• International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.545-554
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• 2017

Among various applications of the High Altitude Long Endurance (HALE) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), this paper has a focus on the Global Positioning System (GPS) utilizing pseudolite and its improved performance, particularly during the multi-purpose missions. In a multi-purpose mission, the HALE UAV follows a specified flight trajectory for both navigation applications and missions. Some of the representative HALE missions are remote exploration, surveillance, reconnaissance, and communication relay. During these operations, the HALE UAV can also be an additional positioning signal source as it broadcast signals using pseudolite. The pseudolite signal can improve the availability, accuracy, and reliability of the GPS particularly in areas with poor signal reception, such as shadowed regions between tall buildings. The improvement in performance of navigation is validated through simulations of multi-purpose missions of the solar-powered HALE UAV in an urban canyon. The simulation includes UAV trajectory generation at stratosphere and uses actual geographical building data. The results indicate that the pseudolite-equipped HALE UAV has the potential to enhance the performance of the satellite navigation system in navigationally degraded regions even during multi-purpose operations.

• 한국측량학회지
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.31-38
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• 2012

UAV기반 멀티센서 시스템을 통해 취득된 영상의 지오레퍼런싱 정확도는 사용된 GPS/INS 시스템의 성능뿐만 아니라 카메라와 GPS/INS 시스템간의 상호관계를 나타내는 탑재변수의 정확도에 의해 영향을 받는다. 따라서 멀티센서 시스템 개발에 있어서 탑재변수의 정확한 추정은 필수적이다. 현재 우리는 재난/재해와 같은 긴급 상황에 대한 빠른 대응을 위해 실시간으로 대상지역을 감시할 수 있는 저고도 UAV기반의 실시간 공중자료획득 시스템을 개발하고 있다. 본 연구는 현재 개발 중인 시스템의 탑재변수 추정을 위한 시스템 캘리브레이션 방법론을 제안한다. 또한 실제 시스템의 제원을 이용한 시뮬레이션 데이터를 이용하여 정확하고 효율적인 캘리브레이션을 위한 효과적인 비행경로 및 지상기준점의 필요 개수를 도출하였다. 실험 결과, 총 6개의 스트립으로 구성된 비행경로를 따라 획득된 데이터와 5점 이상의 지상기준점 정보를 이용하면 제안된 방법론을 통해 정확한 탑재변수의 추정이 가능함을 확인할 수 있었다. 향후에는 제안된 방법론을 이용하여 개발된 시스템의 탑재변수를 추정하고 이를 이용하여 획득된 센서 데이터의 지오레퍼런싱 정확도 평가를 수행할 예정이다.

• 한국정보과학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보과학회 2010년도 한국컴퓨터종합학술대회논문집 Vol.37 No.2(A)
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• pp.159-160
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• 2010

• 한국군사과학기술학회지
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.22-29
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• 2010

In this study, computational multi-body dynamics and structural vibration analyses including some impact condition have been conducted for the ground flight test system of the developed smart UAV model. Designed ground test system has four degree-of-freedom motions with limited motion control mechanism. Design safety margin designs for several structural components are tested and verified considering expected critical motions (pitching and rolling) of the test smart UAV model. Computational results for various analysis conditions are practically presented in detail. Futhermore, proper design modifications of the initially designed test equipment in order to guarantee or increase structural safety have been successfully conducted in the design stage.

• 항공우주시스템공학회지
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.7-13
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• 2016

Multi disciplinary approach for aerodynamics, structure, propulsion, and flight control system is necessary to develop High Altitude Long Endurance Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (HALE UAV). Various HALE UAV development trends are surveyed to understand their operational requirements. Separating the UAV Take Off Weight by 150kg, Airworthiness implementation direction for HALE UAV is studied under the current Airworthiness regulations. NATO STANAG 4671 and STANAG 4703 Airworthiness certification criteria are analyzed, and their applicability was proposed for future HALE UAV development. In addition, minimization of the risk for UAV is studied by considering probability of cumulative catastrophic failure for HALE UAV. This Hazard Risk Index can support the future UAV Airworthiness Certification Criteria.

