Fault detection in electromechanical systems plays a significant role in product quality and manufacturing efficiency during the transition to smart manufacturing. Because collecting a sufficient number of datasets under faulty conditions of the system is challenging in practical industrial sites, unsupervised fault detection methods are mainly used. Although fault datasets accumulate during machine operation, it is not straightforward to utilize the information it contains for fault detection after the deep learning model has been trained in an unsupervised manner. However, the information in fault datasets is expected to significantly contribute to fault detection. In this regard, this study aims to validate the effectiveness of the transition from unsupervised to supervised learning as fault datasets gradually accumulate through continuous machine operation. We also focus on experimentally analyzing how changes in the learning paradigm of the deep learning model and the output representation affect fault detection performance. The results demonstrate that, with a small number of fault datasets, a supervised model with continuous outputs as a regression problem showed better fault detection performance than the original model with one-hot encoded outputs (as a classification problem).

본 연구는 선박 기관실 내에 설치된 증기 배관을 대상으로 누설 감지 및 상태 모니터링을 위한 방법론을 다루고 있다. 일반적 으로 기관실 내의 증기 배관은 보온재로 둘러싸여 있으므로, 증기가 누설되더라도 육안으로 식별하기 어려워 초기 대응을 지연시키는 상 황이 발생할 수 있다. 이에 본 논문은 RGB 카메라와 Thermal 카메라를 이용하여 상호보완적 정보 제공이 가능한 센서 시스템을 개발하기 위한 하드웨어 및 소프트웨어의 설계 방법을 제안한다. 보다 세부적으로 제안된 시스템은 카메라 서버 모듈, 카메라 보정 모듈, 영상 정합 모듈, 열-지도 학습 모듈, 추론 및 시각화 모듈로 구성된다. 특히 증기 배관의 누설이 이상 고온을 초래한다는 점을 고려하여, 본 논문은 열-지도의 개념을 정의하고 열-지도의 효과적인 학습, 열-지도에 기반한 이상 고온 감지, 감지된 이상 고온 영역의 시각화를 위한 알고리 즘을 제안한다. 제안된 방법은 선박 증기 배관 시스템을 모사한 실험 장치를 이용하여 다양한 실험을 통해 그 효용성을 입증한다.

This study presents the development of an algorithm that detects potential front bumper collisions caused by road inclinations and provides early warnings to drivers. The system uses a Time-of-Flight (ToF) infrared distance sensor and an obstacle detection sensor, both implemented on an Arduino-based platform. By continuously monitoring the road ahead, the algorithm measures and analyzes the slope angle to identify potential hazards. This solution offers a cost-effective and efficient alternative to traditional warning systems, notifying drivers in advance of dangerous road conditions and helping to prevent vehicle damage caused by sudden changes in road gradient.

안정적이고 효율적인 수자원 공급을 보장하는 것은 가정, 산업, 공공 보건 분야 복지에 필수적이다. 상수도 시스템에서 이상을 감지하기 위해 데이터 모델, 수리 모델 기반 시뮬레이션 등 다양한 접근 방식을 통해 이상감지 역량이 꾸준히 향상되어 왔으나, 현장 적용 및 검증에 한계가 있어 실질적인 활용은 폭 넓게 이루어지지 못하고 있다. 실제 적용 가능한 이상감지 시스템 측면에서, 본 연구에서는 유량 및 압력 계측 데이터를 활용하여 시스템 내 이상 발생을 신속하게 감지하고 개략적인 위치를 파악하기 위한 실시간 이상감지 및 탐색 모델을 제안하였다. 제안된 모델은 유량수지 분석, 유량-수두손실 관계, EPANET 기반 수리 해석 방법을 통합하여 이상 감지 및 위치 파악의 정확성을 개선시키고자 하였다. 현장 실험 결과, 제안된 모델은 높은 신뢰도에서 시스템 내 이상유량의 발생을 효과적으로 감지하고, 발생 구간을 파악할 수 있는 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구 성과는 시스템의 실시간 이상 감지 및 운영관리를 위한 실효성 있는 접근 방식을 제공함으로써 상수도 시스템의 지속 가능하고 회복력 있는 운영관리에 기여할 것으로 기대된다.

