• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.123-133
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• 1996

An automatic drum seeder was developed to improve the seeding operation. It consisted of a conveyor to transfer seedling trays, a seed-hopper to supply seeds, a drum to drop seeds on the tray, and an air blower to remove extra seeds. A photo sensor was used to detect the transfer of seedling trays, and its signal was fed into microcomputer which operated a stepping motor driving the drum. The seeds were adhered to the surface of drum by vacuum pressure, and were dropped into tray cells by compressed air. An air connection unit was devised to alternate between vacuum pressure and compressed air. A control program for the system, written in C language, could operate the drum at the given number of revolutions and revolutions per minute. The results showed that the air connection unit could operate well and the seeds were dropped satisfactorily into tray cells. In case of cabbage and perilla seeds, which are regular and spherical shape, the missing rate was low and the single seeding rate was more than 97%. Low missing rate and high multiple seeding rate were observed in lettuce seeds which have narrow ends with tight weight. The missing rate of pepper seed was very high because of heavy weight and irregular shape. To improve the performance of the seeder, adjustment of vacuum pressure based upon shape and weight of the seeds, careful selection of the material of drum, maintenance of consistent air blower pressure, and replacement of stepping motor to DC motor are recommended.

• International journal of advanced smart convergence
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.78-86
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• 2019

Recently, IoT researches using sensor data based on embedded networks in various fields including healthcare and sports have been continuously attempted. This study analyzes golf ball mobility to support IoT application in golf sports field. Generally, since the difference in density occurs due to the condition of the inner material and the abnormal state at the time of the outer skin joining during the manufacturing of the golf ball, the weight of each subset is equal for any two points with the same radius in the sphere cannot be guaranteed. For this reason, the deflected weight of the sphere has the undesirable effect of hitting the ball in a direction in which the weight of the ball is heavy. In this study, it is assumed that there is a unique center of gravity of the ball, and even if the golf ball cannot be manufactured perfectly, it wants to establish the basic principle to accurately recognize or mark the putting line based on the center of gravity. In addition, it is evaluated how the mobility of the golf ball with a deviation from the center of gravity of the golf ball affects the progress path (or movement direction) and the moving distance (or carry distance) after the golfer hits. The basic model of the mobility of the golf ball can help the golfer exercise model and the correlation analysis. The basic model of the mobility of the golf ball can help the golfer exercise model and the correlation analysis.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제60권12호
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• pp.2352-2360
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• 2011

In this paper, we introduce a comprehensive design methodology of Radial Basis Function Neural Networks (RBFNN) that is based on mechanism of clustering and optimization algorithm. We can divide some clusters based on similarity of input dataset by using clustering algorithm. As a result, the number of clusters is equal to the number of nodes in the hidden layer. Moreover, the centers of each cluster are used into the centers of each receptive field in the hidden layer. In this study, we have applied Fuzzy-C Means(FCM) and K-Means(KM) clustering algorithm, respectively and compared between them. The weight connections of model are expanded into the type of polynomial functions such as linear and quadratic. In this reason, the output of model consists of relation between input and output. In order to get the optimal structure and better performance, Particle Swarm Optimization(PSO) is used. We can obtain optimized parameters such as both the number of clusters and the polynomial order of weights connection through structural optimization as well as the widths of receptive fields through parametric optimization. To evaluate the performance of proposed model, NXT equipment offered by National Instrument(NI) is exploited. The situation awareness system-related intelligent model was built up by the experimental dataset of distance information measured between object and diverse sensor such as sound sensor, light sensor, and ultrasonic sensor of NXT equipment.

• 센서학회지
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.24-31
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• 1999

감도가 우수하고 동작온도가 낮으며 반응속도가 빠른 암모니아 가스 센서를 제작하기 위해 ZnO에 촉매불순물 $MoO_3$의 첨가비와 박막 성장분위기 가스를 변화시키면서 RF 마그네트론 스펏터링 방법으로 박막을 성장하였다. 전기적 안정성을 향상시키기 위해 성장된 박막들을 aging 하여 센서를 제작한 후 암모니아 가스의 검지 특성을 조사하였다. 촉매불순물을 첨가하거나 산소분위기에서 성장된 박막의 경우 감도가 향상되었으며, 이는 표면 캐리어 농도와 전자이동도의 증가를 나타냈다. ZnO에 $MoO_3$를 무게비로 0.875 wt.% 첨가한 박막으로 제작한 센서가 160 ppm의 암모니아 가스 농도와 $300^{\circ}C$의 동작온도에서 70정도의 최대감도를 보였다. 산소분위기에서 $330^{\circ}C$로 72시간 동안 aging한 박막으로 만든 센서는 감도가 57정도로 감소하였으나, 센서의 동작온도가 $250^{\circ}C$로 낮아졌고, 선형성이 좋았으며 더 안정된 특성을 나타냈다.

