• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• 2020.11a
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• pp.99-104
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• 2020

해상에서 구명조끼 비치·착용 의무화에 대한 국내외 법, 제도현황을 살펴보고, 현재 시중 판매 중인 구명조끼 종류 및 현장 이용자의 구명조끼 착용 기피 이유 등 분석을 통한 구명조끼 착용 활성화를 위해 법, 제도적 관점의 개선방향에 대해 고찰하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• 2020.11a
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• pp.96-98
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• 2020

최근 연안 활동자의 사고율이 높아짐에 따라 구명조끼의 의무 착용에 대한 논의가 되고 있다. 이에, 본 연구에서는 국내외 구명조끼 착용 배경 및 동향을 살펴보고 현재 생산되고 있는 구명조끼의 종류 및 부력시험에 대해 분석하였다. 구명조끼 착용 여부에 따른 생존율과 해외에서의 사례인 영국 등을 조사하였다. 이를 바탕으로 구명조끼의 착용의 의무화가 연안 해역 활동자의 안전를 제고하는데 역할을 할 수 있음을 알 수 있었다.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2015.07a
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• pp.1074-1075
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• 2015

본 구명조끼는 해양 사고시 구조되기까지의 시간을 단축시키며 구조되기까지의 생존율을 높여 주기 위해 연구 하였다. 본 구명조끼는 구명조끼와 LED를 결합하여 야간 사고 시 지속적인 구조요청을 가능하게 한다. 또한 구명조끼 내부에 발열체를 내장 시킴 으로서 해양사고 시 사망원인의 1순위인 저체온증이 오기까지의 시간을 연장시켜 구조되기까지의 생존율을 높여 준다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• 2020.11a
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• pp.105-107
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• 2020

수상레저활동시 구명조끼 등 안전장비 착용 의무화 배경 및 관련법률 제정 경위를 살펴보고, 현재 수상레저활동 중 안전사고 현황 및 안전장비 미착용 단속현황 분석을 통한 구명조끼 착용률을 높이기 위한 방법에 대해 고찰하였다.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.20 no.5
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• pp.317-322
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• 2022

In general, life jackets are worn by people in critical situations on the water to rise to the surface without falling into water, and life jackets simply serve to prevent sinking, but do not actively help rescue disaster areas in critical situations early. In order to solve this problem, a device that automatically generates a distress signal in an emergency situation was developed. When the survivor is in hand for a while, the distress signal generator is automatically separated from the life jacket, allowing information such as location values and other information to be transmitted wirelessly and a rescue signal using LED light. As a result of the experiment, when submerged in water, the life jacket and the distress signal generator were automatically separated, and the result of wireless transmission of the coordinate value of the location received by the GPS was confirmed. By using this, the location of the distress or missing person can be identified, which can be quickly replaced in case of an emergency

• Journal of Navigation and Port Research
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• v.38 no.4
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• pp.367-371
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• 2014

When the crew or passengers fall into the water due to marine accident of vessel, it is very important to rescue them quickly. In the case of marine accidents, most people in distress have been wearing a lifejacket, so if the GPS and Cospas-Sarsat communication module will be integrated within the lifejacket, it is easy to rescue them. In this paper, development of the dual band lifejacket-integrated antenna for GPS and Cospas-Sarsat communication is discussed. The antenna with the FR-4 substrate of 0.2mm thickness for flexibility was designed that it can be fitted close to the shoulder of the life jacket and operate at 1.575GHz and 406MHz. The GPS communication antenna was implemented with a ring-slot antenna having a circular polarized characteristic and a meander type linear polarized antenna is used as Cospas-Sarsat communication. The two antennas are fed by a single microstrip line and an open stub is used to minimize the mutual interference between the two antennas. The performance of the fabricated antenna attached to the life vest is confirmed by the measurement of the return loss at GPS and Cospas-Sarsat frequency bands.

• Journal of Navigation and Port Research
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• v.39 no.6
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• pp.473-478
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• 2015

In this paper, we suggest a flexible multiband antenna which can be equipped on an inflatable life-jacket. The antenna can send distress alert and location data of survivors to assist rescue operation when crew or people are in distress. The antenna operate in three frequency bands such as VHF-DSC band (156MHz), COSPAS-SARSAT band (406MHz) and GPS band (1,575MHz). The GPS band is implemented with a square ring-slot planar antenna, the COSPAS-SARSAT band and the VHF-DSC band antenna is implemented by monopole type. In order to give flexibility of substrate to be equipped on life-jacket, FR4-epoxy substrate of thickness 0.2mm is used to make antenna. The reflection coefficients of the fabricated antenna are -8.8dB, -20.4dB and -10.7dB at each bandwidth like VHF-DSC, COSPAS-SARSAT and GPS band, respectively, when people are wearing life-jacket integrated multiband antenna.

• Journal of Navigation and Port Research
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• v.40 no.1
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• pp.7-14
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• 2016

Although the life jacket can provide the buoyance with the drowner, heat loss can make the drowned individual be subject to the hypothermia. In this study, The thermal insulation of two types life jacket including inflatable and foam type were evaluate by both experiments and numerical analysis. To estimate the thermal resistance of the jackets, experiments on the heat flux were conducted by the thermal manikin exposed to cold water. Heat flux loss on the surface of thermal manikin were measured for both foam and inflatable type life jacket. Also, finite element method is applied to a body section in order to understand the level of hypothermia of each life jacket. The segmental of human thigh is represented by a multi-layered section which considers the heat conduction within tissue, bone and fat. As a result, the thermal resistance and hypothermia time of each jackets have been compared based on the finite element analysis. It was found that the insulation ability of suggested life jackets is better than that of conventional type.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• 2020.11a
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• pp.87-92
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• 2020

국민소득 증대, 개인 여가문화 확산 등으로 바닷가를 찾는 국민들이 늘어남에 따라 안전사고도 꾸준히 증가하고 있다. 이 연구에서는 연안사고 발생현황을 다각적으로 분석하고, 사고를 예방하고 인명피해를 줄일 수 있는 방법으로 개인안전장비인 구명조끼 착용의 중요성에 대해 연구하였다.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.26 no.5
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• pp.455-462
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• 2015

In this paper, we suggested multiband antenna that can be equipped on a inflatable life-jacket, operating VHF-DSC band(156 MHz), COSPAS-SARSAT band(406 MHz) and GPS band(1,575 MHz) for search and rescue survivors quickly. The GPS band antenna was implemented with a square ring-slot planar antenna, and the COSPAS-SARSAT and VHF-DSC band antenna were implemented meander type dipole antennas. In order to place the antenna on a life-jacket, we installed it on 0.2 mm thickness FR-4 substrate to obtain a flexibility. It appeared that the antenna has -14.6 dB, -30.9 dB, and -18 dB return loss in COSPAS-SARSAT, GPS, and VHF-DSC band, respectively. In addition, its gain has 0.83 dBi, 2.1 dBi in COSPAS-SARSAT and GPS band, respectively.