• 공학교육연구
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• 제15권5호
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• pp.93-97
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• 2012

Most of ubiquitous computing devices such as stereo camera, ultrasonic sensor based MIT cricket system and other wireless sensor network devices are widely applied to the 2 Dimensional(2D) localization system in today. Because stereo camera cannot estimate the optimal location between moving node and beacon node in Wireless Personal Area Network(WPAN) under Non Line Of Sight(NLOS) environment, it is a great weakness point to the design of the 2D localization system in indoor environment. But the conventional 2D triangulation scheme that is adapted to the MIT cricket system cannot estimate the 3 Dimensional(3D) coordinate values for estimation of the optimal location of the moving node generally. Therefore, the 3D triangulation scheme based on the space segmentation in WPAN is suggested in this paper. The measuring data in the suggested scheme by computer simulation is compared with that of the geographic measuring data in the AutoCAD software system. The average error of coordinates values(x,y,z) of the moving node is calculated to 0.008m by the suggested scheme. From the results, it can be seen that the location correctness of the suggested scheme is very excellent for using the localization system in WPAN.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.242-247
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• 2008

As an absolute positioning system, iGS is designed based on ultrasonic signals whose speed can be formulated clearly in terms of time and room temperature, which is utilized for a mobile robot localization. The iGS is composed of an RFID receiver and an ultra-sonic transmitter, where an RFID is designated to synchronize the transmitter and receiver of the ultrasonic signal. The traveling time of the ultrasonic signal has been used to calculate the distance between the iGS system and a beacon which is located at a pre-determined location. This paper suggests an effective operation method of iGS to estimate position of the mobile robot working in unstructured environment. To expand recognition range and to improve accuracy of the system, two strategies are proposed: utilization of beacons belonging to neighboring blocks and removal of the environment-reflected ultrasonic signals. As the results, the ubiquitous localization system based on iGS as a pseudo-satellite system has been developed successfully with a low cost, a high update rate, and relatively high precision.

• 한국전자통신학회논문지
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.21-26
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• 2012

본 논문에서는 HSDPA 상용 무선 네트워크 환경을 이용하여 실시간으로 영상 데이터를 전송하고 위치를 인식하는 시스템을 제안한다. 이번 연구에서는 MPEG4를 기반으로 하는 새로운 영상 압축 알고리듬을 개발하여 130 kbps 대역폭과 30 fps의 QVGA 영상 전송률을 실현하였다. 이동 차량에 탑재할 목적으로 본 시스템을 소형화하고 전력 효율을 좋게 하였으며 외란에도 견실하게 설계하였다. 시스템을 실제 구동시켜 얻은 동영상 캡쳐 화면과 위치 인식 데이터를 제시하여 개발한 시스템의 성능을 검증한다. 본 시스템은 순찰차 및 대중교통 시스템에 적용하는 것을 목표로 하고 있으며 유선 전송이 어려운 오지 환경에서 실시간으로 영상정보를 획득하고자 할 때도 적용 가능하다.

• 한국항행학회논문지
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.83-90
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• 2011

위치인식 기술은 사물이나 사람의 위치를 측정하여 서로 정보를 교환하고 환경을 제어하는데 필요한 핵심기술이다. 현재도 위치인식 기술은 다양한 방법들로 연구되고 있으며, 물류, 의학, 로봇 분야 등에 적용될 수 있다. 그러나 위치인식 기술을 적용하려면 많은 비용이 필요하다. 이에 본 논문에서는 적은 비용으로 구현 가능한 Zigbee기반 AoA 위치인식 시스템을 제안한다. 본 시스템은 흔히 이용하는 스텝 모터, 지향성 안테나, Zigbee 모듈을 사용하여 비컨에 지향성 안테나를 회전시켜 RSSI값을 측정하였다. RSSI값이 가장 큰 값을 가질 때 스텝 모터의 회전각을 계산하여 수신기가 위치한 각도를 판단하고 AoA 방식을 적용하여 수신기의 위치를 측정하였다. 수신기의 위치를 옮겨가며 측정한 결과 35~36cm 정도의 오차가 있었다.

• 정보처리학회논문지:컴퓨터 및 통신 시스템
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.113-120
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• 2017

실내 Wi-Fi환경에서 위치추정 정확도를 향상시키기 위한 위치추정에 대한 연구가 수년 동안 계속되어 오고 있다. 핑거프린트 기법 및 전파모델은 실내 위치추정에 있어서 매우 중요한 기술이다. 추가적인 하드웨어 없이 저비용으로 핑거프린트 기법을 사용하는 다양한 위치추정 시스템에 대한 연구가 진행되고 있다. 그러나 실내 위치추정 모델에서 VAP (virtual access points) 개념을 사용하여 이러한 목표를 실현한 사례는 매우 드물다. 본 논문은 Wi-Fi 환경의 핑거프린트 기반에서 VAP를 사용한 실내 위치추정 시스템의 아이디어를 제시하였다. 이 아이디어의 핵심은 실제 실내 Wi-Fi 환경에서 VAP를 사용하여 AP의 역할을 수행 할 수 있다. 제안 알고리즘의 성능분석을 위하여 4개의 시나리오를 사용하여 실험한 결과, 1개의 AP 대신에 2개의 VAP를 사용했을 때 가장 우수한 결과가 도출되었으며, 실험의 3번째 경우인 3개의 AP와 2개의 VAP를 사용했을 때 3.99 미터의 가장 낮은 위치오차가 발생하였음을 확인하였다.

