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The system for UAV to approach to a ship and to monitor via AIS information (AIS 정보를 활용한 UAV의 효율적인 선박 접근 및 모니터링을 위한 시스템)

  • Kim, Byoung-kug;Hong, Sung-hwa
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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    • 2021.05a
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    • pp.502-504
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    • 2021
  • The application area based on UAV(Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) is continuously increasing as time passing by. In particular the UAVs which consist of more than four horizontal propellers and the functionality of VTOL (Vertical Take-Off and Landing) are utilized in diverse platforms and application products due to their safety and aerodynamically simpler design and architectures. Most UAV missions are controlled by GCSs(Ground Control System). The GCSs are generally connected to the internet and get electrical map and environmental information such as temperature, humidity, wind direction and so on. In this paper, we design a system that UAV has capability of approaching to a certain ship and monitoring her efficiently by using AIS(Auto Identification System) information.

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A Performance Analysis of 60 Horsepower Vertical Mounted Gasoline Engine Applied to Multi-copter of Unmanned Aircraft Vehicle (무인 멀티콥터에 적용된 60마력급 직립형 가솔린 엔진의 성능 분석)

  • RYUNKYUNG KIM;KYUNGWAN KO;SUNGGI KWON;GYECHOON PARK
    • Transactions of the Korean hydrogen and new energy society
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    • v.34 no.6
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    • pp.758-766
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    • 2023
  • Multi-copter of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) was initially developed as strategic technology in the only military field, but it is developing into an industrial field with a wide range of applications in the civil sector based on the development and convergence of aviation technology and information and communication technology. Currently, the degree of utilization of multi-copter is increasing in various industries for the purpose of performing classic tactical missions, logistics transportation, farm management, internet supply, video filming, weather management, life-saving, etc, and active technology development responding to market demand. Existing commercial multi-copter mainly use an electric energy propulsion system consisting of an electric battery and a brushless direct current (BLDC) motor. It is the limitations for usage in the flying time (up to 20 minutes) and payload (less than 20 kg). this study aims to overcome these limitations and expand the commercialization of engine-powered multi-copter of UAV in various industries in the futures.

Development of Control Board for Coding Education and Convergence Contents based on 3D Printing (코딩 교육용 제어 보드와 3D 프린팅 융복합 콘텐츠 개발)

  • Youm, Sung-Kwan;Kim, Young-Sang
    • Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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    • v.9 no.9
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    • pp.1-8
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    • 2018
  • It is a key role in leading and activating coding education as a process to solve problems creatively to produce and provide the educational contents on the basis of 3D printing. In this paper, we develop a variety of fusion contents to use 3D printing and 8bit MCU base control board which provides specific functions through Arduino. The developed control program conducts various packet monitoring more than ten times per a second, supporting intrinsically full duplex. In addition, communication protocol optimized in conveying a lot of information enables to control different contents. The contents produced with the control board and 3D printing are useful as a programming education tool to train the principle and the concept of coding.

Pupal Drone Extracts for Anti-wrinkle and Skin-lightening Materials (수벌번데기 추출물의 주름개선 및 미백효과 구명)

  • Kim, Jung-Eun;Kim, Do-Ik;Koo, Hui-Yeon;Kim, Hyeon-Jin;Kim, Seong-Yeon;Lee, Yoo-Beom;Moon, Jae-Hak;Choi, Yong-Soo
    • Journal of Life Science
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    • v.30 no.5
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    • pp.428-433
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    • 2020
  • In this study, we created pupal stage extracts of Apis mellifera L. drones for use in cosmetic materials. The effect of the drone pupae extract (DPE) on HDF cells was assessed for analysis of anti-wrinkle activity by collagen or collagenase gene expression, and the skin-lightening effect was studied by in vitro tyrosinase inhibition and B16F10 melanoma assay; the two cells were found to be non-cellular when the concentration of DPE was 100 ㎍/ml. Albutin concentration (positive control) in the whitening test was set at a capacity of 100 ug/ml and m-melanocyte stimulating hormone (α-MSH). A melanin-producing induction material was set at a concentration of 100 nM, and the expression of collagen type I and MMP1 collagenase was measured using HDF cells. MMP1 expression was seen to reduce in a concentration-dependent manner in treatment with DPE. Inhibiting melanin generation with B16F12 cells indicated a tendency to decrease in the DPE treatment group. Both L-Tyrosine and L-DOPA as DPE were used in an in vitro tyrosinase induction test to demonstrate the effects of tyrosinase suppression on concentrations. The higher the concentration of DPE, the greater the wrinkle reduction and whitening effect. In conclusion, it was found that DPE is an effective smoothing and whitening material by increasing collagen generation and inhibiting collagenase expression and reducing melanin production.

