• 산업공학
• /
• 제23권3호
• /
• pp.246-256
• /
• 2010

As wireless and mobile technologies have advanced significantly, lots of large sized healthcare organizations have implemented so called mobile hospital (m-Hospital) which provides a location independent and point of care (POC) clinical environment. Implementation of m-Hospital enhances quality of care because health professionals such as physicians and nurses can use hospital information systems at the very place where patients are located without any delay. This paper presents a real-time patient monitoring system based on wireless network technologies. A general framework for the patient monitoring process is introduced and the architecture and components of the proposed monitoring system is described. The system collects and analyzes biometric signals of in-patients who suffer from cancer. Specifically, it continuously monitors oxygen saturation of patients in bed and alarms health professionals instantly when an abnormal status of the patient is detected. The monitoring system has been used and clinically verified in a university hospital.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
• /
• 제10권3호
• /
• pp.159-164
• /
• 2006

원격지에 위치하여 접근이 곤란한 지역에 위치한 토목구조물의 구조건전성을 모니터링하기 위해서는 무엇보다도 전원과 통신방법의 선정이 중요하다. 본 연구에서는 장기간 사용하지 않은 원격지 터널의 균열 원인 분석을 위하여 FEM해석을 수행하였고, 다양한 하중과 온도변화에 따른 구조물의 균열 진전여부를 장기간 모니터링 할 필요가 있다고 판단하였다. 따라서 최근 휴대전화에서 널리 사용되고 있는 무선 CDMA통신기법을 이용하여 균열의 원격모니터링을 수행하였고 그 결과, 이 시스템이 접근 곤란한 구조물의 장기모니터링에 매우 유용함을 확인하였다.

• 조명전기설비학회논문지
• /
• 제29권4호
• /
• pp.47-53
• /
• 2015

The electrical safety and efficiency is the most important thing of the electric vehicle charging system. The prior system is contact charging system that is contacted directly by human. So, it has riskiness such as electric shock in the case of poor insulation or contact problems. To solve these safety issues and the convenience problems, a wireless power transmission system has been developed and is currently in trial operation. However, because high frequency is used in wireless power transmission system instead of commercial frequency, we need to apply protection measures concerning electric shock and equipment protection. Also, it should be accompanied by measuring efficiency for the effective operation of the wireless power transmission system. Therefore, we structured monitoring system in trial operation area of wireless power transmission system and applied decision algorithm for protection of human and equipment and economic operation of it.

• 국제학술발표논문집
• /
• The 6th International Conference on Construction Engineering and Project Management
• /
• pp.324-327
• /
• 2015

Scaffold is the most commonly used equipment in various types of construction works. Since various types of construction works use the same scaffold equipment, it becomes more difficult to be controlled and managed, thus resulting hazard frequently. According to the information announced in July 2012 by Council of Labor Affairs Executive Yan, the site collapse or incomplete anti-falling protection has led the site to accident frequently, and this is the main reason that causes construction industry occupational disasters. The labor death occupational hazard ratio rises up to 13% in scaffold activity, and the Council of Labor Affairs Executive Yan has showed that the death ratio is higher when using the scaffold in construction site, the total number of death has reached to 139 from 2005 to 2010. In order to ensure the safety of scaffold user, this study tends to build a wireless sensor monitoring system to detect the reliability and safety of the scaffold. The wireless sensor technique applies in this study is different with the traditional monitoring technique which is limited with wired monitoring. Wireless sensor technique does not need wire, it just needs to consider the power supply for establishing the network and receiving stable information, and it can become a monitoring system. In addition, this study also integrates strain gauge technique in this scaffold monitoring system, to develop a real-time monitoring data transfer mechanism and replace the traditional wired single project monitoring equipment. This study hopes to build a scaffold collapse monitoring system to effectively monitor the safety of the scaffold as well as provide the timesaving installation, low-cost and portable features.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
• /
• 한국정밀공학회 2007년도 추계학술대회 논문집
• /
• pp.263-264
• /
• 2007

• 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
• /
• 대한기계학회 2004년도 추계학술대회
• /
• pp.829-834
• /
• 2004

This research is to development advanced health(condition) monitoring system of superconducting motors. Development of advanced condition monitoring systems offers the prospect of improved performance, assessment, and operation, simplified design, enhanced safety, and reduced overall cost of advanced and next generation superconducting motor. For advanced and next generation superconducting motor design, the opportunity exists to develop and implement real-time and continuous monitoring systems by integrating wireless and computational technique. Generally, condition monitoring and control of temperature is essential for managing the superconducting motor components, rotor and structures. In this research, development of advanced monitoring in low temperature and high speed operating environments offers the potential to greatly improve the control of harsh environments. In conventional method, slip rings have been used to acquire data from these sensors. However, the increase of sensors leads to vibration of the rotation axis and noise signals due to kinematics contact. In this study, the wireless data acquisition technique was employed to develop more stable monitoring system adequate for high speed rotating system.

