• Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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• v.25 no.1
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• pp.60-67
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• 2021

Countries around the world, including the U.S. are actively researching to commercialize the logistics services using drones. In Korea, telecommunications companies as well as logistics companies are researching and developing the logistics services using drones. However, there's an environmental difference for last-mile delivery between the U.S. and Korea. In Korea, more than 77% of the population lives in apartments and the population density is the 4th highest in the world. Accordingly, in terms of the logistics services using drones, it is necessary to research it with the Korean suitable environment. In this paper, a precision positioning method of drone last-mile delivery in urban areas using short-range wireless communication and barometer is proposed. The experiment results show that the proposed method can detect a window within 2.5 meters. It is expected that the proposed method will help improve the logistics services using drones in urban areas.

• IE interfaces
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• v.12 no.4
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• pp.557-566
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• 1999

This paper considers a door-to-door service system in which pickups or deliveries are performed by a trip of a single vehicle. Each customer request specifies the quantity of the load transported, the location, and the time window within which it is to be picked up or delivered. Since the system is demand responsive, i.e., new or emergent requests become available in real-time, the current vehicle route has to be reconstructed to include these requests. In this case, only continuous vehicle tracking enables control over the requests and ensures that the requests are satisfied on time. This paper suggests a pilot pickup/delivery management system integrating a geographic information system(GIS) and a global position system(GPS) to efficiently deal with such a dynamic environment. The GIS offers a way of displaying the vehicle route on digital maps for the region under concerned. Also displayed is the current location of the vehicle obtained from the GPS. A heuristic algorithm is used to dynamically determine the vehicle route. A practical example is provided to show the feasibility of the system.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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• 2009.01a
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• pp.311-315
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• 2009

The ubiquitous smart home is the home of future that takes advantage of context information from user and home environment and provides automatic home services for the user. User's location and motion are the most important contexts in the ubiquitous smart home. This paper presents a method positioning user's location using four cameras and some home context parameter together with user preferences provided. Some geometry math problems would be raised to figure out approximately which area is monitored by cameras. The moving object is detected within the image frames and then simulated in a 2D window to present visually where user is located and show his moving. The moving ways are statistically recorded and used for predicting user's future moving.

• ETRI Journal
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• v.28 no.3
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• pp.367-370
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• 2006

This letter presents a multi-modal approach to tracking geographic objects such as buildings and road signs in a video sequence recorded from a moving vehicle. In the proposed approach, photogrammetric techniques are successfully combined with conventional tracking methods. More specifically, photogrammetry combined with positioning technologies is used to obtain 3-D coordinates of chosen geographic objects, providing a search area for conventional feature trackers. In addition, we present an adaptive window decision scheme based on the distance between chosen objects and a moving vehicle. Experimental results are provided to show the robustness of the proposed approach.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2014.11a
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• pp.356-359
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• 2014

스마트 모바일 기기 즉, 스마트폰을 이용한 위치 기반 서비스(LBS)가 각광 받고 있는 가운데, 사용자 관점에서의 위치 측정에 대한 오류를 검출과 위치를 교정하는 서비스가 필요로 하게 되었다. GPS를 이용한 위치 측정의 방법을 예로 들어 GPS 신호를 수신하는 기기에서의 위치 측정 오류 감지는 어려운 실정이고 약간 더 정밀하게 측정하는 방법뿐이 존재하지 않는다. 이 논문에서는 GPS 수신기와 같은 사용자 관점에서 위치 데이터들의 속도를 계산하여 속도의 변화량을 이용해 multipath와 같은 위치 데이터의 오류를 검출하고 교정한 결과에 대해 다룬다. 단순 속도의 변화량이 아닌 인간의 이동 속도가 지수 확률 분포를 따른다는 사실을 기반하여 이동 윈도우(Moving Window)의 개념을 도입해 매 윈도우마다 한계 속도를 결정하고 한계 속도 이상의 속도가 발생하였을 때를 위치 오류라 검출 할 것이다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2012.11a
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• pp.1273-1276
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• 2012

오늘날 모바일 스마트 기기의 발전은 위치기반의 새로운 기술을 이끌었다. 현재 위치 데이터를 사용하는 많은 응용프로그램들이 소개되었고, 또한 널리 사용되고 있다. 하지만 아직 이러한 위치 데이터들은 환경적인 요소 등으로 인해 오류가 많다. 본 논문에서는 연속적인 위치 데이터들 사이에서 오류를 찾아내는 알고리즘을 제안할 것이다. 이동 윈도우에서의 이동 평균과 이동 표준편차가 이동 유의구간을 구성할 것이고, 이 이동 유의 구간은 오류 데이터들을 찾아내는 데에 사용될 것이다. 또한 오류 데이터를 교정하는 방식도 제안할 것이다. 이러한 일련의 과정을 본 논문에서는 알고리즘으로 나타낸 후 실험을 통해 입증할 것이다. 이러한 방식의 접근이 다른 위치기반 응용프로그램이나 인간 이동 연구에 도움이 될 것이라 생각한다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2003.06a
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• pp.690-693
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• 2003

