• Title/Summary/Keyword: Ubiquitous Sensor Networks(USN)

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A Guidance Methodology Using Ubiquitous Sensor Network Information in Large-Sized Underground Facilities in Fire (대형 지하시설물에서 화재발생 시 USN정보를 이용한 피난 유도 방안)

  • Seo, Yonghee;Lee, Changju;Jung, Jumlae;Shin, Seongil
    • KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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    • v.28 no.4D
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    • pp.459-467
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    • 2008
  • Because of the insufficiency of ground space, the utilization of underground is getting more and more in these days. Moreover, underground space is being used not only buildings but multipurpose space for movement, storage and shopping. However, ground space has vital weakness for fire compared to ground space. Especially in case of underground shopping center, there are various stuffs to burn and poisonous gas can be exposed on this count when the space is burned. A large number of casualties can be also occurred from conflagration as underground space has closed structures that prevent rapid evacuation and access. Therefore, this research proposes the guidance methodology for evacuation from conflagration in large-sized underground facilities. In addition, suggested methodology uses high technology wireless sensor information from up-to-date ubiquitous sensor networks. Fire information collected by sensors is integrated with existing underground facilities information and this is sent to guidance systems by inducing process. In the end, this information is used for minimum time paths finding algorithm considering the passageway capacity and distance. Also, usefulness and inadequacies of proposed methodology is verified by a case study.

Design and Implementation of the Management System of Cultivation and Tracking for Agricultural Products using USN (유비쿼터스 센서 네트워크를 이용한 농산물 재배관리 및 이력추적 시스템의 설계 및 구현)

  • Yoo, Nam-Hyun;Song, Gil-Jong;Yoo, Ju-Hyun;Yang, Su-Yeong;Son, Cheol-Su;Koh, Jing-Wang;Kim, Won-Jung
    • Journal of KIISE:Computing Practices and Letters
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    • v.15 no.9
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    • pp.661-674
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    • 2009
  • Recently, there has been much research and many attempts to enhance converged information technology services using new technology such as ubiquitous sensor networks (USN) in medical, environmental, industrial, and logistic areas. There has also been much research and various attempts to apply this new technology to agricultural areas. However, applications to the agricultural areas should be considered differently against the same areas such as medical, environmental, industrial, and logistics. Therefore, this paper suggests that an agricultural cultivating management and traceability system. This system is a unified system that supports the processes sowing seeds through selling agricultural products to consumers. Farmers can be provided with an effective calendar for cultivation and weather information in real time as well as the monitoring of the growth of farm products on the farm in real time using this system. Farmers can also control all equipment installed on the farm directly or remotely and the equipment can be controlled automatically when the measured values such as temperature and humidity deviate from the decent criteria which are set by farmers or this system. Additionally, the reliability for and the better quality of the agricultural products can be improved because farmers can use this unified system to cover all processes from sowing seeds to selling to consumers.

Design of Mobile Telemedicine System using RFID based on Embedded Linux (임베디드 리눅스 환경에서 RFID 기반의 Mobile Telemedicine System 구현)

  • Yun, Chan-Young
    • Proceedings of the Korea Contents Association Conference
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    • 2006.05a
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    • pp.479-482
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    • 2006
  • Mobile Telemedicine uses common technologies that provide a conduit for information exchange between physicians nurses and patients. In addition to patient records, medical professionals will obtain vital signs and other reference data through Ubiquitous Sensor networks(USN). In this paper about a design and implementation of RFID reader platform that received RFID tag information from patients tags, transmit the data to SBC(Single board computer) based on Intel PXA255 ARM CPU and SBC transmit the data to MySQL server in hospital using by Wireless Internet. his system that based on Embedded Linux is composed of RFID module, ARM processor, RS-232 interface, and Wireless LAN. This paper also provides a brief overview and concept of RFID reader, and proposes the design and implementations of the RFID reader platform used QT and MySQL based on Embedded Linux.

