• Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.44-51
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• 2011

In this paper, an easy-to-use measurement device for illumination distribution is developed. The device consists of a sensor array module, a control module, and a PC interface. The sensor array module incorporates CIE 1931 color sensors and the ARM-based 96 MHz microcontroller in the control module for measurement and data processing. The sensor array module contains 64 color sensors arranged in a $16{\times}4$ array. The sensitivity of the sensor array module can be adjusted depending on the illumination level to be measured. The measurement data and control signals are exchanged via USB 2.0 standard. To demonstrate the performance of the device, the illumination distribution is measured for colors of red, green, and blue and is graphically shown. The device can be used for measurement of the illumination distribution, design and adjustment of LED illumination.

• 정보통신설비학회논문지
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.147-152
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• 2010

Gas sensor array can be widely applied to atmosphere environment, quality control of food, and medical fields etc. So for the commercialization and popularization of sensor technology, this paper looked into the method to provide users with general purpose smart phone and gas sensor array linked together. The reviewed system can detect unknown gas in the air and inform users using smart phone by arraying 8 kinds of common use gas sensor. This system is composed of the sensor module, communication module between sensor array and smart phone application software. In this paper, this prototype system demonstrate convincingly that the application of Gas sensor array to smart phone is a good outlook.

• 한국정보기술응용학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보기술응용학회 2005년도 6th 2005 International Conference on Computers, Communications and System
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• pp.285-288
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• 2005

We propose a novel programmable miniature vision module based on a custom designed analog VLSI (aVLSI) chip. The vision module consists of the optical flow vision sensor embedded with commercial off-the-shelves digital hardware; in our case is the Intel XScale PXA270 processor enforced with a programmable gate array device. The aVLSI sensor provides gray-scale imager data as well as smooth optical flow estimates, thus each pixel gives a triplet of information that can be continuously read out as three independent images. The particular computational architecture of the custom designed sensor, which is fully parallel and also analog, allows for efficient real-time estimations of the smooth optical flow. The Intel XScale PXA270 controls the sensor read-out and furthermore allows, together with the programmable gate array, for additional higher level processing of the intensity image and optical flow data. It also provides the necessary standard interface such that the module can be easily programmed and integrated into different vision systems, or even form a complete stand-alone vision system itself. The low power consumption, small size and flexible interface of the proposed vision module suggests that it could be particularly well suited as a vision system in an autonomous robotics platform and especially well suited for educational projects in the robotic sciences.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제14권7호
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• pp.1603-1609
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• 2010

본 논문은 해군 호위함급에 장착/운용되는 LAS(Line Array Sensor, 예인선배열센서)로부터 A, B, C그룹 수중음향 신호의 시리얼 데이터를 입력 받아 약속된 Protocol로 Packing하여, 고속 데이터통신과 Optic-fiber채널 장거리 전송이 가능한 SFM(Serial FPDP Module)을 통해 신호처리단으로 실시간 전송하는 센서데이터 입출력처리보드의 설계/제작 및 시험에 관해 언급한다. VME(Versa Module Eurocard) 6U크기의 한정된 보드 공간을 고려하여 Freescale사의 PowerPC계열인 MPC8265 CPU와, 기존 외장 FIFO등의 외부디바이스를 줄이고 자체 시뮬레이션 데이터생성 등을 위해 Altera사의 CycloneIII 계열 FPGA등을 사용하여 설계하고, 실시간 데이터 전송을 보장하며 각종 Device Driver, Peripheral Controller등의 Library를 제공하는 RTOS인 VxWorks를 Porting하여 소프트웨어를 개발하였다.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2009년도 제40회 하계학술대회
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• pp.1978.1_1979.1
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• 2009

In this paper, we have proposed and demonstrated a tonometry sensor array for measuring arterial pulse pressure. A sensor module consists of 7 piezoresistive pressure sensor array. Wire-bonded connection was provided between silicon chip and lead frame. PDMS(poly-dimethylsiloxane) was coated on the sensor array to protect fragile sensor while faithfully transmitting the pressure of radial artery to the sensor. Tonometric pulse pressure can be measured by this packaged sensor array that provides the pressure value versus the output voltage.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 2005년도 ICCAS
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• pp.724-728
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• 2005

