• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.539-545
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• 2011

This paper describes an intelligent service robot system for managing a store in an unmanned environment. The robot can be a good replacement for humans because it is possible to work all day and to remember lots of information. We design a system architecture for configuring many intelligent functions of intelligent service robot system which consists of four layers; a User Interaction Layer, a Behavior Scheduling Layer, a Intelligent Module Layer, and a Hardware Layer. We develop an intelligent service robot 'Part Timer' based on the designed system architecture. The 'Part Timer' has many intelligent function modules such as face detection-recognition-tracking module, speech recognition module, navigation module, manipulator module, appliance control module, etc. The 'Part Timer' is possible to answer the phone and this function gives convenient interface to users.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제34권10A호
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• pp.807-813
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• 2009

위성 트랜스폰더는 상향 링크 신호를 복원하여 신호처리를 수행 하고, 하향 링크를 통해 지상국으로 전송하기 위한 통신 시스템이다. 이때 고속 비행에 의해 발생하는 도플러 주파수 편이로 인한 주파수 추적 및 동기시스템이 필요하며, 이를 위해 아날로그 트랜스폰더 방식으로는 PLL (Phase Locked Loop)을 사용하여 수신시스템의 반송파 복원을 획득한다. 이러한 방식은 위성의 기능에 따라 PLL구조 및 Loop필터의 구조와 설계방식의 변경을 필요로 한다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 아날로그 트랜스폰더를 대체할 수 있는 디지털 방식의 반송파 복원방안을 제안하였다. 이러한 방식은 근거리통신 위성이나 심 우주용 통신 위성의 특성에 따른 회로설계 변경 없이 동일한 하드웨어 플랫폼에 소프트웨어 변경으로 최적의 동기화를 구현할 수 있다.

• 대한조선학회논문집
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• 제48권6호
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• pp.528-538
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• 2011

As a forming method for curved hull plates more efficient than the flame bending, mechanical bending using multi point press forming and die-less forming is discussed in this paper. the mechanical forming is a flexible manufacturing system for automatically forming of hull parts. It is especially suited to varied curved parts. This paper discusses a multiple point pressing machine composed of a pair of reconfigurable punches in order to achieve the rapid forming of curved hull plates using division forming and presents how forming information is obtained from the given design surface. Although the mechanical forming can be efficient in the metal forming, spring back after pressing is a phenomenon which must be carefully considered when quantifying the process variables. If the spring back is not accurately controlled, the fabricated shell plate cannot meet assembly tolerance. This paper describes the principles to calculate the proper stroke of each punch at the divided areas. the strokes are determined by an iterative process of sequential pressing and spring back compensation from an unfolded flat shape to its given design surface. FEA(finite element analysis) is used to simulate the spring back of the plate and the IDA(iterative displacement adjustment) method adjusts the offset of pressing punches from the deformation results and the design surface. The shape deviations of two surfaces due to spring back are compensated by integrated system using FEA and IDA method. For the practical application, It is aimed to develop an integrated system that can automatically perform the compensation process and calculate strokes of punches of the double sides' reconfigurable multiple-press machine and some experimental results obtained with mechanical bending are presented.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.43-54
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• 2009

This study introduces a novel approach for locating damage in a structure using wireless sensor system with local level computational capability to alleviate data traffic load on the centralized computation. Smart wireless sensor systems, capable of iterative damage-searching, mimic an optimization process in a decentralized way. The proposed algorithm tries to detect damage in a structure by monitoring abnormal increases in strain measurements from a group of wireless sensors. Initially, this clustering technique provides a reasonably effective sensor placement within a structure. Sensor clustering also assigns a certain number of master sensors in each cluster so that they can constantly monitor the structural health of a structure. By adopting a voting system, a group of wireless sensors iteratively forages for a damage location as they can be activated as needed. Since all of the damage searching process occurs within a small group of wireless sensors, no global control or data traffic to a central system is required. Numerical simulation demonstrates that the newly developed searching algorithm implemented on wireless sensors successfully localizes stiffness damage in a plate through the local level reconfigurable function of smart sensors.

