• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Emotion and Sensibility Conference
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• 2002.05a
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• pp.333-337
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• 2002

본 연구에서는 구조설계에 관한 관점에서 사무용 의자에 기능을 부여할 수 있는 메커니즘에 대한 분류 및 특성분석에 대해 기술하였으며 분류된 메커니즘 유형의 구성요소에 대해 분석하였다. 분류 기준으로는 메커니즘의 소재, 형태, 기능 등으로 분류하였고 이에 따른 사용자와의 interface측면에서 메커니즘과 직접적인 상관관계가 깊은 레버 및 손잡이의 위치 등에 대한 적합성을 검토하였다. 본 연구를 통하여 사무용 의자 설계 시 물리적인 적합도를 높일 수 있는 요소를 고려하는데 활용될 수 있기를 기대하며 메커니즘의 적용성과 기능의 적합성을 확보할 수 있는 정보로서 활용되기를 기대한다.

• The Journal of Korean society of community based occupational therapy
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• v.7 no.1
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• pp.1-8
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• 2017

Objective : The purpose of this study was to identify the effect of vestibular stimulation activity on visual perception. Methods : A total of 58 healthy adults in chungnam was participated in this study. I divided into the total 3 groups and studied. Group A was no vestibular stimulation, they sat on general chair and performed the visual perception task. Group B and C sat on general chair and ball chair respectively, after vestibular stimulation activity and they performed visual perception task. I measured the visual perception task with the time. Results : There was a significant difference between Group A and B and C. There was no significant difference between group B and C. Conclusion : The result shows that the vestibular stimulation activity is effective for an improvement in visual perception.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Emotion and Sensibility Conference
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• 2002.05a
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• pp.323-326
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• 2002

본 연구는 새로 개발된 에어쿠션의자의 인체 적합성 검증에 관한 실험으로 기존 에어쿠션의자와 스펀지 매트의자를 새로 개발된 의자와 비교 평가 하였다. 본 연구를 위해 설문지를 통한 사용자의 감성 및 사용성을 측정하였고 객관적 검증에 필요한 체압분포측정을 하였다. 실험의 결과 사용성 평가에서 대부분의 피험자들이 신형 의자가 보다 편안하고 안락하다고 응답하였으며, 각 의자를 비교하는 전체 14항목의 설문 중 11개 항목이 의자A에서 중요도 순위가 좋게 나타났다. 체압분포에서도 좌판의 경우 신형 에어쿠션의자의 체압의 평균값이 적게 나오면서 고르게 분포하였고, 좌골결절을 중심으로 좌, 우 대칭이 되게 나왔다. 또한 등판부위에서도 등판의 수직선을 중심으로 체압분포가 좌, 우 대칭이 되게 나왔다.

• Journal of the Ergonomics Society of Korea
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• v.2 no.2
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• pp.17-19
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• 1983

우리 주변에는 필요에 따라 많은 종류의 의자를 사용하고 있으며 그 용도와 크기, 모양에 따라 많은 의자가 존재한다. 이같이 수없이 많이 존재하는 의자를 몇 개의 부류로 구분하기란 참으로 어렵고 힘든일이다. 그러나 그 모양이나 형태는 다르지만 그 용도와 기능에 따라 분류 하면 몇 개의 부류로 분류할 수 있다. 이 같은 분류방법은 그 분류기준이 어떻게 정의 되느냐 에 따라 달라지며 그에 따라 의자의 종류가 결정되게 된다. 예를 들면 Shackel은 의자의 종류를 사용되는 상항에 따라 3가지로 분류하였다. 즉 3시간 이상 앉아있게 될때 사용하는 일반적인 의 자, 사무실용 의자와 식탁용 의자로 분류하였다.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.34 no.2
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• pp.167-174
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• 2010

In this study, the optimal position for the backrest pivot of an office chair was investigated by evaluating its performance in terms of the lumbar support and sliding distance of the back from the backrest during tilting motions. The simulation was performed using a mathematical model, which included a human body and a chair. Forty-two backrest pivot points were selected on the sagittal plane around the hip joint of a sitting model. A motion analysis study was also performed using a prototype of an office chair (A-type) with a backrest pivot located on the hip joint of a normal Korean model and a typical office chair (B-type) with its pivot located under the seat. The simulation results showed that both the lordosis angle and the slide distance of the back were minimized when the backrest pivot was positioned close to the hip joint. The experimental results showed that the slide distance and gap between the sitter's lumbar and the backrest was smaller with the A-type than the B-type. Based on the simulation and experimental results, it can be concluded that the backrest can support the sitter's lumbar area more effectively as the pivot position for reclining approaches closer to the hip joint. In this position, the sitter can maintain a comfortable and healthy sitting posture. This paper presents the methods and guidelines for designing an office chair with ergonomic considerations.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.39 no.6
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• pp.535-540
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• 2015

