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Reduced Raytracing Approach for Handling Sound Map with Multiple Sound Sources, Wind Advection and Temperature

  • Jong-Hyun Kim
    • Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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    • v.28 no.9
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    • pp.55-62
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    • 2023
  • In this paper, we present a method that utilizes geometry-based sound generation techniques to efficiently handle multiple sound sources, wind turbulence, and temperature-dependent interactions. Recently, a method based on reduced raytracing has been proposed to update the sound position and efficiently calculate sound propagation and diffraction without recursive reflection/refraction of many rays, but this approach only considers the propagation characteristics of sound and does not consider the interaction of multiple sound sources, wind currents, and temperature. These limitations make it difficult to create sound scenes in a variety of virtual environments because they only generate static sounds. In this paper, we propose a method for efficiently constructing a sound map in a situation where multiple sounds are placed, and a method for efficiently controlling the movement of an agent through it. In addition, we propose a method for controlling sound propagation by considering wind currents and temperature. The method proposed in this paper can be utilized in various fields such as metaverse environment design and crowd simulation, as well as games that can improve content immersion based on sound.

Road Image Recognition Technology based on Deep Learning Using TIDL NPU in SoC Enviroment (SoC 환경에서 TIDL NPU를 활용한 딥러닝 기반 도로 영상 인식 기술)

  • Yunseon Shin;Juhyun Seo;Minyoung Lee;Injung Kim
    • Smart Media Journal
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    • v.11 no.11
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    • pp.25-31
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    • 2022
  • Deep learning-based image processing is essential for autonomous vehicles. To process road images in real-time in a System-on-Chip (SoC) environment, we need to execute deep learning models on a NPU (Neural Procesing Units) specialized for deep learning operations. In this study, we imported seven open-source image processing deep learning models, that were developed on GPU servers, to Texas Instrument Deep Learning (TIDL) NPU environment. We confirmed that the models imported in this study operate normally in the SoC virtual environment through performance evaluation and visualization. This paper introduces the problems that occurred during the migration process due to the limitations of NPU environment and how to solve them, and thereby, presents a reference case worth referring to for developers and researchers who want to port deep learning models to SoC environments.

Impact of viscoelastic foundation on bending behavior of FG plate subjected to hygro-thermo-mechanical loads

  • Ismail M. Mudhaffar;Abdelbaki Chikh;Abdelouahed Tounsi;Mohammed A. Al-Osta;Mesfer M. Al-Zahrani;Salah U. Al-Dulaijan
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.86 no.2
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    • pp.167-180
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    • 2023
  • This work applies a four-known quasi-3D shear deformation theory to investigate the bending behavior of a functionally graded plate resting on a viscoelastic foundation and subjected to hygro-thermo-mechanical loading. The theory utilizes a hyperbolic shape function to predict the transverse shear stress, and the transverse stretching effect of the plate is considered. The principle of virtual displacement is applied to obtain the governing differential equations, and the Navier method, which comprises an exponential term, is used to obtain the solution. Novel to the current study, the impact of the viscoelastic foundation model, which includes a time-dependent viscosity parameter in addition to Winkler's and Pasternak parameters, is carefully investigated. Numerical examples are presented to validate the theory. A parametric study is conducted to study the effect of the damping coefficient, the linear and nonlinear loadings, the power-law index, and the plate width-tothickness ratio on the plate bending response. The results show that the presence of the viscoelastic foundation causes an 18% decrease in the plate deflection and about a 10% increase in transverse shear stresses under both linear and nonlinear loading conditions. Additionally, nonlinear loading causes a one-and-a-half times increase in horizontal stresses and a nearly two-times increase in normal transverse stresses compared to linear loading. Based on the article's findings, it can be concluded that the viscosity effect plays a significant role in the bending response of plates in hygrothermal environments. Hence it shall be considered in the design.