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Implementation of Smart-phone based Customize Home Automation System (스마트폰 기반의 주문형 홈 오토메이션 시스템의 구현)

  • Jung, Sun-A;Kim, Byung-Joo;Kim, Byung-Hoon;Jeong, Do-Un
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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    • 2011.05a
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    • pp.771-772
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    • 2011
  • 본 연구에서는 최근 네트워크 기술의 발전으로 가정 내 정보가전기기의 네트워크가 중요해지는 점에 따라 기존의 네트워크 기반의 홈 오토메이션 시스템의 단점을 극복할 HCAS(implementation of house customize automation system based on smart-phone)를 구현하고자 하였다. 기존의 단점으로는 필요한 기능을 사용자에 따라 쉽게 변경하지 못하는 점과 홈 오토메이션 시스템의 높은 비용 등이 있다. 이러한 단점을 보완하기위해 Customize 즉, 사용자의 선택에 따라 제어 가능한 가전기기의 추가 및 제거가 가능한 기능을 구현하였고 ZigBee기술을 사용함으로써 저 전력 무선네트워크를 구현하였다. 그리고 최근의 이슈인 스마트폰을 이용함으로써 기존의 월패드형 이나 리모컨형의 불편한 휴대성을 보완하였고 직관적이며 이미지기반의 사용자 인터페이스는 HCAS의 사용자들이 시스템 제어를 조금 더 편리하고 쉽게 할 수 있게 하였다. 또한 실제로 제작한 모델 하우스에 적용시켜보고 추후의 연구 방향을 제시 하였다.

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The development of Intelligent Safety Bridge(ISB) Pole System based on Ubiquitous Sensor Networks (USN 기반의 지능형 안전 교량 Pole 시스템 개발)

  • Jung, Ji-Eun;Kim, Eun-Ji;Song, Byung-Hun
    • Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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    • 2010.06d
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    • pp.424-427
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    • 2010
  • 2006년 서해대교 추돌사고에서 볼 수 있듯이, 장대교량과 같은 대형 구조물의 경우에는 육로와의 접근성 문제 등으로 인하여 보다 철저한 이용자 안전에 대한 대책이 수립되어야 한다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 장대교량을 이용하는 차량과 사람의 안전 확보를 위하여 교량의 노면 상태, 기상 상황, 사고 발생 상황 등과 같은 다양한 위험 정보를 수집 및 전송하여 교량의 안전을 실시간으로 관리 할 수 있는 ISB(Intelligent Safety Bridge) Pole 시스템 개발을 제안하고자 한다. ISB Pole 시스템은 교량 안전을 위하여 가장 우선시되는 u-Safety 센서와 신뢰성 향상을 위하여 이중화 통신구조를 지닌 게이트웨이를 Pole에 설치하여 실시간으로 교량의 교통 상황을 모니터링 한다. 뿐만 아니라, 수집된 정보를 통해 교량 안전관리자가 손쉽게 사고 및 위험에 대응할 수 있도록 교량의 각 구간에 위험지수를 표시할 수 있는 u-Safety 복합안전관리 프로그램을 개발한다. 이와같은 ISB Pole 시스템은 실제 교량에 다양한 현장실험을 진행함으로써 시스템의 안정성을 높이고, 인터페이스를 단일화하여 교량의다른 IT 시설물과도 통합이 가능한 형태로 제작되어 교량의 안전도 향상에 크게 기여할 것이다.

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The Implementation of a HACCP System through u-HACCP Application and the Verification of Microbial Quality Improvement in a Small Size Restaurant (소규모 외식업체용 IP-USN을 활용한 HACCP 시스템 적용 및 유효성 검증)

  • Lim, Tae-Hyeon;Choi, Jung-Hwa;Kang, Young-Jae;Kwak, Tong-Kyung
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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    • v.42 no.3
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    • pp.464-477
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    • 2013
  • There is a great need to develop a training program proven to change behavior and improve knowledge. The purpose of this study was to evaluate employee hygiene knowledge, hygiene practice, and cleanliness, before and after HACCP system implementation at one small-size restaurant. The efficiency of the system was analyzed using time-temperature control after implementation of u-HACCP$^{(R)}$. The employee hygiene knowledge and practices showed a significant improvement (p<0.05) after HACCP system implementation. In non-heating processes, such as seasoned lettuce, controlling the sanitation of the cooking facility and the chlorination of raw ingredients were identified as the significant CCP. Sanitizing was an important CCP because total bacteria were reduced 2~4 log CFU/g after implementation of HACCP. In bean sprouts, microbial levels decreased from 4.20 logCFU/g to 3.26 logCFU/g. There were significant correlations between hygiene knowledge, practice, and microbiological contamination. First, personnel hygiene had a significant correlation with 'total food hygiene knowledge' scores (p<0.05). Second, total food hygiene practice scores had a significant correlation (p<0.05) with improved microbiological qualities of lettuce salad. Third, concerning the assessment of microbiological quality after 1 month, there were significant (p<0.05) improvements in times of heating, and the washing and division process. On the other hand, after 2 months, microbiological was maintained, although only two categories (division process and kitchen floor) were improved. This study also investigated time-temperature control by using ubiquitous sensor networks (USN) consisting of an ubi reader (CCP thermometer), an ubi manager (tablet PC), and application software (HACCP monitoring system). The result of the temperature control before and after USN showed better thermal management (accuracy, efficiency, consistency of time control). Based on the results, strict time-temperature control could be an effective method to prevent foodborne illness.

