• 융합정보논문지
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• 제8권5호
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• pp.153-158
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• 2018

본 논문에서는 가시광 통신시스템에서 조명과 통신의 성능을 동시에 만족하기 위한 Dimming level control 기법을 연구하였다. 일반적으로 가장 많이 사용되는 OOK와 RZ-OOK변조 방식의 경우, 연속적인 Burst Zero Duration이 발생하면 조명 기능이 심각하게 저하된다. 이는 조명뿐만 아니라 시스템 전체의 성능을 열하시키는 원인이 된다. 본 연구를 통해, 기존 시스템의 Dimming level특성을 분석하고, Dimming level을 높이기 위한 기법으로 Illegal Pulse Insertion(IPI) 알고리즘을 제안하였다. 이를 통해, Dimming level을 효과적으로 제어하고 기존 변복조 시스템에서 나타나는 플리커(flicker) 현상과 Dimming level 감소를 해결하여 조명과 통신 양쪽 모두의 QoS를 향상 시킬 수 있다.

• 산업기술연구
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• 제30권B호
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• pp.109-112
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• 2010

Unlike the general lighting systems, stage lighting system requires accurate dimming control and reduction of flicker phenomenon. In this paper, we studied PWM dimming control and linear voltage level control methods. PWM Dimming is easy control and flicker phenomenon of linear voltage level dimming does not happen by experiment result. We concluded that stage lighting dimming system required to combine two techniques of the PWM and linear voltage level dimming control method.

• 조명전기설비학회논문지
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• 제26권10호
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• pp.16-26
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• 2012

This study conducted a subjective evaluation of brightness perception and visual discomfort according to dimming speeds and CCTs(Correlated Color Temperatures). Dimming speeds of two different CCT lights(2,700K, 6400K) were set to 1.7%/s, 3.3%/s, 5.0%/s, 6.7%/s, and 10.0%/s respectively. Subjects checked the time when they perceived the change of the brightness and visual discomfort. As a result, when dimming speeds were 1.7%/s, 3.3%/s, 5.0%/s, 6.7%/s, more than half of subjects responded the change of the brightness in 55.0~45.0% dimming ratios, and felt the visual discomfort in 35~25% dimming ratios. When the brightness was changed, dimming level responded to the brightness perception of hight CCT(6,400K) was higher about 8.0% then dimming level responded to the brightness perception of low CCT(2,700K). Dimming level responded to the visual discomfort of low CCT(2,700K) was higher about 5.0% then dimming level responded to the visual discomfort of hight CCT(6,400K).

• Current Optics and Photonics
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• 제2권6호
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• pp.532-539
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• 2018

Multiple LED arrays can be utilized in visible-light communication (VLC) to improve communication efficiency, while maintaining smart illumination functionality through dimming control. This paper proposes a modulation scheme called "Spatial Intensity Modulation" (SIM), where the effective number of turned-on LEDs is employed for data modulation and dimming control in VLC systems. Unlike the conventional pulse-amplitude modulation (PAM), symbol intensity levels are not determined by the amplitude levels of a VLC signal from each LED, but by counting the number of turned-on LEDs, illuminating with a single amplitude level. Because the intensity of a SIM symbol and the target dimming level are determined solely in the spatial domain, the problems of conventional PAM-based VLC and related MIMO VLC schemes, such as unstable dimming control, non uniform illumination functionality, and burdens of channel prediction, can be solved. By varying the number and formation of turned-on LEDs around the target dimming level in time, the proposed SIM scheme guarantees homogeneous illumination over a target area. An analysis of the dimming capacity, which is the achievable communication rate under the target dimming level in VLC, is provided by deriving the turn-on probability to maximize the entropy of the SIM-based VLC system. In addition, a practical design of dimmable SIM scheme applying the multilevel inverse source coding (MISC) method is proposed. The simulation results under a range of parameters provide baseline data to verify the performance of the proposed dimmable SIM scheme and applications in real systems.

• 산업융합연구
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.125-131
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• 2023

본 논문에서는 가시광 통신 시스템의 발생하는 Dimming level 감소 및 Flicker 발생 문제를 해결하기 위한 연구를 진행하였다. 가시광 통신은 통신과 조명을 함께 제공하는 융합기술로, 통신 성능뿐만 아니라 조명의 성능을 함께 만족 해야한다. 그러나 기존의 데이터 전송 방식은 전송 Data sequence를 고려하지 않고 전송하기 때문에, Dimming level을 감소시키고 Flicker 현상을 발생시킨다. 이를 해결하기 위해, 본 논문에서는 Dimming improvement and Flicker Reduction Mapping 기법을 연구하였다. 기존의 시스템은 단순하게 '0'과 '1'의 데이터만 전송하였지만, 본 시스템에서는 RGB 채널에 Original data 전송채널과 DIFR(Dimming Improvement and Flicker Reduction) 전송채널을 할당한다. R채널에는 Original data를, DIFR-G채널에는 Original data or Inverse Original data를 할당하고, DIFR-B채널은 R채널과 G채널의 논리연산을 통해 전송함으로써, 최대 Dimming level을 유지하면서 동시에 'OFF' 패턴이 연속적으로 발생하지 않도록 하여 Flicker 현상을 방지하고 통신 기능뿐만 아니라 조명으로써의 역할을 충실히 할 수 있는 적응형 데이터 할당 알고리즘을 제안했다.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제18권9호
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• pp.2280-2288
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• 2014

