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Power Assist Control for Walking Aid by HAL Based on Phase Sequence and EMG

  • Lee, Suwoong;Yoshiyuki Sankai
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2001.10a
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    • pp.46.1-46
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    • 2001
  • This paper describes a control method of hybrid power assistive system for lower body, HAL, with the techniques of Phase Sequence and the application of EMG. Our objective is to attain the power assist control of motion in the lower body effectively with these two methods. The Phase Sequence which performs basic motion controls of HAL is the method that a motion, the Task, is accomplished by dividing each motion into the unit named Phase and ...

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OPERATION ALGORITHMS FOR A FUEL CELL HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE

  • PARK C.;KOOK K.;OH K.;KIM D.;KIM H.
    • International Journal of Automotive Technology
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    • v.6 no.4
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    • pp.429-436
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    • 2005
  • In this paper, operation algorithms are evaluated for a fuel cell hybrid electric vehicle (FCHEV). Power assist, load leveling and equivalent fuel algorithm are proposed and implemented in the FCHEV performance simulator. It is found from the simulation results that the load leveling algorithm shows poor fuel economy due to the system charge and discharge efficiency. In the power assist and equivalent fuel algorithm, the fuel cell stack is operated in a relatively better efficiency region owing to the battery power assist, which provides the improved fuel economy.

A Study on the Atomization and Combustion Characteristics of Air-assisted Injector in MPI Engine (MPI 엔진용 공기 보조 인젝터의 분무 미립화 및 연소 특성에 관한 연구)

  • 서영호;이창석
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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    • v.6 no.1
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    • pp.52-58
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    • 1998
  • The spray characteristics of air-assisted fuel injection and its effects on the engine combustion was investigated in this study. The atomization characteristics of a Bosch fuel injector inserted into the air-assist adapter were measured using particle motion analysis system. Droplet size decreased with air supplied and fine spray with below $60\mu\textrm{m}$ of SMD was acquired under the conditions of air-assist pressure over 0.5bar. The lean combustion performance of a 1.8L DOHC engine equipped with air-assist adapters was tested on the dynamometer. When the assistant air pressure is 1.0bar, lean limit recorded the highest value, and CO, HC emissions were decreased at the pressure over 1.0bar.

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Laser Cutting Characteristics of Cold Rolled Steel Sheets (레이저를 이용한 박강판의 절단특성)

  • 이기호;김기철;이종훈
    • Journal of Welding and Joining
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    • v.13 no.4
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    • pp.113-121
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    • 1995
  • This study deals with the quality and the optimum range of laser cutting process. Cold rolled steel sheets for automobile application were cut by a high power CO$_{2}$ laser system with beam quality of TEM$_{\infty}$ mode. Both process parameters such as travel speed and assist gas pressure, and quality factors were considered to optimize the laser cutting. It was revealed that the thinner the sheet thickness, the less effect of oxidation energy for contributing the cutting process. High speed photographs demonstrated that molten spot on the cut surface moved in a random and vigorous manner according to its viscosity and the flowing direction of assist gas, which resulted in so called striation. Laser cutting produced a very smooth surface of average roughness(Ra) about less than 1.5.mu.m at the optimum range. It was also shown that the characteristics of dross formation was influenced by the flowing durection of assist gas and the fluidity of molten metal drop..

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Design of Lane Keeping Steering Assist Controller Using Vehicle Lateral Disturbance Estimation under Cross Wind (횡풍하의 차량 외란 추정을 이용한 차선 유지 조향 보조 제어기 설계)

  • Lim, Hyeongho;Joa, Eunhyek;Yi, Kyongsu
    • Journal of Auto-vehicle Safety Association
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    • v.12 no.3
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    • pp.13-19
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    • 2020
  • This paper presents steering controller for unintended lane departure avoidance under crosswind using vehicle lateral disturbance estimation. Vehicles exposed to crosswind are more likely to deviate from lane, which can lead to accidents. To prevent this, a lateral disturbance estimator and steering controller for compensating disturbance have been proposed. The disturbance affecting lateral motion of the vehicle is estimated using Kalman filter, which is on the basis of the 2-DOF bicycle model and Electric Power Steering (EPS) module. A sliding mode controller is designed to avoid unintended the lane departure using the estimated disturbance. The controller is based on the 2-DOF bicycle model and the vision-based error dynamic model. A torque controller is used to provide appropriate assist torque to driver. The performance of proposed estimator and controller is evaluated via computer simulation using Matlab/Simulink.

