• Proceedings of the Korea Institute of Fire Science and Engineering Conference
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• 2009.04a
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• pp.379-384
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• 2009

본 연구에서는 다세대 주택에서 발생되는 화재에서 가연물질이 되는 가구류에 대한 화재 특성을 파악하기 위해 단위 가연물에 대한 열방출율(HRR, Heat Release Rate), 연기발생량, 유독가스 발생량 등에 대한 기본 DB를 확보하고자 하였다. 실험에 사용된 단위가연 물에는 침대(매트리스 포함), 장롱, 화장대, 책상, 책장, 소파(3+1인용), TV, 싱크대(찬장포함), 냉장고, 이불(옷가지)등 총 12여종이며, 국제 시험 규격인 ISO 9705 시험법인 중규모 시험 장치(Room Corner Tester)와 10MW 급의 실규모화재실험장치(Large Scale Calorimeter)에서 실험을 진행하였다. 실험결과 냉장고에서 가장 높은 최대 열방출율 약 3051 kW, 장롱에서의 일산화탄소 방출량은 최대 약 3894.2 ppm, 이산화탄소의 방출량은 최대 약 1.8% 로 가장 높게 측정되었다. 이러한 중규모 시험 장치를 통한 단위 품목의 화재특성 DB 작성은 단위구획에서의 화재 확산 예측에 가장 중요한 요소가 될 수 있을 것이다.

• Journal of the Korea Safety Management & Science
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• v.23 no.3
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• pp.97-102
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• 2021

This study developed a scenario to understand the reaction rate and operational time according to RTI value of rate of rise detector in each type in case of fire mattress. In the results of analyzing the reaction rate and operational time of detector in each scenario, in case when installing a single detector, the elevated temperature per minute was raised to 8℃/min ~ 9℃/min. In case when installing two detectors, it was raised to 9℃/min ~ 10℃/min. In case when installing three detectors, it was raised to 10℃/min. The horizontal distance between detector and mattress was 1.8m~2.5m. Whenever the number of detectors was increased, the horizontal distance was decreased. The operational time of detector was within maximum 540 seconds and minimum 420 seconds. As the research tasks in the future, there should be the researches on the effects of reaction rate of detector on the evacuation in case of fire through the result value of RSET by setting up the latency until the detector operates, and the researches on the safety by understanding if the operational time of detector is suitable for the evaluation standard of performance-centered design.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2013.05a
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• pp.83-85
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• 2013

본 연구는 사용자가 센서를 의식하지 않고 편안하게 일상생활을 영위할 수 있는 비침습적 방식의 센서를 활용하여 향후 침대 위에 있는 사람의 움직임을 정량적으로 측정하고자 한다. 이러한 목적으로 필름 형태의 압전센서를 사용하는 센서 시스템을 구축하였으며, 본 논문에서는 구축된 시스템에서 필요한 전처리 과정을 제시한다. 본 연구에서 사용된 압전센서는 침대 매트리스 아래에 설치하였다. 사람의 움직임에 의한 압전센서의 출력 신호를 증폭하고 샘플링하여 PC로 전송하는 컨트롤러, 컨트롤러로부터 센서 데이터를 수신하고, 사용자에게 센서 데이터를 시각적으로 제시하는 모니터링 프로그램을 개발하였다. 본 연구에서는 컨트롤러에서의 노이즈 제거, 증폭, 샘플링 등의 전처리, 모니터링 프로그램에 의해 수집된 센서 데이터에 대한 이동 평균 필터, 불필요한 움직임이 없는 구간을 제거 후 움직임이 있는 구간 추출 등의 전처리 과정을 제시한다. 이러한 전처리 연산은 향후 침대 위 인체의 움직임을 정량적으로 측정하고, 행동유형을 식별하는데 기여하게 될 것이다.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.22 no.9
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• pp.322-327
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• 2022

Based on goal-achievement and embodied cognition theories, this research investigates how goal-achievement status, which is specified into goal under-achievement, achievement, and over-achievement, influences one's preference for the degree of hardness (vs. softness) in products. The results reveal that consumers who have not yet reached or who just met their goals compared to those who over-achieved their goals want their products (e.g., pillows, mattresses, chairs) to be firm rather than soft. Existing embodied cognition studies have mostly focused on how physical experiences affect consumers' judgments and product preferences, whereas this research shows that consumers can automatically pursue physical experiences according to their goal achievement status.

• Journal of rehabilitation welfare engineering & assistive technology
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.29-35
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• 2017

It was hard for a conventional care-bed to be realized to a low-floor position due to a complex actuation mechanism installed under the mattress support platform. In this paper a mechanism design to set a low-floor position as well as to adjust back- and leg-rest angles was proposed. A dual motor was applied to the back- and leg-rest mechanism of which design parameters were determined by an optimal method. An elevation mechanism was also designed to enlarge a limited stroke range up to two times of its original stroke using a pulley mechanism. An evaluation test was performed by five healthy subjects ($24.4{\pm}0.5yrs.$) when going up from a floor position to a preset best position which was set to the 240mm height for a prototype low-floor bed and to the 600mm height for a conventional bed. As a result, the moving distance was 38% lower than the conventional bed when the subject used the low-floor bed. It showed that the low-floor care-bed reduced physical burdens and was effective to assist activities of daily living of the elderly people.