Electronic Roll Book using Electronic Bracelet.Child Safe-Guarding Device System (전자 팔찌를 이용한 전자 출석부.어린이 보호 장치 시스템)

  • Moon, Seung-Jin;Kim, Tae-Nam;Kim, Pan-Su
    • Journal of Intelligence and Information Systems
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    • v.17 no.4
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    • pp.143-155
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    • 2011
  • Lately electronic tagging policy for the sexual offenders was introduced in order to reduce and prevent sexual offences. However, most sexual offences against children happening these days are committed by the tagged offenders whose identities have been released. So, for the crime prevention, we need measures with which we could minimize the suffers more promptly and actively. This paper suggests a new system to relieve the sexual abuse related anxiety of the children and solve the problems that electronic bracelet has. Existing bracelets are only worn by serious criminals, and it's only for risk management and positioning, there is no way to protect the children who are the potential victims of sexual abuse and there actually happened some cases. So we suggest also letting the students(children) wear the LBS(Location Based Service) and USN(Ubiquitous Sensor Network) technology based electronic bracelets to monitor and figure out dangerous situations intelligently, so that we could prevent sexual offences against children beforehand, and while a crime is happening, we could judge the situation of the crime intelligently and take swift action to minimize the suffer. And by checking students' attendance and position, guardians could know where their children are in real time and could protect the children from not only sexual offences but also violent crimes against children like kidnapping. The overall system is like follows : RFID Tag for children monitors the approach of offenders. While an offender's RFID tag is approaching, it will transmit the situation and position as the first warning message to the control center and the guardians. When the offender is going far away, it turns to monitoring mode, and if the tag of the child or the offender is taken off or the child and offender stay at one position for 3~5 minutes or longer, then it will consider this as a dangerous situation, then transmit the emergency situations and position as the second warning message to the control center and the guardians, and ask for the dispatch of police to prevent the crime at the initial stage. The RFID module of criminals' electronic bracelets is RFID TAG, and the RFID module for the children is RFID receiver(reader), so wherever the offenders are, if an offender is at a place within 20m from a child, RFID module for children will transmit the situation every certain periods to the control center by the automatic response of the receiver. As for the positioning module, outdoors GPS or mobile communications module(CELL module)is used and UWB, WI-FI based module is used indoors. The sensor is set under the purpose of making it possible to measure the position coordinates even indoors, so that one could send his real time situation and position to the server of central control center. By using the RFID electronic roll book system of educational institutions and safety system installed at home, children's position and situation can be checked. When the child leaves for school, attendance can be checked through the electronic roll book, and when school is over the information is sent to the guardians. And using RFID access control turnstiles installed at the apartment or entrance of the house, the arrival of the children could be checked and the information is transmitted to the guardians. If the student is absent or didn't arrive at home, the information of the child is sent to the central control center from the electronic roll book or access control turnstiles, and look for the position of the child's electronic bracelet using GPS or mobile communications module, then send the information to the guardians and teacher so that they could report to the police immediately if necessary. Central management and control system is built under the purpose of monitoring dangerous situations and guardians' checking. It saves the warning and pattern data to figure out the areas with dangerous situation, and could help introduce crime prevention systems like CCTV with the highest priority. And by DB establishment personal data could be saved, the frequency of first and second warnings made, the terminal ID of the specific child and offender, warning made position, situation (like approaching, taken off of the electronic bracelet, same position for a certain time) and so on could be recorded, and the data is going to be used for preventing crimes. Even though we've already introduced electronic tagging to prevent recurrence of child sexual offences, but the crimes continuously occur. So I suggest this system to prevent crimes beforehand concerning the children's safety. If we make electronic bracelets easy to use and carry, and set the price reasonably so that many children can use, then lots of criminals could be prevented and we can protect the children easily. By preventing criminals before happening, it is going to be a helpful system for our safe life.