Abstract: An ammunition supply system includes a weapon mounted on an exterior of a fighting vehicle; a magazine loading unit mounted on the exterior of the fighting vehicle and configured to load a magazine for the weapon; a hatch unit configured to form an entrance to allow a combatant to enter and exit the fighting vehicle; and a hatch lifting unit configured to supply power to the hatch unit to move in a vertical direction with respect to the fighting vehicle. The hatch unit includes: a hatch door unit through which the combatant enters and exits the fighting vehicle, and a hatch passage part forming a passage for connecting the hatch door unit and an interior of the fighting vehicle. The hatch passage part includes a first opening facing the magazine loading unit so that the magazine is transferred from the interior of the fighting vehicle to the magazine loading unit without the combatant being exposed to the exterior of the fighting vehicle.

Abstract: A method of controlling a driving speed, which controls a working vehicle at a remote location to be driven on a route at an optical driving speed, is provided. The method includes: calculating terrain data based on a terrain scan image of the route acquired by a terrain scanner of the working vehicle; calculating the optimal driving speed according to the calculated terrain data; generating a driving control signal controlling the working vehicle to be driven on the route at the calculated optimal driving speed; calculating a vibration value of the working vehicle being driven on the route at the calculated optimal driving speed based on a sensing value acquired by a sensor of the working vehicle; adjusting the calculated optimal driving speed according to the calculated vibration value; and regenerating a driving control signal controlling the working vehicle to be driven on the route at the adjusted optimal driving speed.

Abstract: Provided herein are a suspension apparatus and a specialized vehicle including the same. The suspension apparatus includes a crankshaft fixed to a vehicle body, a housing rotatably connected to the crankshaft, a first damping portion arranged in the housing and having a damping fluid accommodated in the first damping portion, an amount of the damping fluid in the first damping portion being adjusted according to an external force applied to the vehicle body, a second damping portion arranged in the housing, connected to the first damping portion such that the damping fluid moves between the first damping portion and the second damping portion, and including: a first space accommodating a compressed gas; and a second space accommodating the damping fluid, the first space facing the second space; and a rotational force applier arranged in the housing and configured to apply a rotational force to the housing by adjusting an amount of a working fluid in the rotational force applier.

Abstract: A remote weapon control device for controlling a weapon having a photographing device is provided. The remote weapon control device includes: a communication interface configured to receive an image captured by the photographing device; an object extractor configured to extract objects from the image; a target extractor configured to extract targets from the objects; a shooting order determinator configured to determine an order of the targets for shooting; and a control signal generator configured to generate a shooting control signal for controlling the weapon to shoot the targets in the determined order.

Abstract: An ammunition monitoring apparatus of the present disclosure includes at least one object-position detection sensor and a controller. The at least one object-position detection sensor is installed near a shell or charge route to face at least one set area and to output position information of each shell or charge in the at least one set area. The controller is configured to determine whether a position range occupied by the shell or the charge in the at least one set area exceeds an allowable position range, based on the position information received from the at least one object-position detection sensor, and to output an alert signal indicating a poor position upon determining that the position range occupied by the shell or the charge in the at least one set area exceeds the allowable position range.

Abstract: Provided is a zipper chain. The zipper chain includes a plurality of chain portions arranged to face each other and engaged with each other at one point while making linear movements. Each chain portion includes a plurality of upper plates connected to each other; a plurality of lower plates arranged to respectively face the upper plates, respectively spaced apart from the upper plates, and connected to each other; a plurality of connecting portions each connecting one of the upper plates to a corresponding one of the lower plates and connecting adjacent upper plates among the plurality of upper plates or adjacent lower plates among the plurality of lower plates; and a plurality of protrusions respectively protruding from the plurality of connecting portions.

Abstract: An inertia-based navigation apparatus and an inertia-based navigation method based on relative preintegration are provided. The inertia-based navigation apparatus includes: a first sensor detecting and outputting motion information about a moving body which is moving, based on a first coordinate system; a second sensor detecting and outputting inertia data about a translational acceleration and a rotational angular velocity related to the movement of the moving body, based on a second coordinate system; and a controller determining, at every first time, pose information about a position, a velocity and an attitude of the moving body in a reference coordinate system, based on the motion information and the inertia data.

Abstract: A foreign substance prevention apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention may comprise: a housing including a suction port which is a passage for sucking external air, and a discharge port for discharging the sucked external air; a fan which exists inside the housing and rotates so as to suck the external air; and a connection bracket for connecting the housing and a sensor.

Abstract: Provided is a remote controller for controlling an object placed in a remote location. The remote controller may include: a communication interface configured to form a communication channel with the object; an operator including an input interface configured to receive a user input, and at least one first magnet; a movement sensor configured to detect a movement of the operator generated by the user input, and measure characteristics of the movement of the operator; at least one second magnet disposed around the first magnet; a controller configured to, in response to the detection of the movement, apply a current to at least one of the first magnet and the second magnet to generate a magnetic force applied to the operator, wherein the controller is further configured to adjust the current to change the magnetic force according to the measured characteristics of the movement of the operator.

