• Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.1-7
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• 2005

Assessing health condition of crop in the field is one of core operation in precision fanning. A sensing system was proposed to remotely detect the crop health condition in terms of SP AD readings directly related to chlorophyll contents of crop using a multispectral camera equipped on ground-based platform. Since the image taken by a camera was sensitive to changes in ambient light intensity, it was needed to convert gray scale image data into reflectance, an index to indicate the reflection characteristics of target crop. A reference reflectance panel consisting of four pieces of sub-panels with different reflectance was developed for a dynamic calibration, by which a calibration equation was updated for every crop image captured by the camera. The system performance was evaluated in a field by investigating the relationship between com canopy reflectance and SP AD values. The validation tests revealed that the com canopy reflectance induced from Green band in the multispectral camera had the most significant correlation with SPAD values $(r^2=0.75)$ and NIR band could be used to filter out unwanted non-crop features such as soil background and empty space in a crop canopy. This research confirmed that it was technically feasible to develop a ground-based remote sensing system for assessing crop health condition.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제6권5_6호
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• pp.525-543
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• 2010

Testing and validation processes are critical tasks in developing a new hardware platform based on a new technology. This paper describes a series of experiments to evaluate the performance of a newly developed MEMS-based wireless sensor node as part of a wireless sensor network (WSN). The sensor node consists of a sensor board with four accelerometers, a thermometer and filtering and digitization units, and a MICAz mote for control, local computation and communication. The experiments include calibration and linearity tests for all sensor channels on the sensor boards, dynamic range tests to evaluate their performance when subjected to varying excitation, noise characteristic tests to quantify the noise floor of the sensor board, and temperature tests to study the behavior of the sensors under changing temperature profiles. The paper also describes a large-scale deployment of the WSN on a long-span suspension bridge, which lasted over three months and continuously collected ambient vibration and temperature data on the bridge. Statistical modal properties of a bridge tower are presented and compared with similar estimates from a previous deployment of sensors on the bridge and finite element models.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.125-133
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• 2010

A versatile micro-robotic platform for micro/nano scale assembly has been demanded in a variety of application areas such as micro-biology and nanotechnology. In the near future, a flexible and compact platform could be effectively used in a scanning electron microscope chamber. We are developing a platform that consists of miniature mobile robots and a compact positioning stage with multi degree-of-freedom. This paper presents the design and the implementation of a low-cost and compact multi degree of freedom position sensor that is capable of measuring absolute translational and rotational displacement. The proposed sensor is implemented by using a CMOS type image sensor and a target with specific hole patterns. Experimental design based on statistics was applied to finding optimal design of the target. Efficient algorithms for image processing and absolute position decoding are discussed. Simple calibration to eliminate the influence of inaccuracy of the fabricated target on the measuring performance also presented. The developed sensor was characterized by using a laser interferometer. It can be concluded that the sensor system has submicron resolution and accuracy of ${\pm}4{\mu}m$ over full travel range. The proposed vision-based sensor is cost-effective and used as a compact feedback device for implementation of a micro robotic platform.

• Journal of Platform Technology
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.32-39
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• 2021

기존 환경측정기기는 전자파 및 친환경 제품 인증, 내구성 시험 위주이며, 센서 신뢰성 검증 및 측정 데이터에 대한 검증은 형식 승인 및 등록, 인수시험, 초기교정, 주기시험 등을 통해 센서 성능평가 위주로 수행된다. 본 플랫폼은 각 타겟 센서별 성능평가 뿐만 아니라 센서의 데이터 신뢰성에 대한 검증체계 지원 ICT 기반 환경 모니터링 센서 신뢰성 검증 체계를 구축하였다. 환경 정보에 대한 센서 데이터를 수집할 센서보드를 제작하였고 센서 및 데이터 신뢰성 평가 및 검증 서비스 체계를 규격화 하였다. 또한, ICT 기반 센서 데이터 신뢰성 평가 및 검증을 위해 LoRa 통신을 이용한 센서 데이터 플랫폼 모니터링 프로토타입을 제작하였고 이를 스마트 시티 등에 실증 테스트하였다. 해당 시스템을 통해 받은 데이터 분석을 위해 머신러닝을 이용하여 최적화 알고리즘 개발하였다. 이를 통해 신뢰성 검증을 위한 센서 빅데이터 분석시스템을 구축하였고 통합 평가 및 검증 시스템의 기반을 마련하였다.

• 대한인간공학회지
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.75-85
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• 1995

The purpose of this study is to develop a force-platform system suitable for real situations in industry. The developed system is a 3-axis measurement type. It consists of force-transmission, force measuring circuit, and the software that analyzes the measured force. The force-transmission transmits forces to 3 axes, which has a physical structure to minimize the interference among those axes. Force measuring circuit consists of DSP (digital signal processor) for flexible disposal of change of measurement algorithm, elimination of noise and maintenance of precision. The functions of the software are the calibration which revises the measurement error occuring during data acquisition, and various analyses of forces. The result of the experiment shows that the developed system has about 1% measurement error, is stable for repeated experiments, and is not effected by temperature change.

