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Time Synchronization Error and Calibration in Integrated GPS/INS Systems

  • Ding, Weidong;Wang, Jinling;Li, Yong;Mumford, Peter;Rizos, Chris
    • ETRI Journal
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    • v.30 no.1
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    • pp.59-67
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    • 2008
  • The necessity for the precise time synchronization of measurement data from multiple sensors is widely recognized in the field of global positioning system/inertial navigation system (GPS/INS) integration. Having precise time synchronization is critical for achieving high data fusion performance. The limitations and advantages of various time synchronization scenarios and existing solutions are investigated in this paper. A criterion for evaluating synchronization accuracy requirements is derived on the basis of a comparison of the Kalman filter innovation series and the platform dynamics. An innovative time synchronization solution using a counter and two latching registers is proposed. The proposed solution has been implemented with off-the-shelf components and tested. The resolution and accuracy analysis shows that the proposed solution can achieve a time synchronization accuracy of 0.1 ms if INS can provide a hard-wired timing signal. A synchronization accuracy of 2 ms was achieved when the test system was used to synchronize a low-grade micro-electromechanical inertial measurement unit (IMU), which has only an RS-232 data output interface.

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A Case Study in Japanese and Prospect of Cloud Computing Service in Convergence Age (융복합시대의 클라우드 컴퓨팅 서비스 전망 및 일본의 사례)

  • Lee, Seong-Hoon;Lee, Dong-Woo
    • Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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    • v.6 no.1
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    • pp.17-22
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    • 2015
  • In information society, digital convergence means a service or new product which appeared through fusion of unit technologies in information and communication regions. The effects of convergence technologies and social phenomenons are visualized in overall regions of society such as economy, culture, etc. Cloud computing has recently been recognized as one of the most emerging technology. Many related companies support cloud computing services. In this paper, we present an analysis of current gaps and new trends in cloud computing based on farming industry of japanese.

On Issue and Outlook of wearable Computer based on Technology in Convergence (융합환경에서 웨어러블 컴퓨터 기술 중심의 시장 및 발전 방향에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Seong-Hoon;Lee, Dong-Woo
    • Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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    • v.6 no.3
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    • pp.73-78
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    • 2015
  • In information society, Convergence means a service or new product which appeared through fusion of unit technologies in information and communication regions. The effects of convergence technologies and social phenomenons are visualized in overall regions of society such as economy, society, culture, etc. In this paper, we described a wearable computer which was leading case in digital convergence. Wearable computer is unit that you can literally wear on your body to enhance recognition abilities and problem-solving abilities by processing various types of integrated information. Therefore, we studied the issues, market and outlookof wearable computer in this paper.

A Study on the GPS/INS Integration and GPS Compensation Algorithm Based on the Particle Filter (파티클 필터를 이용한 GPS 위치보정과 GPS/INS 센서 결합에 관한 연구)

  • Jeong, Jae Young;Kim, Han Sil
    • Journal of the Institute of Electronics and Information Engineers
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    • v.50 no.6
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    • pp.267-275
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    • 2013
  • EKF has been widely used for GPS/INS integration as standard method but EKF has one well-known drawback. if the errors are not within the bounded region, the filter may be divergent. The particle filter has the advantage of the nonlinear and non-gaussian system. This paper proposes a method for compensating the GPS position errors based on the particle filter and presents loosely-coupled GPS/INS integration using proposed algorithm. We used GPS position pattern with particle filter and added attitude kalman filter for improving attitude accuracy. To verify the performance, the proposed method is compared with high cost GPS as reference. In the experimental result, we verified that the accuracy and robust were well improved by the proposed method filter effectively and robustness than by original loosely-coupled integration when vehicle turns at corner.

A Design of Device Identification and Communication Method for Secure Device Monitoring based Smart Phone (스마트폰 기반에서 안전한 디바이스 모니터링을 위한 디바이스 식별 및 통신 기법 설계)

  • Jin, Byungwook;Ahn, Heuihak;Jun, Moonseog
    • Journal of Korea Society of Digital Industry and Information Management
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.69-78
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    • 2017
  • As the smartphone-based devices are diffused and developed rapidly, they provide the convenience to the users. The abovementioned sentence technologies are being used not only in the existing sensor and wireless network technology but also in the application services of the diverse fields application services such as smart appliance, smart car, smart health care, etc. and the new fusion paradigm from the industry is presented by undertaking the researches in diverse area by the enterprises and research institutions. However, the smart environment exposes its weaknesses in the mobile terminal area, existing wireless network and IT security area. In addition, due to new and variant ways of attack, not only the critical information are disclosed However also the financial damages occur. This paper proposed the protocol to perform the smartphone-based safe device monitoring and safe communication. The proposed protocol designed the management procedure of registration, identification, communication protocol and device update management protocol and the safety against the attack techniques such as the an-in-the-middle-attack, impersonation attack, credential threat, information leaks and privacy invasion was analyzed. It was observed that the proposed protocol showed the performance improved by approximately 52% in the communication process than the existing system.

