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The Design of Evading Collision System of Unman Vehicle (무인 이동체의 충돌 회피 시스템 설계)

  • Kim, Tae-Hyoung;Jang, Jong-Wook
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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    • 2016.10a
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    • pp.254-255
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    • 2016
  • The Human have sought convenience through advancing Science skill, The Generation that unman control all machine have came. the unman - vehicle have used and applied flight, ship, car, manufacturing all over the world. plus which, that is researching. but pros and cons of unman - vehicle is that unman control machine, It mean that unman - vehicle have high possibility which have collision with obstacle on driving. I will show you that this evading collision will be made from fuzzy control and video recognition and sensor recognition.I look for good effect for this system.

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Development of a Pixel-based Area Measurement Program Using Drone and Camera Module (카메라 모듈과 드론을 이용한 면적 자동 측정 프로그램 개발)

  • Kim, Jung Hwan;Kim, Shik
    • IEMEK Journal of Embedded Systems and Applications
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    • v.14 no.3
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    • pp.157-163
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    • 2019
  • As the drone industry has grown greatly in recent years, drones are being used or developed in many industrial fields such as image shooting, pesticide application, delivery service, food delivery etc. In this paper, therefore, we developed a program that takes a user's desired area at a certain height using a camera-equipped drone and obtains the area of the zone the user wants through image processing. The first user selects an area or a path. Afterwards, the drone flies and takes pictures, and then measures the user's needs. A digital image taken at a constant height and with the same resolution is composed of pixels, the area can be calculated easily if we know the number of pixels in the zone the user wants. Particularly, it is easy to calculate the area of various shaped zones, not terrain shapes such as triangles and squares. In addition, the total area of specific places of the entire zone can be calculated. With the program of this paper, anyone can easily calculate the area of the place the user wants using a drone rather than calculating the area through difficult formulas or specialized equipment.

Discussion on Establishing UAM Operating Concept from the Pilot's Perspective (조종사 관점에서 UAM 운영개념 수립에 대한 고찰)

  • Hi-seok Yoon;Keun-young Lee;Kyu-wang Kim
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aviation and Aeronautics
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    • v.32 no.1
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    • pp.39-48
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    • 2024
  • Aviation industry is moving towards the third innovative era of AAM with electric power and AI after the JET-powered era following the Wright brothers' first flights. Research on UAM, eVTOL development, certification, and operations is competitively progressing, primarily in aviation-leading countries, aiming to resolve urban traffic saturation and foster the future aviation industries. This study introduces the concept of the pilot's role transition in operational safety as AI autonomous flight advances, comparing K-UAM operational concept with research from FAA, NASA, and EASA. It is to identify and propose solutions for challenges from the pilot's perspective in developing UAM and its safe operation system. To succeed in Advanced Air Mobility National Project, we suggest the collaboration among industry, academia, and institutions, along with the cooperation between civilians, governments, military, and the need for Urban Air Mobility integrated policies.

The Development of a Multi-sensor Payload for a Micro UAV and Generation of Ortho-images (마이크로 UAV 다중영상센서 페이로드개발과 정사영상제작)

  • Han, Seung Hee
    • KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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    • v.34 no.5
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    • pp.1645-1653
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    • 2014
  • In general, RGB, NIR, and thermal images are used for obtaining geospatial data. Such multiband images are collected via devices mounted on satellites or manned flights, but do not always meet users' expectations, due to issues associated with temporal resolution, costs, spatial resolution, and effects of clouds. We believe high-resolution, multiband images can be obtained at desired time points and intervals, by developing a payload suitable for a low-altitude, auto-piloted UAV. To achieve this, this study first established a low-cost, high-resolution multiband image collection system through developing a sensor and a payload, and collected geo-referencing data, as well as RGB, NIR and thermal images by using the system. We were able to obtain a 0.181m horizontal deviation and 0.203m vertical deviation, after analyzing the positional accuracy of points based on ortho mosaic images using the collected RGB images. Since this meets the required level of spatial accuracy that allows production of maps at a scale of 1:1,000~5,000 and also remote sensing over small areas, we successfully validated that the payload was highly utilizable.

Optimal Satellite Constellation Design for Korean Navigation Satellite System (한국형 위성항법시스템을 위한 위성군집궤도 최적 설계)

  • Kim, Han Byeol;Kim, Heung Seob
    • Journal of Korean Society of Industrial and Systems Engineering
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    • v.39 no.3
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    • pp.1-9
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    • 2016
  • NSS (Navigation satellite system) provides the information for determining the position, velocity and time of users in real time using satellite-networking, and is classified into GNSS (Global NSS) and RNSS (Regional NSS). Although GNSS services for global users, the exactitude of provided information is dissatisfied with the degree required in modern systems such as unmanned system, autonomous navigation system for aircraft, ship and others, air-traffic control system. Especially, due to concern about the monopoly status of the countries operating it, some other countries have already considered establishing RNSS. The RNSS services for users within a specific area, however, it not only gives more precise information than those from GNSS, but also can be operated independently from the NSS of other countries. Thus, for Korean RNSS, this paper suggests the methodology to design the satellite constellation considering the regional features of Korean Peninsula. It intends to determine the orbits and the arrangement of navigation satellites for minimizing PDOP (Position dilution of precision). PGA (Parallel Genetic Algorithm) geared to solve this nonlinear optimization problem is proposed and STK (System tool kit) software is used for simulating their space flight. The PGA is composed of several GAs and iterates the process that they search the solution for a problem during the pre-specified generations, and then mutually exchange the superior solutions investigated by each GA. Numerical experiments were performed with increasing from four to seven satellites for Korean RNSS. When the RNSS was established by seven satellites, the time ratio that PDOP was measured to less than 5 (i.e. better than 'Good' level on the meaning of the PDOP value) was found to 94.3% and PDOP was always kept at 10 or less (i.e. better than 'Moderate' level).

