상호작용을 재현할 수 있었다. 또한 차량주행시 교량의 사용성평가에 대한 기본자료를 판단할 수 있었다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2023.11a
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• pp.1141-1142
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• 2023

본 연구는 4륜 독립 구동·제동·조향 차량의 모드 천이 논리 알고리즘에 관한 연구로서, 일반적인 주행 스타일 외에도 다양한 주행 스타일을 가지는 차량에서 주행 모드 전환 간에 고려되어야 하는 조건들을 다룬다. 주행 모드 전환 간에 Static Transition과 Dynamic Transition이 가능하며 Static Transition 방식이 일반적이지만 저속 상태에서 차량이 충분히 정렬되어 있다면 FWS 주행, 동상 주행, 역상 주행 간의 Dynamic Transition도 가능할 것이다.

• Broadcasting and Media Magazine
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• v.24 no.1
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• pp.63-72
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• 2019

고령인구의 증대 및 출생 인구의 감소로 과소지와 대중교통 취약지역이 확산되고 있다. 이러한 인구구조의 변화는 교통약자의 독립적 이동이 더욱 불편해지고, 물류의 수송이 어려워 진다. 한편, 도심은 차량의 포화상태로 대기환경의 질이 나빠지고 도심도로는 주차장으로 변질될 뿐만 아니라, 운전자와 보행자 모두에게 안전의 위협이 되고 있다. 이러한 환경과 이동의 효율성을 극대화 하는 방안으로 친환경자동차와 자율주행기술의 접목이 연구개발 중이다. 자율주행기술은 자율주행차와 도로 인프라에 ICT가 융 복합되어 이동과 수송분야의 새로운 산업과 서비스 창출이 가능하다. 본 고에서는 교통약자의 이동과 물류의 수송을 지원하는 자율주행기술의 개발 동향을 살펴본다. 특히 광화문, K-City 등의 도심 자율주행서비스 테스트 경험을 통해 해결해야 하는 복잡한 도심 주행 환경의 인지와 교차로 및 합류로, 비정형 도로환경에서의 주행협상기술의 필요성을 소개한다. 도심의 주행 환경은 고속도로와 같은 자동차 전용도로와 달리, 신호등과 교차로, 2륜 이동체 및 버스 등이 다양하게 혼재된 것으로 인지 및 판단 기능의 고도화가 적극적으로 요구된다. 그리고, 다양한 자율주행서비스 시장을 확산하기 위해 요구되는 이동하는 공간과 시간을 메꿔 줄 미디어 콘텐츠의 역할에 대해 설명하고자 한다.