An Investigation for Driving Behavior on the Exit-ramp Terminal in Urban Underground Roads Using a Driving Simulator (주행 시뮬레이터를 활용한 도심 지하도로 유출연결로 접속부 주행행태 분석)

  • Jeong, Seungwon;Song, Minsoo;Hwang, Sooncheon;Lee, Dongmin;Kwon, Wantaeg
    • The Journal of The Korea Institute of Intelligent Transport Systems
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    • v.21 no.1
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    • pp.123-140
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    • 2022
  • Even though driving behaviors in underground roads can be significantly different from ground roads, existing underground roads follow the design guidelines of ground roads. In this context, this study investigates the driving behaviors of the exit-ramp terminal of urban underground roads using a driving simulator. Virtual driving experiments were performed by analyzing scenarios between the underground and ground road environments. The experiments' driving behavior data for each geometry section are compared and validated through a statistical significance test. This test showed that the speed in the underground road environment is relatively low, and the LPM tends to move away from the adjacent tunnel wall. Based on these findings, this study suggests implications and feasible solutions for improving driver's safety in the exit-ramp terminal of the underground roads.

Analysis of the Impact of Host Resource Exhaustion Attacks in a Container Environment (컨테이너 환경에서의 호스트 자원 고갈 공격 영향 분석)

  • Jun-hee Lee;Jae-hyun Nam;Jin-woo Kim
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology
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    • v.33 no.1
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    • pp.87-97
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    • 2023
  • Containers are an emerging virtualization technology that can build an isolated environment more lightweight and faster than existing virtual machines. For that reason, many organizations have recently adopted them for their services. Yet, the container architecture has also exposed many security problems since all containers share the same OS kernel. In this work, we focus on the fact that an attacker can abuse host resources to make them unavailable to benign containers-also known as host resource exhaustion attacks. Then, we analyze the impact of host resource exhaustion attacks through real attack scenarios exhausting critical host resources, such as CPU, memory, disk space, process ID, and sockets in Docker, the most popular container platform. We propose five attack scenarios performed in several different host environments and container images. The result shows that three of them put other containers in denial of service.

Smart Healthcare: Enabling AI, Blockchain, VR/AR and Digital Solutions for Future Hospitals (스마트 헬스케어: 미래 병원을 위한 AI, 블록체인, VR/AR 및 디지털 솔루션 구현)

  • Begum, Khadija;Rashid, Md Mamunur;Armand, Tagne Poupi Theodore;Kim, Hee-Cheol
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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    • 2022.05a
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    • pp.406-409
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    • 2022
  • In recent years, the developments in technologies, such as AI systems, Blockchain, VR/AR, 3D printing, robotics, and nanotechnology, are reshaping the future of healthcare right before our eyes. And also, healthcare has seen a paradigm shift towards prevention-oriented medicine, with a focus on consumers requirements. The spread of infectious diseases such as Covid-19 have altered the definition of healthcare and treatment facilities, necessitating immediate action to redesign hospitals' physical environments, adapt communication models to address social distancing requirements, implement virtual health solutions, and establish new clinical protocols. Hospitals, which have traditionally served as the hub of healthcare systems, are pursuing or being forced to reestablish themselves against this landscape. Rather than only treating ailments, future healthcare is predicted to focus on wellness and prevention. In personalized care, long-term prevention strategies, remote monitoring, early diagnosis, and detection are critical. Given the growing interest in smart healthcare defined by these modern technologies, this study looked into the definitions and service kinds of smart healthcare. The background and technical aspects of smart hospitals were also explored through a literature review.

