• Journal of Service Research and Studies
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• v.5 no.1
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• pp.45-55
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• 2015

Spatial Augmented Reality (SAR) technology perceives real world objects, and their contexts and augments appropriate information and user interfaces on or around the surface of the objects is a technique of projecting. A SAR device typically consists of a small projector and a camera and a processor, and this technology is becoming more widespread along with the advent of subminiature project In this paper, as the spatial augmented reality technology is being magnified as a new IT paradigm, we introduce our stand-type installation of projector-camera-processor components, discuss our implementation of smart projection service system, and present its use cases.

• Proceedings of the Korean Association of Geographic Inforamtion Studies Conference
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• 2010.06a
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• pp.128-129
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• 2010

기존의 고도계는 레이더 특성에 의해 직하부의 높이 값을 정밀하게 관측할 수 없었다. 그러나 레이더 간섭 고도계는 SAR(Synthetic Aperture Radar) 영상의 칩 펄스(Chirp Pulse)를 이용한 고정밀 경사거리(Slant Range Distance)관측, 도플러 효과를 이용한 고정밀 경사각(Squint Angle)의 관측 및 레이더 간섭기법(SAR Interferometry)을 이용한 고정밀 관측각(Look Angle)의 관측을 가능하게 하였다. 이 연구의 목적은 레이더 간섭 고도계의 효율적인 신호처리 기법의 개발에 있다.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• v.25 no.4
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• pp.445-458
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• 2008

Image chain analysis of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite is one of the primary activities for satellite design because SAR image quality depends on spacecraft bus performance as well as SAR payload. Especially, satellite pointing and stability error make worst effect on the original SAR image quality which is implemented by SAR payload design. In this research, Image chain analysis S/W was developed in order to analyze the SAR image quality degradation due to satellite pointing and stability error. This S/W consists of orbit model, attitude control model, SAR payload model, clutter model, and SAR processor. SAR raw data, which includes total 25 point targets in the scene of $5km{\times}5km$ swath width, was generated and then processed for analysis. High resolution mode (spotlight), of which resolution is 1m, was applied. The results of image chain analysis show that radiometric accuracy is the most degraded due to the pointing error. Therefore, the successful design of attitude control subsystem in spacecraft bus for enhancing the pointing accuracy is most important for image quality.

• Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
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• v.19 no.6
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• pp.421-430
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• 2003

The extraction technique for Doppler information(Doppler centroid frequency(f$_{dc}$) and it's rate(f$_{r}$) is very important to make an image from the radar echo signal data. Clutterlock and auto-focusing techniques have been widely used to extract accurate Doppler information. But both techniques are not easy to implement in SAR processor and need quite lots of time to calculate accurate f$_{dc}$ and f$_{r}$ because they are generally based on echo signal data only. In this paper we suggest hybrid method for Doppler extraction using both of echo signal data and orbital and attitude information of satellite. In this method CDE(Correlation Doppler Estimation) technique is only used to estimate exact modular f$_{dc}$ using received echo signal data and rest of other algorithms are based on simple mathematical model of geometry between satellite and ground targets as well as the Doppler frequency ambiguity resolving problem. The experimental results using Radarsat-1 signal data shows that the proposed method can be effectively used for the extraction of Doppler information.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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• v.25 no.2
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• pp.144-150
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• 2022

The on-board processor of satellite synthetic aperture radar(SAR) generates transmission signal by digital signal processing, converts it into an analog signal. At this time, the transmission signal generated from the baseband requires the frequency modulation to convert it to the high-frequency band in order to improve the stability. General frequency modulation method using local oscillator(LO) causes IQ imbalance due to phase error/magnitude error and these error reduce performance of SAR. To generate transmission signal without phase/magnitude error, this paper suggests design method of the frequency modulation method using digital to analog converter(DAC) at on-board SAR. For design, this paper analyzes the characteristic of DAC mode and uses pre-compensation filter. To analyze the proposed method performance, performance index are compared with IQ imbalance signals. This method is suitable for on-board SAR using fast sampling DAC and has the advantage of being able to solve IQ imbalances.

• Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
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• v.38 no.3
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• pp.251-263
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• 2022

This paper presents an idea of ScanSAR image formation. For image formation of ScanSAR that utilizes the burst mode for raw signal acquisition, most conventional single burst methods essentially require a step of azimuth stitching which contributes to radiometric and phase distortions to some extent. Time-domain cross correlation could replace SPECAN which is most popularly used for ScanSAR processing. The core idea of the proposed method is that it is possible to relieve the necessity of azimuth stitching by an extension of Doppler bandwidth of the reference function to the burst cycle period. Performance of the proposed method was evaluated by applying it to the raw signals acquired by a spaceborne SAR system, and results satisfied all image quality requirements including 3 dB width, peak-to-sidelobe ratio (PSLR), compression ratio,speckle noise, etc. Image quality of ScanSAR is inferior to that of Stripmap in all aspects. However, it is also possible to improve the quality of ScanSAR image competitive to that of Stripmap if focused on a certain parameter while reduced qualities of other parameters. Thus, it is necessary for a ScanSAR processor to offer a great degree of flexibility complying with different requirements for different applications and techniques.

• Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
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• v.34 no.6_3
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• pp.1457-1468
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• 2018

The sigma naught (${\sigma}^0$) equation is essential to calculate geo-physical properties from Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) images for the applications such as ground target identification,surface classification, sea wind speed calculation, and soil moisture estimation. In this paper, we are suggesting new Kompsat-5 (K5) Radar Cross Section (RCS) and ${\sigma}^0$ equations reflecting the final SAR processor update and absolute radiometric calibration in order to increase the application of K5 SAR images. Firstly, we analyzed the accuracy of the K5 RCS equation by using trihedral corner reflectors installed in the Kompsat calibration site in Mongolia. The average difference between the calculated values using RCS equation and the measured values with K5 SAR processor was about $0.2dBm^2$ for Spotlight and Stripmap imaging modes. In addition, the verification of the K5 ${\sigma}^0$ equation was carried out using the TerraSAR-X (TSX) and Sentinel-1A (S-1A) SAR images over Amazon rainforest, where the backscattering characteristics are not significantly affected by the seasonal change. The calculated ${\sigma}^0$ difference between K5 and TSX/S-1A was less than 0.6 dB. Considering the K5 absolute radiometric accuracy requirement, which is 2.0 dB ($1{\sigma}$), the average difference of $0.2dBm^2$ for RCS equation and the maximum difference of 0.6 dB for ${\sigma}^0$ equation show that the accuracies of the suggested equations are relatively high. In the future, the validity of the suggested RCS and ${\sigma}^0$ equations is expected to be verified through the application such as sea wind speed calculation, where quantitative analysis is possible.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea TC
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• v.39 no.3
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• pp.117-124
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• 2002

A high speed data link capability is one of the critical factors in determining the performance of the spaceborne SAR system with high resolution because of the strict requirement for the real-time data transmission of the massive SAR data in a limited time of mission. In this paper, based on the data link model characterized by the spaceborne small SAR system, the high rate multi-channel data link module is designed including link storage, link processor, transmitter, and wide-angle antenna. The design results are presented with the performance analysis on the data link budget as well as the multi-mode data rate in association with the SAR imaging mode of operation from high resolution to the wide swath. The designed data link module can be effectively used for the spaceborne and airborne applications which requires to expand the high speed data link capability.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2002.10e
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• pp.133-135
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• 2002

ACE2000 MPLS 시스템은 대용량 ATM 교환 시스템인 ACE2000 ATM 교환시스템에 MPLS 기능을 부가함으로써 사용자들에게 차별화 된 서비스를 제공할 수 있는 시스템이다 MPLS 시스템에서는 채널 사용의 유연성과 채널 자원의 효율적인 사용을 위해 VC 머징 기능을 요구하고 있다. 이를 위해 ACE2000 MPLS 시스템에서는 출력 방향 패킷 처리기에 VC머징 기능을 구현하여 적용하고 있다. 구현된 VC 머징 장치는 고성능 SAR 소자를 이용하였다. VC 머징 장치는 ATM 셀 구조로 입력되고, 입력된 ATM 셀은 고성능 SAR 소자에 의해 AAL-5 유형의 패킷으로 변환되어 VC 머징 제어기로 입력된다. VC 머징 제어기에서는 패킷 입력부로부터 패킷을 받아들여 채널 연결 설정 정보에 따른 VC 머징 기능을 수행하도록 패킷을 처리한다. 이 VC 머징 제어기에서의 패킷 처리 시 스위치 포트의 Full Mesh 연결로 인해 발생되는 채널 자원의 감소 문제를 해결하고, 채널 자원을 증대시키기 위해 2 단계의 룩업 과정을 거치는 패킷 제어 기능을 수행한다. 패킷 제어기에 의해 처리된패킷은 또 하나의 고성능 SAR 소자로 구성되어 있는 패킷 출력부로 전달되어 셀 분할(Segmentation) 과정을 거쳐 ATM 형태로 다음 레이블 스위치 라우터로 전달 되도록 물리층 보드로 전달된다. 본 논문에서는 ATM 교환 시스템을 기반으로 MPLS 시스템에서 채널자원의 증대를 위한 출력방향 패킷 처리장치에 대하여 제안한다.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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• v.24 no.5
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• pp.475-481
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• 2021

The on-board processor of satellite Synthetic Aperture Radar(SAR) digitizes the back-scattered echoes and transmits them to the ground. As satellite SAR image of various operating conditions including broadband and high resolution is required, an enormous amount of SAR data is generated. Decimation filter is used for data compression to improve the transmission efficiency of these data. Decimation filter is implemented with the FIR(Finite Impulse Response) filter and here, the decimation ratio and tap length are constrained by resource requirements of FPGA used for implementation. This paper suggests to use a non-integer ratio decimation filter in order to optimize the data transmission efficiency. Also, it proposes a filter design method that remarkably reduces the resource constraints of the FPGA in-use via applying a polyphase filter structure. The required resources for implementing the proposed filter is analysed in this paper.