• 센서학회지
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.75-81
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• 2020

We introduce a new visible light communication (VLC) method in which three-level return-to-zero (RZ) modulation is used for flicker-free transmission. In the VLC transmitter, the three-level RZ modulation ensures that the average optical power is constant; thus, a flicker-free light-emitting diode (LED) light is achieved. In the VLC receiver, a resistor-capacitor high-pass filter is used for generating spike signals, which are used for data recovery while eliminating the 120 Hz optical noise from adjacent lighting lamps. In transmission experiments, we applied this method for wireless transmission of an air quality sensor message using the visible light of an LED array. This configuration is useful for the construction of indoor wireless sensor networks for air pollution monitoring using LED lights.

• 한국위성정보통신학회논문지
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.59-64
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• 2012

LED 기반 가시광 통신 시스템은 RF통신과 달리 인체에 무해하며, 주파수 허가를 받을 필요가 없고, 주파수 간섭이 없으며, 넓은 가시광 대역을 사용할 수 있는 시스템이다. 또한 물리적 보안 기능을 제공하며, 고속 멀티미디어 데이터 전송이 가능한 장점을 지니고 있어 본 논문에서 가시광 통신 단말기를 구현하기 위한 적합한 변조기법을 제시하였고 구현하였다.

• 한국응급구조학회지
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.87-99
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• 2022

Purpose: This study aimed to provide basic data for the improvement of the standards related to the performance improvement of the firefighting equipment standards for special ambulances. Methods: Among the domestic firefighting equipment standards, the special ambulance standard was compared with the NFPA 1917 standard for the United States automobile ambulance 2019 and European Union European standard EN 1789 medical vehicle and its equipment, a road ambulance. Results: Anti-skid performance based on indoor noise standards, performance standards for interior lights, seat belt warning device, child car seat fixing device, safety handle, auxiliary footrest, and flooring materials should be supplemented. Conclusion: It is necessary to strengthen the production and performance standards for improvement to a level corresponding to the national standards, such as the United States and European Union.

• 한국주거학회논문집
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• 제22권6호
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• pp.31-42
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• 2011

The purpose of the study was to investigate the characteristics of energy use behaviors and energy saving consciousness of multi-family housing residents. The energy referred to in this study includes electric energy, heating energy and water usage. This study was conducted from a survey carried out in Seoul and Gyeonggi-do. The results of the study are as follows: First, among the survey questions, the only positive energy saving behaviors shown by the occupants was turning off the lights and the television, and in the use of kitchen appliances; it could therefore be concluded that, in general, energy saving attitude and consciousness were not sufficient to reduce energy consumption. Second, the results showed high mean scores for the behaviors which were easy to control, such as turning off lights and televisions, and low mean scores for the behaviors which required extra effort to completely cut off electricity energy such as pulling out the plugs of electronic appliances. Third, it was found that the occupants generally showed the tendency to save heating energy. However, in cases where the occupants were required to continuously and directly experience indoor temperatures, they expressed passive attitudes toward saving energy. Fourth, they showed wasteful attitudes toward water usage by leaving the tap running when taking showers and washing their faces. Fifth, while they showed a strong energy saving consciousness, they also showed a passive attitude about putting this into practice; there was therefore some gap between attitude and behavior. Lastly, among the socio-demographic factors, age and family lifecycle were very important factors affecting energy use and energy saving consciousness.

• 전기전자학회논문지
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.432-439
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• 2018

본 논문에서는 플렉시블 솔라셀의 수광면을 원통형으로 만들어 수평면상에서 균일한 수광패턴을 가지는 전방향 가시광 검출기를 개발하였다. 이 솔라셀 광검출기는 서로 다른 위치에서 입사하는 여러 개의 신호광을 동시에 검출하며, 수신부의 ASK복조기에 전력을 공급한다. 실험에서는 시분할 전송 방식을 사용하여 서로 다른 방향으로부터 입사하는 3개 신호광을 솔라셀 광검출기로 수신하였다. 각 신호광은 40 kHz의 캐리어를 사용하여 ASK 변조하였으며, 시분할 전송에 필요한 동기펄스는 실내의 조명램프에 포함된 120 Hz의 AC 신호를 Cds셀로 검출하여 같은 주기로 생성하였다. 이러한 수신구조는 가시광통신에서 $N{\times}1$ 광연결을 구성하는 데에 적합하다.

