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A study on the design and the application of an optical sun-position sensor (광학적 태양위치센서의 개발과 그 응용에 관한 연구)

  • 신현덕;고명삼
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 1986.10a
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    • pp.393-396
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    • 1986
  • A Sun-Position Sensor using four phototransistors and shadow band device has been designed, and a Sun-Tracking System which tracks varying positions of the sun in elevation and azimuth axes has been built and its performance has been analyzed on the basis of indoor experiments and computer simulations. Two permanent-magnetic Step Motors (1.8.deg./step) for the main actuators and a CRC-800A kit with the Z-80CPU for the main controller have been selected to construct the Sun-Tracking System. It has been shown that the Sun-Position Sensor has about 0.5.deg. resolution and 25msec is required for the response of a single step input to reach its steady state.

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Development of the Handy Non-contact Surface Roughness Measurement Device by using the Optical Fiber Sensor (광섬유센서에 의한 간이 비접촉 표면조도 측정기의 개발)

  • Hong, Jun-Hee
    • 대한공업교육학회지
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    • v.34 no.2
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    • pp.346-362
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    • 2009
  • The purpose of this study was to develop the handy non-contact measurement device of the surface roughness by using the optical fiber sensor. The advantages of fiber optic sensors are high-speed responsibility, non-effect of the magnetic, convenience of the product and high precision. The measurement theory for surface roughness of optical fiber sensor is one to one correspondence between the reflected light intensity based on the surface roughness of the object and the measurement value of previously known for surface roughness. The reflected light intensity was determined using the distance to the surface from the sensor probe and the limit reflection angle based on the surface roughness. Therefore, in this study, the sensor probe was produced for determining the value of surface roughness only using the limit reflection angle based on the surface roughness with the fixed distance from the surface. A prototype measurement system was composed of a transmitting part, a receiving part and a signal processing circuit. The materials of standard measurement which was used in this experiment were SM45C, STS303 and Al60. According to the results of this study, approximation surface roughness formulas which was deduced from the correlation of between the standard surface roughness and the sensing output were verified that they were effect against the surface roughness measurement value of the option sample. And handy optical fiber surface roughness measurement device which was produced by an order was verified that it was effect for measuring of the precision surface roughness.

Fiber Optic Sensor for the Detection of Abnormal Structural Signals from Various Constructions (구조물 이상탐지용 광섬유 센서)

  • Kwon, Il-Bum;Lee, Youn-Jae;SeoMoon, Ung;Jo, Jae-Heung
    • Journal of the Earthquake Engineering Society of Korea
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    • v.10 no.6 s.52
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    • pp.133-135
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    • 2006
  • We propose and fabricate a novel fiber optic sensor for the detection of abnormal structural signals from various constructions. It's advantages are highly sensitive. small in dimension and electro-magnetic immune. Since this sensor was simply constructed with a single-mode fiber at infra-red wavelength and a laser-diode with the wavelength of 625 nm, the modes in the end of the optical fiber were not show as Gaussian distributed. So, we used the change of the mode distribution to get the sensor output by the external abnormal effect of structures. We investigated the resonance by performing the bending test of an aluminum beam attached with the fiber sensor. In the test, we could obtained a feasible signal to sense the abnormal condition of structures.

Optimization of a Radio-frequency Atomic Magnetometer Toward Very Low Frequency Signal Reception

  • Lee, Hyun Joon;Yu, Ye Jin;Kim, Jang-Yeol;Lee, Jaewoo;Moon, Han Seb;Cho, In-Kui
    • Current Optics and Photonics
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    • v.5 no.3
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    • pp.213-219
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    • 2021
  • We describe a single-channel rubidium (Rb) radio-frequency atomic magnetometer (RFAM) as a receiver that takes magnetic signal resonating with Zeeman splitting of the ground state of Rb. We optimize the performance of the RFAM by recording the response signal and signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) in various parameters and obtain a noise level of 159 $fT{\sqrt{Hz}}$ around 30 kHz. When a resonant radiofrequency magnetic field with a peak amplitude of 8.0 nT is applied, the bandwidth and signal-to-noise ratio are about 650 Hz and 88 dB, respectively. It is a good agreement that RFAM using alkali atoms is suitable for receiving signals in the very low frequency (VLF) carrier band, ranging from 3 kHz to 30 kHz. This study shows the new capabilities of the RFAM in communications applications based on magnetic signals with the VLF carrier band. Such communication can be expected to expand the communication space by overcoming obstacles through the high magnetic sensitive RFAM.

