• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems Conference
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• 2002.12a
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• pp.211-214
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• 2002

본 연구에서는 지체 부자유자들이 가장 많이 사용하는 전동형 휠체어를 이용하여, 조이스틱과 음성인식 모듈을 전동 휠체어에 부착하고 여기에 인공지능 기법을 적용하여 조이스틱과 음성인식 의해 휠체어를 제어하였으며, 각 휠체어의 각 부분을 모듈별로 구성하여 제작하였다. 그리고 조이스틱으로 휠체어를 제어하지 않고 음성인식으로 만 휠체어를 제어 동작했을 경우에 휠체어가 주행중에 장애물이 주행 경로 상에 갑자기 나타났을 때 장애물에 대해 즉시 정지하거나 회피하지 못할 경우가 발생하게 된다. 그래서 전동휠체어의 앞면과 됫면에 초음파 센서를 부착하여 갑자기 장애물이 나타났을 때 전동휠체어가 장애물에 대해 지능적으로 정지하거나 회피 할 수 있도록 퍼지이론을 적용하여 장애물에 대해서 지능적인 동작이 가능하도록 하였다.

• Journal of Digital Contents Society
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• v.16 no.3
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• pp.355-363
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• 2015

In this paper, we propose a system for controlling the seat of the electric wheelchair depending on the slope of the terrain in real time by using the ATmega smart control based on the board. Smart control board includes a gyro sensor, an acceleration sensor and Tilt sensor, when the electric wheelchairs pass slope of the terrain, they use three sensors to identify terrain configuration in real time. We also applied the Complementary Filter in the gyro sensor and acceleration sensor, so the electric wheelchairs know the exact terrain by solving the interference during the movement. Based on this, the noise power wheelchair due to the movement will be reduced, the seat continues reliably movement without being vibration. In this paper, providing an application on the smart phone platform for the convenience of users who are not familiar with how to use electric wheelchairs, they can easily control wheelchairs. Control platform of the smart phone is able to monitor the electric wheelchair in real-time, with regard to pressure prevention, help the slope of the seat to be arbitrarily controlled.

• Journal of Digital Contents Society
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• v.19 no.8
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• pp.1507-1514
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• 2018

The purpose of this study was to propose a functional improvement solution of integrated control board for safe driving of Smart electric wheelchair for a single person. In the case of existing electric wheelchair products in Korea and elsewhere, safety-related functions or devices are not included in many cases. Therefore, the incidence of electric wheelchair-related accidents is continuously increasing in the current situation in which the elderly and the disabled people have been continuously increased. However, currently only high and middle-priced products are equipped with basic safety devices in electric wheelchairs, so low-priced products require safety related functions. Therefore, sensing obstacles that the user can not recognize while moving an electric wheelchair and detecting automatically the terrain change to control the motor by developing a smart control platform. This provides an integrated control board that can be applied to various electric wheelchairs for more stable driving.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems Conference
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• 2002.05a
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• pp.10-13
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• 2002

In this study, we used a 16-bit microprocessor, 80C196KC for a control part in order to develop a multi-functional wheel-chair system, and implemented a joy-stick to control this system. For the complete system, we used a commercial electromotive wheelchair as a basic plant, and applied an encoder to get the rotating number of the motor to transfer data to the MCU to control the motor. We used PWM (Pulse Width Modulation) method to control the wheel-chair motor where a H-bridge circuit was configured. We used the fuzzy control algorithm for the operation of DC motor, which was attached to the electromotive wheelchair and manipulated following the change of the joystick position while a user was controlling the Joystick. He also could control the speed and direction of DC motor as well as control position information.

• Proceedings of the Korea Society for Industrial Systems Conference
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• 2009.05a
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• pp.88-92
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• 2009

