• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.36 no.3
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• pp.158-164
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• 2017

Typical hydrophones in line array sensors for early detection of covert underwater targets can measure only sound-pressure-magnitude with the limitation of being unable to identify the direction of an incoming wave. In this study, a thickness shear mode vibrator was proposed as the main component of an inertia type vector hydrophone to measure both magnitude and direction of acoustic signals from targets. The equation to analyze the output voltage of the vibrator to an external force was derived, and the validity of the equation was verified through finite element analysis of a PMN-PT single crystal vibrator. The analysis results from this study will be utilized in the future for the design of inertia type vector hydrophones made of thickness shear vibrators.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.31 no.5
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• pp.309-316
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• 2012

This paper suggest configuration method of small-size system and design method of module using multi power. In particular module designed to focus on PDN(Power Distribution Network) and filter configuration method to improve the characteristics of noise sensitive analog IC. For the prevention of high-voltage noise, manufactured module is used the ground-isolated technique and via stitching, and is connected grounds with a series of filters. In this paper, so we analyzed PDN structure through the simulation using lumped modeling and confirmed through measurement. Simulation results, when connecting 4.7uH inductor, we made certain that noise of -7dB decreases much more than when it did not. And it was confirmed 12% less than Background Noise.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.39 no.4
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• pp.279-285
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• 2020

The study on the temporal and spatial monitoring of passing vessels is important in terms of protection and management the marine ecosystem in the coastal area. In this paper, we propose the automatic detection technique of passing vessel by utilizing an artificial intelligence technology and broadband striation patterns which are characteristic of broadband noise radiated by passing vessel. Acoustic measurements to collect underwater noise spectrum images and ship navigation information were conducted in the southern region of Jeju Island in South Korea for 12 days (2016.07.15-07.26). And the convolution neural network model is optimized through learning and validation processes based on the collected images. The automatic detection performance of passing vessel is evaluated by precision (0.936), recall (0.830), average precision (0.824), and accuracy (0.949). In conclusion, the possibility of the automatic detection technique of passing vessel is confirmed by using an artificial intelligence technology, and a future study is proposed from the results of this study.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Fisheries and Ocean Technology
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• v.46 no.2
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• pp.173-183
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• 2010

In a split beam echo sounder, the transducer design needs to have minimal side lobes because the angular position and level of the side lobes establishes the usable signal level and phase angle limits for determining target strength. In order to suppress effectively the generation of unwanted side lobes in the directivity pattern of split beam transducer, the spacing and size of the transducer elements need to be controlled less than half of a wavelength. With this purpose, a 50 kHz tonpilz type transducer with a half-wavelength diameter in relation to the development of a split beam transducer was designed using the equivalent circuit model, and the underwater performance characteristics were measured and analyzed. From the in-air and in-water impedance responses, the measured value of the electro-acoustic conversion efficiency for the designed transducer was 51.6%. A maximum transmitting voltage response (TVR) value of 172.25dB re $1{\mu}Pa/V$ at 1m was achieved at 52.92kHz with a specially designed matching network and the quality factor was 10.3 with the transmitting bandwidth of 5.14kHz. A maximum receiving sensitivity (SRT) of -183.57dB re $1V/{\mu}Pa$ was measured at 51.45kHz and the receiving bandwidth at -3dB was 1.71kHz. These results suggest that the designed tonpilz type transducer can be effectively used in the development of a split beam transducer for a 50kHz fish sizing echo sounder.

• Journal of Ocean Engineering and Technology
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• v.34 no.5
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• pp.351-360
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• 2020

Of late, demand for test sites for marine equipment such as ASV, AUV, ROV, and various underwater sensors is increasing. The authors have focused on an oscillating water column (OWC), which is being constructed near Chagwido Island Jeju, as one of the test-sites. The main objective of the OWC is to produce wave energy and develop technologies. It has been built in the sea approximately 1 km off the coast. It has berth accommodation and some rooms that can be used as laboratories. To investigate the feasibility of its usage as a test site for marine equipment, we acquired bathymetric data around the OWC by using a multi-beam echo sounder and a single-beam scanning sonar. The accessibility of the OWC from nearby ports and the use of support vessels or ships were also investigated. 3D point cloud data from the multi-beam echo sounder and 2D acoustic images from the scanning sonar are expected to be used as references for identifying changes over time. In addition, through these experiments, we derived a procedure to use this facility as a test site by using the IDEF0 functional modelling method. Based on this preliminary investigation and previously reported examples, we determined the general conditions and preferences for evaluating the performance of various marine equipment heuristically. Finally, we developed five applications that were derived from this investigation.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2017.05a
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• pp.522-522
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• 2017

