• Journal of IKEEE
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• v.27 no.4
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• pp.411-417
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• 2023

Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-assisted relay has the advantages of ease of deployment, good communication channels, and mobility over traditional terrestrial relay, which greatly improves wireless connectivity. In this paper, we design a UAV-enabled relay network that can utilize radio frequency bands to harvest energy from sources and utilize terahertz (THz) bands to transmit information between secondary transmitters and receivers. Next, we solve the optimal position of the UAV that maximizes the relay channel capacity, and propose an algorithm to design two trajectories of UAV (a straight and an elliptical trajectory) using the derived solution. Numerical results show that the straight trajectory is better in terms of harvested energy and channel capacity.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2017.04a
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• pp.475-477
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• 2017

최근 ICT 기술 발전으로 인해여 전세계에서 UAV 시장이 기하급수적으로 성장하고 있다. 실제로 미국의 Teal Group에 따르면 2024년 전세계 UVA 시장은 147억 달러에 이를 것이라 예상하고 있다. 그러나 UAV는 현재 많은 분야에서 이용되고 있지만, 대부분 저사양을 가지고 있어 복잡한 임무를 수행 할 수 없다. 이러한 문제를 해결하기 위해서는 여러 UAV가 임무를 분담 수행하는 UAV 군집 비행 제어 기술이 필수적이다. 본 논문에서는 기존 UAV 군집 비행 제어 기술을 3가지로 분류하고 향상된 복잡 UAV 군집 비행 제어 기술을 제안한다.

• Journal of Aerospace System Engineering
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.7-13
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• 2016

Multi disciplinary approach for aerodynamics, structure, propulsion, and flight control system is necessary to develop High Altitude Long Endurance Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (HALE UAV). Various HALE UAV development trends are surveyed to understand their operational requirements. Separating the UAV Take Off Weight by 150kg, Airworthiness implementation direction for HALE UAV is studied under the current Airworthiness regulations. NATO STANAG 4671 and STANAG 4703 Airworthiness certification criteria are analyzed, and their applicability was proposed for future HALE UAV development. In addition, minimization of the risk for UAV is studied by considering probability of cumulative catastrophic failure for HALE UAV. This Hazard Risk Index can support the future UAV Airworthiness Certification Criteria.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2016.04a
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• pp.663-666
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• 2016

최근에 증가한 무인항공기(Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, UAV) 활용에 따라 다양한 제어 방법이 도입되고 있다. 일반적으로는 UAV 조종기를 통해서 직접 제어하는 방법이 많이 활용되고 있다. 하지만, 세밀한 UAV 제어를 위해서는 직관적인 사용자 인터페이스가 필요하다. 이 논문에서는 Myo로 다종 UAV를 제어하는 방법을 제안한다. 이를 위해서 기 개발된 그라운드스테이션과 UAV를 연결하고 제어하는 방법을 소개한다. UAV를 체감형 인터페이스로 제어함으로써 직관적인 제어가 가능하다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2016.04a
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• pp.675-678
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• 2016

최근 무인항공기 (Unmanned Aerial Vehicel, UAV)는 장점인 빠른 이동속도와 장착된 카메라를 이용하여 넓은 지역을 감시하기 위해서 활용되고 있다. 하지만, 조종사가 UAV를 직접 조종하여 넓은 지역을 비행하기에는 많은 비용이 발생한다. UAV가 자율적으로 넓은 지역을 비행하는 방법이 요구된다. 이 논문은 웨이포인트를 기반으로 UAV를 비행시키기 위한 Ground Control Station (GCS)의 구조를 제안한다. 비행할 웨이포인트는 위성항법시스템(Global Positioning System, GPS) 기반으로 설정하고 제안한 구조를 기반으로 다양한 임무 수행을 위해 다수의 비행 알고리즘을 정의하여 UAV를 비행시킨다. 부가적으로, 웨이포인트 기반으로 UAV를 비행시키기 위한 사용자 인터페이스도 소개한다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2015.04a
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• pp.760-761
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• 2015

