• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• 2023.05a
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• pp.91-92
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• 2023

이 연구에서는 선박이 군집을 이뤄 항해하는 방법으로, 추종 선박이 리더 선박의 궤적을 따라 항해하는 추종 알고리즘을 구현하고, 성능 검증을 위해 소형 RC 모형 보트를 사용하여 해상 실험을 수행하였다. 이 알고리즘은 추종 선박이 리더 선박의 궤적을 추종점으로 저장하고, 추종점까지의 목표 침로를 계산하여 추종하는 방법이다. 목표 침로는 시선각 유도법칙을 통해 계산하였으며, 목표 침로를 추종하기 위해 PD 제어를 적용한 침로 제어기를 구현하였다. 또한, 전방 선박과의 충돌을 방지하기 위해 전방 선박과의 거리에 따라 속력을 제어하는 알고리즘을 구현하였다. 구현된 알고리즘을 검증하기 위해 해상 실험을 진행하였으며, 결과를 분석하였다.

• Journal of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea
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• v.47 no.3
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• pp.462-468
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• 2010

A new course keeping controller for RIB(Rigid Inflatable Boat)-type USV(Unmanned Surface Vehicle) is developed using pilot's steering pattern. A pilot's simple steering pattern is found out from various course change tests. It is used to course keeping algorithm, suitable for large course change more than 60 degrees. To validate the course keeping controller, sea trial tests are conducted. From sea trial test, new course keeping controller shows good performance with less overshoot, maximum roll angle less than $20^{\circ}$, which makes it possible that fast course changes without slip motion of USV.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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• v.27 no.1
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• pp.38-46
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• 2021

In the era of the 4th Industrial Revolution, the interest in autonomous ship technology is increasing as high-tech technologies are being increasingly utilized throughout the industry. Therefore, we conducted a basic study on autonomous ships. In particular, a passenger ship model was produced and an autonomous navigation system was established by applying the ardupilot used for drones. The possibility of automatic control of the autonomous ship operations was confirmed by executing various voyage plans using the built model ship. In the performance test for maintaining the course the model ship could not follow the designated course straight and sailed up to 5.4 m away from the course while navigating in a zigzag (S-shape); however, after the parameters were modified, the deviation distance was reduced to a maximum of 1.8 m. In the turning performance test, the maximum diameter of the turning sphere was found to be approximately 9.3 m, but no significant change could be confirmed even after the parameters were modified. However, the results of our tests on slowing down the ship before arriving at the WP confirmed that the diameter of the turning sphere was reduced to a maximum of approximately 3.2 m. In order to evaluate the stopping performance, the last scheduled stopping position of all experiments was compared with the actual stopping position of the model ship and it was confirmed that the model ship stopped at a point at least 0.4 m and a maximum of 6.2 m away from the stopping position. In the future, improvement of course stability, turning performance, and stopping performance is required through modification and supplementation of various parameters. Moreover, a study on automatic berthing of the model ship through automatic control is planned.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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• v.18 no.3
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• pp.221-226
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• 2012

This research presents an analysis of algorithm for ship track-keeping along a given trajectory. The maneuver of a free running model ship guiding through a simple path are presented. In order to solve the above problem, a desired trajectory is usually determined by GPS points in a pre-fixed place then these points are set in a pre-programmed navigation so that the ship would be automatically tracked. Proportional-Derivative(PD) control which is useful for fast response controllers was used in this program as a course keeping system. A high accuracy GPS receiver was installed on the model ship that could provide positions frequently, the system will compare and give out the remaining distance and heading to the target way-point. The results of ship auto track-keeping experiment will be explained in order to illustrate the adjustment in controlling parameters. These results can be utilized as a preliminary step to carry out the experiment of ship collision avoidance system and automatic berthing in the future.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• 2022.11a
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• pp.347-348
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• 2022

