• Journal of Engineering Education Research
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• v.24 no.5
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• pp.46-52
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• 2021

This study introduces the development and application of instructional materials for a micro-UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) design and manufacturing program in university education for freshman/sophomore students. The ADDIE methodology was applied to the development of educational materials, which consist of 15 lessons including the aircraft design theory, 3D CAD modeling, 3D printing production, and UAV flight control. The validity of the program was evaluated with 8 expert panels. A total of 82 participants from engineering and social science grouped the 16 teams for the creative UAV wing design and cooperative interactions. The results of overall program satisfaction survey was measured highly as the average 4.54 (out of 5), so that the students were content with the professional engineering knowledge, 3D digital tools, and the opportunity to design and manufacture airplanes on their own. In conclusion, it can be confirmed that the developed program is effective for UAV education for junior level college student.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.24 no.2
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• pp.61-72
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• 2020

Performance characteristics of propulsion systems applied to UAVs that under development or completed in foreign countries were analyzed. In this study, aircraft mission and performance characteristics of ten UAVs were reviewed and compared with current available civil and military aircraft. Also performance characteristics of UAVs propulsion systems were summarized and engine design parameters were analyzed. Thrust, SFC and design parameters such as pressure ratio and bypass ratio of UAV propulsion system were compared with the current existing civil and military aircraft engines. From this study, the design parameters of the propulsion system applied to the UAV were well understood.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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• v.21 no.5
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• pp.675-683
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• 2018

In this paper, we have proposed a design and verification methods of electrical system and power loads for unmaned aeriel vehicles(UAVs) through electrical load analysis. In order to meet a UAV system requirement and electrical system specifications, we have designed an electrical power system for efficient power supply and distribution and have theoretically analyzed the power loads according to the power consumption and power bus design of UAV. Using electrical system rig, the designed electrical power system has been experimentally verified. Also, we have performed several flight tests to verify the UAV electrical system and power loads. It is concluded that the proposed design and verification method of electrical system for UAV system.

• Annual Conference of KIPS
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• 2018.05a
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• pp.479-480
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• 2018

최근 무인항공기(Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, UAV)에 부착된 카메라로 사용자를 촬영함으로써 레저 및 여행 중 영상을 기록하기 위해 활용하고 있다. UAV에 부착된 카메라로 사용자를 촬영하기 위해 사용자가 직접 조종하거나 NUI/NUX 기술을 활용한다. UAV가 비행해야 되는 비행경로를 미리 설정하거나 단일 사용자를 추적해서 자동적으로 UAV가 비행하며 UAV에 부착된 카메라로 단일 사용자 중심으로 촬영한다. 하지만 레저 및 여행 중 영상을 기록하는 과정에서 단일 사용자 중심이 아니라 복수의 사용자를 고려하여 촬영해야 되는 경우가 있다. UAV가 복수의 사용자 위치를 고려하여 복수의 사용자를 촬영하는 시스템이 필요하다. 본 논문에서는 복수의 사용자를 촬영하기 위한 촬영 시스템을 설계한다. 촬영 시스템은 복수의 사용자 위치의 변화를 기반으로 UAV를 제어한다.

• International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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• v.23 no.1
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• pp.78-88
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• 2023

Medication safety and medicine delivery challenge the well-being of the elderly and the management of the elderly center. With the outbreak of COVID-19, the elderly in the care center were challenged by the inconvenience of the medication restocking. The purpose of this paper accentuates the importance of the design and development of an UAV-based Smart Medicine Case (UAV-SMC) to improve the performance of medication management and medicine delivery in the elderly center. The researchers came up with the design of UAV-SMC in the light of the UAV and IoT technology to improve the performance of both Medication Practice Management (MPM) and Low Inventory Detection and Delivery (LIDD). Based on the result, with UAV-SMC, the performance of both MPM and LIDD was significantly improved. The UAV-SMC improves the efficacy of medication management in the elderly center by 26.97 to 149.83 seconds for each medication practice and 9.03 mins for each time of medicine delivery in Subang Jaya Malaysia. This paper only investigates the adoption of UAV-SMC in the content of elderly center rather than other industries. The authors consider integrating the UAV-SMC with the e-pharmacy system in the future. In conclusion, the UAV-SMC has significantly improved the medication management and guard the safety of elderly and caretaker in the elderly in the post-pandemic times.

• Journal of Computing Science and Engineering
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• v.2 no.4
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• pp.357-374
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• 2008

Over the past few decades, a considerable number of studies have been conducted on the technologies to build an UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) control system. Today, focus in research has moved from a standalone control system towards a network-centric control system for multiple UAV systems. Enabling the design of such complex systems in easily understandable forms that are amenable to rigorous analysis is a highly desirable goal. In this paper, we discuss our experimental evaluation of the Time-triggered Message-triggered Object (TMO) structuring scheme in the design of the UAV control system. The TMO scheme enables high-level structuring together with design-time guaranteeing of accurate timings of various critical control actions with significantly smaller efforts than those required when using lower-level structuring schemes based on direct programming of threads, UDP invocations, etc. Our system was validated by use of environment simulator developed based on an open source flight simulator named FlightGear. The TMO-structured UAV control software running on a small computing platform was easily connected to a simulator of the surroundings of the control system, i.e., the rest of the UAV and the flight environment. Positive experiences in both the TMO-structured design and the validation are discussed along with potentials for future expansion in this paper.

• Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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• v.8 no.6
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• pp.219-226
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• 2017

As the UAV industry is getting matured, various types of UAVs have appeared in many application fields, including filming, reconnaissance, rescue, and etc. and it requires the quick hardware designs, particularly a battery pack, of the UAV. We developed the automatic battery pack design tool for the convenient battery pack configuration design of the hoverable type delivery UAV. With inputs, including current profile, voltage profile, various kinds of cell specifications, desired battery pack voltage, and etc. the automatic battery pack design tool calculates a pack having the minimum weight and the maximum capacity by combining either homogeneous cells or heterogeneous cells. Also, the tool could predict the capacity fading trend of the designed battery pack configuration.

• Annual Conference of KIPS
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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.

• Annual Conference of KIPS
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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.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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• 2009.04a
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• pp.593-598
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• 2009

In this study we present results for the design of ground test system for 4 degree of freedom(DOF) control test is one of the smart UAV ground test. This system is equipped with real smart UAV and Z direction DOF and 3 direction rotation DOF, Ensuring safe operation of the Smart UAV is a top priority. To this end, it is required to do structure analysis and test verification to confirm the design margin and safety. Based on the analysis, the ground test system has been redesigned to meet the structural conditions.