• 한국군사과학기술학회지
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• 제19권5호
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• pp.582-589
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• 2016

Multi-mode monopulse system is widely used for satellite terminal like UAV because of high tracking accuracy and low size/weight profile. In order to calculate tracking error, Multi-mode monopulse system utilizes high-order mode signal, and it should have enough C/N(carrier to noise) level therefore tracking system needs narrow band filtering of received satellite beacon signal as much as possible. However, UAV suffers for beacon frequency drift derived from Doppler effect due to satellite figure 8 movement and UAV maneuvering. Therefore wideband signal processing needs to be considered in advance for exact doppler compensation and consequent time delay. In this paper, we propose the multi-stage Digital Signal processing system for beacon signal, which could minimize the signal delay under high Doppler and low C/N condition.

• International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.274-282
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• 2011

This paper is focused on dynamic modeling and control system design as well as vision based collision avoidance for multi-rotor unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Multi-rotor UAVs are defined as rotary-winged UAVs with multiple rotors. These multi-rotor UAVs can be utilized in various military situations such as surveillance and reconnaissance. They can also be used for obtaining visual information from steep terrains or disaster sites. In this paper, a quad-rotor model is introduced as well as its control system, which is designed based on a proportional-integral-derivative controller and vision-based collision avoidance control system. Additionally, in order for a UAV to navigate safely in areas such as buildings and offices with a number of obstacles, there must be a collision avoidance algorithm installed in the UAV's hardware, which should include the detection of obstacles, avoidance maneuvering, etc. In this paper, the optical flow method, one of the vision-based collision avoidance techniques, is introduced, and multi-rotor UAV's collision avoidance simulations are described in various virtual environments in order to demonstrate its avoidance performance.

• International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.252-259
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• 2011

This paper is focused on dynamic modeling and control system design as well as vision based collision avoidance for multi-rotor unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Multi-rotor UAVs are defined as rotary-winged UAVs with multiple rotors. These multi-rotor UAVs can be utilized in various military situations such as surveillance and reconnaissance. They can also be used for obtaining visual information from steep terrains or disaster sites. In this paper, a quad-rotor model is introduced as well as its control system, which is designed based on a proportional-integral-derivative controller and vision-based collision avoidance control system. Additionally, in order for a UAV to navigate safely in areas such as buildings and offices with a number of obstacles, there must be a collision avoidance algorithm installed in the UAV's hardware, which should include the detection of obstacles, avoidance maneuvering, etc. In this paper, the optical flow method, one of the vision-based collision avoidance techniques, is introduced, and multi-rotor UAV's collision avoidance simulations are described in various virtual environments in order to demonstrate its avoidance performance.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제45권3호
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• pp.180-190
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• 2017

본 논문은 무인기를 통해 획득한 영상정보의 해상도를 향상시키기 위해 복수영상 기반 초해상도 기법을 적용하고, 이를 통한 무인기의 지상 목표물 인식 능력 향상에 대한 내용을 담고 있다. 이를 검증하기 위해 기체 제작 및 제어 시스템을 구축하였고, 무인기와 지상의 목표물을 이용해 설계한 알고리즘을 검증하였다. 실험 결과 초해상도 기법 적용 전, 후 영상을 비교하였을 때 RMSE는 0.0677에서 0.0315, NRMSE는 7.4030%에서 3.5726%로, PSNR은 23.3885dB에서 30.0036dB, SSIM은 0.6996에서 0.8948로 향상되었음을 확인하였다. 이를 통해 본 알고리즘을 적용하여 무인기 영상의 해상도를 향상시킬 수 있음을 검증하였다.

• International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.69-79
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• 2010

This paper describes the experimental framework for the control system design and validation of a rotorcraft unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). Our approach follows the general procedure of nonlinear modeling, linear controller design, nonlinear simulation and flight test but uses an indoor-installed multi-camera system, which can provide full 6-degree of freedom (DOF) navigation information with high accuracy, to overcome the limitation of an outdoor flight experiment. In addition, a 3-DOF flying mill is used for the performance validation of the attitude control, which considers the characteristics of the multi-rotor type rotorcraft UAV. Our framework is applied to the design and mathematical modeling of the control system for a quad-rotor UAV, which was selected as the test-bed vehicle, and the controller design using the classical proportional-integral-derivative control method is explained. The experimental results showed that the proposed approach can be viewed as a successful tool in developing the controller of new rotorcraft UAVs with reduced cost and time.