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A Study on Implementation of Safety Navigation Mobile Application Converging Marine Environment Information and Location-Based Service

  • Jeon, Joong-Sung
    • Journal of Navigation and Port Research
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    • v.43 no.5
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    • pp.289-295
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    • 2019
  • In this paper, we implemented a safety navigation mobile application that converged AtoN information and location-based services. When application user uses the smartphone's GPS sensor to transmit the user's vessel location data to the data server, the user receives information of which its providing range is considered, such as stored AtoN data, neighboring vessels information, danger area, and weather information in the server. Providing information is sorted based on the smartphone's direction and inclination and it will be also delivered via wireless network (5G, LTE, 3G, WiFi). Additionally the application is available to implement other functions such as information provision through voice and text alarming service when the user's vessel is either approaching or entering the danger area, and an expanded information provision service that is available in shadow area linking with data-storing methods; other linkable data such as weather and other neighboring vessels will be applied based on the lasted-saved data perceived from the non-shadow area.

A estimated Method of Node's relative position in Wireless Sensor Network (무선 센서 네트워크에서의 노드의 상대위치 추정방법)

  • Lee, Hyunjun;Lee, Kyungoh
    • Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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    • 2010.04a
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    • pp.589-592
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    • 2010
  • 무선 센서 네트워크에 대한 연구에서 센서 노드 로부터 발생한 데이터는 데이터 그 자체의 의미도 중요하지만, 데이터의 발생 위치 역시 매우 중요하다고 할 수 있다. 기존 연구로 센서 노드의 위치를 추정할 수 많은 방법들이 있지만, GPS 를 이용하거나 절대적인 위치를 알고 있는 앵커 노드 등을 이용하는 방법들은 추가적인 하드웨어 및 여러 번의 통신이 필요하게 되고 그에 따라 에너지 소비의 증가와 앵커 노드의 손실에 의한 오차의 확대 등 많은 문제를 갖고 있다. 본 논문에서는 센서 노드를 하드웨어적으로 단순화 할 수 있는 거리에 기반하지 않은(range-free) 방식을 사용하여 무선 센서 네트워크에서 싱크 노드로부터 센서 노드의 상대적인 위치를 추정하고 추정 데이터를 기반으로 싱크 노드에서 보정하는 방법으로 자원의 제약에서 비교적 자유로운 싱크 노드의 역할을 증대시킨 위치 추정 및 보정방법에 대해 설명한다.

Development of a 3D Localization Algorithm Using Hull Geometry Information (선체 형상 정보를 활용한 3차원 위치인식 알고리즘 개발)

  • Mingyu Jang;Jinhyun Kim
    • Journal of Sensor Science and Technology
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    • v.32 no.5
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    • pp.300-306
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    • 2023
  • A hull-cleaning robot sticks to the surface of a vessel and moves for efficient cleaning. Precise path planning and tracking using the current position is crucial. Many robots rely on the INS algorithm, but errors accumulate. To fix this, GPS, sonar, and USBL are used, though with limitations. Selecting suitable sensors for the surface operation and accurate positioning algorithm are vital. In this study, we developed a robot position estimation algorithm using the structure of a ship. Problems that arise when expanding the 2D position estimation algorithm used in existing wall structures to 3D were evaluated and methods for solving them were proposed. In addition, we aimed to improve performance by deriving singularities that exist in the robot path and proposing an error correction algorithm based on the singularities.

Augmented Reality (AR)-Based Sensor Location Recognition and Data Visualization Technique for Structural Health Monitoring (구조물 건전성 모니터링을 위한 증강현실 기반 센서 위치인식 및 데이터시각화 기술)

  • Park, Woong Ki;Lee, Chang Gil;Park, Seung Hee;You, Young Jun;Park, Ki Tae
    • Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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    • v.17 no.2
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    • pp.1-9
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    • 2013
  • In recent years, numerous mega-size and complex civil infrastructures have been constructed worldwide. For the more precise construction and maintenance process management of these civil infrastructures, the application of a variety of smart sensor-based structural health monitoring (SHM) systems is required. The efficient management of both sensors and collected databases is also very important. Recently, several kinds of database access technologies using Quick Response (QR) code and Augmented Reality (AR) applications have been developed. These technologies provide software tools incorporated with mobile devices, such as smart phone, tablet PC and smart pad systems, so that databases can be accessed very quickly and easily. In this paper, an AR-based structural health monitoring technique is suggested for sensor management and the efficient access of databases collected from sensor networks that are distributed at target structures. The global positioning system (GPS) in mobile devices simultaneously recognizes the user location and sensor location, and calculates the distance between the two locations. In addition, the processed health monitoring results are sent from a main server to the user's mobile device, via the RSS (really simple syndication) feed format. It can be confirmed that the AR-based structural health monitoring technique is very useful for the real-time construction process management of numerous mega-size and complex civil infrastructures.