• 한국공작기계학회논문집
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.1-7
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• 2008

This paper describes the kinematics which is a new type of parallel manipulator, and the neural network is applied to solving the forward kinematics problem. The parallel manipulator called it as a Stewart platform has an easy and unique solution about the inverse kinematics. However, the forward kinematics is difficult to get a solution because of the lack of an efficient algorithm caused by its highly nonlinearity. This paper proposes the neural network scheme of an Newton-Raphson method alternatively. It is found that the neural network can be improved its accuracy by adjusting the offset of the obtained result.

• 대한방사성의약품학회지
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.54-58
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• 2017

Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry(MALDI-TOF MS) is one of the powerful methods that enable analysis of small molecules as well as large molecules up to about 500,000 Da without severe fragmentation. MALDI-TOF MS, thus, has been a very useful an analytical tool for the confirmation of synthetic molecules, probing PTMs, and identifying structures of a given protein. In recent nuclear medicine, MALDI-TOF MS liner ion mode helps researcher calculate the average number of chelator(or linkage) per an antibody conjugate, such as DOTA-(or DFO-) trastuzumab for labeling a medical radioisotope. This simple technique can be utilized to improve the labeling method and control the quality at the development of antibody-based radiopharmaceuticals, which is very effected to diagnosis and therapy for in vivo tumor cells, with radioisotopes like $^{89}Zr$, $^{64}Cu$, and 177Lu. To minimize the error, MALDI-TOF MS measurement is repeatedly performed for each sample in this study, and external calibration is carried out after data collection.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.372-379
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• 1998

A new 6 degrees-of-freedom micro stage, based on parallel mechanisms and actuated by using piezoelectric elements, has been developed for the application of micro positioning such as semiconductor manufacturing devices, high precision optical measurement systems, and high accurate machining. The micro stage structure consists of a base platform and an upper platform(stage). The base platform can effectively generates planar motion with yaw motion, while the stage can do vertical motion with roll and pitch motions with respect to the base platform. This separated structure has an advantage of less interference among actuators. The forward and inverse kinematics of the micro stage are discussed. Also, through linearization of kinematic equations about an operating point on the assumption that the configuration of the micro stage remains essentially constant throughout a workspace is performed. To maximize the workspace of the stage relative to fixed frame, an optimal design procedure of geometric parameter is shown. Hardware description and a prototype are presented. The prototype is about 150mm in height and its base platform is approximately 94mm in diameter. The workspace of the prototype is obtained by computer simulation. Kinematic calibration procedure of the micro stage and its results are presented.

• 한국수자원학회논문집
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• 제46권4호
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• pp.389-400
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• 2013

이 논문에서는 관망시스템의 마찰항을 보정하기 위해서, 부정류 마찰 모형과 Levenberg Marquardt 방법을 합성하였다. 부정류 마찰항을 고려하기 위한 방법으로 빈도 의존 마찰항을 사용하였으며, 특성선 방법을 모형 개발의 기반으로 하였다. 최적화에 필요한 Hessian과 Jacobian 행렬을 구하기위해서 수압을 직접 마찰항에 미분한 항을 계산하였으며, 특성선 방법상에서의 다양한 수압과 유량에 대한 마찰계수의 민감도를 수식으로 유도하였다. 간단한 관망을 가정한 뒤, 갑작스런 밸브의 거동으로 도입된수압의 시계열을 확보하였고, 이를 이용하여 정상류 마찰 모형과 부정류 마찰모형의 마찰항 보정을 수행하였다. 제안된 방법과 진화 연산 알고리즘의 마찰항 수렴거동을 비교하였으며, Leveberg Marquardt 방법의 안정적이고 신속한 수렴결과를 확인하였다.

• Journal of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.175-182
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• 2020

This paper introduces a study to estimate the user altitude in need of rescue in an emergency. The altitude is estimated by using the barometric pressure sensor embedded in the smartphone. Compared to GPS, which is degraded in urban or indoor environments, it has the advantage of not having spatial restrictions. With the endless development of smartphone hardware, it is possible to estimate the absolute altitude using the measured value if only the bias of the embedded barometric pressure sensor is applied. The altitude information of the person in need of rescue in an emergency is a great help in reducing rescue time. Since time is tight, we propose online calibration that provides the barometric pressure sensor bias used for altitude estimation through database. Furthermore, experiments were conducted to understand the characteristics of the barometric pressure sensor, which is greatly affected by wind. At the end, the altitude estimation performance was confirmed through an actual field tests in various floors in the building.