Detecting of Periodic Fasciculations of Avian Muscles Using Magnetic and Other Multimedia Devices

  • Nakajima, Isao;Tanaka, Sachie;Mitsuhashi, Kokuryo;Hata, Jun-ichi;Nakajima, Tomo
    • Journal of Multimedia Information System
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    • v.6 no.4
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    • pp.293-302
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    • 2019
  • In the past, there was a theory that influenza wasn't transmitted directly from birds but was infected to humans via swains. Recently, molecular level research has progressed, and it was confirmed that the avian influenza virus can directly infected to human lung and intestinal epithelial cells. Three pandemicsin the past 100 years were also infected to humans directly from birds. In view of such scientific background, we are developing a method for screening sick birds by monitoring the physiological characteristics of birds in a contactless manner with sensors. Here, the movement of respiratory muscles and abdominal muscles under autonomic innervation was monitored using a magnet and Hall sensor sewn on the thoracic wall, and other multimedia devices. This paper presents and discusses the results of experiments involving continuous periodic noise discovered during flight experiments with a data logger mounted on a Japanese pheasant from 2012 to 2015. A brief summary is given as the below: 1. Magnet and Hall sensor sewn to the left and right chest walls, bipolar electrocardiograms between the thoracic walls, posterior thoracic air sac pressure, angular velocity sensors sewn on the back and hips, and optical reflection of LEDs (blue and green) from the skin of the hips allow observation of periodic vibrations(fasciculations) in the waves. No such analysis has been reported before. 2. These fasciculations are presumed to be derived from muscle to maintain and control air sac pressure. 3. Since each muscle fiber is spatially Gaussian distributed from the sympathetic nerve, the envelope is assumed to plot a Gaussian curve. 4. Since avian trunk muscles contract periodically at all time, we assume that the sympathetic nerve dominates in their control. 5. The technique of sewing a magnet to the thoracic wall and measuring the strength of the magnetic field with a Hall sensor can be applied to screen for early stage of avian influenza, with a sensor attached to the chicken enclosure.

Implementation of counterfeit banknote detection counter using RTOS (RTOS를 이용한 위폐검출 계수기의 구현)

  • 정원근;신태민;이건기
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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    • v.6 no.2
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    • pp.364-370
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    • 2002
  • A banknote counter is a machine that automates counting the money in some agencies to treat much banknotes as well as general banking agencies. The banknote counter materialized in this paper is the machine that adds the function of banknote sorting, detecting plural banknote and detecting counterfeit banknote to an existing banknote counter. The technique of sensor signal processing are used for banknote sorting. The technique of sensor application and data processing are used for detecting counterfeit banknote. The technique of precision equipment design and microprocessor application are used for high speed count. Software improved in debugging and difficulties to link with additional hardware. It was materialized through effective control algorithm and real-time signal processing with C-language on the basis of RTOS(real-time operating system) Photodiode, its applications and a magnetic resistance sensor are used as a sensor device with regard to hardware cost -cutting and process velocity. PCF80C552-24 of Philips using Intel I8051 core is used as a control microprocessor. As the results so far achieved, counterfeit banknotes made by the use of a color duplicator and a color Printer, are distinguished from real banknotes through mixing an optical with a magnetic sensor. and, in case that there are some different banknotes while counting, it is prevented for them to be counted without discriminating from the same kind of banknotes in addition to the fu notion of banknote sorting.

