• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제16권1호통권94호
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• pp.253-264
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• 1999

Most autonomous mobile robots view only things in front of them, and as a result, they may collide with objects moving from the side or behind. To overcome this problem. an Active Omni-directional Range Sensor System has been built that can obtain an omni-directional range data through the use of a laser conic plane and a conic mirror. Also, mobile robot has to know its current location and heading angle by itself as accurately as possible to successfully navigate in real environments. To achieve this capability, we propose a self-localization algorithm of a mobile robot using an active omni-directional range sensor in an unknown environment. The proposed algorithm estimates the current position and head angle of a mobile robot by a registration of the range data obtained at two positions, current and previous. To show the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm, a series of simulations was conducted and the results show that the proposed algorithm is very efficient, and can be utilized for self-localization of a mobile robot in an unknown environment.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.206-210
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• 2011

Vision-based robot localization is challenging due to the vast amount of visual information available, requiring extensive storage and processing time. To deal with these challenges, we propose the use of features extracted from omni-directional panoramic images and present a method for localization of a mobile robot equipped with an omni-directional camera. The core of the proposed scheme may be summarized as follows : First, we utilize an omni-directional camera which can capture instantaneous $360^{\circ}$ panoramic images around a robot. Second, Nodes around the robot are extracted by the correlation coefficients of Circular Horizontal Line between the landmark and the current captured image. Third, the robot position is determined from the locations by the proposed correlation-based landmark image matching. To accelerate computations, we have assigned the node candidates using color information and the correlation values are calculated based on Fast Fourier Transforms. Experiments show that the proposed method is effective in global localization of mobile robots and robust to lighting variations.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 2001년도 ICCAS
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• pp.171.4-171
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• 2001

This paper proposes a method of human- robot interaction (HRI) using face directional gesture. A single CCD color camera is used to input face region, and the robot recognizes the face directional gesture based on the facial feature´s positions. One can give a command such as stop, go, left and right turn to the robot using the face directional gesture. Since the robot also has the ultra sonic sensors, it can detect obstacles and determine a safe direction at the current position. By combining the user´s command with the sensed obstacle configuration, the robot selects the safe and efficient motion direction. From simulation results, we show that the robot with HRI is more reliable for the robot´s navigation.

• 대한안전경영과학회지
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.141-150
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• 2013

In this paper, the learnability of haptic icons was tested as a way of conveying turn-by-turn directions to users involved in navigation interactions with commercial smartphones. To do this, six most distinctive haptic icons were identified from those having different duration of each pulse, interval between pulses, and rhythm. Associations between the selected haptic icons and 3 pairs of navigation directions were analyzed using data gathered from 30 subjects by 7 point Likert scale. The haptic icons were then assigned to proper directions based on the results from that stereotype analysis. The results showed that the commercial smartphone with one linear motor at a fixed location is not capable of making hapticons to have clear directional stereotypes. The hapticons with poor stereotypes has no advantage in learnability compared to those of random assignment.

• 재활복지공학회논문지
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.315-321
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• 2017

이 연구는 시각장애인을 위한 길안내 서비스 시스템의 설계와 구현에 관한 연구이다. 시각장애인을 고려한 사용자 인터페이스로써 음성인식을 통한 스마트폰을 입력도구로 사용하였고, 출력도구는 방향 및 음성안내를 하면서도 주변 환경음을 인식할 수 있는 골전도 헤드셋을 사용하였다. 개발된 시스템은 기존의 길안내용 스마트폰 앱과 달리 보행해야할 방향 정보를 착용한 헤드셋의 좌우 스테레오 음의 크기로 전달하며, 갈림길이나 휘어진 길에 대한 음성안내는 수 미터 전에 안내하여 시각장애인의 보행 속도에 적합하게 안내가 이루어지며, 역방향 보행이나 경로이탈을 즉시 경고하는 장점이 있다. 방향센서로 진행방향에 대한 동적 정밀도가 1.5도인 모션 트랙커를 사용하여 안정적이고 신뢰성 있는 방향 정보를 취득할 수 있었다. GPS의 위치오차를 극복하기 위하여 위치오차에 견고한 경로계획 알고리즘을 제안하였다. 구현된 시스템을 실험한 결과 실험 경로에서 평균 방향각 오차가 6.82도(표준 편차 5.98)로 비교적 안정하게 방향을 유도하여 목적지에 도달하였다.

• 한국CDE학회논문집
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.290-298
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• 2013

A walking navigation system (usually known as a locomotion interface) is an interactive platform which gives simulated walking sensation to users using sensed bipedal motion signals. This enables us to perform navigation tasks using only bipedal movement. Especially, it is useful for the certain VR task which emphasizes on physical human movement, or accompanies understanding of the size and complexity of building structures. In this work, we described system components of VR walking system and investigated several types of walking platform by literature survey. We adopted a MS Kinect depth sensor for the motion recognition and a treadmill which includes directional turning mechanism for the walking platform. Through the integration of these components with a VR navigation scenario, we developed a simple VR walking navigation system. Finally several technical issues were found during development process, and further research directions were suggested for the system improvement.