The location of the pivot between the backrest and seat pan of a reclining chair should be identical to the hip joint center to prevent unpleasant user experiences during tilting motion. However, mechanical friction occurs in the pin-in-slot joints that are installed under the seat pan as an alternative to the hinge joint. This reduces the reaction force between the backrest and the occupant's back when reclining and returning to an upright position, which causes the occupant's discomfort. In this study, bearings, rollers, and sliders were suggested as alternatives for the pin component, and the percentage of the reaction force on the backrest was measured while reclining the backrest and subsequently returning it to an upright position. The results show when bearings, rollers, and sliders were used for the pin-in-slot joint, the percentages of the reaction force were $59.7{\pm}10.3$, $47.2{\pm}13.6$, and $30.3{\pm}18.1$, respectively, indicating that the friction of the bearing was the lowest among the three pin components. Because the three alternatives have different manufacturing costs, synthetic judgment requires the consideration of not only mechanical friction but also user experience.

• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2000.11a
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• pp.376-380
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• 2000

All chairs are uncomfortable in the long run, but some chairs become uncomfortable more rapidly than others, and in any particular chair, some people will be more uncomfortable than others. Comfort will depend upon the interaction of chair characteristics, user characteristics, and task characteristics. In this study, we intend to design the comfortable office chair by investigating the anthropometric and biomechanical aspects for Korean. Therefore, we determine the design dimensions using the analysis of anthropometric data. With these dimensions, we design the chair mechanism of which backrest reclines with increasing chair pan declination. This mechanism allows the back to get adequate support at the correct level for any backrest declination. Also, the lumbar support in the backrest descends with increasing backrest reclining. By using this chair, a considerably better sitting posture can be obtained, and uncomfortable feeling and back pain may be prevented.

• Journal of Korean Society for Quality Management
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• v.29 no.3
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• pp.151-165
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• 2001

The purpose of this study is to develop systematic methods for evaluating the suitability of a seat and build an empirical model for predicting the suitability of a seat. The following research schemes were pursued to achieve the objectives - Development of suitable chair dimensions - Analysis scheme for decomposing the human-product interface system - Development of model for evaluating suitability. As a result, we uncovered six dominant suitability dimensions for the design of a comfortable seat that is related to the physical dimension of a body, Here, six suitability dimensions were identified as the dimensions that represent the human sensitivity and psychological feeling on comfortable seats. Also, 43 human-interface elements (HIE's) such as seat height, seat width, seat depth, tilting angle, seat surface etc. were investigated. HIE was generally defined as the physical characteristic of manufacturing goods, and it had close related to the body dimension of a user and environment that it was used.

• Journal of the Korea Furniture Society
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.13-21
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• 1999

All chairs are uncomfortable in the long run and some chairs become uncomfortable more rapidly than others. In a particular chair, some people feel more uncomfortable than others. Comfort will depend upon the interaction of chair, user, and task characteristics. In this study, we intended to design a comfortable office chair by investigating anthropometric and biomechanical aspects for Koreans. We determine the design dimensions by analysis the anthropometric data. With these body parameters, we determined the design dimensions such as seat height, seat depth, seat width, seat backrest width, etc. This research, hopefully contributes to the development of ergonomic chair and improvement of the chair design technologies.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Emotion and Sensibility Conference
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• 2000.04a
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• pp.81-85
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• 2000

The present study investigated the processes of selecting and modeling of design variables based on HIEs for developing the evaluational model on the physical suitability of office chairs. Evaluational model can be used for development of the new products or improvement of the old products. For the best utilization of the evaluational model, the process of scrutinizing the variables and the complex interactions among the variables is indispensible. Also, for this, it is necessary to select only the right HIEs which influence the physical suitability of products greatly.The present study suggested analytical processes for making the evaluational model on the physical suitability (Comfortability, Suitability, Stability, Adjustability, Clearance) of office chairs.