• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.48-55
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• 2010

We have development the steering angle sensor using not only detecting parts but also integrating technique with semiconductors for automobile applications. The performance design and analysis of the steering angle sensor for intelligent vehicles is complicated due to variety of parameters. In this study, the performance characteristics of the angle sensor were analyzed using test rig. By means of magnetic induction technique, these new the steering angle sensors showed excellent magnetic characteristics. The detection range of steering angle sensor obtained was ${\pm}800^{\circ}$, the maximum non-linearity is 0.744% Full Span and the temperature range was $-40^{\circ}C{\sim}+125^{\circ}C$. With this conclusive, the inductive angle sensor was quite satisfactory for many applications in intelligent vehicles.

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 2007년도 하계종합학술대회 논문집
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• pp.149-150
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• 2007

By adding Gyro sensor to support the steering wheel angle sensor, an improved functional DR solution is proposed in this paper The proposed angle data algorism is developed based on the steering wheel with Gyro sensor for DR. The Gyro sensor support the error of steering wheel sensor to improve the angle data for the DR algorism.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제58권8호
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• pp.1526-1531
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• 2009

In this paper, for the first time a new type of narrow-range angle sensor based on inductive effect is introduced and studied. A prototype steering angle sensor is also designed and fabricated to compare the characteristics of the four methods from the viewpoints of sensitivity, linearity and resolution, angle range of the sensor output. This sensor is designed to be sensitive to very small resolution in angle with detected range is scaled down to about 12bit. An intensive investigation has been carried out to study the behaviors of the sensor and optimize its performance by signal compensation. These behaviors are discussed and explained using an analytical and experimental testings. Moreover, Application possibility of the sensor are proposed and a demo device based on the sensor is presented.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제57권8호
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• pp.1371-1376
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• 2008

A Steer-by-Wire system has so many advantages comparing with conventional mechanical steering system that it is expected to take key role in future environment friendly vehicle and intelligent transportation system. The mechanical connection between the hand wheel and the front axle will become obsolete. SBW system provides many benefits in terms of functionality, and at the same time present significant challenges - fault tolerant, fail safety - too. In this paper, failure analysis of SBW system will be performed and than sensor fusion technique will be proposed for fail safety of SBW system. A sensor fusion logic of steering angle sensor by using steering angle sensor, torque sensor and rack position sensor will be developed and simulated by fault injection simulation.

• Journal of Magnetics
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.285-290
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• 2012

Electric Power Steering (EPS) system is superior to conventional Hydraulic Power Steering (HPS) system in aspect of fuel economy and environmental concerns. The EPS system consists of torque sensor, electric motor, ECU (Electric Control Unit), gears and etc. Among the elements, the torque sensor is one of the core technologies of which output signal is used for main input of EPS controller. Usually, the torque sensor has used torsion bar to transform torsion angle into torque and needs linear characteristic in terms of flux variation with respect to rotation angle of permanent magnet. The torsion angle of both ends of a torsion bar is measured by a contact variable resistor. In this paper, the sensor is accurately analyzed using 3D finite element method and its characteristics with respect to four different shapes of the stator teeth are compared. The four shapes are rectangular, triangular, trapezoidal and circular type.

• 전자공학회논문지 IE
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• 제49권2호
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• pp.30-39
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• 2012

졸음운전은 사고발생 확률이 높고, 사고 발생 시 심각도가 높기 때문에 효율적인 졸음운전 판단 시스템이 필요하다. 그러나 생체 신호나 비전을 이용한 졸음운전 판단시스템은 비용 측면에서 활용되기가 어렵다. 이에 본 논문에서는 추가적인 비용 없이 대부분의 차량에 기본 장착되어 있는 조향각 센서(steering angle sensor)와 차량정보(brake switch, throttle position signal, vehicle speed)를 이용하여 졸음운전자의 조향패턴 중 하나인 저킹 판단을 이용한 졸음운전 판단 알고리즘을 제안한다. 본 연구에서는 각 변수의 임계값을 제시하고, HILS(Hardware in the Loop Simulation)에서 CAN을 통해 취득한 차량의 데이터와 Matlab 프로그램을 이용하여 알고리즘을 평가한다.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제13권11호
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• pp.2289-2294
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• 2009

이 논문에서는 라인 트레이스 차량의 주행 제어를 위한 퍼지 제어기를 설계하였다. 라인을 감지하는 센서들의 감지 상태에 따라 센서값을 산출하고 이 센서값은 조향각 제어 퍼지 추론 규칙의 입력으로 사용되어 조향각을 제어값으로 산출한다. 또한 산출된 조향각은 다시 모터속력 제어 추론 퍼지 규칙의 입력으로 사용되어 주행 속도 결정을 위한 모터속력을 제어값으로 산출하게 된다. 제안한 퍼지 제어 기법을 이용하여 조향각만을 제어한 경우와 조향각과 모터속력을 함께 제어한 경우를 각각 실험한 결과, 모터속력을 함께 제어한 경우가 트랙을 이탈하지 않으면서 더욱 빠르게 주행하여 제안한 기법에 더욱 효과적임을 알 수 있었다.

• 센서학회지
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• 제26권6호
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• pp.432-437
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• 2017

As 4.0 industry has been developed, research on a self-driving car technology and related parts of an automobile has been highly investigated recently. Particularly, a TAS(Torque Angle Sensor) module on steering wheel system has been considered as a key technology because of its precise angle, torque detection and high speed signal processing. The environmental assessment is generally required on the TAS module to examine high resolution of angle/torque detection. In the case of existing TAS module, angle detection errors has been occurred by back-lash on main and sub gear in addition to complicated structure caused by gears. In this paper, a structure of the TAS module, which minimizes the numbers of components and angle detection errors on the module compared with the existing TAS module, for vehicle steering system based on a Multi-track Encoder has been proposed. Also, angle detection signal processing board, and key technology of the TAS module were fabricated and evaluated. As a result of the experiments, we confirmed an excellent performance of the fabricated signal processing board for angle detection and an applicability of the fabricated angle detection board on the TAS module of vehicles by the environmental assessment an automobile standard.

• 드라이브 ㆍ 컨트롤
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.36-43
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• 2015

An autonomous vehicle control algorithm based on Ackerman Geometry is known to be reliable in low tire slip situation. However, vehicles at high speed make lateral errors due to high tire slip. In this paper, considering the tire slip of vehicles, the steering angle is determined based on the Ackerman Geometry and is supplemented tire slip angle by the Stanley steering algorithm. In addition, to prevent the tire slip, the algorithm, which restricts steering if a certain level of slip occurs, is used to reduce the lateral error. While many studies have been extended to include vehicle slip, studies also need to be carried out on the tire slip depending on hardware performance. The control algorithm of autonomous vehicles is compensated considering the sensor noise and the performance of steering actuator. Through the various simulations, it was found that the performance of steering actuator was the key factor affecting the performance of autonomous driving. Also, it was verified that the usefulness of steering algorithm considering the tire slip and performance of steering actuator.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2012년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.363-364
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• 2012