• Smart Structures and Systems
• /
• 제12권3_4호
• /
• pp.415-426
• /
• 2013

Condition assessment and monitoring of bridges is critical for safe passenger travel, public transportation, and efficient freight. In monitoring, displacement measurement capability is important to keep track of performance of bridge, in part or as whole. One of the most important parts of a bridge is the expansion joint, which accommodates continuous cyclic thermal expansion of the whole bridge. Though expansion joint is critical for bridge performance, its inspection and monitoring has not been considered significantly because the monitoring requires long-term data using cost intensive equipment. Recently, a wireless smart sensor network (WSSN) has drawn significant attention for transportation infrastructure monitoring because of its merits in low cost, easy installation, and versatile on-board computation capability. In this paper, a rapid wireless displacement monitoring system, wireless hybrid sensor (WHS), has been developed to monitor displacement of expansion joints of bridges. The WHS has been calibrated for both static and dynamic displacement measurement in laboratory environment, and deployed on an in-service highway bridge to demonstrate rapid expansion joint monitoring. The test-bed is a continuous steel girder bridge, the Founders Bridge, in East Hartford, Connecticut. Using the WHS system, the static and dynamic displacement of the expansion joint has been measured. The short-term displacement trend in terms of temperature is calculated. With the WHS system, approximately 6% of the time has been spent for installation, and 94% of time for the measurement showing strong potential of the developed system for rapid displacement monitoring.

• 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
• /
• 한국해양정보통신학회 2009년도 춘계학술대회
• /
• pp.631-634
• /
• 2009

최근 무선통신, MEMS 소자, 센서 및 베터리 분야의 발전은 저가, 저전력 다기능 소형 센서 노드를 가능하게 한다. 다수의 소형 센서 노드는 무선 통신을 통해 센서 네트워크를 형성한다. 센서 네트워크는 전통적인 센서를 통해 중요한 개선을 나타내며 지그비 무선 이미지 전송에 대한 연구는 산업과 과학 분야에서 주요 연구 테마가 되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 지그비 무선 이미지 센서 노드와 멀티미디어 모니터링 서버 시스템을 디자인하였다. 구현된 시스템은 임베디드 프로세서, CMOS 이미지 센서, 이미지 획득 및 처리부, 지그비 RF 모듈, 전력공급 및 원격 모니터링 서버 시스템으로 구성된다. 앞으로 지그비 무선 이미지 센서 노드 및 모니터링 서버 시스템의 성능을 개선하고 에너지 효율적인 지그비 무선 이미지 전송 프로토콜과 모바일 네트워크와의 연동에 대한 연구를 진행할 예정이다.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
• /
• 제11권10호
• /
• pp.4781-4803
• /
• 2017

Environmental monitoring systems using Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) face the challenge of high power consumption, due to the high levels of multi-hop data communication involved. In order to overcome the issue of fast energy depletion, a proof-of-concept implementation proves that adopting a clustering algorithm in environmental monitoring applications will significantly reduce the total power consumption for environment sensor nodes. In this paper, an energy-efficient WSN-based environmental monitoring system is proposed and implemented, using eight sensor nodes deployed over an area of $1km^2$, which took place in the city of Tabuk in Saudi Arabia. The effectiveness of the proposed environmental monitoring system has been demonstrated through adopting a number of real experimental studies.

• 비파괴검사학회지
• /
• 제32권6호
• /
• pp.669-677
• /
• 2012

This study presents a method to monitor cable force using wireless sensor nodes and piezoelectric sensors. The following approaches are carried out to achieve the objective. Firstly, the principle of piezoelectric materials (e.g., PZT) as strain sensors is reviewed. A cable force estimation method using dynamic features of cables measured by piezoelectric materials is presented. Secondly, the design of an automated cable force monitoring system using the data acquisition sensor-node Imote2/SHM-DAQ is described. The sensor node is originally developed by University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and is adopted in this study to monitor strain-induced voltage from PZT sensors. The advantages of the system are cheap, and eligible for wireless communication and automated operation. Finally, the feasibility of the proposed monitoring system is evaluated on a lab-scaled cable.