하천에서 식생은 하도내 흐름저항과 항력을 증가시켜 유속과 유사이동을 감소시킨다. 유속의 감소로 인해 유사가 퇴적되어 사주 발생이 증가하며 이는 하도 지형변화의 중요한 요인이 된다. 하천내 식생은 하천생물의 서식과 밀접한 관련이 있는 물리적인 서식환경을 변화시키게 된다. 이러한 물리적인 서식환경 변화는 수중음향으로 표현되는 하천의 음환경(Soundscape) 변화로 연결된다. 본 연구는 하천 식생대에서의 수중 음향변화를 식생유무, 수온, 수심에 따라 분석하고 수리학적 특성과의 상관관계를 파악하고자 한다. 실규모 하천 수로에 식생 38 주/$m^2$를 식재하고 1 m정도 성장시킨 후 식생을 완전 침수시켜 $3.2m^3/s$의 유량을 공급하여 유속의 변화와 수중음향을 측정하였다. 오후시간대와 새벽시간대를 이용하여 수온이 다른 조건에서 측정하였고, 수심은 표면 3 cm, 40 cm, 80 cm 깊이에서 각각 측정하였다. 측정지점은 식생구간의 상류지점(A), 식생구간(B), 식생구간의 하류지점(C) 세 곳을 선정하였고, 유속은 micro-ADV, 수중 음향은 Hydrophone을 사용하여 5분간 측정하였다. 측정 주파수 spectrum은 1/3 Octave band로 처리하여 음압을 비교분석하였다. 주파수에 따른 음압을 분석한 결과 측정지점에 관계없이 주로 125 Hz, 315 Hz에서 높게 나타났다. 수심에 따른 음향을 분석한 결과 식생이 없는 상류(A)지점에서는 수중음향의 차이가 크게 나타났으며, 식생지점(B)과 식생이 없는 하류(C)지점에서는 수중음향이 유사하게 나타났다. 이는 식생에 의한 유속의 저하로 인해 흐름이 안정화되어 나타나는 현상으로 판단된다. 수온에 따라서는 식생구간(B)과 하류(C)지점에서 대체로 큰 차이를 보이지 않았으나 상류(A)지점에서는 수온이 높을 때 음압이 더 크게 나타났다. 이는 온도가 높을수록 소리의 전달속도가 더 빨라지기 때문으로 판단된다. 이처럼 식생의 유무와 수심, 온도에 따라 하천의 수리학적 특성이 달라지고 이에 따른 수중음향도 달라지므로 하천의 물리적 서식환경을 평가하기 위한 인자로 수중음향을 활용할 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.38 no.5
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• pp.580-586
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• 2019

In this paper, we propose a biomimetic communication method using a dolphin whistle to covertly transmit the communication signal. A conventional CSS (Chirp Spread Spectrum) modulation technique divides dolphin whistle into several slots and modulates with up and down chirp signals. That causes the time-frequency characteristic difference between the original dolphin whistle and the camouflage performance is degraded. In this paper, we propose a delay based modulation scheme to eliminate distortions. The simulation results show that the bit error rate of the proposed method is better performance than that of the conventional CSS modulation method by about 3.5 dB to 8 dB. And the camouflage performance that evaluated through the cross correlation in the time-frequency domain is also better than that of the CSS modulation method.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.40 no.4
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• pp.370-381
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• 2021

This paper presented an efficient transceiver structure of multiband Frequency Shift Keying (FSK) signals with direct sequence spread spectrum for maintaining covertness and performance. In aspect to covertness, direct sequence spread spectrum method, which multiplying by Pseudo Noise (PN) codes whose rate is much higher than that of data sequence, is employed. In aspect to performance, in order to overcome performance degradation caused by multipath and Doppler spreading, we applied multiband, turbo equalization, and weighting algorithm are applied. Based on the simulation results, by applying 4 number of multiband and number of chips are 8 and 32, experiments were conducted in a lake with a distance of moving from 300 m to 500 m between the transceivers. we confirmed that the performance was improved as the number of bands and chips are increased. Furthermore, the performance of multiband was improved when the proposed weighting algorithm was applied.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.37 no.6
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• pp.412-421
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• 2018

The Line array sonar consisting of several hydrophones increases array gain and improves the performance for detecting the direction of the target compared to single hydrophone. However, line array sonar produces the bearing error that makes it difficult to determine the bearing of incoming source signal due to the relation between bearing angle of target and vertical angle of multipath signals. Vertical angles of multipath are varied with the geometry of receiver and target and various underwater environments, therefore it is necessary to consider the bearing error to estimate accurately the bearing of the target. In this study, acoustic modelling was performed to understand the effect of multipath signals on the target signal. The errors of bearing angle estimated from the bottom bounced signals are calculated with several environment. In addition, the expected bearing line, as a function of source-receiver range, compensated for the bearing error is predicted from the estimated bearing angle.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.41 no.4
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• pp.461-467
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• 2022

Sonobuoy is a disposable device that collects underwater acoustic information and is designed to transmit signals collected in a particular area to nearby aircraft or ships and sink to the seabed upon completion of its mission. In a conventional sonobouy signal transmission and reception system, collected signals are modulated and transmitted using techniques such as frequency division modulation or Gaussian frequency shift keying, and received and demodulated by an aircraft or a ship. However, this method has the disadvantage of the large amount of information to be transmitted and low security due to relatively simple modulation and demodulation methods. Therefore, in this paper, we propose a method that uses an autoencoder to encode a transmission signal into a low-dimensional latent vector to transmit the latent vector to an aircraft or ship and decode the received latent vector to improve signal security and to reduce the amount of transmission information by approximately a factor of a hundred compared to the conventional method. As a result of confirming the sample spectrogram reconstructed by the proposed method through simulation, it was confirmed that the original signal could be restored from a low-dimensional latent vector.