Abstract: An apparatus for controlling an amphibious vehicle includes an engine, a land propeller generating a propulsion force on land, a water propeller generating a propulsion force on water, a power distributor distributing power to the land propeller and the water propeller, a transmission for changing a shift ratio of the power supplied to the land propeller, and a controller, wherein the controller selects and executes one of a land mode for controlling travel on land, a water mode for controlling travel on the water, and a transition mode controlling the travel in a transition region, and the controller maintains an engine output torque in the land mode to be constant and maintains an engine output speed in the water mode and the transition mode to be constant.

Abstract: Provided is a contamination detecting system including at least one moving device; a monitoring unit configured to detect whether a contamination situation is occurring; a control unit configured to dispatch the at least one moving device in an anticipated contaminated region in response to the occurrence of a contamination situation, configure a moving route of the moving device, and controlling a contamination detecting operation of the moving device; a map receiving unit configured to receive an anticipated contamination map for the anticipated contamination region from the moving device; and a map updating unit configured to receive a contamination detection result of the moving device in a region corresponding to the anticipated contamination map and updates the anticipated contamination map in correspondence thereto.

Abstract: One technical problem to be solved by the present invention relates to a device and a method for detecting surrounding vehicles, which are capable of correcting information on detected surrounding vehicles on the basis of the degree of energy necessary for cars to normally move along lanes and leave the corresponding lanes.

Abstract: Provided are a gunnery control system and a gunnery control method using the gunnery control system. The gunnery control system includes: an imaging device configured to photograph a target and to measure a distance to the target and a degree of a turning angle to the target; a gunnery device configured to fire at the target; and a controller configured to receive, from the imaging device, location information of the imaging device, the gunnery device, and the target, and to control a firing operation of the gunnery device by using the location information, wherein the controller is further configured to control a location and a photographing direction of the imaging device and to control a location and a firing direction of the gunnery device.

Abstract: A steering system includes a fixing part connected to a frame, a wheel part into which a part of the fixing part is inserted to perform a relative motion and on which a wheel is provided, and a sensor provided between the wheel part and the fixing part and measuring an error angle of the wheel part with respect to a preset initial position of the wheel part.

Abstract: Provided is a surveillance method. The surveillance method includes detecting an event occurring region from an image obtained by using a first image sensor; and, when the event occurring region satisfies a preset condition, moving an identification unit on which a second image sensor is mounted in a direction corresponding to the event occurring region.

Abstract: Provided is a shell-type monitoring apparatus. The shell-type monitoring apparatus includes a body, a gas storage provided in the body and configured to store a gas, a variable volume portion provided on the gas storage in the body and having a volume that varies depending on an amount of gas supplied from the gas storage, a photographing unit provided on the body and configured to move in the body, and a moving flow path provided in the body and configured to supply the gas in the variable volume portion to the photographing unit and thereby move the photographing unit.

Abstract: Provided are a combined loading device and method. The combined loading device includes a first housing in which a shell is inserted; a second housing in which a charge is inserted, the second housing being connected to the first housing; a first support located in the first housing and configured to allow the shell or the charge to be seated thereon and linearly moved; and a driving unit located inside the first housing, connected to the first support, and configured to move the first support on which the shell is seated.

Abstract: Provided are a motion detection system and method. The motion detection system includes a pixel-based detector configured to compare a previous frame and a present frame to extract pixel constituting a first foreground region, a region-based detector configured to extract a second foreground region based on peripheral pixels of a pixel to be inspected, and a motion determiner configured to detect, as a final motion region among pixel groups of the first foreground region, a pixel group comprising pixels corresponding to the second foreground region.

Abstract: A weapon control system includes a base, a frame rotatably coupled to the base and rotatable around a first rotation axis, a first actuator rotating the frame with respect to the base, a first weapon rotatably coupled to the frame and rotatable around a second rotation axis in a direction crossing the first rotation axis, a second actuator rotating the first weapon with respect to the frame, a rotating support rotatably coupled to the frame and rotatable around a third rotation axis in a direction crossing the first rotation axis, a third actuator rotating the rotating support with respect to the frame, a second weapon rotatably coupled to the rotating support and rotatable around a fourth rotation axis in a direction crossing the third rotation axis, a fourth actuator rotating the second weapon with respect to the rotating support, and an actuator controller controlling the first actuator, the second actuator, the third actuator, and the fourth actuator.

Abstract: A following cruise control method is provided for controlling a control vehicle to follow a target vehicle, the following cruise control method including: determining one of a plurality of vehicles cruising in a group as the target vehicle based on preset priorities of the plurality of vehicles; receiving following-target information comprising at least one of driving information, position information, and state information from the target vehicle; controlling follow-cruising of the control vehicle to follow the target vehicle with a preset following distance from the target vehicle by generating a driving command based on the following-target information; determining whether the target vehicle is abnormal based on the following-target information; and in response to the target vehicle being determined to be abnormal, stopping the follow-cruising of the control vehicle.