An Intelligent DSS to Assist in Multi-Attributed Managerial Decision Under Fuzziness (불명확한 상황에서의 다중속성 경영의사결정을 지원하기 위한 지능적 의사결정지원시스템)

  • Hong, Il-Yu
    • Asia pacific journal of information systems
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    • v.5 no.1
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    • pp.52-85
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    • 1995
  • This paper develops a new approach to dealing with qualitative reasoning processes involved in managerial decisions, drawing upon choice strategies that have been developed within the general framework of multi-criteria decision making. Issues such as choices under uncertainty and preference formulation are addressed. An MCDM DSS intended to assist in high-level management decisions must focus on helping the decision maker to properly define the problem by providing a structure to it and to dynamically evaluate the alternative courses of action. A conceptual architecture is developed and presented to propose a general model for designing decision support systems specifically designed to assist in MCDM in a managerial context. A commercial loan approval judgment case is described to illustrate the real-world situation where decisions are made under fuzziness and usually require a high degree of intuition and subjective judgment. Development of a prototype system intended to partially represent application of the architecture is described.

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Assist Block for Read and Write Operations of SRAM (SRAM의 읽기 및 쓰기 동작을 위한 Assist Block)

  • Tan, Tuy Nguyen;Shon, Minhan;Choo, Hyunseung
    • Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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    • 2013.05a
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    • pp.21-23
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    • 2013
  • Static Random Access Memory (SRAM) using CMOS technology has many advantages. It does not need to refresh every certain time, as a result, the speed of SRAM is faster than Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM). This is the reason why SRAM is widely used in almost processors and system on chips (SoC) which require high processing speed. Two basic operations of SRAM are read and write. We consider two basic factors, including the accuracy of read and write operations and the speed of these operations. In our paper, we propose the read and write assist circuits for SRAM. By adding a power control circuit in SRAM, the write operation performed successfully with low error ratio. Moreover, the value in memory cells can be read correctly using the proposed pre-charge method.

Prediction of Pumping Efficacy of Left Ventricular Assist Device according to the Severity of Heart Failure: Simulation Study (심실의 부하감소 측면에서 좌심실 보조장치의 최적 치료시기 예측을 위한 시뮬레이션 연구)

  • Kim, Eun-Hye;Lim, Ki Moo
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Process Engineers
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    • v.12 no.4
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    • pp.22-28
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    • 2013
  • It is important to begin left ventricular assist device (LVAD) treatment at appropriate time for heart failure patients who expect cardiac recovery after the therapy. In order to predict the optimal timing of LVAD implantation, we predicted pumping efficacy of LVAD according to the severity of heart failure theoretically. We used LVAD-implanted cardiovascular system model which consist of 8 Windkessel compartments for the simulation study. The time-varying compliance theory was used to simulate ventricular pumping function in the model. The ventricular systolic dysfunction was implemented by increasing the end-systolic ventricular compliance. Using the mathematical model, we predicted cardiac responses such as left ventricular peak pressure, cardiac output, ejection fraction, and stroke work according to the severity of ventricular systolic dysfunction under the treatments of continuous and pulsatile LVAD. Left ventricular peak pressure, which indicates the ventricular loading condition, decreased maximally at the 1st level heart-failure under pulsatile LVAD therapy and 2nd level heart-failure under continuous LVAD therapy. We conclude that optimal timing for pulsatile LVAD treatment is 1st level heart-failure and for continuous LVAD treatment is 2nd level heart-failure when considering LVAD treatment as "bridge to recovery".

Detection of Implicit Walking Intention for Walking-assistant Robot Based on Analysis of Bio/Kinesthetic Sensor Signals (보행보조로봇을 위한 다중 생체/역학 센서의 신호 분석 및 사용자 의도 감지)

  • Jang, Eun-Hye;Chun, Byung-Tae;Chi, Su-Young;Lee, Jae-Yeon;Cho, Young-Jo
    • The Journal of Korea Robotics Society
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    • v.5 no.4
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    • pp.294-301
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    • 2010
  • In order to produce a convenient robot for the aged and the lower limb disabled, it is needed for the research detecting implicit walking intention and controlling robot by a user's intention. In this study, we developed sensor module system to control the walking- assist robot using FSR sensor and tilt sensor, and analyzed the signals being acquired from two sensors. The sensor module system consisted of the assist device control unit, communication unit by wire/wireless, information collection unit, information operation unit, and information processing PC which handles integrated processing of assist device control. The FSR sensors attached user's the palm and the soles of foot are sensing force/pressure signals from these areas and are used for detecting the walking intention and states. The tilt sensor acquires roll and pitch signal from area of vertebrae lumbales and reflects the pose of the upper limb. We could recognize the more detailed user's walking intention such as 'start walking', 'start of right or left foot forward', and 'stop walking' by the combination of FSR and tilt signals can recognize.