A Study on Quadcopter Consisting of Dual Li-Po Battery Charging by Solar Cell in the Engineering Education Completed a Senier Project Work at the University (공학교육 이수체계에서 대학 졸업 작품용 이중 Li-Po 전원 사용 태양전지 충전 쿼드콥터 구성에 관한 연구)

  • Yoon, Seong-Geun;Kim, Kyung-Bin;Chang, Eun-Young
    • Journal of Practical Engineering Education
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    • v.8 no.1
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    • pp.9-14
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    • 2016
  • Depending on the college graduation project and graduation thesis regulations for the certification and graduation requirements, the quadcopter acting as a Li-Po battery that charges by solar energy are proposed a design method and improvements in theory. Quadcopter posture is balanced and confirmed by the position sensor, through a PID (Proportional Integral Differential) control. Battery switching circuit is composed of two Li-Po battery. Driving the quadcopter as one battery, and does not use other battery is charged by solar energy. A battery switching circuit is fabricated in a manner that uses two types of relays. Even if completely not charged to the battery is being driven a certain switch by the battery charging voltage from time to time, it proposes a method for increasing the endurance time and range.

The proposal of a cryptographic method for the communication message security of GCS to support safe UAV operations (안정적인 UAV 운영을 위한 GCS의 통신메시지의 암호화 제안)

  • Kim, Byoung-Kug;Hong, Sung-Hwa;Kang, Jiheon
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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    • v.25 no.10
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    • pp.1353-1358
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    • 2021
  • IoT (Internet of Things) emerges from various technologies such as communications, micro processors and embedded system and so on. The IoT has also been used to UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) system. In manned aircraft, a pilot and co-pilot should control FCS (Flight Control System) with FBW(Fly By Wire) system for flight operation. In contrast, the flight operation in UAV system is remotely and fully managed by GCS (Ground Control System) almost in real time. To make it possible the communication channel should be necessary between the UAV and the GCS. There are many protocols between two systems. Amongst them, MAVLink (Macro Air Vehicle Link) protocol is representatively used due to its open architecture. MAVLink does not define any securities itself, which results in high vulnerability from external attacks. This paper proposes the method to enhance data security in GCS network by applying cryptographic methods to the MAVLink messages in order to support safe UAV operations.

Real-Time Soil Humidity Monitoring Based on Sensor Network Using IoT (IoT를 사용한 센서 네트워크 기반의 실시간 토양 습도 모니터링)

  • Kim, Kyeong Heon;Kim, Hee-Dong
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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    • v.35 no.5
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    • pp.459-465
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    • 2022
  • This paper reports a method to use a wireless sensor network deployed in the field to real-time monitor soil moisture, warning when the moisture level reaches a specific value, and wirelessly controlling an additional device (LED or water supply system, etc.). In addition, we report all processes related to wireless irrigation system, including field deployment of sensors, real-time monitoring using a smartphone, data calibration, and control of additional devices deployed in the field by smartphone. A commercially available open-source Internet of Things (IoT) platform, NodeMCU, was used, which was combined with a 9V battery, LED and soil humidity sensor to be integrated into a portable prototype. The IoT-based soil humidity sensor prototype deployed in the field was installed next to a tree for on-site demonstration for the measurement of soil humidity in real-time for about 30 hours, and the measured data was successfully transmitted to a smartphone via Wifi. The measurement data were automatically transmitted via e-mail in the form of a text file, stored on the web, followed by analyses and calibrations. The user can check the humidity of the soil real-time through a personal smartphone. When the humidity of a soil reached a specific value, an additional device, an LED device, placed in the field was successfully controlled through the smartphone. This LED can be easily replaced by other electronic devices such as water supplies, which can also be controlled by smartphones. These results show that farmers can not only monitor the condition of the field real-time through a sensor monitoring system manufactured simply at a low cost but also control additional devices such as irrigation facilities from a distance, thereby reducing unnecessary energy consumption and helping improve agricultural productivity.

