• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• v.13 no.7
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• pp.3412-3432
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• 2019

Recent advances in radio frequency (RF) power transfer provide a promising technology to power sensor nodes. Adoption of mobile chargers to replenish the nodes' energy has recently attracted a lot of attention and the mobility assisted energy replenishment provides predictable and sustained power service. In this paper, we study the joint optimization of mobile charging and data gathering in sensor networks. A wireless multi-functional vehicle (WMV) is employed and periodically moves along specified trajectories, charge the sensors and gather the sensed data via one-hop communication. The objective of this paper is to maximize the uplink throughput by optimally allocating the time for the downlink wireless energy transfer by the WMV and the uplink transmissions of different sensors. We consider two scenarios where the WMV moves in a straight line and around a circle. By time discretization, the optimization problem is formulated as a 0-1 programming problem. We obtain the upper and lower bounds of the problem by converting the original 0-1 programming problem into a linear programming problem and then obtain the optimal solution by using branch and bound algorithm. We further prove that the network throughput is independent of the WMV's velocity under certain conditions. Performance of our proposed algorithm is evaluated through extensive simulations. The results validate the correctness of our proposed theorems and demonstrate that our algorithm outperforms two baseline algorithms in achieved throughput under different settings.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics and Information Engineers
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• v.50 no.7
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• pp.275-280
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• 2013

This paper presents an optimizing method for wireless charging system, specifically focused on the capsule endoscope applications. In order to increase the wireless power transfer efficiency of electro-magnetic resonance coupled coils, this paper investigates the impact factors of the power transfer efficiency in small battery capacity system and proposes a efficiency optimizing method based on frequency control. Simulation results show that the proposed efficiency optimal control method can effectively stabilize the wireless power transfer efficiency so as to successfully solve the main issue of transfer efficiency variation with distance and as well as parasitic element.

• The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• v.11 no.5
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• pp.35-40
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• 2011

In this paper, an auto recharging system for a mobile robot based on the wireless power transmission and visual information is proposed. The existing recharging systems for mobile robot use mechanical contact while wireless power transmission transfers energy by electromagnetic induction method without contacts. For efficiency of charging, alignment of coils is important. In order to solve this problem, with the visual image, ellipticity of coil circle is recognized to control the pose of mobile robot.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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• v.28 no.12
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• pp.13-17
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• 2014

In this paper, the risk of electric shock is analyzed through analysis for characterization of potential distribution analysis and ground fault current analysis near the area where there are occurred a ground fault at electric vehicle wireless charging system using 20kHz. Studies for electric vehicle wireless charging system are in the works for development of efficiency increase, pickup shape design and communication module as a fundamental research step. But the research related to electrical safety and is still scarce state so that more studies are necessary to commercialize. As a result of analysis, it is verified that induced voltage is arisen more up to 45V near the a area of accident during ground fault and fault current has been maintained continuously without clearing fault condition by operating characteristics for circuit breaker and inverter.

• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.62 no.8
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• pp.1138-1143
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• 2013

In this paper, we propose a smartphone application based on a wireless fidelity(WiFi) in order to control the charging of electric vehicle(EV) and monitor the charging status together with the vehicle history information. The driver obtains much information on vehicle status through a smartphone application which communicates with the electric vehicle supply equipment(EVSE) management server while the EV also communicates with the EVSE for the authentification through controller area network(CAN). We also implement the simulator for the EV charging control system to verify the functions of the proposed application where the simulator consists of an EV model, an EVSE, and a smartphone. It is shown by the simulator that the proposed smartphone application allows the driver to control and to monitor the charging process of an EV conveniently and, moreover, it can provide the driver with vehicle information stored in the EVSE management server.

• Journal of Information Technology and Architecture
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.63-70
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• 2013

This paper deals with the trend analysis and the patent prior-art for wireless rechargeable technology. By this technological analysis, the corresponding service applications and the strategy upon the mobile smart phone regarding the design UX/UI and several wireless rechargeable technology have been derived. The market outlook on the wireless rechargeable technology grows rapidly so that the market size is increased about six times bigger than that of the last year, and it will grow about 18 billion dollars in 2014. Because of that, as the interest on this area outfocused, many kinds of technology and new product are being exploited in this field. So the technological guidance and the patent map for the wireless rechargeable technology will highly expected. Especially due to our analysis, research and development about service application of this technology is one of the most promising areas, and several technological suggestions are represented which include the patentability and invalidation, right strategy and licensing policy, and battery sharing with extended durability, etc.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2018.07a
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• pp.368-369
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• 2018

In this paper, a wireless charging system for drones is developed. The system is consists of PFC(Power Factor Correction), Full-Bridge inverter, S-S(Series-Series) resonant circuit and Full-Bridge rectifier. The parameters of the S-S resonant circuit is designed and calculated. According to these parameters and the switching devices, the system model without PFC is setted up with thermal module devices in PSIM. When output voltage is setted to 50[V] and input voltage is changed from 100[V] to 380[V], The efficiency of the system model is measured by simulation.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.27 no.6
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• pp.455-463
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• 2022

This study proposes a receiving pad identification coil for wireless charging of electric vehicles. The proposed coil identifies the shape of the receiving pad through magnetic coupling with the receiving pad. Therefore, the shape of the coil is designed to show the different magnetic properties of each receiving pad. The accuracy of this design is verified through finite element method simulation. Furthermore, the operation method of the secondary pad identification circuit is described, and the appropriate magnitude and length of the pulse voltage applied to this circuit for receiving pad identification are derived through simulation. The performance of the proposed identification coil set is verified by the experimental results.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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• 2022.11a
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• pp.225-226
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• 2022

In order to secure the practicality of services using drones, improve on-site operability, and improve the convenience of aircraft maintenance, it is necessary to develop a drone station that can be safely stored while ensuring charging performance. Therefore, a total seven points of improvement were derived through laboratory experiments after the development of the first prototype, and an improved second prototype will be developed in the future based on the preceding processes.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.18 no.10
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• pp.669-674
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• 2017

Due to the depletion of fossil fuels and the increase in environmental pollution, electric vehicles are attracting attention as next-generation transportation and are becoming popular all over the world. As the interest in electric vehicles and the penetration rate increase, studies on the charging infrastructure with vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology and information technology are actively under way. In particular, communication with the grid network is the most important factor for stable charging and load management of electric vehicles. However, with the existing centralized infrastructure, there are problems when control-message requests increase and the charging infrastructure cannot efficiently operate due to slow response speed. In this paper, we propose a new charging infrastructure using mobile edge computing (MEC) that mitigates congestion and provides low latency by applying distributed cloud computing technology to wireless base stations. Through a performance evaluation, we confirm that the proposed charging infrastructure (with low latency) can cope with peak conditions more efficiently than the existing charging infrastructure.