• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.11 no.7
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• pp.2334-2340
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• 2010

Sun position computed by Michalsky shows maximum $1.5^{\circ}$, $0.88^{\circ}$ and 2 minutes differences in azimuth, altitude, and sunrise and sunset times respectively compared with Korean Almanac. The 2-axis solar tracking system, which consist control panel with ATmega128 CPU, BLDC motor-cylinder actuator and 2-axis link mechanism, was developed. Computed azimuth and altitude of sun for a current time, and latitude and longitude of tracker position built are controlled in real time by BLDC motor-cylinder actuators comparing with the position feed-backed by Hall sensor. The use of BLDC motor is free in maintenance. Implementation of a home-return function by Hall sensor is to minimize the cumulative error.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• 2023.11a
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• pp.40-42
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• 2023

해상등부표는 선박 통항의 안전을 위해서 필요한 시설로, 낚시 배와 소형 어선을 포함한 선박의 항로표지에 중요한 역할을 한다. 그런데 야간에는 해상에 설치된 등부표의 위치나 번호판 식별이 어려워 소형 어선이나 선박이 등부표에 가까이 접근하여 등부표를 발견하지 못하는 경우 충돌하여 선박이 파손되거나 인명사고가 발생한다. 이 적용사례는 소형 어선이나 선박이 야간에도 등부표의 위치와 번호판을 손쉽게 식별할 수 있도록 등부표에 윤곽표시조명장치를 구비하여 충돌사고의 예방과 항로표지서비스를 향상시키는 목적을 갖고 개발을 추진하였다. 윤곽표시조명장치는 태양광전원을 이용하여 IP68 방수형 고효율 LED조명을 구비하여 멀리서도 식별이 가능하여 야간에도 신속하게 안전한 항로를 확보할 수 있게 되었으며, 근접센서 콘트롤러를 결합하여 선박이 등부표에 가까이 접근하면 LED조명이 점멸하며 깜빡이면서 충돌위험을 알리는 경보기능을 추가하여 등부표와 충돌사고를 예방할 수 있게 되어 항로표지서비스의 향상을 도모하게 되었다.

• Proceedings of the KAIS Fall Conference
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• 2009.12a
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• pp.640-644
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• 2009

현재 태양광 산업에서는 고정식 태양광 발전장치보다 발전 효율이 우수한 추적식 태양광 발전장치를 개발하는 연구가 활발하게 진행되고 있다. 추적식 태양광 발전장치는 고정식에 대비하여 단위면적당 일사량을 최대로 유지할 수 있을 뿐만 아니라, 일조시간을 최대로 하여 태양전지의 발전효율을 극대화할 수 있다. 따라서 정밀하면서도 저렴한 태양위치 추적장치는 태양광 발전사업의 경제성을 높이고, 성능 대비 투자비용을 낮춰 태양광 발전설비의 보급을 촉진시켜줄 수 있는 중요한 기술이다. 본 연구는 태양위치를 감지하는데 센서를 사용하지 않고 천문학과 수학을 이용하여 정밀도 1분($0.016^{\circ}$)이내의 태양위치를 계산하는 알고리즘에 관한 것이다. 본 연구에서 제안하는 알고리즘은 장치의 제작비용을 낮추어 줄 뿐 아니라, 발전효율도 높여준다. 구현된 알고리즘을 적용시킨 추적식 태양광 발전장치를 운용 실측한 결과, 최대 30초($0.0038^{\circ}$)의 오차를 보여 추적식 발전장치의 경제성을 높일 수 있고, 시간복잡도(Time Complexity)와 공간복잡도(Spatial Complexity)가 낮아 실시간 태양 추적장치에 최적임을 확인하였다.

