• International Journal of Fuzzy Logic and Intelligent Systems
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.305-314
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• 2015

The work presented in this paper deals with a navigation problem for multiple mobile robot system in unknown indoor environments. The environment is completely unknown for all the robots and the surrounding information should be detected by the proximity sensors installed on the robots' bodies. In order to guide all the robots to move along collision-free paths and reach the goal positions, a navigation method based on the combination of a set of primary strategies has been developed. The indoor environments usually contain convex and concave obstacles. In this work, a danger judgment strategy in accordance with the sensors' data is used for avoiding small convex obstacles or moving objects which include both dynamic obstacles and other robots. For big convex obstacles or concave ones, a wall following strategy is designed for dealing with these special situations. In this paper, a state memorizing strategy is also proposed for the "infinite repetition" or "dead cycle" situations. Finally, when there is no collision risk, the robots will be guided towards the targets according to a target positioning strategy. Most of these strategies are achieved by the means of fuzzy logic controllers and uniformly applied for every robot. The simulation experiments verified that the proposed method has a positive effectiveness for the navigation problem.

• 한국측량학회지
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• 제37권2호
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• pp.45-53
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• 2019

RGB-D SLAM (Simultaneous Localization and Mapping) refers to the technology of using deep camera as a visual sensor for SLAM. In view of the disadvantages of high cost and indefinite scale in the construction of maps for laser sensors and traditional single and binocular cameras, a method for creating three-dimensional map of indoor environment with deep environment data combined with RGB-D SLAM scheme is studied. The method uses a mobile robot system equipped with a consumer-grade RGB-D sensor (Kinect) to acquire depth data, and then creates indoor three-dimensional point cloud maps in real time through key technologies such as positioning point generation, closed-loop detection, and map construction. The actual field experiment results show that the average error of the point cloud map created by the algorithm is 0.0045m, which ensures the stability of the construction using deep data and can accurately create real-time three-dimensional maps of indoor unknown environment.

• 한국멀티미디어학회논문지
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.282-292
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• 2020

In order to minimize casualties from marine vessel accidents that occur frequently at home and abroad, it is important to ensure the safety of the passengers aboard the vessel in the event of an accident. There is an EPIRB system as a system for disaster preparedness in the marine situation currently on the market, but there is a problem that the price is very expensive. In order to overcome the cost problem, which is a disadvantage of previous system, LoRaWAN-based communication is used. LoRaWAN communication-based vessel positioning and risk detection system based on LoRaWAN communication transmits measurement data of each module using two Beacon and GPS modules to stably perform position measurement for both indoor and outdoor situations. The rider danger situation detection system can detect the safety status of the rider using the 3-axis acceleration sensor, collect data from the rider positioning system and the rider safety status detection system, and send to server using LoRa communication. When conducting communication experiments in the long-distance maritime situation and actual communication experiments using the implemented system, it was found that the two experiments showed over 90% communication success rate on average.

• 한국ITS학회 논문지
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.94-106
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• 2020

근래의 위치 측위 방법으로 GPS(Global Positioning System) 위성정보를 활용하는 전파항법 방식을 많이 사용하고 있다. GPS 활용범위가 넓어지고 다양한 측위 정보를 기반으로 하는 분야가 생기면서 보다 높은 정확도를 얻기 위한 새로운 방법들이 요구되고 있다. 자율주행차의 경우 IMU(Inertial Measurement Unit)를 사용한 항법 시스템인 INS(Inertial Navigation System)와 차량 내부 센서를 이용한 DR(Dead Reckoning) 알고리즘을 사용하여 GPS의 정확도 저하나 음영지역에서의 위치 측정방법으로 사용하고 있다. 그러나 이러한 측위 방법은 대형화되는 빌딩 지역, 터널, 지하 주차장 등 다양한 음영지역과 시간이 지남에 따라 오차가 계속 증가하는 누적 기반 위치추정 방법의 한계로 인해 많은 문제 요소가 있다. 본 논문은 GPS 음영지역에서 차량의 위치 측위를 위해, 대중적 무선 통신인 WLAN을 이용한 Fingerprint 기법을 4개의 Anchor 형태로 AP(Access Point)와 지향성 안테나를 위치하여 넓은 지하 주차공간에서 효율적인 측위 방법을 제시하고 시간이 지남에 따라 주차된 차량이 이동하는 환경에서도 변화가 없는 위치 측위 결과를 입증하였다.

