• ETRI Journal
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• 제38권3호
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• pp.551-559
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• 2016

In this paper, we propose a hybrid sensor calibration scheme for mobile crowdsensing applications. As the number of newly produced mobile devices containing embedded sensors continues to rise, the potential to use mobile devices as a sensor data source increases. However, because mobile device sensors are generally of a lower performance and cost than dedicated sensors, sensor calibration is crucial. To enable more accurate measurements of natural phenomena through the use of mobile device sensors, we propose a hybrid sensor calibration scheme for such sensors; the scheme makes use of mobile device sensors and existing sensing infrastructure, such as weather stations, to obtain dense data. Simulation results show that the proposed scheme supports low mean square errors. As a practical application of our proposed scheme, we built a temperature map of a city using six mobile phone sensors and six reference sensors. Thanks to the mobility of the sensors and the proposed scheme, our map presents more detailed information than infrastructure-based measurements.

• Healthcare Informatics Research
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.276-282
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• 2018

Objectives: Due to the uncontrolled increase of the mobile health applications and their scarce use by elderly for reason of absence credibility of measurements by lack scientific support, the aim of this study was to evaluate the differences between the biophysical measurements based on standard instrument against a mobile application using controlled experiments with elderly to propose an effective validation model of the developed apps. Methods: The subjects of the study (50 people) were elderly people who wanted to check their weight and cardiac status. For this purpose, two mobile applications were used to measure energy expenditure based on physical activity (Activ) and heart rate (SMCa) during controlled walking at specific speeds. Minute-by-minute measurements were recorded to evaluate the average error and the accuracy of the data acquired through confidence intervals by means of statistical analysis of the data. Results: The experimental results obtained by the Activ/SMCa apps showed a consistent statistical similarity with those obtained by specialized equipment with confidence intervals of 95%. All the subjects were advised and trained on the use of the applications, and the initial registration of data to characterize them served to significantly affect the perceived ease of use. Conclusions: This is the first model to validate a health-app with elderly people allowed to demonstrate the anthropometric and body movement differences of subjects with equal body mass index (BMI) but younger. Future studies should consider not only BMI data but also other variables, such as age and usability perception factors.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 1999년도 하계학술대회 논문집 B
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• pp.832-834
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• 1999

This paper is a study on the real-position measurements of mobile object using n network. 2-D PSD sensor is used to measure th position of moving object with light source. Position Sensitive Detector(PSD) is an useful which can be used to measure the position o incidence light in accuracy and in real-time. T the position of light source of moving target, neural network technique are proposed and applied. Real-time position measurements of the mobile robot with light source is examined to validate the proposed method. It is shown that the proposed technique provides accurate position estimation of the moving object.

• 한국항행학회논문지
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.234-240
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• 2011

본 논문에서는 다수의 지상국을 이용하여 얻은 FDOA(Frequency Difference of Arrival) 측정값을 통해서 UAV(Unmanned Aerial Vehicle; 무인항공기) 추적 알고리즘의 이론적 경계인 CRLB(Cram$\acute{e}$r-Rao Lower Bound)를 분석하였다. 첫째로 FDOA 측정값을 시간을 두고 모았을 때 CRLB에 주는 영향을 관찰하였고, 둘째로 지상국이 일정한 범위 안에서 무작위적 위치를 가질 때 그 범위에 따른 FDOA의 측정값이 어떤 특성을 갖는지 확인할 수 있었다. 또한 CRLB의 크기를 측정하여 CCDF(Complementary Cumulative Distribution Function)로 나타내어 성능을 비교, 분석하였다.

• 대한임베디드공학회논문지
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.63-68
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• 2009

The location of mobile terminals in cellular networks is an important problem in the field of information technology with applications in resource allocation, location sensitive browsing, and emergency communications. Finding location estimation techniques that are robust to non-line of light (NLOS) propagation is a key problem in this area. Time of arrival (TOA) and pattern matching (PM) measurements can be made simultaneously by CDMA cellular networks at low cost. The different sources of errors for each measurement type cause TOA and PM measurements to contain independent information about mobile station (MS) locations. This paper combines the information of PM and TOA measurements to calculate a superior location estimate. The proposed location estimator is robust, provides lower error than the estimators based on the individual measurements, and has low implementation costs.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제14권7호
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• pp.635-641
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• 2008

In this paper, we used a laser range finder (LRF) to detect both the static and dynamic obstacles for the safe navigation of a mobile robot. LRF sensor measurements containing the information of obstacle's geometry are first processed to extract the characteristic points of the obstacle in the sensor field of view. Then the dynamic states of the characteristic points are approximated using kinematic model, which are tracked by associating the measurements with Probability Data Association Filter. Finally, the collision avoidance algorithm is developed by using fuzzy decision making algorithm depending on the states of the obstacles tracked by the proposed obstacle tracking algorithm. The performance of the proposed algorithm is evaluated through experiments with the experimental mobile robot.

