• Journal of Communications and Networks
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.54-60
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• 2013

In this paper, a novel method called location-based delivery (LBD), which combines the short message service (SMS) and global position system (GPS), is proposed, and further, a realistic system for tracking a target's movement is developed. LBD reduces the number of short message transmissions while maintaining the location tracking accuracy within the acceptable range. The proposed approach, LBD, consists of three primary features: Short message format, location prediction, and dynamic threshold. The defined short message format is proprietary. Location prediction is performed by using the current location, moving speed, and bearing of the target to predict its next location. When the distance between the predicted location and the actual location exceeds a certain threshold, the target transmits a short message to the tracker to update its current location. The threshold is dynamically adjusted to maintain the location tracking accuracy and the number of short messages on the basis of the moving speed of the target. The experimental results show that LBD, indeed, outperforms other methods because it satisfactorily maintains the location tracking accuracy with relatively fewer messages.

• 전자공학회논문지
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• 제52권3호
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• pp.13-18
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• 2015

본 논문은 GNSS의 문제점인 위치오차와 실외음영지역을 해소하기 위하여 GNSS와 vision system을 융합한 신뢰성있는 고정밀 측위와 최적의 vision system을 분석하였다. 위치결정을 위해서는 최소 4개 이상의 GNSS로부터 신호를 수신 받아야 한다. 그러나 도심지역에서는 고층건물이나 장애물 또는 반사파에 의해 정확한 위치가 어렵다. 이러한 문제점을 해결하기 위하여 vision system을 이용한다. GNSS를 사용하기 열악한 도심지역의 target object에 정확한 위치 값을 결정해 놓는다. 그리고 vision system을 이용해 target object를 인식하고, 인식된 target object를 이용하여 위치오차를 보정해 준다. 이동체는 이동 중 vision system을 이용하여 target object를 인식하여 위치 데이터 값을 만들어내고, 위치 계산을 수정하여 안정되고 신뢰성 있는 고정밀 측위를 할 수 있다.

• 디지털산업정보학회논문지
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.95-104
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• 2012

In this paper, an estimation of person height and 3D location of a moving person by using the pan/tilt-embedded stereo tracking system is suggested and implemented. In the proposed system, face coordinates of a target person is detected from the sequential input stereo image pairs by using the YCbCr color model and phase-type correlation methods and then, using this data as well as the geometric information of the stereo tracking system, distance to the target from the stereo camera and 3-dimensional location information of a target person are extracted. Basing on these extracted data the pan/tilt system embedded in the stereo camera is controlled to adaptively track a moving person and as a result, moving trajectory of a target person can be obtained. From some experiments using 780 frames of the sequential stereo image pairs, it is analyzed that standard deviation of the position displacement of the target in the horizontal and vertical directions after tracking is kept to be very low value of 1.5, 0.42 for 780 frames on average, and error ratio between the measured and computed 3D coordinate values of the target is also kept to be very low value of 0.5% on average. These good experimental results suggest a possibility of implementation of a new stereo target tracking system having a high degree of accuracy and a very fast response time with this proposed algorithm.

• Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.187-192
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• 2013

Because of the importance of small target detection in infrared images, many studies have been carried out in this area. Using a Kalman filter and mean shift algorithm, this study proposes an algorithm to track multiple small moving targets even in cases of target disappearance and appearance in serial infrared images in an environment with many noises. Difference images, which highlight the background images estimated with a background estimation filter from the original images, have a relatively very bright value, which becomes a candidate target area. Multiple target tracking consists of a Kalman filter section (target position prediction) and candidate target classification section (target selection). The system removes error detection from the detection results of candidate targets in still images and associates targets in serial images. The final target detection locations were revised with the mean shift algorithm to have comparatively low tracking location errors and allow for continuous tracking with standard model updating. In the experiment with actual marine infrared serial images, the proposed system was compared with the Kalman filter method and mean shift algorithm. As a result, the proposed system recorded the lowest tracking location errors and ensured stable tracking with no tracking location diffusion.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.108-118
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• 2009

In this paper we develop an indoor location tracking system and its 3D tracking monitoring viewer, viz., 3D Navigation Viewer (3DNV). We focus on the integration of an indoor location tracking system with the Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML), to facilitate a representation of the user's spatial information in virtual indoor environments that is synchronized with the physical location environment. The developed indoor location tracking system employs beacons as active transmitters, and a listener as a passive receiver. The distance information calculated from the difference speeds of RF and Ultrasonic signals is exploited, to determine the user's physical location. This is essential in supporting third parties like doctors and caregivers in identifying the activities and status of a particular individual via 3DNV. 3DNV serves as a unified user interface for an indoor location tracking system, showing the viewpoint and position of the target in virtual indoor environments. It was implemented using VRML, to provide an actual real time visualization of the target's spatial information.