• 한국정보전자통신기술학회논문지
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• 제10권5호
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• pp.364-371
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• 2017

본 TPMS는 타이어의 공기압을 측정하여 운전자에게 현재 타이어의 상태를 알려주는 차량용 전장 시스템이다. TPMS 센서는 소형화, 경량화, 저가격성, 저전력을 위해서 단방향 통신을 사용한다. TPMS 센서 정보의 전송 주기는 운전자에게 제공하는 서비스의 질을 나타내는데, 최적의 전송 주기를 결정하기 위해서 프레임 충돌 확률과 생존 시간(Life time)에 대해서 분석하여야 한다. 본 논문에서는 정상모드와 경고모드가 존재하는 저전력 운영 TPMS에서 벤 다이어그램을 이용한 충돌 확률 모델을 설계하였고, 정상모드 전송 주기 대 경고모드 전송 주기에 대한 비율(n)에 따라 생존 시간과 충돌 확률을 분석하였다. 타이어 교체 시기를 5년, 7년으로 가정하고, 생존시간과 충동 확률을 이용하여 최적화하였을 때, 5년에서 $T_{nP}=31$ 초, $T_{wP}$는 2.4초이고, 7년에서 $T_{nP}=71$초, $T_{wP}$는 2.5초가 된다.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제9권7호
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• pp.2414-2434
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• 2015

Among numerous localization schemes proposed specifically for Wireless Sensor Network (WSN), the range-free localization algorithms based on the received signal strength indication (RSSI) have attracted considerable research interest for their simplicity and low cost. As a typical range-free algorithm, Approximate Point In Triangulation test (APIT) suffers from significant estimation errors due to its theoretical defects and RSSI inaccuracy. To address these problems, a novel localization method called FIAPIT, which is a combination of an improved APIT (IAPIT) and a fuzzy logic system, is proposed. The proposed IAPIT addresses the theoretical defects of APIT in near (it's defined as a point adjacent to a sensor is closer to three vertexes of a triangle area where the sensor resides simultaneously) and far (the opposite case of the near case) cases partly. To compensate for negative effects of RSSI inaccuracy, a fuzzy system, whose logic inference is based on IAPIT, is applied. Finally, the sensor's coordinates are estimated as the weighted average of centers of gravity (COGs) of triangles' intersection areas. Each COG has a different weight inferred by FIAPIT. Numerical simulations were performed to compare four algorithms with varying system parameters. The results show that IAPIT corrects the defects of APIT when adjacent nodes are enough, and FIAPIT is better than others when RSSI is inaccuracy.

• 재활복지공학회논문지
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.259-265
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• 2014

본 논문은 보행의지를 파악하기 위해 IR 센서 기반 보행보조기를 이용하여 보행 시 슬관절 전방변위 측정과 하지의 근육활성도를 고찰하였다. 슬관절 전방변위 측정을 위해 보행보조기에 IR센서를 장착하였고, 근전도 (Bagnoli-8ch, Delsys Inc, USA)장비를 이용하여 대퇴직근, 대퇴이두근, 전경골근, 비복근을 측정 하였다. 실험에 참가한 피험자들은 성인 8명(나이 $23.7{\pm}0.5years$, 신장 $175.4{\pm}2.3cm$, 체중 $70.6{\pm}5.6kg$)이며 매주 30분씩 총 3주간 진행되었다. 보행 시 경사조건과 보행 속도의 증가에 따라서 슬관절 전방변위가 변화되는 결과를 확인할 수 있었다. 또한 근육활성도 결과, 전방경사 시 대퇴부 근육의 활성도가 증가하였고 후방경사 시 하퇴부 근육이 많이 활성화 되어 IR센서 결과와 유사한 경향을 확인할 수 있었다.