• 한국정보과학회논문지:시스템및이론
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.201-212
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• 2002

본 연구에서는 다양한 실시간 스케줄링 알고리즘들을 구현할 수 있는 재구성 가능한 스케줄러모델을 제안한다. 제안 모델은 기본적인 작업(job) 디스패처(dispatcher)와 소프트웨어 타이머를 제공하는 하위 계층의 스케줄링 틀(framework)과 이를 기반으로 응용에 적합한 특정 스케줄링 알고리즘을 구현하는 상위 계층의 태스크 스케줄러로 구성된다. 시스템 개발자는 상하 구성 요소간 정보 교환을 위한 커널 내부 인터페이스만 준수한다면, 커널 하부 메커니즘과는 독립적으로 새로운 스케줄링 알고리즘을 구현할 수 있다. 한번 구현된 태스크 스케줄러는 향후 새로운 시스템 구축시 재사용 가능하다. 실시간 리눅스 (Real-Time Linux) (5)에 제안된 스케줄링 틀을 구현한 후, 이를 기반으로 대표적인 실시간 스케줄링 알고리즘들을 시험적으로 구현하여 보았다. 이를 통해 다양한 스케줄링 알고리즘들을 하부의 복잡한 커널 메커니즘 수정 없이 독립적으로 개발할 수 있음을 확인하였다. 또한 실험을 통해 두 단계 분리된 구조를 가진 제안 모델의 스케줄링 오버 헤드가 하나로 통합된 기존 일체형 스케줄러와 큰 차이가 없음을 확인할 수 있었다.

• 한국방사성폐기물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국방사성폐기물학회 2004년도 학술논문집
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• pp.430-432
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• 2004

Tele-operation and remote monitoring techniques are essential and important technologies for the inspection and maintenance of the radioactive waste. A mobile robot has been developed for the application of remote monitoring and inspection of nuclear facilities, where human access is limited because of the high-level radioactive environments, The mobile robot was designed with reconfigurable crawler type of wheels attached on the front and rear side in order to pass through the ditch, The extendable mast, mounted on the mobile robot, car be extended up to 8 m vertically. The robust controller for radiation is designed in focus on electric components to prevent abnormal operation in a highly radioactivated area during reactor operation, This robot system will enhance the reliability of nuclear power facilities, and cope with the unexpected radiation accident.

• Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.376-382
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• 2008

Developing highly cost-efficient and reliable embedded systems demands hardware/software co-design and co-simulation due to fast TTM and verification issues. So, it is essential that Platform-Based SoC design methodology be used for enhanced reusability. This paper addresses a reusable SoC platform based on OpenCores soft processor with reconfigurable architectures for hardware/software codesign methodology. The platform includes a OpenRISC microprocessor, some basic peripherals and WISHBONE bus and it uses the set of development environment including compiler, assembler, and debugger. The platform is very flexible due to easy configuration through a system configuration file and is reliable because all designed SoC and IPs are verified in the various test environments. Also the platform is prototyped using the Xilinx Spartan3 FPGA development board and is implemented to a single chip using the Magnachip cell library based on $0.18{\mu}m$ 1-poly 6-metal technology.

• 한국소음진동공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국소음진동공학회 2007년도 춘계학술대회논문집
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• pp.938-942
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• 2007

The proposed algorithm tries to localize damage in a structure by monitoring abnormal increases in strain measurements from a group of wireless sensors. Initially, this clustering technique provides an effective sensor placement within a structure. Sensor clustering also assigns a certain number of master sensors in each cluster so that they can constantly monitor the structural health of a structure. By adopting a voting system, a group of wireless sensors iteratively forages for a damage location as they can be activated as needed. Numerical simulation demonstrates that the newly developed searching algorithm implemented on wireless sensors successfully localizes stiffness damage in a plate through the local level reconfigurable function of smart sensors.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.69-88
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• 2007

In this study, Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) are investigated as a practical solution to the challenge of designing an optimal platform for implementing algorithms in a wireless sensing unit for structuralhealth monitoring. Inherent advantages, such as tremendous processing power, coupled with reconfigurable and flexible architecture render FPGAs a prime candidate for the processing core in an optimal wireless sensor unit, especially when handling Digital Signal Processing (DSP) and system identification algorithms. This paper presents an effort to create a proof-of-concept unit, wherein an off-the-shelf FPGA development board, available at a price comparable to a microprocessor development board, was adopted. Data processing functions, including windowing, Fast Fourier Transform (FFT), and peak detection, were implemented in the FPGA using a Matlab Simulink-based high-level abstraction tool rather than hardware descriptive language. Simulations and laboratory tests were carried out to validate the design.

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 1999년도 추계종합학술대회 논문집
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• pp.368-371
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• 1999

In this paper, we propose a neural network processor architecture with on-chip learning and with reconfigurability according to the data dependencies of the algorithm applied. For the neural network model applied, the proposed architecture can be configured into either SIMD or SRA(Systolic Ring Array) without my changing of on-chip configuration so as to obtain a high throughput. However, changing of system configuration can be controlled by user program. To process activation function, which needs amount of cycles to get its value, we design it by using PWL(Piece-Wise Linear) function approximation method. This unit has only single latency and the processing ability of non-linear function such as sigmoid gaussian function etc. And we verified the processing mechanism with EBP(Error Back-Propagation) model.