• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제25권7호
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• pp.1039-1046
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• 2001

Among the automotive steering systems, an Electric Power Assisted steering (EPAS) system utilizes an electronically controlled electric motor to provide steering assistance to the driver. The key components of the EPAS system are torque sensor, ECU (Electronic Control Unit), and DC Motor. The most important component of the EPAS is the torque sensor. The conventional torque sensor has complicated mechanical mechanism of torque detection. However, we suggest a non-contact torque sensor for EPAS using Maluss polarization law. It was found that the sensor exhibited not only excellent linearity but also superior characteristics of hysteresis, temperature and vibration.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제13권5호
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• pp.121-126
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• 2005

This paper describes the attributes, performance and development status of a high performance capacitive torque sensor intended for use in a electric power steering (EPS) system. The EPS system is composed of torque sensor, ECU, motor, gears and etc. Among the elements, torque sensor in the steering column is one of the core technologies. The new capacitive torque sensor in this paper is developed differently from working principle and mechanical structure compare to extant torque sensors in market and patent. Based on the result of numerical analysis, a experimental equipment is made which is composed of a test jig and a capacitive sensor and validity of numerical analysis and feasibility of the torque sensor are verified.

• 조명전기설비학회논문지
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• 제18권6호
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• pp.14-21
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• 2004

본 논문에서는 평지, 오르막 및 내리막에서 야간 운전할 때에 생기는 눈부심에 대해 헤드라이트를 자동 조절하여 운전자가 안전하게 운전을 할 수 있는 알고리즘을 제안하였다. 먼저 광센서를 이용해 전방에 차량이 접근하는지의 유무를 판단하고 기울기센서로써 차량의 기울어진 정도를 계속적으로 판단하도록 하였다. 이러한 정보를 이용하여 헤드라이트를 조절하는 서보모터를 제어함으로써 현 운행환경조건에 맞도록 조절할 수 있도록 하였다. 본 논문에서 제안한 헤드라이트 자동조절시스템은 평지 및 경사로에서 실제로 측정한 조도량에 대한 데이터를 바탕으로 하여 제작되었고, 테스트 모델에 의해 얻은 실험결과를 통해 환경과 조건에 따라 제대로 작동하고 효과가 있음을 확인하였고, 따라서 본 알고리즘의 유효성을 증명하였다.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.74-83
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• 2009

Recently, usage of electric and electronic system for car increases rapidly. Consequently power monitoring supplied to the system is essential for management and controlling. Generally, battery status is monitored through measuring and diagnosing the current measurement method utilizing Hall Effect. Therefore, in this paper, we analysed magnetic field to develop the solution of DC current sensor using Hall Effect which is the core of design and development. By analysing the magnetic field by FEM using Maxwell 3D software, the location of the highest output current and stable part in the Hall IC sensor was shown. Also, the optimal core design of DC current sensor using parametric and Simplex method was presented. A car battery charge and discharge process dependant on time effect on the changing of magnetic field was simulated and compared to the result from the experiment result of actual vehicle.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제20권9호
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• pp.914-921
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• 2014

In this paper, an algorithm is suggested to detect an offset angle of the absolute rotor position sensor after the initial assembly of a PMSG. Unlike previous studies in a stationary state, this one is not designed to detect an electrical angle but rather the absolute position of the rotor is detected while operating the generator. Also,a position sensor, current sensors and voltage sensor were used to ensure reliability. This technique completes the detection of the sensor offset in two steps. In the first step, a zero-crossing of the EMF is measured using a voltage sensor to detect the electrical angle offset when the alternator is actuated by the engine. In the second step, a high frequency current is injected along the d-axis on-line during the control of the generation, eventually to obtain the inductance using a DFT (Discrete Fourier Transform), and then to ultimately extract the final electrical angle offset through the comparison of the inductance magnitude. The suggested algorithm was validated with PSIM simulation and, furthermore, was tested with actual experiments on a dynamometer.

• 센서학회지
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.208-213
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• 2015

The purpose of this study is to optimize the design of a capacitive pressure sensor element using the simulation of electrical characteristics. The simulation of the ceramic sensor diaphragm ($Al_2O_3$) was performed by permitting pressure to change the curvature of the diaphragm. The pressure capacitance ($C_P$) was increased from 19.63 pF to 15.26 pF by applying pressure because the distance between the electrodes has been changed from $30{\mu}m$ to $15{\mu}m$. When the thickness of the diaphragm was changed to 0.46~0.52 mm, a larger capacitance change showed in accordance with the reduced thickness, which means an increase of sensitivity. However, considering the viewpoint of the signal linearity, it was selected for the optimum thickness of the diaphragm to 0.50 mm. The designed sensor element based on simulated results was tested to measure the output characteristics. Comparing of simulated and measured results, there was a margin of error of approximately 2%.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제22권8호
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• pp.633-642
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• 2016

It is important for advanced active safety systems and autonomous driving cars to get the accurate estimates of the nearby vehicles in order to increase their safety and performance. This paper proposes a sensor fusion method for radar and vision sensors to accurately estimate the state of the preceding vehicles. In particular, we performed a study on compensating for the lateral state error on automotive radar sensors by using a vision sensor. The proposed method is based on the Interactive Multiple Model(IMM) algorithm, which stochastically integrates the multiple Kalman Filters with the multiple models depending on lateral-compensation mode and radar-single sensor mode. In addition, a Probabilistic Data Association Filter(PDAF) is utilized as a data association method to improve the reliability of the estimates under a cluttered radar environment. A two-step correction method is used in the Kalman filter, which efficiently associates both the radar and vision measurements into single state estimates. Finally, the proposed method is validated through off-line simulations using measurements obtained from a field test in an actual road environment.

• 항공우주시스템공학회지
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.44-47
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• 2017

본 연구는 자동차 배기계 센서 구성품의 진동 안정성 해석에 관한 연구이다. 본 연구에서 자동차 시스템의 배기 가스 센서의 구조 설계 및 해석을 수행하였다. 1차적으로 자동차 배기 시스템의 구조 설계 요구 조건이 분석되었다. 구조 설계 이후 유한 요소 해석 기법을 활용하여 배기계 측정 센서 시스템의 구조 해석이 수행되었다. 고온 조건에서 진동 및 열응력 해석이 수행되었다. 최종 센서 시스템의 구조 시험을 수행한 후 해석 결과와 비교하였다. 구조 해석을 통해 설계된 센서 구성품은 안전한 것으로 확인되었다.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.136-142
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• 1995

An analysis model is proposed for the performance prediction of typical ball and tube type mechanical crash sensors based upon mass-spring-viscous gas damping idealization. Also a construction of mechanical crash pulse generator is suggested as an experimental tool for calibration and verification of model predictions. A sensor tuning procedure for a particular set of crash pulses is suggested based upon the analysis model and the experimental tools.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.48-55
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• 2010

We have development the steering angle sensor using not only detecting parts but also integrating technique with semiconductors for automobile applications. The performance design and analysis of the steering angle sensor for intelligent vehicles is complicated due to variety of parameters. In this study, the performance characteristics of the angle sensor were analyzed using test rig. By means of magnetic induction technique, these new the steering angle sensors showed excellent magnetic characteristics. The detection range of steering angle sensor obtained was ${\pm}800^{\circ}$, the maximum non-linearity is 0.744% Full Span and the temperature range was $-40^{\circ}C{\sim}+125^{\circ}C$. With this conclusive, the inductive angle sensor was quite satisfactory for many applications in intelligent vehicles.