• 센서학회지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.112-117
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• 2010

A high-throughput sorting (HTS) system has been designed to separate target particles using a negative dielectrophoretic (n-DEP) force. The system consists of a meso-sized channel and a cantilever-type electrode(CE) array designed to separate a large number of target particles by discerning subtle difference of weight and dielectric material property of the particles. Using the polystyrene beads with various sizes of 10, 25 and $50{\mu}m$, the developed system exhibits high-throughput sorting of about 200 beads/sec and more than 80 % of separation efficiency.

• 산업경영시스템학회지
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.1-9
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• 2009

Processing mail objects in a mail processing center involves several steps and operations, in particular dispatching as well as sorting by destination. The purpose of this paper is to present a model for the part-time worker staffing and allocation problem as it arises at the parcel sorting area in a mail processing center. The problem is formulated as a mixed integer linear program model to minimize the variable part-time workforce related cost. Hot only the characteristics of the sorting operations but also the dispatching requirements of the vehicles are reflected into the model. Six example problems with three different daily amounts of arriving mail are solved with LINGO to demonstrate the effectiveness of the 7-level induction option for the parcel sorting machine over the current 3-level one. The results indicate that measurable savings can be achieved by departing from current practice.

• Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.100-105
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• 2000

Quality sorting of cut flowers is very essential to increase the value of products. There are many factors that determine the quality of cut flowers such as length, thickness, and straightness of stem, and color and maturity of bud. Among these factors, the straightness of stem and the maturity of bud are generally considered to be more difficult to evaluate. A prototype grading and sorting machine for cut flowers was developed and tested for a rose variety. The machine consisted of a chain-drive feed mechanism, a pneumatic discharge system, and a grading system utilizing color image processing and neural network. Artificial neural network algorithm was utilized to grade cut roses based on the straightness of stem and maturity of bud. Test results showed 89% agreement with human expert for the straightness of stem and 90% agreement for the maturity of bud. Average processing time for evaluating straightness of the stem and maturity of the bud were 1.01 and 0.44 second, respectively. Application of neural network eliminated difficulties in determining criteria of each grade category while maintaining similar level of classification error.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 1995년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.859-863
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• 1995

Presented in the paper are a review of sorting and buffering system(SBS), the design procedure of a SBS and an analytical model for the initial alternative generation. SBS is an automated material handling system in which incoming items of different part types are automatically sorted and buffered so that the processing machines can process the part in lots. SBSs play a key role in modern manufacturing systems ans are widely found in mass fabrication lines, packaging and palletizing, and disribution centers.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.147-154
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• 2001

In Korea and Japan, dried oak mushrooms are classified into 12 to 16 different categories based on its external visual quality. And grading used to be done manually by the human expert and is limited to the randomly sampled oak mushrooms. Visual features of dried oak mushrooms dominate its quality and are distributed over both sides of the gill and the cap. The 2nd prototype computer vision based automatic grading and sorting system for dried oak mushrooms was developed based on the 1st prototype. Sorting function was improved and overall system for grading was simplified to one stage grading instead of two stage grading by inspecting both front and back sides of mushrooms. Neuro-net based side(gill or cap) recognition algorithm of the fed mushroom was adopted. Grading was performed with both images of gill and cap using neural network. A real time simultaneous discharge algorithm, which is good for objects randomly fed individually and for multi-objects located along a series of discharge buckets, was developed and implemented to the controller and the performance was verified. Two hundreds samples chosen from 10 samples per 20 grade categories were used to verify the performance of each unit such as feeding, reversing, grading, and discharging unites. Test results showed that success rates of one-line feeding, reversing, grading, and discharging functions were 93%, 95%, 94%, and 99% respectively. The developed prototype revealed successful performance such as the approximate sorting capability of 3,600 mushrooms/hr per each line i.e. average 1sec/mushroom. Considering processing time of approximate 0.2 sec for grading, it was desired to reduce time to reverse a mushroom to acquire the reversed surface image.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제27권7B호
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• pp.686-694
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• 2002

본 논문에서는 DS-CDMA 환경 하에서 일반적인 그룹형 간섭제거기(Groupwise Canceller) 중 초기단을 개선시킨 그룹형 간섭제거기(Improved initial-stage Grouping Interference Canceller)의 개선된 정렬기법을 소개한다. 비선형 간섭제거기 중 초기단을 개선시킨 그룹형 간섭제거기(IGIC)는 입력된 신호를 그룹으로 나누어 정렬기법을 통해 초기단 성능을 개선시킨 간섭제거기이다. 그러나, 이 시스템은 정렬기법에 의해서 각 그룹에 할당되는 사용자수가 항상 동일하기 때문에 동일 그룹내에서 신호세력의 차이가 생길 수 있다. 이 경우, 동일 그룹내에 작은 신호들은 큰 신호들로부터 많은 다중접속간섭의 영향을 받는다. 이와 같은 다중접속간섭의 영향을 줄이기 위해 본 논문에서는 개선된 정렬기법을 사용하여 각 그룹에 할당되는 신호들이 비슷한 신호전력분포를 가지도록 하였다. 따라서, 그룹내의 신호세력 차이를 줄여 다중접속간섭의 영향이 감소되었다. 성능 분석은 전력제어를 하였을 때와 하지 않았을 때를 다른 비선형 간섭제거기와 비교하여 분석하였다.