• Journal of Multimedia Information System
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.179-188
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• 2018

In order to overcome the problems of contact palmprint recognition, a non-contact palmprint recognition system is developed on personal computer (PC) platform. Three methods, namely "double-line-single-point" (DLSP), "double-assistant-crosshair" (DAC) and "none-assistant-graphic" (NAG), are implemented for the palmprint localization to solve the severe technical challenges, including the complex background, variant illuminations, uncontrollable locations and gestures of hands. In NAG, hand segmentation and the cropping of region of interest are performed without any assistant graphics. The convex hull contour of hand helps detect the outside contour of little finger as well as the valley bottom between thumb and index finger. The three methods of palmprint localization have good operating efficiency and can meet the performance requirements of real-time system. Furthermore, an attendance system on PC platform is designed and developed based on non-contact palmprint recognition.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.1339-1355
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• 2023

Localization is a hot research spot for many areas, especially in the mobile robot field. Due to the weak signal of the global positioning system (GPS), the alternative schemes in an indoor environment include wireless signal transmitting and receiving solutions, laser rangefinder to build a map followed by a re-localization stage and visual positioning methods, etc. Among all wireless signal positioning techniques, Wi-Fi is the most common one. Wi-Fi access points are installed in most indoor areas of human activities, and smart devices equipped with Wi-Fi modules can be seen everywhere. However, the localization of a mobile robot using a Wi-Fi scheme usually lacks orientation information. Besides, the distance error is large because of indoor signal interference. Another research direction that mainly refers to laser sensors is to actively detect the environment and achieve positioning. An occupancy grid map is built by using the simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) method when the mobile robot enters the indoor environment for the first time. When the robot enters the environment again, it can localize itself according to the known map. Nevertheless, this scheme only works effectively based on the prerequisite that those areas have salient geometrical features. If the areas have similar scanning structures, such as a long corridor or similar rooms, the traditional methods always fail. To address the weakness of the above two methods, this work proposes a coarse-to-fine paradigm and an improved localization algorithm that utilizes Wi-Fi to assist the robot localization in a geometrically similar environment. Firstly, a grid map is built by using laser SLAM. Secondly, a fingerprint database is built in the offline phase. Then, the RSSI values are achieved in the localization stage to get a coarse localization. Finally, an improved particle filter method based on the Wi-Fi signal values is proposed to realize a fine localization. Experimental results show that our approach is effective and robust for both global localization and the kidnapped robot problem. The localization success rate reaches 97.33%, while the traditional method always fails.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2003년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.306-311
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• 2003

This paper presents a novel localization paradigm for mobile robots based on artificial and natural landmarks. A model-based object recognition method detects natural landmarks and conducts the global and topological localization. In addition, a metric localization method using artificial landmarks is fused to complement the deficiency of topology map and guide to action behavior. The recognition algorithm uses a modified local Zernike moments and a probabilistic voting method for the robust detection of objects in cluttered indoor environments. An artificial landmark is designed to have a three-dimensional multi-colored structure and the projection distortion of the structure encodes the distance and viewing direction of the robot. We demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed system through real world experiments using a mobile robot, KASIRI-III.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.610-618
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• 2011

For improved localization around the indoor/outdoor transit area of buildings, this paper proposes an efficient algorithm combining the measurements from the WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network) and the GPS (Global Positioning System) for. The proposed hybrid localization algorithm considers both multipath errors and NLOS (Non-Line-of-Sight) errors, which occur in most wireless localization systems. To detect and isolate multipath errors occurring in GPS measurements, the propose algorithm utilizes conventional multipath test statistics. To convert WLAN signal strength measurements to range estimates in the presence of NLOS errors, a simple and effective calibration algorithm is designed to compute conversion parameters. By selecting and combining the reliable GPS and WLAN measurements, the proposed hybrid localization algorithm provides more accurate location estimates. An experiment result demonstrates the performance of the proposed algorithm.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2004년도 학술대회 논문집 정보 및 제어부문
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• pp.493-495
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• 2004

In this paper, shows a research in accordance with the design the implementation of the localization system for mobile robot using INS(Inertial Navigation System) and GPS(Global Positioning System). First, a Strapdown Inertial Navigation System : SDINS is designed and implemented for low speed walking robot, by modifying Inertial Navigation System which is widely used for rocket, airplane, ship and so on. In addition, thesis proposes the localization of robot with the method of loosely coupled method by using Kalman Filter with INS/GPS integrated system to utilize assumed position and steed data from GPS.