• 한국음향학회지
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.224-232
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• 2003

본 논문에서는 능동 소나의 구성 방법 및 관측 오차에 따른 위치 추정 성능에 대해서 다룬다. 능동 소나는 구성 방법에 따라서 크게 단상태 (Monostatic) 소나, 양상태 (Bistatic) 소나, 다중상태 (Multistatic) 소나로 분류될 수 있으며, 각각의 오차에 대한 특성이 서로 다르다 각 수신기가 거리 정보와 방위 정보를 얻을 수 있다는 가정하에 단상태, 양상태 소나와 다중상태 소나의 위치 추정 성능에 대해 비교해 보고 기존의 정보 융합 방법인 최소 자승법 (LS: Least square)에 가중치를 주는 가중치 최소 지승법 (WLS: Weighted least square)을 제안하였다. 또한, 제안된 방법을 이용하여 수신기의 수, 송수신기간 거리와 위치 추정 성능과의 연관성에 대하여 알아보고 효과적인 다중상태 소나 배치에 대한 연구를 수행하였다. 모의 실험결과 다중상태 소나의 위치 추정 제곱근 오차평균이 단상태 소나에 비해 약 35.98%, 양상태 소나에 비해 약 37.45% 우수한 것을 볼 수 있었으며 WLS가 LS에 비해 평균 7.4% 우수한 성능을 나타내었고 각 센서에 입력되는 정보의 분산 차가 클수록 성능 향상율이 증가하는 경향을 보였다.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2014년도 제46회 동계 정기학술대회 초록집
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• pp.125-125
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• 2014

In 1991, Prof. Toshio Masuda of Kyoto University for the first time synthesized a representative of diphenylacetylene polymer derivatives, poly[1-phenyl-2-(p-trimethylsilyl)phenylacetylene] [PTMSDPA]. This polymer is highly soluble nevertheless a ultra-high molecular weight (Mw) of > $1.0{\times}10^6$ which showed excellent chemical, physical, mechanical properties [1]. As one of the most interesting features of PTMSDPA, Prof. Katsumi Yoshino of Osaka Univ. reported that this polymer emits an intense fluorescence (FL) in a visible region because of the effective exciton confinement within the resonant structure between the polyene pi-conjugated chain and side phenyl full-aromatic bulky groups [2]. Very recently, Prof. Ben-Zhong Tang of Hong-Kong Institute of Science and Technology clarified the idea that the FL emission of disubstituted acetylene polymer derivatives originates from intramolecular excimer due to the face-to-face stacking of the side phenyl groups [3]. Thus, to know what influence to intramolecular excimer emission in the film as well as to further understand how the intramolecular excimer forms in the film became more crucial in order to further precisely design the optimized molecular structure for highly emissive, substituted acetylene polymers in the solid state. In recent studies, we have focused our interests on the origin of the FL emission in order to expand our knowledge to developments of novel sensor applications. It was found that the intramolecular phenyl-pheyl stack structure of PTMSDPA in film was variable in response to various external chemical stimuli. Using PTMSDPA and its derivatives, we have developed various potential applications such as latent fingerprint identification, viscosity sensor, chemical-responsive actuator, gum-like soft conjugated polymer, and bioimaging. The details will be presented in the 49th KVS Symposium held in Pyong Chang city.

• 전자공학회논문지SC
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• 제42권2호
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• pp.33-38
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• 2005

신체 내 혈당 변화량과 $^1H$ 원자핵의 스핀-격자 완화시간의 변화량이 관련 있음과 원자핵의 스핀-격자 완화시간을 측정하는 방법으로 자기공명흡수법이 제안된 바 있다. 자기공병흡수법에 의하여 신체 내 혈당 변화량을 감지하기 위해서는 검출 영역내 고수준의 자기장의 세기와 균일도의 확보가 필수적이다. 가정에서 손쉽게 혈당의 변화량을 측정할 수 있도록, 본 논문에서는 가정용으로 적합한 크기와 무게를 가지면서 요구되는 자기장의 세기와 균일도를 확보한 무혈혈당측정기를 디자인하였다. 여러 형상과 재질을 갖는 초기 모델들을 설계, 제작하였고, 검출 영역의 자기 특성을 비교하여 최종 재질을 결정하였다. 또한, 유한요소 해석모델을 구축하고 형상 최적화를 통하여 최종 모델을 선정하였다.