A design of hybrid detection system with long term operating reliability in underwater (장기 동작 신뢰성을 고려한 수중 복합 탐지 시스템 설계)

  • Chung, Hyun-Ju
    • Journal of Sensor Science and Technology
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    • v.14 no.3
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    • pp.198-205
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    • 2005
  • Recently, the systems using multiple sensors such as magnetic, acoustic and pressure sensor are used for detection of underwater objects or vehicles. Those systems have difficulty of maintenance and repair because they operate underwater. Thus, this paper describes a hybrid detection system with long term operating reliability. This has a multi-signal transmission structure to have a high reliability. First, a signal transmission & receiving part, which transfers data from underwater sensors to land and receive control message from land through optical cable, has 4 multi-path. Second, the nodes for signal transmission are connected dually each other with single-hop construction and sensors are connected to a couple of neighboring nodes. This enables the output signal to transmit from a node to the next node and the next but one node together. Also, the signal from a sensor can be transmitted to two nodes at the same time. Therefore, the system with this construction has high reliability in long term operation because it makes possible to transmit sensor data to another node which works normally although a transmission node or cable in system have some faults.

Co-Fe-B 자왜변환기를 이용한 간섭계형 광섬유 자계센서의 동작특성

  • 이경식
    • Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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    • v.4 no.4
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    • pp.474-479
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    • 1993
  • An interferometric fiber-optic magnetic field sensor is constructed by bonding a Co-Fe-B metallic glass transducer developed here by the melt-spun method to a single mode fiber arm in the fiber Mach-Zehnder interferometer and is tested. The bias field for the peak ac-sensitivity was observed near 0.97 Oe and the minimum detectable magnetic field was 3.9${\times}10^{-5}$ Oe(rms)/${\sqrt{Hz}}$ a 3 kHz. The output of the ac field sensor becomes saturated near the input signal level of 1 Oe(rms). The Co- Fe-B transducer exhibits peak response near 500 Hz.

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Fiber-optic Mach-Zehnder Interferometer for the Detection of Small AC Magnetic Field (미소 교류 자기장 측정을 위한 Mach-Zehnder 광섬유 간섭계 자기센서 특성분석)

  • 김대연;안준태;공홍진;김병윤
    • Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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    • v.2 no.3
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    • pp.139-148
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    • 1991
  • A fiber-optic magnetic sensor system for the detection of small ac magnetic field(200Hz-2 kHz) was constructed. Magnetic field sensing part was fabricated by bonding a section of optical fiber to amorphous metallic glass(2605SC) having large magnetostriction effect. And with the directional coupler, all fiber type Mach-Zehnder interferometer was constructed to measure the variation of the external magnetic field by translating it into the optical phase shift in the interferometer. The signal fading problem of the interferometer, which is due to random phase drifts originated from the environment, i.e., temperature fluctuation, vibrations, etc., was elliminated by feedback phase compensation. This allows the sensitivity to be maintained at the maximum by keeping the interferometer in quadrature phase condition. The frequency response of metallic glass was found to be nearly flat in the range of 90 Hz-2 kHz and dc bias field for the maximum ac response was 3.5 Oe. The interferometer output showed good linearity over the range $\pm$0.5 Oe. For 1 kHz ac magnetic field the scale factor S and the minimum detectable magnetic field were measured to be 8.0 rad/Oe and $3X10^{-6} Oe/\sqrt{Hz}$at 1 Hz detection bandwidth respectively.

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Sensor System for Multi-Point Monitoring Using Bending Loss of Single Mode Optical Fiber (단일 모드 광섬유의 굽힘손실을 이용한 다점 측정 센서 시스템)

  • Kim, Heon-Young;Kim, Dae-Hyun
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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    • v.35 no.1
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    • pp.39-45
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    • 2015
  • Applications of smart sensors have been extended to safety systems in the aerospace, transportation and civil engineering fields. In particular, structural health monitoring techniques using smart sensors have gradually become necessary and have been developed to prevent dangers to human life and damage to assets. Generally, smart sensors are based on electro-magnets and have several weaknesses, including electro-magnetic interference and distortion. Therefore, fiber optic sensors are an outstanding alternative to overcome the weaknesses of electro-magnetic sensors. However, they require expensive devices and complex systems. This paper proposes a new, affordable and simple sensor system that uses a single fiber to monitor pressures at multiple-points. Moreover, a prototype of the sensor system was manufactured and tested for a feasibility study. Based on the results of this experimental test, a relationship was carefully observed between the bend loss conditions and light-intensity. As a result, it was shown that impacts at multiple-points could be monitored.