• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.44 no.3
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• pp.256-265
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• 2016

Software based fault tolerance techniques are designed to allow a system to tolerate software faults in the system. Fault tolerance techniques are divided into two groups : software based fault tolerance techniques and hardware based fault tolerance techniques. We need a proper design method according to characteristics of the system. In this paper, the concepts of software based fault tolerance techniques for Dual Flight Control Computer are described. For software based fault tolerance design, we classified software failure, designed a way for failure detection and the way of recovery. Eventually the effectiveness of software based fault tolerance techniques was verified through the Software Test Environment(STE).

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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• 2019.07a
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• pp.259-260
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• 2019

4차산업이 본격화되면서 드론의 경제적 활용에 대하여 많은 관심이 집중되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 드론의 효율적 제어를 위하여 비행제어시스템의 운용프로그램인 비행제어 프로그램에 대하여 분석한다. 현재 오픈소스 비행 스택들을 다양한 비행제어기에 적용하기 위하여 다양한 기능들을 포함하고 있어 그 크기가 방대하다. 본 연구에서는 공개된 비행제어시스템을 분석하여 소형 무인 비행체인 드론에서 사용할 비행제어프로그램을 설계하고 구현하고자 한다. 제안한 비행제어프로그램은 구조가 간단하여 제어주기에 해당하는 루프타임을 줄일 수 있고, 특정 기능의 추가와 변경이 용이할 것으로 예상한다.

• Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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• v.19 no.8
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• pp.1529-1543
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• 2005

Recently an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has been widely used for military and civil applications. The role of a navigation system in the UAV is to provide navigation data to the flight control computer (FCC) for guidance and control. Since performance of the FCC is highly reliant on the navigation data, a fault in the navigation system may lead to a disastrous failure of the whole UAV. Therefore, the navigation system should possess a fault detection and isolation (FDI) algorithm. This paper proposes an attitude determination GPS/INS integrated navigation system with an FDI algorithm for a UAV. Hardware for the proposed navigation system has been developed. The developed hardware comprises a commercial inertial measurement unit (IMU) and the integrated navigation package (INP) which includes an attitude determination GPS (ADGPS) receiver and a navigation computer unit (NCU). The navigation algorithm was implemented in a real-time operating system with a multi-tasking structure. To evaluate performance of the proposed navigation system, a flight test has been performed using a small aircraft. The test results show that the proposed navigation system can give accurate navigation results even in a high dynamic environment.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1998.11b
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• pp.457-459
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• 1998

This paper presents a 3-DOF hovering flight controller for a model helicopter using the minimal order LQG/LTR technique. A model helicopter is an unstable multi-input multi-output nonlinear system strongly exposed to disturbances, so a robust multi-variable control theory should be applied to control it. The minimal order LQG/LTR technique which uses a reduced-order observer in the LTR procedure is used to design the controller. Performances for the 3-DOF hovering flight controller are evaluated through computer simulations.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2012.05a
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• pp.270-273
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• 2012

In this paper, I present the design of Operational Flight Programs(OFPs) on a Multi-Core based Mission Computer(MC) for the optimized performance of the OFPs on Multi-Core based MC. The program assigned as tasks on Multi-Core environment can be scheduled by designing with the use of OpenMp, which is the standard for parallel programming. This paper also describes the differences between Multi-Core Program(MCP) on the technique and Single-Core Program(SCP) in terms of performance aspect. The new proposed design technique is applied to the Integrated Up-Front Control OFP(IUFC OFP) on General Processor Module where Multi-Core based. This paper describes the Multi-Core design technique for the optimized performance of the IUFC OFP, which display and control flight data(Navigation, Communication, Identification Friend or Foe) to pilot.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.39 no.11
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• pp.1060-1068
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• 2011

In this paper, we present a development of an Operation Flight Program(OFP) on Real Time Operating System(RTOS) and Java Virtual Machine(JVM) of real-time and embedded system. The OFPs are consisted of Multi Function Display(MFD), Integrated Up Front Control(IUFC), Head Up Display(HUD) and Fire Control(FC) and loaded for localization Mission Computer(MC). This paper describes the structure and implementation of a MFD OFP and middleware based on Java.

• Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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• v.25 no.4
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• pp.273-279
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• 2021

A flight control computer(FLCC) applied to an unmanned aerial vehicle(UAV) is a safety-critical item, and which is designed in a multiple structure to increase the reliability of operation by securing fault tolerance. These FLCC of multiple structure should be designed so that each independent processing/control components can perform the same operation at the same time. And for this reason, a synchronization algorithm for synchronizing the operation between FLCCs should be included in an operational flight program. In this paper, we propose a software design method for synchronization between dual FLCCs applied to UAVs. The proposed synchronization method is designed to synchronize using only the minimum hardware resources to reduce a failure rate. In addition, the proposed synchronization method is designed to minimized synchronization errors due to a timer operation by designing in consideration of operation characteristics of the hardware timer used for the synchronization.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2009.11a
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• pp.79-80
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• 2009

최근 UAV(Unmanned Aerial Vehicle)의 OFP(Operation Flight Program)에 대한 많은 연구가 진행되고 있다. UAV의 OFP는 경성 소프트웨어 일종으로 Time deadline과 수많은 요인으로 인한 Fault에 대하여 소프트웨어의 높은 신뢰성이 요구가 된다. 본 논문에서는 UAV의 OFP에 대하여 STR(Primary-Shadow TMO replication)기반의 fault tolerant Architecture에 대하여 제안을 한다.

• Journal of Aerospace System Engineering
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• v.3 no.3
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• pp.32-38
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• 2009

An autothrottle module for small jet aircraft Fly-By-Wire system was developed. The autothrottle was designed to be composed of DC geared motor and electro-magnetic clutch that enables smooth manual/auto switching. A controller was designed for simple position control using ON/OFF control method with a commercial motor driver. The autothrottle developed was installed in the cockpit mockup and interfaced to the flight control computer for the HILS test. The performance test proved that the throttle lever follows well the command signal from the flight control computer.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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• v.17 no.4
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• pp.448-455
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• 2014

Virtual Fire Control System(VFCS) in attack helicopter is developed. VFCS is comprised of multifunction display, store management computer, mission computer, target acquisition and designation system, mission planning system, weapon simulator and flight simulator. Weapon engagement process under the operational environment of helicopter was considered by using the VFCS. We considered hellfire missile, tow missile, unguided rocket and turret gun. The results of this study will be utilized efficiently on integrated fire control system SIL(System Integration Lab.) in attack helicopter.