• Journal of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems
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• v.22 no.6
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• pp.687-693
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• 2012

In this paper, we propose a optimal deployment method for cooperative exploration of swarm robots. The proposed method consists of two parts such as optimal deployment and path planning. The optimal area deployment is proposed by the K-mean Algorithm and Voronoi tessellation. The path planning is proposed by the potential field method and A* Algorithm. Finally, the numerical experiments demonstrate the effectiveness and feasibility of the proposed method.

• The Journal of The Korea Institute of Intelligent Transport Systems
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• v.18 no.6
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• pp.251-261
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• 2019

The importance of autonomous driving systems that utilize V2X services such as V2V(Vehicle to Vehicle) and V2I(Vehicle to Infrastructure) for safer and more comfortable driving is increasing with the recent development of autonomous vehicles. Partly autonomous vehicles based on environmental sensors have limitations for predicting and determining areas beyond the recognition distance of the mounted sensors and in response to atypical objects that are difficult to detect. Therefore, it is important to utilize the V2X service to improve the limit of sensor detection performance and to make driving safer and more comfortable. However, there may be an accident risk of autonomous vehicles due to incorrect information provided by V2X. Thus, the application of technology to prevent this needs to be considered. In this pater, we used the ISO-26262 Part3 Process and performed HARA (Hazard Analysis and Risk Assessment) to derive the risk sources of autonomous vehicles due to V2I malfunctions by using the communication between vehicles and infrastructure among V2X. We also developed ASIL ratings based on the simulations and real vehicle tests of the malfunctions of major cases of usnig V2I.

• Journal of Auto-vehicle Safety Association
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• v.14 no.2
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• pp.20-25
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• 2022

This paper represents an adaptive Region of Interest (ROI) decision for real-time performance in an autonomous driving perception module. Since the whole automated driving system consists of numerous modules and subdivisions of module occur, it is necessary to consider the characteristics, complexity, and limitations of each module. Furthermore, Light Detection And Ranging (Lidar) sensors require a considerable amount of time. In view of these limitations, division of submodule is inevitable to represent high real-time performance for stable system. This paper proposes ROI to reduce the number of data respect to computation time. ROI is set by a road's design speed and the corresponding ROI is applied differently to each vehicle considering its speed. The simulation model is constructed by ROS, and overall data analysis is conducted by Matlab. The algorithm is validated using real-time driving data in urban environment, and the result shows that ROI provides low computational costs.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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• v.25 no.3
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• pp.309-316
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• 2017

In shuttle vans designed to transport children, the recognition of a child's approach and departure is very important. Ultrasonic sensors are generally used for a short distance around a vehicle. Although ultrasonic sensors are cheaper than other ADAS sensors, the number of sensors installed in a van should be optimized. In order to recognize the presence of a child around a shuttle van, this paper proposes the placement of ultrasonic sensors in the van. Considering the turning radius of the van and the distance from each sensor to a child, collision risk is classified as 'safe', 'warning', and 'danger'. The sensor placement and the recognition algorithm are verified in a virtual driving environment.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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• v.14 no.6
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• pp.526-534
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• 2011

In this study, proposed is the methodology to determine the upper limit for stiffness of rail pad for the ballasted and concrete track in high-speed railway in the viewpoint of running safety, considering the dynamic characteristics of train and track and the operation environment. For the track irregularity, one of the most important input parameters for traintrack interaction analysis, the reference vertical track irregularity PSDs(power spectral densities) for the ballasted and concrete track in a wide range of frequencies were proposed based on those presented in France and Germany and that obtained from the measured data at Kyeong-Bu 1st phase high-speed railway line. Using these reference PSD models, the input data for the vertical track irregularity data were regenerated by random generation process, and then, the wheel load reduction rates according to the stiffness of the rail pads have been calculated by the train-track interaction analysis technique. Finally, by comparing the wheel load reduction rates calculated with the derailment criteria prescribed in the Korean standards for railway vehicle safety criteria, the upper limits for the stiffness of rail pad have been proposed.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.25 no.3
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• pp.464-470
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• 2021

Automobiles have been used as simple means of transportation, but recently, as automobiles are rapidly becoming intelligent and smart, and automobile preferences are increasing, research on IT technology convergence is underway, requiring basic high-performance functions such as driver's convenience and safety. As a result, autonomous driving and semi-autonomous vehicles are developed, and these technologies sometimes deviate from lanes due to environmental problems, situations that cannot be judged by autonomous vehicles, and lane detectors may not recognize lanes. In order to improve the performance of lane departure from the lane detection system of autonomous vehicles, which is such a problem, this paper uses fast recognition, which is a characteristic of YOLO(You only look once), and is affected by the surrounding environment using CSI-Camera. We propose a lane detection system that recognizes the situation and collects driving data to extract the region of interest.

• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.11 no.5 s.43
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• pp.329-336
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• 2006

This paper describes a lane change assistance system for the help of safe lane change, which detects vehicles approaching from the rear side by using a computer vision algorithm and notifies the possibility of safe lane change to a driver. In case a driver tries to lane change, the proposed system can detect vehicles and keep track of them. After detecting side lane lines, region of interest for vehicle detection is decided. For detection a vehicle, optical flow technique is applied. The experimental result of the proposed algorithm and system showed that the vehicle detection rate was 91% and the embedded system would have application to a lane change assistance system being commercialized in the near future.

• Information and Communications Magazine
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• v.24 no.9
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• pp.86-95
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• 2007

사무실과 가정의 컴퓨터, 대중화된 휴대폰 사용 그리고 인터넷으로 특징지어지는 정보통신 기술덕택에 현대인은 어느 정도 시간과 공간의 제약을 극복하고 있다. 그러나, 아직도 현대인은 예전에 비해 가까워진 지구촌을 여러 가지 이동체를 타고 이동을 하여야한다. 특히 현대인에게 있어서 자동차는 가정과 직장을 이어주고 업무 목적지와 휴식을 위한 휴양지를 찾아가기 위한 실질적인 이동 수단으로서 가정과 직장에 이은 또 하나의 정보통신기술이 필요한 중요한 영역이다. 따라서 미래형 자동차는 편의 주행, 쾌적 주행을 제공하고 그리고 안전 주행이 보장되는 지능형 자동차의 수요가 예견되고 있으며 이를 구현하기위해 첨단 정보통신, 전자, 제어기술이 요구되고 있다. [1][5][6] 이상과 같은 지능형 자동차 관련 응용 분야는 위 그림과 같이 자동차 여러 부위에 장착되는 첨단 전장품들에 의해서 구현이 된다. 그러나, 기존의 자동차와 달리 미래형 지능형 자동차에서는 많은 전장품들이 장착됨에따라 소요되는 전원의 용량이 증가하게되어 기존 12V에서 42V 시스템으로 바뀔 예정이다. 또한 각종 센서로부터 정보신호를 받아서 정보처리를 하고 Actuator를 제어하기 위해서 많은 전장품들간에 연결되는 신호선들의 배선이 복잡해짐에따라 생산부서에서의 공정비용이 증가하게된다. 또한 향후 석유 에너지의 고갈에 따른 전기 자동차로의 전환이 예상되는데 위에서 언급된 많은 전자장치들간 신호를 주고 받기위해 차량내 여러부위로 퍼져있는 배선들이 차지하는 무게가 상당하므로 차체의 무게를 가볍게 해야하는 차세대 전기 자동차의 성능 향상을 위해서 효율적인 In Vehicular Network 기술이 요구된다. 또한 향후 자동차에 장착된 많은 전자장치들의 고장 진단 및 내장된 SW를 효율적으로 갱신하기 위해서는 여러 전자장치들이 하나의 버스로 연결되는 In Vehicle network이 필수적이다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2015.10a
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• pp.377-378
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• 2015

실내형 자율 주행 로봇에서의 가장 중요한 기술력은 IGS(indoor GPS System)라 할 수 있다. 재난로봇이나 정찰로봇, 경계로봇등 새로운 로봇의 영역이 늘어남에 따라 실내에서 로봇을 안전하게 구동시키는 연구가 활발히 진행되고 있다. 기존 GPS를 사용할 수 없는 실내에서, LED 조명으로 통신이 가능한 가시광통신은 실내위치 정보를 정밀히 파악하기에 적합하다. 이에 가시광통신을 이용하여 LED 조명별 기준위치를 파악하는 서로 다른 16진수의 데이터를 전송하고, 그 위치를 파악하여 LED 조명의 위치를 식별할 수 있음을 확인한다. 이러한 실험결과를 통하여 가시광통신을 이용해 실내형 자율 주행 로봇의 실내 위치 추정 시스템을 제안한다.

• Journal of Legislation Research
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• no.53
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• pp.269-310
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• 2017

This article aims at the study on Improvement of legal System which is related to automated vehicles in the era of the 4th industrial revolution. Legal aspects of driving automation have two view points. One is to permit a automated vehicle, the other is to regulate the behavior of driver on the road. Signifying elements of the 4th industrial revolution are IoT, AI, big data, cloud computing etc. Automated vehicles are the imbodiment of those new ICT technologies. The vehicle management act(VMA) rules about vehicle registration and approval of vehicle types. VMA defines a automated vehicle as a vehicle which can be self driven without handling of driver or passenger. Vehicle makers can take temporary driving permission for testing and research the driving automation. Current definition of automated vehicle of VMA is not enough for including all levels of SAE driving automation. In the VMA must be made also a new vehicle safty standard for automated vehicle. In the national assembly is curruntly pending three draft bills about legislation of artificial intelligence. Driving automation and AI technologies must be parallel developed. It is highly expected that more proceeding research of driving automation can be realized as soon as possible.