• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제18권12호
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• pp.2968-2974
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• 2014

건물에 설치된 조명의 경우, 야간 통행자 및 광량이 부족한 곳을 위해 인체 감지센서를 이용하여 조명을 제어한다. 그러나 부적절한 센서 위치로 인한 오작동의 문제가 있으며, 대형 건물 통로의 경우 통행자 통과 후에도 장시간 조명기구가 점등되어 있는 문제점이 존재한다. 본 논문에서는 실내 위치 측위를 통해 상주자의 위치에 따라 조명을 제어하는 위치측위 기반 조명 제어 시스템을 제안한다. 제안하는 시스템은 위치측위 기술 중 하나인 fingerprinting 기술을 이용, 스마트 디바이스를 통해 수집된 RSSI (Received Signal Strength Indicator) 데이터를 토대로 측위 된 영역에 해당하는 조명만을 점등함으로써 불필요하게 소비되는 소비전력을 감소시킨다. 4인의 상주자가 존재하는 환경에서 실험결과 개별 조명의 조도는 308 lux였으며, 기존 방식에 비해 49 Wh의 소비전력 절감 효과가 나타났음을 확인하였다.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제14권6호
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• pp.608-614
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• 2008

This paper describes a location tracking system to guide landing process of an Unmanned Helicopter(UMH) exploiting MIT Cricket nodes. For automatic landing of a UMH, a precise positioning system is indispensable. However, GPS(Global Positioning System) is inadequate for tracking the three dimensional position of a UMH because of large positioning errors. The Cricket systems use Time-Difference-of-Arrival(TDoA) method with ultrasonic and RF(Radio Frequency) signals to measure distances. They operate in passive mode in that a listener attached to a moving device receives distance signals from several beacons located at fixed points on ground. Inevitably, this passive type of implementation causes large disturbances in measuring distances between beacons and the listener due to wind blow from propeller and turbulence of UMH body. To cope with this problem, we proposed active type of implementation for positioning a UMH. In this implementation, a beacon is set up at UMH body and four listeners are located at ground area at least where the UMH will land. A pair of Ultrasonic and RF signals from the beacon arrives at several listeners to calculate the position of the UMH. The distance signals among listeners are synchronized with a counter value appended to each distance signals from the beacon.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제40권1호
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• pp.226-232
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• 2015

스마트기기 시대가 도래함에 따라, 최근 스마폰과 관련한 많은 응용 서비스들이 개발되고 있으며, LBS(Location Based Service) 기술은 위치 기반 서비스를 제공하기 위해 가장 중요한 기술 중의 하나로 인식되고 있다. 일반적으로 스마트폰의 위치인식은 GPS(Global Positioning System), G-Sensor와 같은 위치 인식 시스템 및 센서를 이용하여 위치 정보를 획득하게 된다. 그러나 실내에서는 위성으로부터의 GPS 신호를 수신하기가 거의 불가능하므로 실내 환경을 위한 새로운 LBS 기술이 필요하다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 문제를 해결하기 위해 LED 조명과 스마트폰의 카메라 센서를 이용한 위치정보 송수신기를 제안한다. 제안 위치 인식 시스템의 실용성 검증을 위해 실험실 환경에서의 실험을 통해 그 가능성을 입증하였다.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.537-542
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• 2016

The demand for LBS (Location Based Services) is increasing in the development of communication and mobile technologies. Positioning technology is a core technology for LBS, because LBS is based on a position of each device or user. But positioning technology especially for indoor environments is getting a lot of attention. Indoor positioning errors usually occur seriously in indoor environments where APs (Access Points) are set in a very concentrated and complex arrangement. In order to reduce indoor positioning errors, we adopt DOP (Dilution of Precision) which reflects an APs configuration information. In this paper, we propose an enhanced indoor positioning method using IEEE 802.11 RSSI measurements and AP configuration information.

• Journal of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.91-100
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• 2013

This paper introduces an indoor sensor fusion wireless communication device which provides the Location Based Service (LBS) using fire prevention facility. The proposed system can provide information in real time by optimizing the hardware of Wi-Fi technology. The proposed system can be applied to a fire prevention facility (i.e., emergency exit) and provide information such as escape way, emergency exit location, and accident alarm to smart phone users, dedicated terminal holders, or other related organizations including guardians, which makes them respond instantly with lifesaving, emergency mobilization, etc. Also, the proposed system can be used as a composite fire detection sensor node with additional fire and motion detect sensors.