Electronic Roll Book using Electronic Bracelet.Child Safe-Guarding Device System (전자 팔찌를 이용한 전자 출석부.어린이 보호 장치 시스템)

  • Moon, Seung-Jin;Kim, Tae-Nam;Kim, Pan-Su
    • Journal of Intelligence and Information Systems
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    • v.17 no.4
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    • pp.143-155
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    • 2011
  • Lately electronic tagging policy for the sexual offenders was introduced in order to reduce and prevent sexual offences. However, most sexual offences against children happening these days are committed by the tagged offenders whose identities have been released. So, for the crime prevention, we need measures with which we could minimize the suffers more promptly and actively. This paper suggests a new system to relieve the sexual abuse related anxiety of the children and solve the problems that electronic bracelet has. Existing bracelets are only worn by serious criminals, and it's only for risk management and positioning, there is no way to protect the children who are the potential victims of sexual abuse and there actually happened some cases. So we suggest also letting the students(children) wear the LBS(Location Based Service) and USN(Ubiquitous Sensor Network) technology based electronic bracelets to monitor and figure out dangerous situations intelligently, so that we could prevent sexual offences against children beforehand, and while a crime is happening, we could judge the situation of the crime intelligently and take swift action to minimize the suffer. And by checking students' attendance and position, guardians could know where their children are in real time and could protect the children from not only sexual offences but also violent crimes against children like kidnapping. The overall system is like follows : RFID Tag for children monitors the approach of offenders. While an offender's RFID tag is approaching, it will transmit the situation and position as the first warning message to the control center and the guardians. When the offender is going far away, it turns to monitoring mode, and if the tag of the child or the offender is taken off or the child and offender stay at one position for 3~5 minutes or longer, then it will consider this as a dangerous situation, then transmit the emergency situations and position as the second warning message to the control center and the guardians, and ask for the dispatch of police to prevent the crime at the initial stage. The RFID module of criminals' electronic bracelets is RFID TAG, and the RFID module for the children is RFID receiver(reader), so wherever the offenders are, if an offender is at a place within 20m from a child, RFID module for children will transmit the situation every certain periods to the control center by the automatic response of the receiver. As for the positioning module, outdoors GPS or mobile communications module(CELL module)is used and UWB, WI-FI based module is used indoors. The sensor is set under the purpose of making it possible to measure the position coordinates even indoors, so that one could send his real time situation and position to the server of central control center. By using the RFID electronic roll book system of educational institutions and safety system installed at home, children's position and situation can be checked. When the child leaves for school, attendance can be checked through the electronic roll book, and when school is over the information is sent to the guardians. And using RFID access control turnstiles installed at the apartment or entrance of the house, the arrival of the children could be checked and the information is transmitted to the guardians. If the student is absent or didn't arrive at home, the information of the child is sent to the central control center from the electronic roll book or access control turnstiles, and look for the position of the child's electronic bracelet using GPS or mobile communications module, then send the information to the guardians and teacher so that they could report to the police immediately if necessary. Central management and control system is built under the purpose of monitoring dangerous situations and guardians' checking. It saves the warning and pattern data to figure out the areas with dangerous situation, and could help introduce crime prevention systems like CCTV with the highest priority. And by DB establishment personal data could be saved, the frequency of first and second warnings made, the terminal ID of the specific child and offender, warning made position, situation (like approaching, taken off of the electronic bracelet, same position for a certain time) and so on could be recorded, and the data is going to be used for preventing crimes. Even though we've already introduced electronic tagging to prevent recurrence of child sexual offences, but the crimes continuously occur. So I suggest this system to prevent crimes beforehand concerning the children's safety. If we make electronic bracelets easy to use and carry, and set the price reasonably so that many children can use, then lots of criminals could be prevented and we can protect the children easily. By preventing criminals before happening, it is going to be a helpful system for our safe life.

Ground Altitude Computation Algorithm using Laser Altimeter and GPS for UAV Automatic Take-off and Landing (레이저 고도계 및 GPS를 이용한 무인기의 자동이착륙용 지면고도계산 알고리듬 설계)

  • Cho, Sangook;Choi, Keeyoung;Kim, Sung-Su
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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    • v.41 no.1
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    • pp.54-60
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    • 2013
  • This paper presents a ground altitude determination algorithm using a laser altimeter and GPS for automatic take-off and landing of UAV. The characteristics of the laser altimeter was analyzed in ground tests and a low-pass filter was designed to reduce the effect of signal interruption due to reflectivity problem. The paper shows that a single sensor cannot measure ground altitude appropriately in terms of reliability and accuracy. To complement shortcomings of the laser altimeter, the linear Kalman filter was designed using DGPS vertical speed. Designed filter was validated and tuned through the steps of simulation, ground test and flight test. It was confirmed that the accuracy for automatic landing is achievable.