Performance Evaluation of the Modified Interacting Multiple Model Filter Using 3-D Maneuvering Target (3차원 기동표적을 사용한 수정된 상호작용 다중모델필터의 성능 분석)

  • Park, Sung-Lin;Kim, Ki-Cheol;Kim, Yong-shik;Hong, Keum-Shik
    • Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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    • v.7 no.5
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    • pp.445-453
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    • 2001
  • The multiple targets tracking problem has been one of the main issues in the radar applications area in the last decade. Besides the standard Kalman filtering, various methods including the variable dimen-sion filter, input estimation filter, interacting multiple model(IMM) filter, dederated variable dimension filter with input estimation, etc., have proposed to address the tracking and sensor fusion issues. In this pa- per, two existing tracking algorithm, i.e, the IMM filter and the variable dimension filter with input estima-tion(VDIE), are combined for the purpose of improving the tracking performance for maneuvering targets. To evaluate the tracking performance of the proposed algorithm, three typical maneuvering patterns, i.e., waver, pop-up, and high-diver motions, are defined and are applied to the modified IMM filter as well as the standard IMM filter. The smaller RMS tracking errors, in position and velocity, of the modified IMM filter than the standard IMM filter are demonstrated though computer simulations.

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Network-based Distributed Approach for Implementation of an Unmanned Autonomous Forklift (무인 자율 주행 지게차 구현을 위한 네트워크 기반 분산 접근 방법)

  • Song, Young-Hun;Park, Jee-Hun;Lee, Kyung-Chang;Lee, Suk
    • Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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    • v.16 no.9
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    • pp.898-904
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    • 2010
  • Unmanned autonomous forklifts have a great potential to enhance the productivity of material handling in various applications because these forklifts can pick up and deliver loads without an operator and any fixed guide. There are, however, many technical difficulties in developing such forklifts including localization, map building, sensor fusion, control and so on. Implementation, which is often neglected, is one of practical issues in developing such an autonomous device. This is because the system requires numerous sensors, actuators, and controllers that need to be connected with each other, and the number of connections grows very rapidly as the number of devices grows. Another requirement on the integration is that the system should allow changes in the system design so that modification and addition of system components can be accommodated without too much effort. This paper presents a network-based distributed approach where system components are connected to a shared CAN network, and control functions are divided into small tasks that are distributed over a number of microcontrollers with a limited computing capacity. This approach is successfully applied to develop an unmanned forklift.

Feature Recognition for Digitizing Path Generation in Reverse Engineering (역공학에서 측정경로생성을 위한 특징형상 인식)

  • Kim Seung Hyun;Kim Jae Hyun;Park Jung Whan;Ko Tae Jo
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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    • v.21 no.12
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    • pp.100-108
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    • 2004
  • In reverse engineering, data acquisition methodology can generally be categorized into contacting and non-contacting types. Recently, researches on hybrid or sensor fusion of the two types have been increasing. In addition, efficient construction of a geometric model from the measurement data is required, where considerable amount of user interaction to classify and localize regions of interest is inevitable. Our research focuses on the classification of each bounded region into a pre-defined feature shape fer a hybrid measuring scheme, where the overall procedures are described as fellows. Firstly, the physical model is digitized by a non-contacting laser scanner which rapidly provides cloud-of-points data. Secondly, the overall digitized data are approximated to a z-map model. Each bounding curve of a region of interest (featured area) can be 1.aced out based on our previous research. Then each confined area is systematically classified into one of the pre-defined feature types such as floor, wall, strip or volume, followed by a more accurate measuring step via a contacting probe. Assigned to each feature is a specific digitizing path topology which may reflect its own geometric character. The research can play an important role in minimizing user interaction at the stage of digitizing path planning.

Study for Field Inspection of Phase-Array Ultrasonic for Electro-fusion Joints of Polyethylene Gas Pipes (폴리에틸렌 가스배관 전기융착부 위상배열초음파검사 현장사례 연구)

  • Kil Seong-Hee;Kwon Jeong-Rock;Park Kyo-Shik
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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    • v.10 no.2 s.31
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    • pp.61-67
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    • 2006
  • We developed the ultrasonic phased array technique for obtaining ultrasonic images of electrofusion joints of polyethylene piping. And we inspected 4 cases at fields with this technique. First case is for the 300 mm diameter polyethylene electrofusion joint by using 3.5 MHz phased array sensor, second is for the 350 mm diameter saddle electrofusion joint, third is for the 400 mm diameter electrofusion joints and the last one is for the 400 mm diameter piping joints which will be used at 300 kPa suppling pressure.

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The Study on the Development of the HD(High Definition) Level Triple Streaming Hybrid Security Camera (HD급 트리플 스트리밍 하이브리드 보안 카메라 개발에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, JaeHee;Cho, TaeKyung;Seo, ChangJin
    • The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers P
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    • v.66 no.4
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    • pp.252-257
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    • 2017
  • In this paper for developing and implementing the HD level triple streaming hybrid security camera which output the three type of video outputs(HD-SDI, EX-SDI, Analog). We design the hardware and program the firmware supporting the main and sub functions. We use MN34229PL as image sensor, EN778, EN331 as image processor, KA909A as reset, iris, day&night function part, A3901SEJTR-T as zoom/focus control part. We request the performance test of developed security camera at the broadcasting and communication fusion testing department of TTA (Telecommunication Technology Association). We can get the three outputs (HD-SDI, EX-SDI, Analog) from the developed security camera, get the world best level at the jitter and eye pattern amplitude value and exceed the world best level at the signal/noise ratio, and minium illumination, power consumption part. The HD level triple streaming hybrid security camera in this paper will be widely used at the security camera because of the better performance and function.