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Design of a Robust Controller for a Watertight Damper Driving System (수밀댐퍼 구동장치의 강인제어에 관한 연구)

  • Han, Seung Hun;Jang, Ji Seong
    • Journal of Drive and Control
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    • v.14 no.2
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    • pp.45-51
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    • 2017
  • Semi-submersible drilling rigs are offshore plants that perform functions such as ocean exploration for oil and gas acquisition, drilling and production, and storage and unloading of crude oil and gas. Semi-submersible drilling rigs use watertight dampers as emergency buoyancy holders. Since the watertight damper is an emergency shutoff device, it is mainly driven by a pneumatic driving system that can operate without a power supply. The pneumatic driving system has highly non-linear characteristics due to compressibility of air and external disturbance such as static and Coulomb friction. In this paper, a new control algorithm is proposed for a watertight damper driving system based on the sliding mode control with a disturbance observer. To evaluate control performance and robust stability of the designed controller, the control results were compared with the results obtained using the state feedback controller. As a result, it was confirmed that the pneumatic driving system for driving the watertight damper using the sliding mode controller with a disturbance observer can obtain excellent control performance against the parameter changes and the disturbance input.

Implementation of System for Emergency Alert Broadcasting Service in Local Area (지역 내에서 재난경보방송을 위한 시스템 구현)

  • Choi, Hyun-Ho;Lee, Hyung;Yoo, Kwan-Jong
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.13 no.8
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    • pp.20-27
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    • 2013
  • In this paper, we propose a system for an emergency alert broadcasting service that broadcast residents prompt alarms immediately after the disaster occurs in the private sector. The proposed system consists of a contents streamer, n contents distributor, and m television controller under the assumption that the public broadcasting system and the local area network have been already installed. Also, the goal of the system is to forcibly broadcast disaster information to the residents by streaming contents for alerts on their TV. The proposed system in this paper can be utilized in sharing of emergency information in the area as quickly as possible and various information of the area.

HC-06 Bluetooth based driver module for emergency LED Multi-Directional Indicator

  • Jung, Joonseok;Kwon, Jongman;Mfitumukiza, Joseph;Jung, Soonho;Lee, Minwoo;Cha, Jaesang
    • Journal of Satellite, Information and Communications
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.114-119
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    • 2017
  • In this paper we present the search on HC-06 Bluetooth based driver module for emergency LED Multi-Directional Indicator. Nowadays, a growing trends in which electronic displays such as LED, LCD or plasma monitors are being installed in public places like bars, stores, entertainment areas, restaurants, lobbies, etc. In this paper, the study is curried out on efficiency of HC-06 Bluetooth module based controller driver that relates generally to the field of emergency signage management systems for displaying various indicator contents remotely on electronic displays in public and privates venues. It allows user smart devices interaction remotely with digital signage by providing content for displaying on at least one display in a venue. Depending on the emergency case, HC-06 Bluetooth based driver module proves the high efficiency as well as good performance of processing and communicating remotely the indicator based message that is displayed from a venue management control system by using smart devices. The system combines smart device that linked to HC-06 Bluetooth module with ATmega168/328 embedded micro controller which result by switching the displayer containing the digital signage indicator based message.

Real-time Intelligent Exit Path Indicator Using BLE Beacon Enabled Emergency Exit Sign Controller

  • Jung, Joonseok;Kwon, Jongman;Jung, Soonho;Lee, Minwoo;Mariappan, Vinayagam;Cha, Jaesang
    • International journal of advanced smart convergence
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    • v.6 no.1
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    • pp.82-88
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    • 2017
  • Emergency lights and exit signs are an indispensable part of safety precautions for effective evacuation in case of emergency in public buildings. These emergency sign indicates safe escape routes and emergency doors, using an internationally recognizable sign. However visibility of those signs drops drastically in case of emergency situations like fire smoke, etc. and loss of visibility causes serious problems for safety evacuation. This paper propose a novel emergency light and exit sign built-in with Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) Beacon to assist the emergency self-guiding evacuation using devices for crisis and emergency management to avoid panic condition inside the buildings. In this approach, the emergency light and exit sign with the BLE beacons deployed in the indoor environments and the smart devices detect their indoor positions, direction to move, and next exit sign position from beacon messages and interact with map server in the Internet / Intranet over the available LTE and/or Wi-Fi network connectivity. The map server generate an optimal emergency exit path according to the nearest emergency exit based on a novel graph generation method for less route computation for each smart device. All emergency exit path data interfaces among three system components, the emergency exit signs, map server, and smart devices, have been defined for modular implementation of our emergency evacuation system. The proposed exit sign experimental system has been deployed and evaluated in real-time building environment thoroughly and gives a good evidence that the modular design of the proposed exit sign system and a novel approach to compute emergency exit path route based on the BLE beacon message, map server, and smart devices is competitive and viable.

Robust Wheel Slip Controller for Vehicle Stability Control

  • Kwak, Byung-Hak;Park, Young-Jin
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2001.10a
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    • pp.174.4-174
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    • 2001
  • Vehicle stability control system can enhance the vehicle stability and handling in the emergency situations through the control of traction and braking forces at the individual wheels. To achieve the desired performance, the wheel slip controller manages the hydraulic braking system to generate the desired braking force at each wheel. In this study, we propose the wheel slip controller for the generation of the braking forces based on multiple sliding mode control theory with the pulse width modulation. The proposed controller follows to the slip ratio and the brake pressure the desired ones so that the vehicle stability controller can Intervene braking force at each wheel. We show the validity and usefulness of the proposed controller through computer simulations.