• 한국항행학회논문지
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.394-400
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• 2016

GPS P(Y) 코드와 같은 암호화 항법 신호원은 재생이 불가능하므로 기만에 강건하다. 하지만 암호화 신호원을 이용하기 위해서는 위성항법시스템 운용국가로부터 허가를 얻어야 하고 이용에 있어서도 상당한 제약이 따른다. 본 논문에서는 고이득 지향성 안테나를 이용하는 지상 기준국과 일반 위성항법 사용자를 모의하였다. 지상 기준국은 특정 항법위성에 대한 고이득 신호로부터 해당 위성이 방송하는 암호화 신호 코드를 복조하였다. 복조된 암호화 신호코드는 사용자 수신기 모의 데이터의 이상여부를 판단하고, 기만여부를 판단할 수 있었다. 본 논문은 이와 같은 방식을 적용하는 기만검출 기법을 제안하고 GPS 시뮬레이터를 이용한 모의 분석 결과를 다룬다.

• Journal of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing
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• 제3권3호
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• pp.107-116
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• 2014

When an incoming Global Positioning System (GPS) signal is acquired, pull-in search performs a finer search of the Doppler frequency of the incoming signal so that phase lock loop can be quickly stabilized and the receiver can produce an accurate pseudo-range measurement. However, increasing the accuracy of the Doppler frequency estimation often involves a higher computational cost for weaker GPS signals, which delays the position fix. In this paper, we show that the Doppler frequency detectable by a long coherent auto-correlation can be accurately estimated using a complex-weighted sum of consecutive short coherent auto-correlation outputs with a different Doppler frequency hypothesis, and by exploiting this we propose a noise resistant, low-cost and highly accurate Doppler frequency and phase estimation technique based on a reverse directional application of the finite rate of innovation (FRI) technique. We provide a performance and computational complexity analysis to show the feasibility of the proposed technique and compare the performance to conventional techniques using numerous Monte Carlo simulations.

• 한국항해항만학회지
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.111-119
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• 2003

해상수송의 안전성을 개선하는 하나의 수란으로서, 해상풍 정보로부터 예정 항로상에서 조우하게될 파랑정보를 높은 정밀도로 예측하여 단시간에 본선에 제공할 수 있는 시스템을 개발할 필요가 있다. 본 연구에서는 이의 제1단계로서 대양에서의 다방향 불규칙파 예측을 위한 파랑추산모델을 제시하였다. 검토방법으로는 과거 실제 해역에서 발생한 황천에 기인한 선박 침몰사고를 대상으로 선박의 항행 일정에 따른 해상풍의 분석 및 파랑추산시뮬레이션을 수행하였으며, 이로부터 사고 선박이 조우한 해상을 평가하고 모델의 재현성 및 정도를 검토하였다. 연구비 결과, 사고 선박은 침몰사고의 원인이 Okhotsk해에서 발달한 저기압에 의해 급속히 성장한 고파랑 해역을 회피하지 못하여 발생한 것에 있음을 명백히 하였으며, 본 계산에 이용한 제3세대 파랑추산모델(WAM)로부터의 결과는 실제 관측 파랑의 유의파고, 주기, 방향 스펙트럼 등 항행관련의 파랑제원과 잘 부합되었으며, 실용 선박에서의 예측시스템 구축에 적용성이 양호한 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국항해항만학회지
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• 제33권9호
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• pp.645-651
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• 2009

In this study, a series of laboratory experiments were carried out to investigate the weak reflection of regular and random water waves over a train of protruded permeable shore structures. A cylindrical slit type breakwater and the alternatives are employed and compared for reflecting and transmitting capabilities of incident waves including wave forces. A series of random waves were generated by using the Bretschneider-Mitsuyasu frequency and directional spectrum. Measured spectrum of irregular waves without breakwaters is verified by comparing with those of the input waves generated. Weak reflection is occurred at the breakwater center of the peak frequency. If the row of breakwaters is fixed at three layers and the relative height of breakwater is fixed at 0.6, around 45% of incident wave energy is reflected to offshore. It is also found that the transmission of directional random waves increases as the maximum frequency parameter increases. A very good agreement is observed. Reflection coefficients of permeable submerged breakwaters are less than those of impermeable breakwaters. The upside-down L shape is recommended for a small fishery harbor mooring in terms of reflecting capability and of practical application. The final design was applied to the wharf of a small beach of Seolly, near Namhae at the southeast coast of Korea.