• Magazine of the Korea Concrete Institute
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• v.2 no.4
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• pp.91-98
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• 1990

Joints are provided in cement concrete pavements to control transverse and longitudinal cracking that occur due to restrained deformations caused by moisture and temperature variations in the slab. But the constuction of joints reduces the load-carrying capacity of the pavement at the joints, and pavements have been deteriorated by cracks at the slab edges along the joints due to traffic loads. Therefore, it is important to analyze the behavior of joints accurately in the design of cement concrete pavements. In this study, the mechanical behavior of cement concrete pavement slabs is analyzed by the plate-finite element model, and Winkler foundation model is adopted to analyze the subgrades. The load transfer mechan¬ism of joints are composed of dowel action, aggregate interlocking, and tied-key action, and the analytical pro¬gram is developed using these joint models. Using this numerical model as an analysis tool, the effects of joint parameters on the behavior of pavements are investigated.

• The Journal of Korea Institute of Information, Electronics, and Communication Technology
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• v.9 no.6
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• pp.604-608
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• 2016

In recent years, research and development has been carried out in order to increase the economical efficiency and stability in terms of efficient use of energy for the heating apparatus. Especially, technology development for high performance and new functional materials is actively being carried out. This paper focuses on the development of exothermic products with excellent energy transfer characteristics. The heating element used for bedding or mattress uses a heating wire. Since the heating wire is thin, the distribution of heat is concentrated only around the heating wire,. In addition, electromagnetic induction is harmful to the human body and energy consumption is high. Therefore, it is aimed to develop a planar heating panel using SiC ceramics which can radiate far-infrared rays and anions to be harmless to the human body, but also has excellent heat conduction to enhance energy efficiency.

• Journal of Biomedical Engineering Research
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• v.35 no.6
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• pp.177-184
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• 2014

Continuous monitoring of heart rates and respiratory rates for newborns or infants is very important since the abnormal breathing and heart problems can threaten the life of newborns or infants. A noncontact baby monitoring system based on a Doppler radar and an air mattress was designed. The Doppler radar was used to acquire respiratory signals and the air mattress was employed to obtain heart rates. The performance of the designed system was evaluated using a commercialized infant simulator ($Simbaby^{TM}$) and a respiration belt transducer was used to measure respiration rates as a reference. Results for respiratory rates revealed that the correlation coefficients between I-and Q-channel and the respiration belt were 0.84 and 0.91 and the mean ${\pm}$ standard deviations of errors between them were $1.66{\pm}1.92$ (bpm) and $0.88{\pm}1.65$ (bpm). Heart rates showed that the correlation coefficient between air mattress and set value of the simulator was 0.73 and the mean ${\pm}$ standard deviation of errors between them was $1.09{\pm}3.45$ (bpm). These results indicate that the designed system holds the potential as an effective monitoring tool for continuous monitoring heart rates and respiratory rates of newborns or infants.

• Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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• v.11 no.7
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• pp.578-586
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• 2005

Air mattress is now used widely to prevent the pressure ulcer by reducing the localized pressure peaks. The pressure control method based on the anthrophometric model of an air-cell mattress developed in this study is presented. The air-cell mattress has 18 cylindrical air cells made of porous material allowing air leakage. Even though the air leakage can contribute to reducing the development of pressure ulcer by lowering the pressure peak, temperature and humidity, the air pressure changes with time and the desired air-cell pressure has to be determined as an optimal value for each user. To select the desired air-cell pressure, we first divide the parts of the body into four sections such as head, trunk, hip, and leg. Then, the pressure of each section grouped with air-cells is calculated from the weight of each part estimated from the individual height and body weight. Air supply system for the air-cell mattress is implemented by using four electronic solenoid valves and an air compressor, and it is driven by a real-time microcontroller. We experimented with five subjects of the contact pressure on skin. The experimental results show that the proposed air-cell mattress is effective for the prevention of the pressure ulcer.

• Archives of Plastic Surgery
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• v.36 no.1
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• pp.118-121
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• 2009

Purpose: Constricted ear, which is named by Tanzer includes lop ear, cup ear, and sort of prominent ear. It has classified three groups by Tanzer, especially grou I and IIA have been corrected by banner flap, Musgrave's technique, tumbling concha - cartilage flap, reversed banner flap and others. However, these techniques were too invasive for correcting mild degree of deformity. Therefore, we corrected the ear with mattress suture which is simple and less invasive. Method: The operations were done against 5 patients from 2005 March to 2008 April. All the cases were unilateral ears with constriction included helix and scaphoid fossa without difference in length between both ears. Though a posterior auricular skin incision, the folded cartilage is exposed and two parallel incisions on superior crus were made. After mattress suturing in cartilage, the superior crus of antihelix was formed and its force enables the folded portion to be in a normal anatomic position. Result: All of 5 patients got satisfactory results. There were no complications like hematoma or skin necrosis, and no recurrence during follow - up period(the average period was 9 months). And we couldn't recognize the difference between height of both auricles. Conclusion: Mattress suture is simple, less invasive, and suitable on correcting mild deformity of constricted ear with better result, so here we suggest the method.