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Design of Electronic Parking Brake Control Simulator for Emergency Vehicle Braking (차량 비상제동을 위한 전자식 주차 브레이크 제어 시뮬레이터 설계)

  • Park, Jaeeun;Im, Changhyon;Kim, Taesung;Kim, Youngkeun
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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    • v.25 no.1
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    • pp.19-27
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    • 2017
  • In this paper, a simulator hardware and control design for an electronic parking brake (EPB) are proposed for emergency vehicle braking when the hydraulic break and anti-lock brake systems (ABS) fail to function. EPB systems are designed specifically for park braking and are usually installed on the rear wheels. However, in an emergency situation when all vehicle brake systems fail, the EPB can be utilized to stop the vehicle and track the target slip ratio as the ABS. This paper analyzed the non-linear EBP of the type of motor on caliper (MoC) based on experiments. A simulator hardware is also designed to validate the performance of the designed EPB controller in terms of braking distance and performance in tracking the target slip ratio. Through the experimental analysis, it is confirmed that a sliding mode controller can be applied on a non-linear EPB to track the target slip ratio.

An Empirical Study on Autonomous Operation in Emergency Situation of Microgrids (마이크로그리드의 비상상황시 자율 대처 운전 방안에 관한 실증적 연구)

  • Hong, Ji-Song;Kim, Hyun-Woo;Ahn, Seon-Ju;Choi, Joon-Ho;Yun, Sang-Yun
    • The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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    • v.67 no.12
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    • pp.1595-1601
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    • 2018
  • The biggest obstacle to the commercialization of small and medium size microgrid (MG) is the reliability and economics of MG operation and maintenance. In this paper, we propose an autonomous operation method that is implemented as an application program installed in the MG operating system in emergency situations. The proposed algorithm consists of four steps of distinction, recognition, determination and control of emergency situations that can occur in MG. A fuzzy-based situation decision algorithm has been proposed to eliminate the barriers of autonomous operation in actual emergency situation such as occurrence of bad data and communication delay. In addition, countermeasures have been suggested for cases where multiple emergency situations have occurred in combination. The proposed algorithm was tested in a 500kW actual microgrid site of a university. Through the test, the validity of the proposed method and its applicability to practical MG operation are verified.

Deep Learning Based Emergency Response Traffic Signal Control System

  • Jeong-In, Park
    • Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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    • v.28 no.2
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    • pp.121-129
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    • 2023
  • In this paper, we developed a traffic signal control system for emergency situations that can minimize loss of property and life by actively controlling traffic signals in a certain section in response to emergency situations. When the emergency vehicle terminal transmits an emergency signal including identification information and GPS information, the surrounding image is obtained from the camera, and the object is analyzed based on deep learning to output object information having information such as the location, type, and size of the object. After generating information tracking this object and detecting the signal system, the signal system is switched to emergency mode to identify and track the emergency vehicle based on the received GPS information, and to transmit emergency control signals based on the emergency vehicle's traveling route. It is a system that can be transmitted to a signal controller. This system prevents the emergency vehicle from being blocked by an emergency control signal that is applied first according to an emergency signal, thereby minimizing loss of life and property due to traffic obstacles.

AEBS Algorithm with Tire-Road Friction Coefficient Estimation (타이어-노면 마찰계수 추정을 이용한 AEBS 알고리즘)

  • Han, Seungjae;Lee, Taeyoung;Yi, Kyongsu
    • Journal of Auto-vehicle Safety Association
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    • v.5 no.2
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    • pp.17-23
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    • 2013
  • This paper describes an algorithm for Advanced Emergency Braking(AEB) with tire-road friction coefficient estimation. The AEB is a system to avoid a collision or mitigate a collision impact by decelerating the car automatically when forward collision is imminent. Typical AEB system is operated by Time-to-collision(TTC), which considers only relative velocity and clearance from control vehicle to preceding vehicle. AEB operation by TTC has a limit that tire-road friction coefficient is not considered. In this paper, Tire-road friction coefficient is also considered to achieve more safe operation of AEB. Interacting Multiple Model method(IMM) is used for Tire-road friction coefficient estimation. The AEB algorithm consists of friction coefficient estimator and upper level controller and lower level controller. The numerical simulation has been conducted to demonstrate the control performance of the proposed AEB algorithm. The simulation study has been conducted with a closed-loop driver-controller-vehicle system using using MATLAB-Simulink software and CarSim Vehicle model.

Safe Adaptive Headlight Controller with Symmetric Angle Sensor Compensator for Functional Safety Requirement (기능 안전성을 위한 대칭형 각도센서 보상기에 기반한 안전한 적응형 전조등 제어기의 설계)

  • Youn, Jiae;Yin, Meng Di;An, Junghyun;Cho, Jeonghun;Park, Daejin
    • IEMEK Journal of Embedded Systems and Applications
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    • v.10 no.5
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    • pp.297-305
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    • 2015
  • AFLS (Adaptive front lighting System) is being applied to improve safety in driving automotive at night. Safe embedded system for controlling head-lamp has to be tightly designed by considering safety requirement of hardware-dependent software, which is embedded in automotive ECU(Electronic Control Unit) hardware under severe environmental noise. In this paper, we propose an adaptive headlight controller with newly-designed symmetric angle sensor compensator, which is integrated with ECU-based adaptive front light system. The proposed system, on which additional backup hardware and emergency control algorithm are integrated, effectively detects abnormal situation and restore safe status of controlling the light-angle in AFLS operations by comparing result in symmetric angle sensor. The controlled angle value is traced into internal memory in runtime and will be continuously compared with the pre-defined lookup table (LUT) with symmetric angle value, which is used in normal operation. The watch-dog concept, which is based on using angle sensor and control-value tracer, enables quick response to restore safe light-controlling state by performing the backup sequence in emergency situation.