• 한국전자통신학회논문지
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.601-608
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• 2023

모바일 로봇은 다양한 환경에서 임무를 수행하기 때문에 산업 분야에서 크게 활용되고 있다. 모바일 로봇이 작업을 수행하기 위해서는 경로를 생성하고 장애물을 탐지하기 때문에 실시간으로 로봇의 정확한 위치를 파악하는 것은 중요하다. 특히, 실내 환경에서 자율주행하는 모바일 로봇은 주어진 일을 정해진 영역에서 수행할 때, 보다 정밀한 측위 성능이 요구된다. 모바일 로봇은 무선통신 환경에서 송수신 데이터의 손실이 빈번히 발생하며, 데이터 손실 발생 시 예측 기술을 통해 로봇 스스로 자신의 위치를 파악하여 임무 수행을 이어 나가야 한다. 본 논문에서는 모바일 로봇의 위치 추정 정확도를 향상시키고, 데이터 손실 문제를 해결하고자 확장 칼만 필터 기반의 알고리즘을 제안한다. 삼변측량은 해당 순간에만 측정한 값을 사용하여 측위 성능이 부정확한 반면, 제안한 알고리즘은 데이터 손실 환경에서 예측 측정값의 잔차를 이용하기 때문에 모바일 로봇의 정밀한 위치 추정이 가능하다. 제안한 알고리즘의 우수한 성능 검증을 위하여 데이터 손실이 없는 환경과 데이터 손실 환경에서 모바일 로봇의 시뮬레이션을 수행하였다.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제13권6호
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• pp.603-608
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• 2007

In the conventional AOA(angle-of-arrival) positioning utilizing reverse-link wireless channel, each sensor should be equipped with an array antenna to measure the incident angle of signal transmitting from a tag. To perform the complicated signal processing for angle measurements, sensor size and its power consumption will be large. In some applications like mobile robot location, there exists no strict restriction in tag size or in power consumption. Rather, it is desirable that the sensor would be as small as possible. This paper presents a new AOA positioning method utilizing forward-link channel. Under the assumption that the mobile robot is operating on the flat surface, the measurement model for FLAOA(tiJrward-link AOA) is derived first. Two kinds of position estimation algorithms using FLAOA measurements are proposed; Gauss-Newton method and closed-fonn solution method. With the proposed methods, we can ohtain the attitude of robot as well as its position. Positioning performance of proposed methods is compared by computer simulation. Simulation results show that the closed-form solution method using FLAOA measurements is suitable for indoor robot positioning.

• 전자공학회논문지A
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• 제32A권7호
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• pp.16-22
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• 1995

Electrically-short wire antennas, widely used for mobile communications and EMI measurements, have low rediation efficiency and gain due to the ohmic loss predominant over the radiation power. A very short dipole antenna for wideband EMI measurements has been analyzed using the Method of Moments with the incorporatio of the ohmic loss calculated by the Phenomenological Loss Equivalennce Method(PEM). The calculated results show the rediation gain and efficiency very with the ohmic loss in a wide range of frequencies. Thses results can be effectively used for optimum design of very small antennas and probes for mobile communications and non-disturbing EMI measurements.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.146-151
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• 2013

With the development of mobile internet, requirements of positioning accuracy for the LBS (Location Based Service) are becoming more and more higher. The LBS is based on the position of each mobile device. So, it requires a proper acquisition of accurate user's indoor position. Thus indoor positioning technology and its accuracy is crucial for various LBS. In general, RSSI (Received Signal Strength Indicator) measurements are used to obtain the position information of mobile unit under WLAN environment. However, indoor positioning error increases as multiple AP's configurations are becoming more complex. To overcome this problem, an enhanced indoor localization method by AP (Access Point) selection criteria adopting DOP (Dilution of Precision) is proposed.