• 한국IT서비스학회지
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.243-258
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• 2011

With increasing interest in ubiquitous computing technology, an infrastructure for the short-distance wireless communication has been extended socially, bringing spotlight to the security system using the image or location. In case of existing security system, there have been issues such as the occurrences of blind spots, difficulty in recognizing multiple objects and storing of the unspecified objects. In order to solve this issue, zone-based location-estimation search system for the image have been suggested as an alternative based on the real-time location determination technology combined with image. This paper intends to suggest the search service for the image zone-based location-estimation. For this, it proposed the location determination algorism using IEEE 802.15.4/ZigBee's RSSI and for real-time image service, the RTP/RTCP protocol was applied. In order to combine the location and image, at the event of the entry of the specified target, the record of the time for image and the time of occurrence of the event on a global time standard, it has devised a time stamp, applying XML based meta data formation method based on the media's feature data based in connection with the location based data for the events of the object. Using the proposed meta data, the service mode which can search for the image from the point in time when the entry of the specified target was proposed.

• 전기전자학회논문지
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2016

In this paper, we propose an effective time-of-arrival (TOA)-based localization method with adaptive bias computation in indoor environments. The goal of the localization is to estimate an accurate target's location in wireless localization system. However, in indoor environments, non-line-of-sight (NLOS) errors block the signal propagation between target device and base station. The NLOS errors have significant effects on ranging between two devices for wireless localization. In TOA-based localization, finding the target's location inside the overlapped area in the TOA-circles is difficult. We present an effective localization method using compensated distance with adaptive bias computation. The proposed method is possible for the target's location to estimate an accurate location in the overlapped area using the measured distances with subtracted adaptive bias. Through localization experiments in indoor environments, estimation error is reduced comparing to the conventional localization methods.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제41권6호
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• pp.640-651
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• 2016

본 논문은 실내 환경에서 정확도를 고려한 효과적인 도래시간 기반 무선 측위 방법을 제안하였다. 위치 측위의 목적은 타겟의 위치를 추정하는 것이다. 실내 환경에서 타겟의 정확한 위치를 추정하는 것은 다양한 오류들 때문에 어렵다. 무선 측위의 정확성은 비가시성 오류에 큰 영향을 받는다. 도래시간 기반 측위는 수신기와 3개 이상의 송신기 들 사이에서 거리 값을 이용하여 위치를 추정한다. 그러나 송신기와 수신기의 위치에 따라 장애물들로 인해 각각의 비가시성 오류도 다르다. 수신기의 위치를 정확하게 추정하기 위해서는 최적화된 위치 측위 방법이 필요하다. 본 논문은 무선 센서 네트워크에서 정확도를 높이기 위한 효과적인 측위 방법을 제안한다. 측위 시스템의 정밀도를 높이기 위해 거리 측정 단계에서의 거리 값을 보정하는 방법과 비가시성 환경에서 발생하는 오차들을 최소화시켜 효율적으로 송신기들을 선택하는 알고리즘을 제안하여 성능을 향상시켰다. 제안한 방법의 성능 평가는 다양한 오차들이 존재하는 실제 환경에서의 실험들로 인해 제시되었고, 실험적인 결과들은 기존의 방법과 제안된 방법을 가진 측위 절차의 추정 오차 결과들의 비교를 통해 측위 시스템의 정확도가 향상된 것을 증명하였다.

• Journal of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.315-321
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• 2023

In this paper, we propose an algorithm that jointly estimates the location and velocity of a near-field moving target in a pulse radar system. The proposed algorithm estimates the location and velocity corresponding to the outcome of orthogonal matching pursuit (OMP) in a 4-dimensional (4D) location-velocity space. To address the high computational complexity of 4D parameter joint estimation, we propose an algorithm that iteratively estimates the target's 2D location and velocity sequentially. Through simulations, we analyze the estimation performance and verify the computational efficiency of the proposed algorithm.