Object Detection and 3D Position Estimation based on Stereo Vision (스테레오 영상 기반의 객체 탐지 및 객체의 3차원 위치 추정)

  • Son, Haengseon;Lee, Seonyoung;Min, Kyoungwon;Seo, Seongjin
    • The Journal of Korea Institute of Information, Electronics, and Communication Technology
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    • v.10 no.4
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    • pp.318-324
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    • 2017
  • We introduced a stereo camera on the aircraft to detect flight objects and to estimate the 3D position of them. The Saliency map algorithm based on PCT was proposed to detect a small object between clouds, and then we processed a stereo matching algorithm to find out the disparity between the left and right camera. In order to extract accurate disparity, cost aggregation region was used as a variable region to adapt to detection object. In this paper, we use the detection result as the cost aggregation region. In order to extract more precise disparity, sub-pixel interpolation is used to extract float type-disparity at sub-pixel level. We also proposed a method to estimate the spatial position of an object by using camera parameters. It is expected that it can be applied to image - based object detection and collision avoidance system of autonomous aircraft in the future.

A Study of Path-Finding Method of Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for Collision Avoidance (소형 무인비행체에서의 충돌회피를 위한 비행경로 생성에 관한 연구)

  • Shin, Saebyuk;Kim, Jinbae;Kim, Shin-Dug;Kim, Cheong Ghil
    • Journal of Satellite, Information and Communications
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.76-80
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    • 2017
  • With the fast growing popularity of small UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles), recent UAV systems have been designed and utilized for the various field with their own specific purposes. UAVs are opening up many new opportunities in the fields of electronics, sensors, camera, and software for pilots. Increase in awareness and mission capabilities of UAVs are driving innovations and new applications driven with the help of low cost and its capability in undertaking high threat task. In particular, small unmanned aerial vehicles should fly in environments with high probability of unexpected sudden change or obstacle appearance in low altitude situations. In this paper, current researches regarding techniques of autonomous flight of smal UAV systems are introduced and we propose a draft idea for planning paths for small unmanned aerial vehicles in adversarial environments to arrive at the given target safely with low cost sensors.

A Distance Measurement System Using a Laser Pointer and a Monocular Vision Sensor (레이저포인터와 단일카메라를 이용한 거리측정 시스템)

  • Jeon, Yeongsan;Park, Jungkeun;Kang, Taesam;Lee, Jeong-Oog
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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    • v.41 no.5
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    • pp.422-428
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    • 2013
  • Recently, many unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) studies have focused on small UAVs, because they are cost effective and suitable in dangerous indoor environments where human entry is limited. Map building through distance measurement is a key technology for the autonomous flight of small UAVs. In many researches for unmanned systems, distance could be measured by using laser range finders or stereo vision sensors. Even though a laser range finder provides accurate distance measurements, it has a disadvantage of high cost. Calculating the distance using a stereo vision sensor is straightforward. However, the sensor is large and heavy, which is not suitable for small UAVs with limited payload. This paper suggests a low-cost distance measurement system using a laser pointer and a monocular vision sensor. A method to measure distance using the suggested system is explained and some experiments on map building are conducted with these distance measurements. The experimental results are compared to the actual data and the reliability of the suggested system is verified.

System Identification of Quadrotor IT Convergence UAV using Batch and RLS Estimation Methods (배치추정기법과 RLS추정기법을 사용한 쿼드로터 IT융합 무인항공기 시스템식별)

  • Jung, Sunghun
    • Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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    • v.8 no.4
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    • pp.9-18
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    • 2017
  • UAVs began to be actively applied to so-called 3D jobs, including the autonomous exploration, investigation, mapping, search and rescue, etc. since the mid-2000s. With this global trend, having a precise controllability of the UAV will certainly revolutionize the life of the modern human in the aspect of tremendous applications of the UAV. In the first part, a simplified dynamic model of the UAV identified using system identification techniques is compared with the previously built time-discrete linear model. In the second part, the three parameters of the dynamic model are estimated using the batch and RLS methods. Angular acceleration data of the quadrotor UAV at the hovering maneuver are analyzed and shown to be converging at all time. Also, according to the quadrotor flight data from both experiments and MATLAB simulations, the batch estimation method turns out to be more accurate than the RLS estimation method based on the comparison of final parameter values.

A Study on the Development of a Remote Control Drone for Disaster Response (재난대응용 원격조종 드론 개발을 위한 연구)

  • Park, Namhee;Ahn, Yongcheol;Hwang, Yeonjung
    • Journal of the Society of Disaster Information
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    • v.15 no.4
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    • pp.578-589
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    • 2019
  • The drones, developed for military use, have recently expanded a wide range of areas of use, including agriculture, industry, broadcasting utility, police, fire fighting and leisure. Drone, combined with IT technology, is further expanding its utilization and emerging as a key part of the fourth industry. Purpose: This study designs and implements drones that can be utilized in disaster prevention areas such as disaster prevention, preparedness and response. Method: This study was conducted by examining hardware drone specifications and developing a program suitable for the purpose of research based on the literature review. Result: In this study, we developed a drone that can be controlled remotely, investigated program plans for drone remote control, and developed a program that enables remote control broadcasting from drones. Conclusion: The drone could be used in the disaster area based on functions such as remote control and remote broadcasting.