• Journal of the Korean Society of Industry Convergence
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• v.23 no.2_1
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• pp.125-137
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• 2020

Tracking micro-sized insects is one of the challenges of protecting ecosystems and biodiversity. In this study, we propose an approach for the autonomous tracking of micro-sized flying insects, and develop an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-based robotic system. The Kalman filter is applied to the received signal strength emitted from radio telemetry to estimate the position while reducing the measurement error and noise. The autonomous tracking strategy is a method in which the UAV rotates at one point to measure the signal strength and control its position in the strongest direction of the signal. We also design a system architecture comprising a tracking sensor system and a UAV system for micro-sized insects. The estimation and autonomous tracking of the target position by the proposed system are verified and evaluated through dynamic simulation. Therefore, in this study, we propose and validate a UAV-based tracking system for micro-sized flying insects, which has not been proposed in studies conducted thus far.

• Journal of Engineering Education Research
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• v.24 no.5
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• pp.46-52
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• 2021

This study introduces the development and application of instructional materials for a micro-UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) design and manufacturing program in university education for freshman/sophomore students. The ADDIE methodology was applied to the development of educational materials, which consist of 15 lessons including the aircraft design theory, 3D CAD modeling, 3D printing production, and UAV flight control. The validity of the program was evaluated with 8 expert panels. A total of 82 participants from engineering and social science grouped the 16 teams for the creative UAV wing design and cooperative interactions. The results of overall program satisfaction survey was measured highly as the average 4.54 (out of 5), so that the students were content with the professional engineering knowledge, 3D digital tools, and the opportunity to design and manufacture airplanes on their own. In conclusion, it can be confirmed that the developed program is effective for UAV education for junior level college student.

• Proceedings of the Korea Contents Association Conference
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• 2016.05a
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• pp.197-198
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• 2016

본 연구에서는 소형UAV중 쿼드콥터, 헥사콥터, 옥토콥터를 이용하여 문화재지정구역 현장에서 경로비행을 실제 운용함으로써 명승조사연구에 적용 가능한 소형UAV를 확인하고자 하였다.

• Spatial Information Research
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• v.23 no.3
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• pp.91-100
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• 2015

We developed a micro UAV based rapid mapping system that provides geospatial information of target areas in a rapid and automatic way. Users can operate the system easily although they are inexperienced in UAV operation and photogrammetric processes. For the aerial data acquisition, we constructed a micro UAV system mounted with a digital camera, a GPS/IMU, and a control board for the sensor integration and synchronization. We also developed a flight planning software and data processing software for the generation of geo-spatial information. The processing software operates automatically with a high speed to perform data quality control, image matching, georeferencing, and orthoimage generation. With the system, we have generated individual ortho-images within 30 minutes from 57 images of 3cm resolution acquired from a target area of $400m{\times}300m$.

• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.17 no.4
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• pp.99-107
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• 2012

We propose control mechanism of UAV(Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) group for making the communication network to the base station after the target is found. We assume UAVs can communicate to each other by wireless LAN without existing communication infrastructure. UAVs started to fly in linear formation, after finding target, UAVs move to the base station to send the information about the target. At least one UAV stays the position that the target is found. This paper explains the mechanism supporting reliable connectivity during UAV group's flying. We verify the proposed scheme and evaluate the performance through NS-2 simulation. The proposed scheme can be applied to the disaster area and war zone, which the existing communication infrastructure cannot be worked.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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• 2012.07a
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• pp.251-252
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• 2012

본 논문에서는 UAV(Unmanned Aerial Vehicle)을 이용하여 목표물을 찾고 목표물의 위치가 멀거나 목표물이 이동 시에도 기지국까지 지속적인 통신 연결을 제공하기 위해 UAV 집단을 제어하는 방안을 제안한다. 기존의 통신 시설을 이용할 수 없으며, UAV들 간에만 무선 랜 통신이 가능한 전시상황이나 특수 재난 상황에서 사용되는 것을 가정하였다. 제안 방안은 UAV들이 탐색지역 내에 목표물을 찾은 후에 목표물에 대한 정보를 기지국까지 전달하기 위하여 UAV들을 이동시킨다. 목표물이 먼 곳에 위치할 시에는 UAV들이 기지국까지의 통신 연결을 주기적이라도 유지하기 위해 UAV가 다른 UAV의 통신 범위까지 이동하여 정보를 전달하고 원래 위치로 복귀하는 방안과, 목표물이 이동할 때 목표물을 추적하며 기지국과의 연결성을 유지하는 방안을 제안한다. 이와 같은 과정들은 NS-2를 사용한 모의실험을 통하여 제안되는 기법을 검증하고 성능을 평가한다.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.25 no.10
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• pp.1353-1358
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• 2021

IoT (Internet of Things) emerges from various technologies such as communications, micro processors and embedded system and so on. The IoT has also been used to UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) system. In manned aircraft, a pilot and co-pilot should control FCS (Flight Control System) with FBW(Fly By Wire) system for flight operation. In contrast, the flight operation in UAV system is remotely and fully managed by GCS (Ground Control System) almost in real time. To make it possible the communication channel should be necessary between the UAV and the GCS. There are many protocols between two systems. Amongst them, MAVLink (Macro Air Vehicle Link) protocol is representatively used due to its open architecture. MAVLink does not define any securities itself, which results in high vulnerability from external attacks. This paper proposes the method to enhance data security in GCS network by applying cryptographic methods to the MAVLink messages in order to support safe UAV operations.

• Journal of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing
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• v.10 no.4
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• pp.387-393
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• 2021

This paper proposes a system to synchronize the time of computers over an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) network. With the proposed system, the UAVs can perform missions that require precise relative time. Also, data collected by UAVs can be fused precisely with synchronized time. In the system, to synchronize the time of all computers over the UAV network, two-step synchronization is performed. In the first step, the mission computers of the UAVs are synchronized through the server of the system. After the first step, the mission computers measure time offset between the time of the mission computers and the flight computers. The offset values are delivered to the server. In the second step, virtual time is determined by the server from the collected time offset. The measured offset is compensated by moving the synchronized time of mission computers to the reasonable virtual time. Since only the time of mission computers are controlled, any flight computers that use micro air vehicle link (MAVLink) protocol can be synchronized in the proposed system.

• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2001.11b
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• pp.788-793
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• 2001

Test experience with a micro-turbine jet engine is introduced. The engine provides us with valuable opportunities to experience know-hows essential for engine development. It consists of a single radial compressor and a single stage turbine. Engine starting procedure has been established after many trials and errors. Static and dynamic engine performance tests were conducted. Static performance was found to be inferior to that advertised by the manufacturer. Further improvement is needed. Dynamic performance revealed that engine thrust overshoots unfavorably for the purpose of UAV control.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2010.11a
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• pp.548-551
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• 2010

A 150 lbf-thrust class micro turbojet engine has been developed. The engine could be applied to power plant for small aviation vehicle such as UAV, decoy and anti-radar missile and was designed with concepts that has small size, low-cost and high performance. A prototype was manufactured and performed the ground static test and high altitude test. This paper outlines the features and layout of 150 lbf turbojet engine and also describes the design characteristics and test results of the engine and components.