• Journal of Communications and Networks
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.837-845
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• 2016

Providing a customer with tailored location-based services (LBSs) is a fundamental problem. For location-estimation techniques with radio-based measurements, LBS applications are widely available for mobile devices (MDs), such as smartphones, enabling users to run multi-task applications. LBS information not only enables obtaining the current location of an MD but also provides real-time push-pull communication service. For indoor environments, localization technologies based on radio frequency (RF) pattern-matching approaches are accurate and commonly used. However, to survey radio information for pattern-matching approaches, a considerable amount of time and work is spent in indoor environments. Consequently, in order to reduce the system-deployment cost and computing complexity, this article proposes an indoor positioning approach, which involves using Asus Xtion to facilitate capturing RF signals during an offline site survey. The depth information obtained using Asus Xtion is utilized to estimate the locations and predict the received signal strength (RF information) at uncertain locations. The proposed approach effectively reduces not only the time and work costs but also the computing complexity involved in determining the orientation and RF during the online positioning phase by estimating the user's location by using a smartphone. The experimental results demonstrated that more than 78% of time was saved, and the number of samples acquired using the proposed method during the offline phase was twice as much as that acquired using the conventional method. For the online phase, the location estimates have error distances of less than 2.67 m. Therefore, the proposed approach is beneficial for use in various LBS applications.

• 한국인터넷방송통신학회논문지
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.151-156
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• 2015

스마트폰의 사용이 크게 활성화됨에 따라 거의 모든 사람들이 항상 휴대하고 있으며, 실외에서는 GPS 위성시스템을 이용하여 자신의 위치를 인식하고 관련된 응용 서비스를 제공받을 수 있다. 그러나 실내에서는 스마트폰의 위치를 인식하기도 어렵고 TDOA 방식의 상대 위치를 측정하는 방식에서는 글로벌 좌표를 인식할 수 없다. 본 논문에서는 음향 신호를 이용한 TDOA 방식의 상대 위치 추정 시스템에서, GPS 수신기와 지자기 센서를 이용하여 실내에서 스마트폰의 글로벌 좌표를 인식하는 시스템이 제안되었고, 그 성능과 실험 결과가 기술되었다.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.75-82
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• 2016

Visible light communication (VLC) using LED lamps is suitable for implementing an indoor positioning system in an indoor environment where the global positioning system (GPS) signal does not reach. In this paper, we present an indoor positioning system for mobile robots using a VLC beacon and fuzzy rules. This system consists of an autonomous mobile robot, VLC modules, and device application software. Fuzzy rules are applied to plan the global and local paths along which the mobile robot navigates indoors. The VLC transmitter modules are attached to the wall or the ceiling as beacons to transmit their own location information. The variable pulse position modulation (VPPM) algorithm is used to transmit data, which is a new modulation scheme for VLC providing a dimming control mechanism for flicker-free optical communication. The mobile robot has a receiver module to receive the location information while performing its mission in the environment where VLC transmitters are deployed.

• 정보과학회 컴퓨팅의 실제 논문지
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• 제21권12호
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• pp.798-803
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• 2015

DGPS는 기존 GPS의 위치측위 정밀도를 지상 기준국의 보정정보를 이용하여 향상시킬 수 있는 기술이다. 현재 전국을 대상으로 DGPS 보정정보 송출이 가능하도록 인프라가 구축되어 있으나, 고가의 DGPS 전용장비가 필요하다는 제약으로 제한된 분야에서만 활용되고 있다. 스마트폰을 이용한 DGPS 단말의 개발은 이러한 한계를 극복하고 다양한 위치기반 서비스에 DGPS를 적용할 수 있도록 함으로써, 위치기반 서비스의 새로운 서비스 모델의 구현이 가능하게 할 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 스마트폰 환경에서 DMB 방송망, 이동통신망을 통해서 수신된 DGPS 보정정보를 활용하여 고정밀 위치측위가 가능한 DGPS 단말 개발에 대해서 소개하고자 한다.

• 한국멀티미디어학회논문지
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• 제24권12호
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• pp.1682-1692
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• 2021

Digital Twin, one of the core technologies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, is attracting attention as a very suitable technology for disaster monitoring such as fires and earthquakes. In this paper, we implement a system equipped with UWB RTLS(Ultra-Wideband Real Time Location System), real-time remote control, and video streaming, which are element technologies for disaster monitoring digital twin. Since the proposed system structure is based on a cloud server, the actual location of the UWB indoor positioning-based client is transmitted to the user device in real time and stored on the cloud server for statistical and data analysis. In addition, we demonstrate through experiments that outliers occurs when the value of RSSI(Received Signal Strength Indicator) decreases due to communication collisions between UWB Tags, and propose an RSSI outlier correction algorithm to solve this problem.