Soft x-ray microscopy provides a unique set of capabilities in-between those of visible light and electron microscopy. It has long been recognized that nature provides a 'water window' spectral region between the K shell x-ray absorption edges of carbon (~290eV) and oxygen (~540eV), where organic materials show strong absorption and phase contrast, while water is relatively non-absorbing. This enables imaging of hydrated biological specimens that are several microns thick with high intrinsic contrast using x-rays with a wavelength of 2.3~4.4nm. Soft X-ray microscopy is therefore well suited to the study of specimens like single biological cells. The most direct advantage of X-ray microscope is their high spatial resolution when compared with visible light microscopes, combined with an ability to image hydrated specimens that are several microns with a minimum of preparation. Our study describes the conceptual design of soft x-ray microscope system based on a laser-based source for biomedical application with high resolution ($\leq$50nm) and short exposure time ($\leq$30sec).

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Machine Tool Engineers
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• v.16 no.4
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• pp.93-100
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• 2007

The flow velocity distribution at inlet and exit of Diesel Particulate Filter(DPF) by fabricating L-shape connector with the DPF was measured using a Pitot-tube and 2-D transverse machine. An adaptor designed for making the Pitot tube probe access to the inlet and exit of the DPF was connected with the inlet and exit flange of the DPF, respectively. The Pitot tube which was mounted in the 2-D positioning machine could access to the inlet and exit of the DPF through the rectangular window of the adaptor. The L-shape connector in the DPF inlet has a flow guide which is a perforated steel pipe. The flow velocity distribution at the inlet of the DPF showed a chaotic velocity distribution which is different from that with a diffuser type connector. The velocity distribution at the exit of the DPF showed a crown shape which is similar to that of the diffuser type connector. The velocity distribution at the exit of DPF showed different patterns according to the air flow rate.

• Journal of The Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers
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• v.52 no.6
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• pp.9-17
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• 2010

In this paper, an automatic cruise system of unmanned boat was developed for surveying water depth in reservoir using GIS (geographic information system)-GPS (global positioning system) Technologies. the automatic cruise system consisted of an automatic path generation program (APGP) and an automatic boat control program (ABCP). A grid processing method with $3{\times}3$ roving window in GIS function was used to develop the APGP. For development of the ABCP, GPS and its coordinate calculation technique were introduced. The developed system was tested to verify the applicability for a sample reservoir, Misan reservoir located on Ansan city of Kyunggi province. From the test results, this study found the APGP generated cruise path automatically according to input condition on grid size of 5 m, 10 m, and 20 m, as well as, the ABCP also tracked well the cruise paths with high position accuracy. Another verification result on surveying time for 20 ha of water area also showed that the new system could survey water depth of reservoir quickly, including very high quality of spatial resolution.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• v.56 no.3
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• pp.206-210
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• 2014

Objective : Lumbar spinal stenosis is a common degenerative spine disease that requires surgical intervention. Currently, there is interest in minimally invasive surgery and various technical modifications of decompressive lumbar laminectomy without fusion. The purpose of this study was to present the author's surgical technique and results for decompression of spinal stenosis. Methods : The author performed surgery in 57 patients with lumbar spinal stenosis between 2006 and 2010. Data were gathered retrospectively via outpatient interviews and telephone questionnaires. The operation used in this study was named central decompressive laminoplasty (CDL), which allows thorough decompression of the lumbar spinal canal and proximal two foraminal nerve roots by undercutting the lamina and facet joint. Kyphotic prone positioning on elevated curvature of the frame or occasional use of an interlaminar spreader enables sufficient interlaminar working space. Pain was measured with a visual analogue scale (VAS). Surgical outcome was analyzed with the Oswestry Disability Index (ODI). Data were analyzed preoperatively and six months postoperatively. Results : The interlaminar window provided by this technique allowed for unhindered access to the central canal, lateral recess, and upper/lower foraminal zone, with near-total sparing of the facet joint. The VAS scores and ODI were significantly improved at six-month follow-up compared to preoperative levels (p<0.001, respectively). Excellent pain relief (>75% of initial VAS score) of back/buttock and leg was observed in 75.0% and 76.2% of patients, respectively. Conclusion : CDL is easily applied, allows good field visualization and decompression, maintains stability by sparing ligament and bony structures, and shows excellent early surgical results.