• 한국농업기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국농업기계학회 1996년도 International Conference on Agricultural Machinery Engineering Proceedings
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• pp.679-684
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• 1996

The work was aimed at realize the problem of seed processing . Solving this problem it was ascertained that the existing mathematical methods are reliable enough, but they are used practically very seldom. The work offers to use the expert system technology which allows to solve problems connected with practical knowledge of experts in the region of investigation effectively. The method of knowledge structuring and analizing as well as technique of knowledge acquisition which is necessary for realization of this technology are worked-out in the work. As the result applying the worked-out method the prototypes of the expert system (ES) are created : -ES " Sieves " ; research prototype for the sieve choice for the seed sorting machines -ES " Diagnostics " ; displaying prototype for the technological determination of action disrepair of seed sorting machines.

• 자원리싸이클링
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.43-49
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• 2008

본 연구에서는 라인스캔 카메라를 이용한 색도인식 스크랩 선별시스템을 설계 제작하고 제작한 시스템을 이용하여 철스크랩에 혼합되어 있는 Cu 스크랩을 자동으로 분리하는 연구를 수행하였다. 스크랩 자동선별 시스템은 크게 측정부, 이송부 그리고 이젝터로 구분되며 라인스캔 카메라, 광원 및 frame grabber로 구성된 측정부에서 스크랩 표면의 색도를 이메지 프로쎄싱 알고리즘에 의해 인식함으로써. 임의로 지정한 특정한 표면색상의 스크랩만에 에어노즐을 작동케 하여 선별하도록 되어 있다. 본 연구에서는 선별처리의 고속화에 대응하기 위하여 주파수 가변 광원시스템을 제작하여 선별시스템에 적용하였으며, 최적실험조건으로 스크랩 이송속도 25 m/min.에서 철스크랩중에 포함되어 있는 Cu스크랩을 90%이상 인식하여 약 80%의 선별효율을 얻었다.

• 산업경영시스템학회지
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.97-102
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• 2011

This study was performed to design and develop an ergonomic equipment for strawberry sorting and packing in agricultural working environments. Potential risk of work related musculo-skeletal disorders associated with farm workers performing strawberry sorting and packing was analyzed through interviews, field surveys, work measurement, and working posture evaluation. For the evaluation of working posture, we used REBA, OWAS, and RULA assessment methods to identify multi-factorial risk factors. Based on the result of comprehensive assessment, a new concept of multi-level rotating table for strawberry sorting and packing was proposed to modify awkward working postures and improve the effectiveness of the farm work. Finally, the characteristics and effectiveness of new equipment was discussed in terms of improvements in productivity, safety, and subjective ratings of farm workers. The results of analysis showed that working conditions improved significantly.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제29권12A호
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• pp.1291-1297
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• 2004

본 논문에서는 OFDMA 무선 이동 통신시스템에서 시스템의 수율을 최대화 하면서 비실시간 트래픽 사용자들에게 비례적인 공정성을 제공하기에 적합한 새로운 스케줄링 알고리즘을 제안 하였다. 새로이 제안된 알고리즘은 3GPP2에 적용된 비례공정 (Proportional Fairness) 스케줄링과 채널이득 값들에 대한 소팅 (Sorting) 개념을 응용하여 제안하였다. 비례공정 스케줄링은 OFDMA에서 각 사용자들에게 할당될 부반송파 개수를 계산하는데 응용하였으며, 소팅기법은 계산된 부반송파를 실제 사용자들에게 할당하는데 있어 시스템의 수율을 최대화 하는데 기여하였다. 모의실험을 통해 본 논문에 의해 새로이 제안된 알고리즘이 최대전송선택 알고리즘과 소팅을 하지 않은 경우에 비해 공정성 및 시스템 수율에서 특성이 향상됨을 알 수 있었으며, 또한 제안된 소팅 기법은 기존 사용자간 부반송파의 스와핑을 이용한 반복 순환기법과 비교 시 시스템 평균 수율은 거의 같으나 계산에 따른 부하가 최대 3배까지 개선됨을 알 수 있다.