본 논문에서는 시선인식을 이용한 지능형 휠체어 시스템에 대해 설명한다. 지능형 휠체어는 초음파센서를 이용하여 전동휠체어가 장애물을 감지하여 회피할 수 있게 하고, 조이스틱을 움직이기 힘든 중증 장애인을 위해 시선인식 및 추적을 이용하여 전동휠체어를 움직일 수 있게 하는 인터페이스를 제안한다. 지능형 휠체어는 시선인식 및 추적 모듈, 사용자 인터페이스, 장애물 회피 모듈, 모터 제어 모듈, 초음파 센서 모듈로 구성된다. 시선인식 및 추적 모듈은 적외선 카메라와 두개의 광원으로 사용자 눈의 각막 표면에 두 개의 반사점을 생성하고, 중심점을 구한 뒤, 동공의 중심점과 두 반사점의 중심을 이용하여 시선 추적을 한다. 시선이 응시하는 곳의 명령어를 사용자 인터페이스를 통해서 하달 받고, 모터 제어 모듈은 하달된 명령과 센서들에 의해 반환된 장애물과의 거리 정보로 모터제어보드에 연결되어 있는 두 개의 좌우 모터들을 조종한다. 센서 모듈은 전등휠체어가 움직이는 동안에 주기적으로 센서들로부터 거리 값을 반환 받아 벽 또는 장애물을 감지하여 장애물 회피 모듈에 의해 장애물을 우회 하도록 움직인다. 제안된 방법의 인터페이스는 실험을 통해 시선을 이용하여 지능형 휠체어에 명령을 하달하고 지능형 휠체어가 임의로 설치된 장애물을 효과적으로 감지하고 보다 정확하게 장애물을 회피 할 수 있음을 보였다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2023.11a
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• pp.980-981
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• 2023

본 논문은 생체신호 분석과 인공지능으로 전동휠체어 제어 시스템을 개발한다. 얼굴 근육 움직임에서 나오는 생체신호를 분석하고, 인공지능 모델로 생체신호 패턴을 학습하여 눈동자 및 얼굴 움직임을 해석하고 이를 토대로 전진, 후진, 좌회전, 우회전, 정지, 제어와 같은 6가지 기능을 전동휠체어에 적용하고 신체 제한자의 이용 용이성 및 삶의 질 향상을 목표로 한다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2008.05a
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• pp.329-336
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• 2008

Nowadays with advancement in technology and aging society, the number of disabled citizens is increasing. The disabled citizens always need a caretaker for daily life routines especially for mobility. In future, the need is considered to increase more. To reduce the burden from the disabled, various devices for healthcare are introduced using computer technology. The power wheelchair is an important and convenient mobility device. The demand of power wheelchair is increasing for assistance in mobility. In this paper we proposed a robotic wheelchair for mobility aid to reduce the burden from the disabled. The main issue in an autonomous wheelchair is the automatic detection and avoidance of obstacles and going to the pre-designated place. The proposed algorithm detects the obstacles and avoids them to drive the wheelchair to the desired place safely. By this way, the disabled will not always have to worry about paying deep attention to the surroundings and his path.

• Smart Media Journal
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• v.4 no.2
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• pp.17-25
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• 2015

In this paper proposes an idea for using NFC(Near Field Communication) on smalt mobile devices, you can easily control the electric wheelchair system. In this system with previous researches controlled a power wheelchair in a mobile device using Bluetooth communication, the board communicates with the integrated control of the wheelchair. With smart mobile devices, the wheelchair control board integrating the signal generated by checking real time so that the user can easily monitor the state of the wheelchair. Users are using smalt mobile devices, the wheelchair can be controlled easily, and the setting at any time according to the state of the individual and can be used. HEX format control is directly in hardware, allowing analysis was read, the user settings are typically used to match cards which support NFC technology such as bus card for registration, storing the selected information and enable read and were applicable. By applying this system, wheelchairs oriented aids disabled and older people able to access to provide with stability.

• The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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• v.13 no.5
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• pp.1135-1144
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• 2018

An electric wheelchair used to be utilized as a piece of equipment for the disabled and the elderly in the past, but the recent changes to its functions and forms have made it available across various fields and purposes. In this paper, we propose a continuous track type of electric wheelchair prototype to be used in various fields and environments and a monitoring system to control it. A frame stress design was applied to improve its stability during driving compared with the previous wheelchairs. In addition, we provide a convenience for free and easy operation of them using the App. based on android. A monitoring system based on C# was also added to control a large number of electric wheelchairs. As a result of the implementation and performance evaluation, the von Mises stress value was measured 4.401% within the normal range through five times of stress interpretations, and its accuracy of communication for system manipulation was recorded about 98.75%, which means that it has been proven to be safer than the previous wheelchairs.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.13 no.3
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• pp.1296-1301
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• 2012

This paper deals with development of the driving-will control system in power-assisted electric wheelchair. Nowadays, population of elderly people has been increased rapidly, and also an electric wheelchair has been considered as the device for the elderly. Especially, power-assisted electric wheelchair can overcome problems that a conventional electric wheelchair holds, such as lack of movement of wheelchair user. In this paper, we propose the sensors system to measure the driving-will force and perform the control action for a power-assisted electric wheelchair. And motion performance of the proposed system is verified through the experiment.