• Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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• v.22 no.2
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• pp.75-82
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• 2016

Visible light communication (VLC) using LED lamps is suitable for implementing an indoor positioning system in an indoor environment where the global positioning system (GPS) signal does not reach. In this paper, we present an indoor positioning system for mobile robots using a VLC beacon and fuzzy rules. This system consists of an autonomous mobile robot, VLC modules, and device application software. Fuzzy rules are applied to plan the global and local paths along which the mobile robot navigates indoors. The VLC transmitter modules are attached to the wall or the ceiling as beacons to transmit their own location information. The variable pulse position modulation (VPPM) algorithm is used to transmit data, which is a new modulation scheme for VLC providing a dimming control mechanism for flicker-free optical communication. The mobile robot has a receiver module to receive the location information while performing its mission in the environment where VLC transmitters are deployed.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2021.10a
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• pp.640-642
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• 2021

In order to collect a lot of data clearly and efficiently, it is essential to know the locations of the current facilities and analyze the movement data. The current location collection technology can collect data using a GPS (Global Positioning System) sensor, but in the case of GPS, it has strong straightness and low diffraction and reflectivity, making it difficult to position indoors. It is impossible to measure the distance between the server and the client because the signal sensitivity cannot be received. This paper implements an indoor positioning system using beacons and scanners in Raspberry Pi 3 B+. It controls Advertise Mode and Connection Mode at the same time using the scanner algorithm.

• KIISE Transactions on Computing Practices
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• v.23 no.2
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• pp.110-115
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• 2017

We propose a new indoor positioning algorithm named Cut-off algorithm. This algorithm cuts off candidates of beacons and reference points in advance, before looking for K neighbor reference points which are guessed to be closest to the user's actual location. The algorithm consists of two phases: off-line phase, and on-line phase. In the off-line phase, RSSI and UUID data from beacons are gathered at reference points placed in the indoor environment, and construct a fingerprint map of the data. In the on-line phase, the map is reduced to a smaller one according to the RSSI data of beacons received from the user's device. The nearest K reference points are selected using the reduced map, which are used for estimating user's location. In both phases, relative ranks of the peak signals received from each beacon are used, which smoothen the fluctuations of the signals. The algorithm is shown to be more efficient in terms of accuracy and estimating time.

• Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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• v.24 no.2
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• pp.128-133
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• 2020

In this study, an 1-dimensional positioning method using iterative linear regression for path loss expression is proposed. In the proposed method, received signal strengths (RSS) measured in several locations and distances between the measuring locat ions obtained by dead reckoning are used to derive a linear regression for the path loss from the transmitting beacon. In the proposed method, for the distance between the transmitting beacon and a target measuring location, several tentative values are assumed. For each tentative value, a linear regression is obtained. Among the linear regression expressions, the one closest to the known reference RSS value is selected and used to derive the distance to the target location. Test results show that the proposed method is more accurate than path loss model.

• Journal of Sensor Science and Technology
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• v.28 no.6
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• pp.385-389
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• 2019

As we become an aging society, the number of dementia patients increases every year (an estimated 10% of the elderly, equating to 1.27 million in 30 years). In addition, 17,000 cases of missing people with disabilities and dementia are reported annually, indicating that more than one person per hour goes missing. More than 50% of those who are lost suffer injuries (some of which are fatal) within 24 hours after going missing. This is why measures are urgently required to ensure safety of the elderly. The core function of the disappearances prevention system proposed by this research group is to identify and respond early to deviations of dementia patients from their homes or facilities by identifying the location of the occurrence of disappearance, so that real-time notifications occur when a they leave the protected area. In addition, multiple receivers and public transportation integrated terminals share information when a patient leaves and uses public transportation to ensure their safe return. Most existing beacon-based positioning service models have fixed signal transmitters and are serviced in the form of transport receivers, but the proposed service model has users wearing the BLE beacon and receivers fixed.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2015.05a
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• pp.863-865
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• 2015

A method for estimating position is AOA, TOA, TDOA, Wi-Fi, Beacon etc. A method for estimating the location in indoor environment is used mainly Wi-Fi, Beacon. The reason is that AOA, TOA and TDOA are unfit to estimate position in indoor environment. To address this problem, this paper presents a AOA algorithm based on AP having a four directional antenna. The algorithm uses only the angle received from the four antennas. This can draw linear equations for signal. And calculate the intersections of the lines. Intersections means the position of user.

• Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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• v.12 no.9
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• pp.891-897
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• 2006

The coverage of the NDGPS is nationwide currently and by 2007 more than 2 NDGPS signal will be available in most of Korean peninsula both coastal area and inland. The role of NDGPS beacon is transmitting pseudorange corrections however if range or pseudorange can be measured from NDGPS beacon signal, it might be possible to construct an independent regional navigation system: The range from NDGPS beacon signal can be used as additional measurements to remove GPS shadow area and to improve accuracy and reliability of GPS. Furthermore, by adding Loran-C, a regional radio navigation system without GPS can be possible. In this paper, a feasibility study on the regional positioning system using NDGPS and LORAN-C are given. The results show that the NDGPS and LORAN-C can be used as a ground based regional navigation system if requirements such as synchronization of NDGPS network, dual coverage of NDGPS, navigation algorithm for both NDGPS and LORAN-C measurements and an efficient ASF compensation method are met.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2015.10a
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• pp.482-484
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• 2015

대표적인 위치기반 기술인 GPS는 건물 내부와 같이 실내에서의 위치추정이 거의 불가능하다. 따라서 실내 측위의 방안으로 BlueTooth 4.0LE 기반의 장치인 비콘(Beacon)을 활용하여 실내 GPS의 역할을 수행하도록 하는 기법이 활용되고 있다. 그러나, 비콘의 거리측정에 사용되는 RSSI의 문제점으로 인해, 위치추정의 정확도가 급격히 저하되는 문제점을 가지고 있다. 본 논문에서는 개선된 위치선정 알고리즘을 통하여 오차율을 줄여, 정밀한 위치 추정이 가능한 알고리즘을 제안하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2019.05a
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• pp.122-124
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• 2019

최근 IoT 시스템의 관심도가 높아지고 있어 기본 활용 기술의 방법 중 블루투스 비콘 모드를 이용한 정확한 위치 탐지 방법에 대한 연구가 진행되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 블루투스 모듈의 비콘 모드를 활성화하여 불특정 다수의 사용자들에게서 획득한 정보의 고유아이디(UUID, Universally Unique Identifiers) 식별 및 특정 기기의 위치를 파악하여 해당 UUID의 위치 탐지 방법을 제안하였다. 비콘 정보의 수신신호세기(RSSI, Received Signal Strength Indicator)값을 이용하여 불특정 사용자의 위치를 탐지하고, 설정된 RSSI의 범위 구간에 따라 탐지 객체의 IoT 모듈에 접근 여부를 판단하고, 접근이 감지되었을 때 해당 모듈의 IoT 모듈의 기능을 작동시키는 방식으로 활용할 수 있다. 또한, 위치 탐지의 정확성을 위해 RSSI의 데이터를 저장하고, 저장된 데이터 관찰을 통하여 해당 블루투스의 위치 데이터를 보다 정확하게 파악하는 시스템을 설계하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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• 2018.11a
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• pp.145-147
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• 2018

다수의 일반 카메라로 촬영한 영상들로 360도 영상을 제작하는 경우 다수의 영상 간 동일한 영역을 찾고 기하학 보정을 위한 영상 스티칭 기술이 필요하다. 영상 스티칭 기술은 여러 영상에서 추출한 특징점들의 유사도를 비교하여 영상들을 이어 붙여 큰 하나의 영상으로 만드는 것이다. 본 논문에서는 비콘이 부착된 공연장을 가정하여, 비콘을 통해서 촬영자의 위치를 대략적으로 파악하고, 사용자가 어플리케이션을 통하여 전송한 영상과 영상의 방위각, FOV(Field Of View)들을 이용하여 실내에서 촬영된 영상들을 스티칭 대상 영상들로 필터링하는 방법을 제안한다.