Bearing-shaft systems are essential components in various automated manufacturing processes, primarily designed for the efficient rotation of a main shaft by a motor. Accurate fault detection is critical for operating manufacturing processes, yet challenges remain in sensor selection and optimization regarding types, locations, and positioning. Sound signals present a viable solution for fault detection, as microphones can capture mechanical sounds from remote locations and have been traditionally employed for monitoring machine health. However, recordings in real industrial environments always contain non-negligible ambient noise, which hampers effective fault detection. Utilizing a high-performance microphone for noise cancellation can be cost-prohibitive and impractical in actual manufacturing sites, therefore to address these challenges, we proposed a convolution neural network-based methodology for fault detection that analyzes the mechanical sounds generated from the bearing-shaft system in the form of Log-mel spectrograms. To mitigate the impact of environmental noise in recordings made with commercial microphones, we also developed a denoising autoencoder that operates without requiring any expert knowledge of the system. The proposed DAE-CNN model demonstrates high performance in fault detection regardless of whether environmental noise is included(98.1%) or not(100%). It indicates that the proposed methodology effectively preserves significant signal features while overcoming the negative influence of ambient noise present in the collected datasets in both fault detection and fault type classification.

The purpose of this study is to develop a timely fall detection system aimed at improving elderly care, reducing injury risks, and promoting greater independence among older adults. Falls are a leading cause of severe complications, long-term disabilities, and even mortality in the aging population, making their detection and prevention a crucial area of public health focus. This research introduces an innovative fall detection approach by leveraging Mediapipe, a state-of-the-art computer vision tool designed for human posture tracking. By analyzing the velocity of keypoints derived from human movement data, the system is able to detect abrupt changes in motion patterns, which are indicative of potential falls. To enhance the accuracy and robustness of fall detection, this system integrates an LSTM (Long Short-Term Memory) model specifically optimized for time-series data analysis. LSTM's ability to capture critical temporal shifts in movement patterns ensures the system's reliability in distinguishing falls from other types of motion. The combination of Mediapipe and LSTM provides a highly accurate and robust monitoring system with a significantly reduced false-positive rate, making it suitable for real-world elderly care environments. Experimental results demonstrated the efficacy of the proposed system, achieving an F1 score of 0.934, with a precision of 0.935 and a recall of 0.932. These findings highlight the system's capability to handle complex motion data effectively while maintaining high accuracy and reliability. The proposed method represents a technological advancement in fall detection systems, with promising potential for implementation in elderly monitoring systems. By improving safety and quality of life for older adults, this research contributes meaningfully to advancements in elderly care technology.

In this study, we addressed the prevention of fire extinguishing device malfunction caused by noise in the fire detector of automatic fire extinguishing devices applied to mobile equipment such as armored vehicles and tanks. The automatic fire extinguishing system consists of a fire detection unit, an automatic control unit, and a fire suppression unit. In the case of a fire detector, it is a major component of the fire detection unit. Even though no fire occurred during operation in the field, a number of fire extinguisher sprays occurred, and the malfunction of the fire detector, which is a fire detection unit, was reproduced. The cause was identified as noise in the fire detector connector due to vibration and shock that may occur during operation of the mobility equipment. In order to solve this problem, noise generated momentarily from a fire detector is treated as an exception, and when a fire signal is transmitted from the fire detector to the automatic control unit for more than a certain period of time, Software has been improved to enable fire extinguishers to operate. This study analyzed the causes of malfunctions in automatic fire extinguishing devices, which are components of mobile equipment, and derived improvement measures to improve the reliability of automatic fire extinguishing devices.

In recent automated manufacturing systems, compressed air-based pneumatic cylinders have been widely used for basic perpetration including picking up and moving a target object. They are relatively categorized as small machines, but many linear or rotary cylinders play an important role in discrete manufacturing systems. Therefore, sudden operation stop or interruption due to a fault occurrence in pneumatic cylinders leads to a decrease in repair costs and production and even threatens the safety of workers. In this regard, this study proposed a fault detection technique by developing a time-variant deep learning model from multivariate sensor data analysis for estimating a current health state as four levels. In addition, it aims to establish a real-time fault detection system that allows workers to immediately identify and manage the cylinder’s status in either an actual shop floor or a remote management situation. To validate and verify the performance of the proposed system, we collected multivariate sensor signals from a rotary cylinder and it was successful in detecting the health state of the pneumatic cylinder with four severity levels. Furthermore, the optimal sensor location and signal type were analyzed through statistical inferences.