• 대한전자공학회논문지TC
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• 제41권10호
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• pp.35-43
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• 2004

동시에 전송을 시도할 수 있는 다수의 비콘(전송장치)과 별도의 리스너(수신장치)로 구성되는 측위시스템에서 비콘들의 전송 간에 충돌이 발생할 경우, 그 충돌을 분해하여 비콘들 간 전송을 중재하는 기법을 제안한다. 이 기법을 이용하면, 2개 이상의 비콘이 동시에 전송을 시도하여도 전송 중에 자체적으로 전송의 우선순위가 결정되도록 하여, 동시에 전송을 시도한 비콘 중 하나만이 전송을 계속하도록 하고, 나머지 비콘들은 도중에 스스로 포기할 수 있도록 한다. 이렇게 하므로써 비콘들의 전송이 충돌했을 때 모든 비콘의 전송이 실패하는 것을 피하고, 패널 이용율을 향상시킴으로써 측위시스템의 위치 갱신율 (또는 정보 갱신율)을 향상시킬 수 있다. 또한 한 번 전송에 성공한 비콘은 낮은 우선순위를 부여하고, 중재 과정에서 전송을 포기한 비콘은 높은 우선순위를 부여하므로써 모든 비콘들에게 공평한 전송기회를 보장하도록 한다. 또한 비콘들 간에 어떠한 중앙집중적인 제어가 존재하지 않으므로, 시스템의 설치와 확장이 용이하게 이루어질 수 있다.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제35권12A호
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• pp.1128-1135
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• 2010

실내 무선 측위를 위한 UWB (Ultra Wide Band) 무선 측위 시스템에서는 정확한 위치 정보를 추정하기 위해 거리 인지 정보를 사용한다. 거리 인지를 위해서는 TOA (Time of Arrival), TDOA (Time Difference of Arrival)와 같은 시간 정보를 기반으로 하는 기법을 사용하는 것이 일반적이며, 시간 정보를 측정하기 위해서는 흔히 클럭 정보를 사용하는데, 이 때 가장 기본적으로 고려해야할 요소가 클럭 동기를 맞추는 것과 클럭 오프셋에 의한 오차를 보상하는 것이다. 본 논문에서는 이를 해결하기 위해 공통 클럭을 이용한 거리 인지 및 무선 측위 기술을 제안한다. 제안하는 무선 측위 기술의 성능 검증을 위하여 IEEE 802.15.4a TG에서 제시한 채널 환경에서 공통 클럭을 이용한 측위 시스템의 거리 인지 및 우선 측위 결과를 확인하기 위한 실험을 진행하였으며, 모의실험 결과를 통하여 클럭 오프셋에 영향을 받지 않는 우선 측위 결과를 얻을 수 있음을 확인하였다.

• 한국항해항만학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국항해항만학회 2006년도 International Symposium on GPS/GNSS Vol.1
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• pp.15-19
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• 2006

GPS has been increasingly exploited to provide positioning and navigation solutions for a variety of applications. In vessel berthing application, however, there are stringent requirements in terms of positioning accuracy, availability and integrity that cannot be satisfied by GPS alone. This is because the performance of satellite-based positioning and navigation systems are heavily dependent on both the number and the geometric distribution of satellite tracked by receivers. Due to the limited number of GPS satellites, a sufficient number of ‘visible’ satellites cannot be sometimes guaranteed. This paper discusses some issues associated with the implementation of ground-based pseudolite augmentation for vessel berthing. Pseudolite means small transmitter that transmits GPS-like signals in local area. Actually, pseudolite can play three different roles in GPS augmentation scheme, depending on the operational conditions. Firstly, in the case of kinematic GPS operation where there are no signal blockages, and more than five satellites are available, additional pseudolites strengthen the GPS satellite-pseudolite geometry, and more accurate and reliable positioning solution can be achieved. Secondly, in the case when there are adverse GPS operational environments in which the number of tracked satellites is less than four, pseudolites can complement the GPS signals. In the third case, GPS signals are completely unavailable, such as when operated indoor. In such cases the pseudolites can replace the satellite constellation. However, the first role will be considered in this paper, since more than four satellite signals can usually be tracked in most marine applications. This paper presents that the pseudolite-augmented precise positioning system can provides continuous centimeter-level positioning accuracy through comparison analysis of RDOP simulation result of the GPS satellite constellation and the pseudolite-augmented GPS satellite constellation.