An Automatic Collision Avoidance Control for Quadcopter (쿼드콥터의 충돌방지 자동제어)

  • Lee, Jung Chul;Chong, Ui-Pil;Kim, Yearn-Min;Heo, Seon Heang;Ryu, Jin Won
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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    • 2017.01a
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    • pp.131-132
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    • 2017
  • 본 논문에서는 쿼드콥터 드론의 충돌방지를 위한 효율적인 자동제어 방법을 제안한다. 이 제어방법은 RC 조종기에서 노브를 이용하여 사용자가 제어하는 신호를 쿼드콥터의 리시버단에서 수신한 뒤 출력되는 PWM 신호들 중에서 쓰로틀, 피치, 롤 제어정보를 필요시 변경하는 방법으로 충돌을 방지한다. 충돌을 예측하기 위해서 전후, 좌우, 상하 6방향에 레이저 거리측정센서를 장착하고 주기적으로 거리를 측정한다. 그리고 측정 거리를 이용하여 장애물 유무를 판정하고 충돌이 예상되면 수신된 PWM 신호를 변경하여 쿼드콥터의 비행제어부로 전달함으로써 충돌을 방지하도록 한다. 본 논문에서 제안하는 충돌방지 방법을 쿼드콥터에 적용하여 실험을 통해 검증한 결과, 조종자 부주의 혹은 조종 미숙으로 인해 발생할 수 있는 충돌을 방지할 수 있어 안전성이 향상됨을 보였다.

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A Test Bench with Six Degrees of Freedom of Motion For Development of Small Quadrotor Drones (소형 쿼드로터 드론 개발을 위한 6 자유도 운동 실험 장치)

  • Jin, Jaehyun;Jo, Jin-Hee
    • Journal of Aerospace System Engineering
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    • v.11 no.1
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    • pp.41-46
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    • 2017
  • A new test bench for small multi-rotor type drones has been developed. Six degrees of freedom (DOF) motion is possible due to a ball bushing, wheels, and rotating plates. An FPGA (field programmable gate array) based controller, that supports realtime parallel processing, is used to measure attitude with an accelerometer and a gyro to adjust motor speed. Several tests were performed to check the operational properties of the test bench and the controller. The results show that this test bench is proper for verifying controllers and the control methods of small multi-rotor drones.

Recent R&D Trends in Wireless Network Technology based on UAV-assisted FSO Technique (UAV 기반 FSO 무선통신 네트워크 기술 동향)

  • Yeo, C.I.;Heo, Y.S.;Ryu, J.H.;Park, S.W.;Kim, S.C.;Kang, H.S.;Lee, G.H.
    • Electronics and Telecommunications Trends
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    • v.35 no.2
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    • pp.38-49
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    • 2020
  • In recent years, the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) assisted mobile free space optical (FSO) communication technique has attracted considerable attention regarding its aims to provide improved communication conditions for fixed-to-fixed FSO network and promising fronthaul and backhaul solutions for 5G+ wireless networks. This can be attributed to its outstanding advantages such as fast deployment and flexible network configuration. The UAV-assisted mobile FSO system can be used to provide cost-effective internet services in rural and remote areas and in hotspot areas that are characterized by increased data traffic. Additionally, it can be used to provide secure communication services under emergency circumstances. In this report, we review recent R&D trends in wireless network technology employing the UAV-assisted mobile FSO technique and key technologies for mobile FSO wireless networks. Furthermore, we introduce drone-based mobile FSO terminals and control systems that we have developed.