• International Journal of Advanced Culture Technology
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• 제4권4호
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• pp.6-12
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• 2016

Due to the development of technology, the modern people became to require not only more convenient life but also more comfortable and emotional environment, and individually suitable living environment is applied to residents in a residential space. Recently, while the LED lighting was variously attempted in every sector in society, it is needed to express differentiated lighting according to the resident's individual lifestyle in a residential space. In this paper, we analyze the role of LED lighting suitable for the digitalized lifestyle of the modern people through the relevant literature survey and case studies. The following results are obtained in summary of the rapidly changed recent trends of LED lighting. First, LED light replace existing light sources due to the advanced new technology in LED industry, and take the spotlight as a new lighting solution with the development of variable color LED bulb and the control technology by the wired and wireless communications. Second, LED lighting can be structurally applicable to every lighting device because of its compact and lightweight units, can produce abundant light environment by expression of variable colors and moods with the easy coloring and dimming control, can be reborn as emotional lighting design. Third, as recently practices are constantly appeared that integrate LED lights in the interior elements, such as object and furniture, and combine advanced LED lighting technology to new materials, the portion of illumination on the indoor environment is further increased after integrating the LED lighting and interior elements make boundaries of lighting and product architecture become blurred. LED lighting is confirmed that is being changed from the external functionality including material, shape, color, and etc. into the contextual emotion design including the lights expression, variable color, brightness control, making image, and etc. as the light source in current smart lighting era.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• 제40권7호
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• pp.647-654
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• 2016

수신된 신호세기강도(RSSI)를 이용한 가시광통신기반 실내위치인식은 다른 무선 통신 위치인식 기법에 비해 정확성이 높기 때문에 많이 연구되고 있다. 하지만 수신기의 기울기와 방위에 따라 RSSI가 변할 수 있기 때문에 동일한 위치에서 수신된 신호조차도 큰 오차가 발생할 수 있다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 수신기의 기울기 변화에 의해 발생하는 오차를 감소시키기 위해 가우스-뉴턴(Gauss-Newton) 기법을 적용한 가시광통신기반 3차원 실내위치인식 알고리즘을 제안한다. 제안한 시스템은 수신된 RSSI를 선형 최소자승기법(LSM)을 적용하여 수신기의 초기 위치를 선정함으로써 연산량을 줄이고 수신기의 방위각과 기울기의 변화에 의하여 획득된 RSSI를 포함하는 3차원 비선형 모델에 가우스-뉴턴 기법을 사용하여 정확도를 개선하였다. 제안한 알고리즘의 타당성을 검증하기 위하여 16개의 LED 조명이 설치된 $6{\times}6{\times}3m^3$의 실내 공간에서 수신기의 기울기 및 방위각 변화에 따른 기존의 선형 LSM 기반 삼변측량기법과 제안한 방법에 대한 오차를 비교 및 분석하였다. 실험결과 제안한 알고리즘 위치 정확도가 기존의 선형 LSM 기반 삼변측량기법 대비 82.5% 개선되었다.

• International journal of advanced smart convergence
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• 제6권1호
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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.

• 한국항행학회논문지
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• 제15권5호
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• pp.696-704
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• 2011

본 논문에서는 단일 카메라와 초음파센서 데이터를 융합하는 이동 로봇 주행제어 알고리즘을 제안하였다. 이진화 영상처리를 위한 임계값을 영상 정보와 초음파센서 정보를 이용하는 퍼지추론기법으로 설정하였다. 임계값을 상황에 따라 가변하면 조도가 낮은 환경에서도 장애물 인식이 향상된다. 카메라 영상 정보와 초음파 센서 정보를 융합하여 장애물에 대한 격자지도를 생성하고 원궤적 경로기법으로 장애물을 회피하도록 한다. 제안된 알고리즘의 성능을 입증하기 위하여 조도가 낮은 실내와 좁은 복도에서 Pioneer 2-DX 이동로봇의 주행제어에 적용하였다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제17권10호
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• pp.1622-1628
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• 2007

We characterized the efficacy of an electrostatic precipitator (ESP) air-cleaner in reducing the concentration of Serratia marcescens in an enclosed space. We used an experimental room ($4.5{\times}3{\times}2.9\;m$) in which electrostatic air-cleaners were located. Two air-cleaners enhanced the equivalent ventilation rates in the chamber by about 3.3 air changes per hour (ACH) over the 2 ACH provided by the mechanical ventilation system. Natural die-off of the organisms provided an additional equivalent of 3 ACH, so that the total ventilation rate with the ESP air-ccleaners was 8.3 ACH. We also examined whether the ESP air-cleaners altered the deposition of Serratia marcescens aerosols on the experimental room surfaces. We did not find any significant differences in the number of colony forming units recovered from surfaces with and without the air-cleaners. We installed UV lights inside the ESPs and determined if UV light, in addition to electrical fields, increased the efficacy of the ESPs. The presence of UV light inside the ESP reduced S. marcescens aerosols by approximately 2 ACH. Finally, a box model indicates that the efficiency of the air-cleaner increases for both biological and nonbiological particles at ventilation rates of 0.2-1, which are typical for residential settings.