최근에는 아마존 등 해외 배송업체들이 무인항공기(UAV)를 이용한 배송 서비스를 발표하면서 UAV에 관한 관심이 증폭되고 있다. 일반적으로 UAV는 실외에서 GPS 기반으로 이동한다. 하지만, GPS는 오차 법위가 크고 실내에서는 사용하지 못하는 문제가 있다. UAV의 활용을 높이기 위해서는 UAV를 세밀하게 제어하는 방법과 비행 이동을 자율적으로 제어할 때 발생하는 위치의 오차를 보정하는 방법이 필요하다. 위치 오차는 UAV가 비행할 때 부는 바람 등의 이유로 발생한다. 이 논문에서는 UAV의 움직임을 사전에 측정하고 분석한다. 그리고 현재의 위치 오차를 예측하고 보정할 수 있는 방법을 제안한다. 제안한 방법은 Parrot사의 AR.Drone 2.0에 적용해서 처리되는 과정을 소개한다.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.19 no.3
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• pp.155-160
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• 2018

The unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is used in various fields, such as land surveying, facility management, and disaster monitoring and restoration because it has low operational costs, fast data acquisition, and can generate a digital surface model (DSM). Recently, the UAV has been applied to process management in construction projects. Construction projects are widely distributed not only in urban areas but also in mountainous areas and rural areas where people are rarely in traffic or in vehicles. Projects range from a few hundred meters to several kilometers long. In order to perform a reconnaissance survey, a surveying method using a global positioning system (GPS) or a total station has mainly been used. However, these methods have a disadvantage in that a lot of time is required for data acquisition. This study's purpose is to evaluate the usability of a UAV DSM for surveying a construction area. Data was acquired using the UAV and a three-dimensional (3D) laser scanner, and the DSM of the construction site was created through data processing. The UAV DSM showed accuracy to within 30 cm based on the 3D laser scanner data, and a process comparison between the two work methods was able to present the usability of the UAV DSM in the field of construction surveying. Future utilization of the UAV DSM is expected to greatly improve the efficiency of work in construction projects.

• Journal of Cadastre & Land InformatiX
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• v.47 no.1
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• pp.179-190
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• 2017

A terrestrial LiDAR survey was conducted and unmanned aerial vehicle(UAV) images were taken for target cultural properties to present the utilization measures of terrestrial LiDAR and UAV in three-dimensional modeling of cultural properties for the identification of the status and restoration of cultural properties. Then the accuracy of the point clouds generated through this process was compared, an overlap analysis of the 3D model was conducted, and a convergence model was created. According to the results, the modeling with terrestrial LiDAR is more appropriate for precise survey because 3D modeling for the detection of displacement and deformation of cultural properties requires an accuracy of mm units. And UAV model has limitation as the impossibility of detailed expression of parts with sharp unevenness such as cracks of bricks. However, it is found that the UAV model has a wide range of modeling and has the advantage of modeling of real cultural properties. Finally, the convergence model created in this study using the advantages of the terrestrial LiDAR model and the UAV model could be efficiently utilized for the basic data development of cultural properties.

• Journal of Korean Society for Geospatial Information Science
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• v.16 no.4
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• pp.79-87
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• 2008

There has been a strong demand for low altitude UAV development in rapid mapping not only to acquire high resolution image with much more low cost and weather independent, compared to satellite surveying or traditional aerial surveying, but also to meet many needs of the aerial photogrammetry. Especially, efficient geocoding of UAV imagery is the key issue. Contrary to high UAV potential for civilian applications, the technology development in photogrammetry for example direct georeferencing is in the early stage and it requires further research and additional technical development. In this study, two approaches are supposed for automatic geocoding of UAV still images by simple affine transformation and block adjustment of affine transformation using minimal ground control points and also evaluated the applicability and quality of geometric model compared to geocoded images generated by commercial S/W.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• v.40 no.7
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• pp.622-628
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• 2016

The prosperity of IT technologies and the removal of restrictions regarding Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), also known as drones, have driven growth in their popularity. However, without a proper solution to the problem of accident avoidance for UAVs, this popularity increases the potential for collisions between UAVs and between UAV and terrain features. These collisions can occur because UAVs to date have flown using radio control or image recognition based autonomous navigation. Therefore, we propose efficient UAV routing schemes to tackle the collision problem using vehicular communication systems. Performance evaluation by computer simulation shows that the proposed methods effectively reduce the collision probability and improve the routing efficiency of the UAV. Furthermore, the proposed algorithms are compatible and can be directly applied with small overhead to the commercial vehicular communication system implementation.