This paper represents a development of a range finder sensor module for indoor 2-D mapping and modified Hough transformation for map building. A range finder sensor module has been developed by using optic PSD (Position Sensitive Detector) sensor array at a low price. While PSD sensor is cost effective and light weighting, it has switching noise and white noise. To remove these noises, we propose a heuristic filter. For line-based map building, also we proposed advanced Hough transformation and navigation algorithm. Some experiments were illustrated for the validity of the developed system.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2007년도 제38회 하계학술대회
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• pp.1524-1525
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• 2007

A flexible tactile sensor module based on polyimide matrix integrated with sensing elements and pluggable terminals connector was fabricated by polymer micromachining technology for robotic applications. The tactile sensor arrays are composed of $4{\times}4$, $8{\times}8$ and $16{\times}16$ sensing elements connected with pluggable terminals connector, respectively. Especially, both the tactile sensor array and the pluggable terminals are formed in the sensor module during the fabrication process. The fabricated tactile sensor module is measured continuously in the normal force range of $0{\sim}1N$ with tactile sensor auto-evaluation system. The value of resistance is relatively increased linearly with normal force in the overall range. The variation rate of resistance is about 2.0%/N in the range of $0{\sim}0.6N$ and 1.5%/N in the range of $0.6{\sim}1N$. Also, the flexibility of the sensing module is adequate to be placed on any curved surface as cylinder because the matrix consists of polymer and metal thin film.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제9권6호
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• pp.535-547
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• 2012

Controlling the balance of motion in a context involving a biped robot navigating a rugged surface or a step is a difficult task. In the present study, a $3{\times}5$ flexible piezoelectric tactile sensor array is developed to provide a foot pressure map and zero moment point for a biped robot. We introduce an innovative concept involving structural electrodes on a piezoelectric film in order to improve the sensitivity. The tactile sensor consists of a polymer piezoelectric film, PVDF, between two patterned flexible print circuit substrates (FPC). Additionally, a silicon rubber bump-like structure is attached to the FPC and covered by a polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) layer. Experimental results show that the output signal of the sensor exhibits a linear behavior within 0.2 N ~ 9 N, while its sensitivity is approximately 42 mV/N. According to the characteristic of the tactile sensor, the readout module is designed for an in-situ display of the pressure magnitudes and distribution within $3{\times}5$ taxels. Furthermore, the trajectory of the zero moment point (ZMP) can also be calculated by this program. Consequently, our tactile sensor module can provide the pressure map and ZMP information to the in-situ feedback to control the balance of moment for a biped robot.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 1987년도 한국자동제어학술회의논문집; 한국과학기술대학, 충남; 16-17 Oct. 1987
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• pp.87-90
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• 1987

This paper gives the Sonic Range Finder(SRF) Array which detects the unknown obstacles on the mobile robot's path. This SRF Array gives mobile robot's circumstance information wider, processes and transfers them to the locomotion module to construct the modify path. In this system, 8 pairs of the 40 KHz ultrasonic sensors constitute the SRF Array, including a pair of reference sensors to correct the errors, 4051 analog multiplexer and demultiplexer swtch the sensor with time and 8031-on chip micro computer controls processes the data and communication the others.

• 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국해양정보통신학회 2009년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.371-374
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• 2009

본 논문은 대한민국 해군의 차세대호위함인 FFX(Fast Frigate eXperimental)에 장착/운용되는 LAS(Line Array Sensor, 예인배열형센서)로부터 A,B,C 그룹 수중음향신호의 시리얼 데이터를 입력받아 약속된 Protocol로 Packing하여, 고속 데이터통신과 Optic-fiber채널 장거리 전송이 가능한 SFM(Serial FPDP Module)을 통해 신호처리단으로 실시간 전송하는 센서데이터입출력처리보드의 설계/제작 및 시험에 관해 논한다. VME 6U크기의 한정된 보드 공간을 고려하여 Freescale사의 PowerPC계열인 MPC8265 CPU와, FIFO등의 외부디바이스를 줄이고 자체시뮬레이션 데이터생성등을 위해 Altera사의 CycloneIII 계열 FPGA등을 사용하여 설계하고, 실시간 데이터 전송을 보장하며 각종 Device Driver, Peripheral Controller등의 Library를 제공하는 RTOS인 VxWorks를 Porting하여 소프트웨어를 개발하였다.