자율운항선박 도입에 관한 논의가 국제해사기구에서 본격적으로 시작됨에 따라 자율운항선박 관련 기술개발이 세계적으로 활발하게 진행되고 있다. 그러나, 통신, 보안, 고장진단, 유지보수 등의 기술개발이 아직 미흡하여, 자율운항선박의 상용화까지는 많은 시간이 소요될 것으로 예상된다. 이러한 기술들은 문제가 발생할 경우 선박에 막대한 피해를 발생시킬 수 있으며, 특히, 연안을 항해하는 선박보다는 대양을 항해하는 선박에 더 치명적이기 때문이다. 본 연구에서는 대양항해 시 자율운항선박에 발생할 수 있는 문제들을 극복하기 위한 방안으로 여러 척의 선박을 하나의 그룹으로 묶어 항해하는 그룹항법시스템을 제안한다. 하나의 그룹은 한 척의 유인선박인 리더선박과 여러 척의 무인선박인 추종선박으로 구성되어 있으며, 항해하는 동안 일직선 형태를 유지한다. 리더선박은 출발지에서 목적지까지 미리 설정된 변침점을 따라 항해하며, 추종선박은 리더선박의 경로를 추종하여 항해한다. 선박의 침로를 제어하기 위한 타각 제어기는 선박에서 주로 사용되는 PD 제어기를 구현하여 사용하였다. 그룹항법시스템을 검증하기 위해 선박해양플랜트연구소에서 공개한 KVLCC2의 축소 모형인 L-7 모델을 사용하여 시뮬레이션을 진행하였다.

• 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 Navigation and Port Research
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• v.33 no.1
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• pp.35-41
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• 2009

A waypoint tracking algorithm(WTA) is designed for Unmanned Surface Vehicle(USV) in which water-jet system is installed for propulsion To control the heading of USV for waypoint tracking, the steering nozzle of water-jet need, to be controlled. Firstly, target heading is calculated by using the position information of waypoints input from the land control center. Secondly, the command for the steering nozzle of water-jet is calculated in real time by using the heading and the rate-of-turn( ROT) from magnetic compass, In this study, in order to consider the drift angle due to external disturbance such as wind and wave, the course of ground( COG) can be used instead of heading at higher speed than a certain value, To test the performance of newly-designed WTA, the tests were carried out in actual sea area near Gwang-an bridge of Busan. In this paper, the sea trial test results from WTA are analyzed and compared with those from manual control and those from commercial controller.

• The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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• v.12 no.1
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• pp.85-92
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• 2017

Recently, electric propulsion systems are used for unmanned surface vehicle, fish finder boat, etc. Some of these propulsion systems can be constructed of two electric motors and propellers for advanced impellent force. In this case, the speed difference generated between two propellers, namely, the synchronous error has a bad influence on the energy efficiency and course error. In this study, a synchronous control system is designed to restrain synchronous error caused by disturbance and mismatched dynamic characteristics. The control system is composed of the reference model, pre-filters, speed controllers, and synchronous controllers. The reference model is used for calculating the decoupled synchronous error and control input for each propulsion system. The pre-filters and speed controllers are designed in order that the propulsion system may follow the reference signal without overshoot and input saturation. And the synchronous controllers are designed from the viewpoint of stable and quick synchronization through root locus mothed approach. Finally, the simulation results show that the designed control system is effective for the disturbance.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• 2011.06a
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• pp.362-364
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• 2011

자동조타장치에 의한 조선을 행할 시, 선박의 정침성은 Autopilot의 P와 D값 설정에 따라 많은 영향을 받게 된다. 이 값들은 선종별로 외력에 따라 조정되어야 한다. 이 연구에서는 바람에 의해 가장 많이 영향을 받는 자동차운반선(Pure Car Carrier, PCC)을 대상으로 하여, 풍압력하에서 자동조타시 P와 D치의 적정 설정값을 알아 보았다. 이를 위하여 대상 선박을 저속항행하는 시뮬레이션을 실시하였고, 각 P-D 설정값에 따른 최대 횡이동거리, 횡이동시간 그리고 주어진 침로로 복귀하는데 걸린 시간을 비교하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• 2021.11a
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• pp.181-182
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• 2021

본 연구에서는 자율운항선박의 원격 관제 및 제어하는 과정에서 원격 운항자에게 사전 충돌 위험 정보를 제공하기 위해 선박자동식별시스템(AIS, Automatic Identification System)의 항적 정보를 토대로 자율운항선박의 운항 경로 상에 잠재된 충돌 위험 영역을 예측하기 위한 기초 연구를 수행하였다. 자율운항선박의 운항 경로 상에 근접한 타선의 AIS 정보에는 기본적으로 선박의 위치, 속도, 침로에 대한 정보가 반영되어 있으므로, 이러한 정보를 토대로 일정 시간 동안 운항 경로를 예측할 수 있다. 그리고 예측한 정보를 기반으로 대표적 충돌 위험 지수인 최근접점(CPA, Closest Point of Approach)과 최근접점 거리(DCPA, Distance to CPA) 정보를 활용하여 충돌 위험 영역을 2차원 공간상에서 예측하였다. 제안된 방법은 실제 AIS 항적 데이터를 활용한 수치 시뮬레이션을 수행하여 초기 결과를 검증하였다.