• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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• 2007.11a
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• pp.303-310
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• 2007

The vehicle noise is classified into interior and radiated exterior noise. And it influences on consumer‘s vehicle decision and traffic noise environment very much. In case of the vehicle exterior noise, it is related with traffic noise and in case of the interior noise, it is related with driver’s and passenger‘s sensitivity quality. Because these influenced on drivers and traffic environment, so standards are restricted by the laws and regulated for the measurement. But, the existence standards measuring the only sound pressure level are limit to reflect consumer’s sensitive aspects. Therefore in this study, the recent standards and laws were searched about domestic and abroad papers and the testing mode for the sound quality (SQ) evaluation was constructed about the vehicle interior noise. Finally, we aimed at the standard establishment to evaluate the vehicle interior SQ using statistics method.

• KIEAE Journal
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• v.16 no.6
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• pp.135-142
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• 2016

Purpose: The purposes of this paper are to investigate effects of indoor thermal environment on acoustical perception and effects of acoustics on indoor thermal perception, and to understand basic human perception on indoor environment. Method: Subjective assessment was performed in an indoor environmental chamber with 24 university students. Thermal conditions with PMV -1.53, 0.03, 1.53, 1.83 were simulated with a VRF system, a humidifier, a dehumidifier, and a ventilation system. Six noise sources - Cafe, Fan, Traffic, Birds, Music, Water- with sound levels of 45, 50, 55, 60 dBA were played for 2 minutes in random order. Temperature sensation, temperature preference, humidity sensation, humidity preference, noisiness, loudness, annoyance, and acoustic preference were assessed using bipolar visual analogue scales. The ANOVA and Turkey's post hoc test were used for data analysis. Result: Thermal environmental perceptions were not altered through 2 minutes noise exposure. Acoustical perceptions were altered by thermal conditions. The results were consistent with previous papers, however, the noise exposure time should be carefully considered for further development.

• Transactions of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering
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• v.17 no.12
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• pp.1230-1237
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• 2007

The vehicle noise is classified into interior and radiated exterior noise. And it influences on consumer's vehicle decision and traffic noise environment very much. In case of the vehicle exterior noise, it is related with traffic noise and in case of the interior noise, it is related with driver's and passenger's sensitivity quality. Because these influenced on drivers and traffic environment, so standards are restricted by the laws and regulated for the measurement. But, the existence standards measuring the only sound pressure level are limit to reflect consumer's sensitive aspects. Therefore in this study, the recent standards and laws were searched about domestic and abroad papers and the testing mode for the sound quality(SQ) evaluation was constructed about the vehicle interior noise. Finally, we aimed at the standard establishment to evaluate the vehicle interior SQ using statistics method.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.41 no.10
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• pp.923-929
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• 2017

Generally, the sound emitted from a vehicle powered by an electric motor is lower than that of internal combustion engine vehicles. Therefore, pedestrians often cannot detect approaching electric vehicles. Therefore, a certain additional warning sound is required for these types of automobiles. In this study, to develop an audible warning sound, nine warning sounds are designed based on signal processing and chord theory. The background noise measured on the road is also added to these synthetic sounds. The detectability of these warning sounds is evaluated by subjective tests. The sound metric is correlated to detectability and is investigated through psychoacoustic theory and subjective evaluation. It is determined that known psychoacoustic parameters such as loudness, sharpness, and roughness have a low correlation with detectability. However, it is found that the interval of harmonic sound correlates well with detectability.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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• 2007.11a
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• pp.796-801
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• 2007

This research presents a laboratory study about a comparison between two methods that measure a hearing threshold of the Subjects who participated in an experiment of the Jury test. The Subjects heard a signal by a headphone. The Subjects of total 63 persons (man=42, woman=21 persons) participated in an experiment. A test of hearing was divided into two (Top-Down, Bottom-Up) methods. Total time of hearing test was about 80 minute(40min/day). As a results of the hearing test, a hearing threshold of the Subjects who used to wear a headphone was higher than that of the Subjects who not used to wear a headphone. A hearing threshold of a man was higher than that of a woman. The result of hearing test was showed that ISO's hearing threshold(MAF) was lower than a result that get from an experiment.