기존의 고출력 LED의 디밍(Dimming) 제어 방법에는 펄스폭변조, 주파수변조, 아날로그 제어 방법이 있으며, 아날로그 디밍은 순방향 고출력 LED 전류를 조정하는 방법으로 0%~100%의 전 범위에서 선형 밝기 조절이 가능하나 순방향 전류를 변화시킴으로써 파장의 변화가 존재하고, 펄스폭변조 디밍 제어는 고출력 LED에 흐르는 정격 전류의 듀티를 가변하여 조도를 제어하는 방식으로 저 레벨(0%~10%)에서 선형 밝기 조정이 어렵다. 그리고 주파수변조 디밍 또한 저 레벨의 디밍에서 빛이 깜박거리는 문제를 내포하고 있다. 본 논문은 이러한 디밍 방식의 단점을 보완하고자 저 레벨 디밍 제어 시 아날로그 방식을 적용하고, 10%~100%의 디밍 제어 시에 펄스폭변조 방식을 적용하는 효율적인 디밍 제어 회로의 설계 및 구현을 제안한다. 전 범위에 걸쳐 선형 밝기 조절이 가능하고, 다양한 디밍 레벨에서 일정한 파장의 출력이 가능한 디밍 제어 회로를 구현하였으며, 실험 결과는 제안한 방법의 우수성을 보여주고 있다.

• KIEAE Journal
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• 제10권6호
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• pp.33-39
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• 2010

Visual Environment and productivity are correlated. So we need to create a comfortable visual environment and maintain proper workplane illumination level. We can obtain lighting energy savings and comfortable visual environment using daylight and LED lights. In this study, we characterized the indoor illuminance level according to the sky condition and proposed dimming control strategy of LED lights. Energy savings in On/Off control mode are 40% at clear sky and 28% at intermediate sky. In dimming control mode, energy savings are 77.2% at clear sky and 64.1% at intermediate sky. Then we obtain the appropriate dimming control strategy of LED lights based on data. Dimming rates are 0-14.2-80(min-avg-max, %) for LED 1, 0-19.9-60% for LED 2 and 30-61.4-90% for LED 3. Lighting energy savings are 68.2% for LED dimming system applied this control method.

• 조명전기설비학회논문지
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.8-18
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• 2015

This paper proposes a dimming method and a hybrid LED driving circuit suitable for the ultra high definition (UHD) broadcasting. There are major two problems during the dimming control for traditional LED broadcast lightings; one is a flicker that occurred when camera filming to these lightings, and the other is that linear control is impossible for LED luminous intensity under 10% due to LED electrical characteristics. The proposed dimming method and the driving circuit are designed to solve two problems simultaneously. For high level dimming control region from 10 to 100%, the analog control method was applied to the switching regulator constructed by MOSFET operated in the saturation region. For low level dimming control region under 10%, the fast PWM control method with the linear regulator constructed by MOSFET in the ohmic region was used. We verified experimentally that the dimming method is able to control the luminous intensity linearly from 1 to 100% and the flicker disappears on images taken by the charge coupled device (CCD) and the complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) cameras. Therefore, the proposed method is suitable for the UHD broadcasting.

• 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보디스플레이학회 2008년도 International Meeting on Information Display
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• pp.1156-1159
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• 2008

Local dimming driving has advantages in reducing power consumption and improving contrast ratio(CR). In an LED backlight unit(BLU), many small LED blocks are implemented in 2-dimmensional space, and luminance of the blocks is controlled by a local dimming algorithm. However, such a BLU can induce various recognizable artifacts. A new novel algorithm is proposed for exact block luminance calculation to correct local dimming artifacts. Also we discuss modified low-gray-level dimming to achieve much aggressive power saving in a local dimming BLU system.

• 전력전자학회:학술대회논문집
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• 전력전자학회 2004년도 전력전자학술대회 논문집(2)
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• pp.834-838
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• 2004

This paper presents the structure of a dimming control system for multiple fluorescent lamps. The dimming control system is composed of a phase angle controller, a transducer, and dimmable ballasts. In these ballasts, dimming control is achieved by varying the switching frequency that is controlled by the external DC level.