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AprilTag and Stereo Visual Inertial Odometry (A-SVIO) based Mobile Assets Localization at Indoor Construction Sites

  • Khalid, Rabia;Khan, Muhammad;Anjum, Sharjeel;Park, Junsung;Lee, Doyeop;Park, Chansik
    • International conference on construction engineering and project management
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    • 2022.06a
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    • pp.344-352
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    • 2022
  • Accurate indoor localization of construction workers and mobile assets is essential in safety management. Existing positioning methods based on GPS, wireless, vision, or sensor based RTLS are erroneous or expensive in large-scale indoor environments. Tightly coupled sensor fusion mitigates these limitations. This research paper proposes a state-of-the-art positioning methodology, addressing the existing limitations, by integrating Stereo Visual Inertial Odometry (SVIO) with fiducial landmarks called AprilTags. SVIO determines the relative position of the moving assets or workers from the initial starting point. This relative position is transformed to an absolute position when AprilTag placed at various entry points is decoded. The proposed solution is tested on the NVIDIA ISAAC SIM virtual environment, where the trajectory of the indoor moving forklift is estimated. The results show accurate localization of the moving asset within any indoor or underground environment. The system can be utilized in various use cases to increase productivity and improve safety at construction sites, contributing towards 1) indoor monitoring of man machinery coactivity for collision avoidance and 2) precise real-time knowledge of who is doing what and where.

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A Study on Performance Analysis of a Messaging System in IoT Environments (IoT 환경에서의 메시징 시스템의 성능 분석에 관한 연구)

  • Young-Dong Lee
    • Journal of the Institute of Convergence Signal Processing
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    • v.24 no.2
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    • pp.112-118
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    • 2023
  • Internet of Things(IoT) technology is developing to a stage where the Internet and objects are connected and objects themselves analyze and judge data to interconnect the real world and the virtual world in real time. This technology consists of sensors, actuators, devices, and networks, and it is being applied in various fields. As the number of IoT devices and applications increases, data traffic also increases. In this paper, a messaging system is designed and implemented in order to analyze the performance between an IoT device and MQTT broker. The experimental was performed to measure MQTT-based round-trip time and message transmission time between the IoT device and the broker. The result shows that there is no packet loss, and propagation delay affects round-trip time.

IMU Sensor Emulator for Autonomous Driving Simulator (자율주행 드라이빙 시뮬레이터용 IMU 센서 에뮬레이터)

  • Jae-Un Lee;Dong-Hyuk Park;Jong-Hoon Won
    • The Journal of The Korea Institute of Intelligent Transport Systems
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    • v.23 no.1
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    • pp.167-181
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    • 2024
  • Utilization of a driving simulator in the development of autonomous driving technology allows us to perform various tests effectively in criticial environments, thereby reducing the development cost and efforts. However, there exists a serious drawback that the driving simulator has a big difference from the real environment, so a problem occurs when the autonomous driving algorithm developed using the driving simulator is applied directly to the real vehicle system. This is defined as so-called Sim2Real problem and can be classified into scenarios, sensor modeling, and vehicle dynamics. This Paper presensts on a method to solve the Sim2Real problem in autonomous driving simulator focusing on IMU sensor. In order to reduce the difference between emulated virtual IMU sensor real IMU sensor, IMU sensor emulation techniques through precision error modeling of IMU sensor are introduced. The error model of IMU sensors takes into account bias, scale factor, misalignmnet, and random walk by IMU sensor grades.

A Study on Vulnerability for Isolation Guarantee in Container-based Virtualization (컨테이너 기반 가상화에서 격리성 보장을 위한 취약성 고찰)

  • Dayun Yum;Dongcheon Shin
    • Convergence Security Journal
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    • v.23 no.4
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    • pp.23-32
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    • 2023
  • Container-based virtualization has attracted many attentions as an alternative to virtual machine technology because it can be used more lightly by sharing the host operating system instead of individual guest operating systems. However, this advantage may owe some vulnerabilities. In particular, excessive resource use of some containers can affect other containers, which is known as the noisy neighbor problem, so that the important property of isolation may not be guaranteed. The noisy neighbor problem can threat the availability of containers, so we need to consider the noisy neighbor problem as a security problem. In this paper, we investigate vulnerabilities on guarantee of isolation incurred by the noisy neighbor problem in container-based virtualization. For this we first analyze the structure of container-based virtualization environments. Then we present vulnerabilities in 3 functional layers and general directions for solutions with limitations.