• Proceedings of the KOSOMBE Conference
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• v.1997 no.11
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• pp.79-82
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• 1997

In this paper, a body-worn type digital hearing aid (DHA) based on a dedicated DSP chip is developed. A fitting software running on a PC supported by the Win95 OS is also developed. The fitting protocol is based on the NAL-R procedure applied to eight frequency bands, but it is designed to support a curvilinear fitting to cope with the nonlinear perception of hearing-impaired listeners. Preliminary subjective tests regarding the speech intelligibility and perceived quality revealed that the new DHA could be of benefit to hearing aid users.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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• 2003.11a
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• pp.401-405
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• 2003

Sound quality is becoming a major concern in optical disc drives (ODD). In order to improve the sound quality of slim type ODDs, we changed lead screw pitch and firmware algorithm in the seek mode. To evaluate the sound quality, the PCM (Paired Comparison Method) was adopted and the result was compared with the time-averaged loudness spectrum. Sound signals were also recorded and modified by increasing or decreasing selected frequency bands to verify their sensitivities to the sound quality. As a result of jury test, preferred frequency bands are associated with the time-averaged loudness spectrum.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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• 2003.05a
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• pp.617-621
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• 2003

Existing loudness models are specified only to diotic sounds in spite of the fact that normal human beings hear dichotic sounds. Approximately, the arithmetic mean of loudness values of both ear signals has been suggested for the resultant perceived loudness. In this study, the dependence of overall loudness perception on the interaural level differences was investigated by the subjective tests. It was found that the larger the interaural level difference, the louder the perception than the mean of calculated loudness values at both ears and the lower the critical band rate or the reference level, the louder the perception than the mean value. A modified loudness model was proposed to he applicable to dichotic sounds by using the equivalent diotic levels.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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• 2015.11a
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• pp.60-62
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• 2015

아날로그방송이 디지털방송으로 전환되면서 방송 프로그램 음량의 다이나믹 영역이 더욱 증대되었고, 이로 인해 시청 중 한 채널 내에서 프로그램 전환 시 혹은 시청 채널을 다 채널로 전환 할 경우, 프로그램 간 혹은 채널 간의 오디오 레벨의 불균형으로 인해 편안한 시청이 방해 받을 여지가 커지게 되었다. 이런 문제를 해결하기 위해 ITU 에서는 디지털방송 음량 기준을 제정하였으며, 미국, 유럽, 일본 등 외국을 비롯하여 한국도 디지털방송음량 기술기준 및 표준을 제정하였으며, 본격적인 적용을 앞두고 있다. 본 연구에서는 지상파 및 유료방송의 채널들을 대상으로 현재 서비스되고 있는 방송음량을 측정하고 국제, 국내 기준과의 차이 등을 비교분석하여 기술기준 적용 필요성 등을 제시하고자 한다.

• Proceedings of the Acoustical Society of Korea Conference
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• spring
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• pp.541-544
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• 2002

피치 (pitch)는 주파수와 관련된 인간이 실제 느끼는 음의 높이로 라우드니스 (loudness), 음색 (timbre)과 함께 소리의 음질을 결정하는 중요한 요소로 알려져 있다. 이러한 피치는 음성 해석 및 분리를 위해 많은 연구가 이루어진 반면 소음 분석 및 음질 향상을 위한 방향으로의 연구는 부족한 상황이다. 본 연구에서는 기저막 (basilar membrane)의 위치에 따른 주파수 분리 이론인 위치이론 (place theory)을 기본으로 한 기존의 가상 피치 (virtual pitch) 분석 알고리즘을 소음에 적용하기 위해서 수정하고, 절러가지 소음에 적용하였다. 본 연구에서의 알고리즘은 소음의 주파수 특성에 의존한 방법이기 때문에, 토널 (tonal) 성분이 존재하는 소음의 적용에는 적합한 결과를 나타냈지만, 그 이외의 소음에 대해서는 정확한 분석이 어렵다. 따라서 기본 주파수 (fundamental frequency)와 이와 관련된 고조파음(harmonics)이 음질에 중요한 영향을 미치는 소음의 음질 해석 린 음질 향상을 위해 본 연구의 알고리즘에 의한 피치 분석과 기존의 음질 인자를 적용하면 보다 효율적인 결과를 얻을 수 있을 것이다. 이런 소음의 예로는 엔진의 부밍 소음이나 기어 whine 소음 등이다.