• 국제학술발표논문집
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• The 3th International Conference on Construction Engineering and Project Management
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• pp.869-875
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• 2009

Safety is a big issue in the construction sites. For safe and secure management, tracking locations of construction resources such as labors, materials, machineries, vehicles and so on is important. The materials, machineries and vehicles could be controlled by computer, whereas the movement of labors does not have fixed pattern. So, the location and movement of labors need to be monitored continuously for safety. In general, Global Positioning System(GPS) is an opt solution to obtain the location information in outside environments. But it cannot be used for indoor locations as it requires a clear Line-Of-Sight(LOS) to satellites Therefore, indoor location monitoring system could be a convenient alternative for environments such as tunnel and indoor building construction sites. This paper presents a case study to investigate feasibility of Wi-Fi based indoor location monitoring system in construction site. The system is developed by using fingerprint map of gathering Received Signal Strength Indication(RSSI) from each Access Point(AP). The signal information is gathered by Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags, which are attached on a helmet of labors to track their locations, and is sent to server computer. Experiments were conducted in a shield tunnel construction site at Guangzhou, China. This study consists of three phases as follows: First, we have a tracking test in entrance area of tunnel construction site. This experiment was performed to find the effective geometry of APs installation. The geometry of APs installation was changed for finding effective locations, and the experiment was performed using one and more tags. Second, APs were separated into two groups, and they were connected with LAN cable in tunnel construction site. The purpose of this experiment was to check the validity of group separating strategy. One group was installed around the entrance and the other one was installed inside the tunnel. Finally, we installed the system inner area of tunnel, boring machine area, and checked the performance with varying conditions (the presence of obstacles such as train, worker, and so on). Accuracy of this study was calculated from the data, which was collected at some known points. Experimental results showed that WiFi-based indoor location system has a level of accuracy of a few meters in tunnel construction site. From the results, it is inferred that the location tracking system can track the approximate location of labors in the construction site. It is able to alert the labors when they are closer to dangerous zones like poisonous region or cave-in..

• 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보통신학회 2022년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.355-357
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• 2022

본 논문에서는 딥러닝 네트워크인 순환신경망(RNN) 모델을 사용해 이동 중인 객체의 이동 경로의 예측을 위한 포지셔닝 기술로서 실내 환경에서 지역 경로 내의 이동 중인 차량의 경로 예측에 연속적인 위치 정보를 이용하여 현재 위치 결정의 오류를 낮출 수 있는 이동 경로 생성 기법을 제안한다. GPS 정보를 사용할 수 없는 실내 환경의 경우 RNN 모델을 적용하기 위해서는 데이터 세트가 연속적이고 순차적이어야 한다. 그러나 Wi-Fi 전파 지문 데이터는 수집 시점의 특정 위치에 대한 특징 정보로서 연속성이 보장되지 않기 때문에 RNN 데이터로 사용할 수 없다. 따라서 RNN 모델에 필요한 순차적 위치의 연속성을 부여하여 실내 환경의 지역 경로를 이동하는 차량의 이동 경로 생성 기법을 제안한다.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제66권8호
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• pp.1250-1256
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• 2017

In this research, a high-performance ultrasonic positioning system is proposed to track the positions of an indoor mobile object. Composed of an ultrasonic sender (mobile object) and a receiver (anchor), the system employs three ultrasonic time-off-flights (TOFs) and trilateration to estimate the positions of the object with an accuracy of sub-centimeter. On the other hand, because ultrasonic waves are interfered by temperature, wind and various obstacles obstructing the propagation while propagating in air, ultrasonic pulse debounce technique and Kalman filter were applied to TOF and position calculation, respectively, to compensate for the interference and to obtain more accurate moving object position. To perform tasks in real time, ultrasonic signals are processed full-digitally with a Zynq SoC, and as a software design tool, Vivado IDE(integrated design environment) is used to design the whole signal processing system in hierarchical block diagrams. And, a hardware/software co-design is implemented, where the digital circuit portion is designed in the Zynq's fpga and the software portion is c-coded in the Zynq's processors by using the baremetal multiprocessing scheme in which the c-codes are distributed to dual-core processors, cpu0 and cpu1. To verify the usefulness of the proposed system, experiments were performed and the results were analyzed, and it was confirmed that the moving object could be tracked with accuracy of sub-cm.