Attitude Determination Technique using Ultrasound and RF Signal (초음파와 RF를 이용한 자세결정)

  • Kim, Seung-Beom;Kang, Dong-Youn;Yun, Hee-Hak;Lee, Geon-Woo;Lee, Sang-Jeong;Park, Chan-Sik
    • Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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    • v.13 no.10
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    • pp.1025-1031
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    • 2007
  • GPS is widely used for positioning applications and attitude of a vehicle can be found also with multiple antennas. However, extremely weak signal level prevents GPS from indoor operation. DR with accelerometers and gyros and landmark based localization method used for indoor applications increase complexity and cost. In this paper, a simple but very efficient ultrasound based attitude determination system which determines both position and attitude in WSN is given. The range between transmitter and receivers are measured using the arrival time difference between ultrasound and RF signal. The 3 dimensional positions can be found using more than 3 range measurements. Furthermore, if more than 2 transmitters are used, the attitude can be determined using the baseline vectors obtained by differencing transmitter and receiver positions. The prototype system is implemented to evaluate the performance of the proposed method. In addition, an error analysis shows the relation between the attitude error and basel me length, quality of measurement and orientation of a vehicle. The static and dynamic experiments performed by micro mobile robot shows accurate position with less than 1.5cm error and attitude with less than 1 degree error can be obtained continuously with 20cm baseline. It is expected that these results can be adapted without modification to indoor applications such as home cleaning robot and autonomous wheelchair maneuvering.

Design and Implementation of Smart LED Bicycle Helmet using Arduino (아두이노를 이용한 스마트 LED 자전거 헬멧의 설계 및 구현)

  • Ahn, Sung-Woo
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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    • v.20 no.6
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    • pp.1148-1153
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    • 2016
  • The number of cyclists is on the steady growing for leisure and transportation with the increasing interest in health and environment. However, the number of cycling accidents is also increasing steadily due to the lack of safety awareness and regulations. Focusing on this issue, we propose and develop a smart LED bicycle helmet in order to reduce a risk of cycling accident. The main idea is to change status of the LED on the helmet based on the bicycle's movement and provide motion information of the bicycle for others. To control the LED lights on the helmet, we use the Arduino board which communicates with the LED module through serial connection. We decide motion information by using the values from acceleration and GPS sensors of the smartphone. To receive this information from the smartphone, the control board and the smartphone are connected by Bluetooth.

An Indoor Localization and Guidance System for the Visually Impaired Person Based on Bluetooth 4.0 (시각 장애인을 위한 Bluetooth 4.0 기반의 실내 위치 추정 및 안내 시스템)

  • Bae, Sun-Young
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.16 no.8
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    • pp.202-208
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    • 2016
  • The scope of activities of the visually impaired is increasing. But they are not easy to visit the destination safely because the building was complicated and larger than ever. There is a guide system for visually impaired such as GPS and Audio alerts, Braille guide block, Acoustic signaller, etc. But they are not suitable for indoor because most of them are the outdoor guide system. Therefore, in this paper, I propose a system that provides guidance information to the visually impaired using Voice Technology, TTS (Text to Speech) and Haptic Technology, Beacon based on the wireless sensor networks. It informed the visually impaired of guidance information about destination such as distance, height, and obstacle to the destination using the generalized smart phone. The user could be received guide info about searches for the optimal route to the destination using the TTS technology and Haptic technology in test result of the proposed system.

Implementation and field test for autonomous navigation of manta UUV (만타형 무인 잠수정의 개발과 실해역 성능시험)

  • Ko, Sung-Hyub;Kim, Dong-Hee;Kim, Joon-Young
    • Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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    • v.37 no.6
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    • pp.644-652
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    • 2013
  • This paper describes the development and field experiments of Manta-type Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV). Various simulations for Manta UUV are performed by using the nonlinear 6-DOF motion of equations. Through this simulation we verified the motion performances of Manta UUV. To acquire the blueprint of Manta UUV, it was designed with the simulation results. The Manta UUV uses a Doppler Velocity Log (DVL), gyrocompass, GPS, pressure sensor and other minor sensors, applied to measure the motion, position and path of Manta UUV. For its propulsion and changing a direction in the underwater, one vertical fin and four horizontal fins are installed at the hull of UUV. The Manta UUV system was verified with motion and autonomous navigation test at field.