• Bulletin of the Korean Space Science Society
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• 2006.10a
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• pp.164-164
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• 2006

• KIPS Transactions on Computer and Communication Systems
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• v.9 no.4
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• pp.83-88
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• 2020

In Solar-powered wireless sensor networks(SP-WSN), the battery is periodically charged, so the best use of harvested energy is more important, rather than minimizing energy consumption. Meanwhile, as is well known, the reliability of communication between sensor nodes is very limited due to the resource-constraint of sensor nodes. In this paper, we propose an advanced FEC (forward error correction) scheme which can give SP-WSN more reliability for communication. Firstly, the proposed scheme uses energy modeling to calculate the amount of surplus energy which can be utilized for extra operations, and then determines the number of additional parity bits according to this amount of surplus energy. At the same time, link quality modeling calculates the optimal parity bits for error recovery in the current data communication environment. Finally, by considering these two parity sizes, it is possible to determine the optimal parity size that can maximize the data reliability without affecting the node black out. Performance verification was performed by comparing the amount of data collected at the sink and the number of outage nodes with other schemes.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.34 no.4
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• pp.40-46
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• 2006

It is required to develop a highly reliable attitude & orbit control system of satellite that is less expensive as the technology of satellite design & integration is recently matured dramatically. To accomodate this kind of needs, the two axis attitude control method for wheel-based momentum-biased satellite system whose momentum bias vector points to a certain direction(sun direction), is developed using simple but reliable sensors and actuator: three axis magnetometer and coarse sun sensor are used as sensors, and magnetic torque bars are used as actuator. Classical PD type controller design methodologies are applied on a satellite system for the two axis control with the proper assumptions. Nonlinear simulation results are included to demonstrate the long term stability and the performance of closed-loop system design results.

• Journal of KIISE
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• v.42 no.12
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• pp.1495-1502
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• 2015

Data compression involves a trade-off between delay time and data size. Greater delay times require smaller data sizes and vice versa. There have been many studies performed in the field of wireless sensor networks on increasing network life cycle durations by reducing data size to minimize energy consumption; however, reductions in data size result in increases of delay time due to the added processing time required for data compression. Meanwhile, as energy generation occurs periodically in solar energy-based wireless sensor networks, redundant energy is often generated in amounts sufficient to run a node. In this study, this excess energy is used to reduce the delay time between nodes in a sensor network consisting of solar energy-based nodes. The energy threshold value is determined by a formula based on the residual energy and charging speed. Nodes with residual energy below the threshold transfer data compressed to reduce energy consumption, and nodes with residual energy above the threshold transfer data without compression to reduce the delay time between nodes. Simulation based performance verifications show that the technique proposed in this study exhibits optimal performance in terms of both energy and delay time compared with traditional methods.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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• v.23 no.6
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• pp.565-573
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• 2020

Unlike fin-stabilized projectiles, there has been some difficulty measuring the attitudes of spin-stabilized projectiles during the long-range flight due to their high spin rates. In this work, solar and geomagnetic sensors were used to measure the attitude of a spin-stabilized projectile. A method to calculate the attitude of the projectile from the signals of the sensors was introduced as well as the methods to process the signals of the sensors. To validate the methods, the attitude of a projectile was calculated with the sensor signals from the actual flight data.

• Proceedings of the KAIS Fall Conference
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• 2011.12b
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• pp.701-703
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• 2011

본 논문에서는 태양광병용형 식물공장과 USN 기술이 융합된 스마트 팜 모니터링 시스템을 설계 및 구현하고자 한다. 먼저 식물공장의 규모 및 내부 환경 정보 수집에 적합한 무선 통신 모듈과 온도, 습도, 조도, PPFD, 일사량 센서를 선택한 뒤, 각 센서를 통합하기 위한 PCB 모듈을 설계 및 제작한다. 제작된 통합센서는 송신부와 수신부가 포함되어 있으며 일정 간격마다 USN 게이트웨이의 요청에 의해 식물공장 내부의 환경 정보를 측정하여 서버로 전송하고, 전송된 데이터는 서버관리자에 의해 데이터베이스에 저장 및 각 환경 정보와 연관된 디바이스 제어 시 입력 요소로 사용된다. 향후 본 시스템을 확장 및 적용할 경우 태양광병용형 식물공장의 생산 효율이 증대되고, 에너지 소비 효율을 향상시킬수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2021.05a
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• pp.535-537
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• 2021

Sensor node and remote terminal unit (RTU) for diagnosis of obsolete sunlight generation equipments is proposed in this research. Sensor node can surveil monitor ambient temperature, current and voltage of invertor, and can communicate with RTU through RS485 channel. RTU can gather sensing data from sensor nodes and can transmit these data to management server through LTE CAT. M1 channel.