• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.13 no.8
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• pp.3389-3404
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• 2012

Based on the case study methods, the study analyzes emergence and ensuing typology of global ebook platforms such as Google eBook, Amazon Kindle, iBooks Store. Global ebook platforms show adaptation process responding to rapidly changing digital technological envirment and it's fitness landscape. The critical elements in its emerging process are the distinct selection criteria, the degree of resource abundance and the search process based on open innovation. Based on these critical elements, the global platforms show speciation process, so called niche creation and are evolving into a variety of the typology based on the initial condition of key resource which makes the platform emerge and grow. Each global ebook platforms is evolving into open platform, hybrid platform, closed platform. Google eBook has openness and extensibility due to a variety of devices based on Android and a direct involvement of actors. Amazon Kindle has developed from a online bookstore and into the hybrid platform which have not only closed quality but also openness with ebook devices and mobile network. iBooks Store has developed into the closed platform through the agency model based on competitive hardwares and closed quality with iphone and ipad.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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• 2014.07a
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• pp.45-48
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• 2014

디지털 콘텐츠의 급속한 보급과 더불어 휴대용 단말기를 이용한 eBook 관련 콘텐츠의 개발이 점증하고 있는 추세에 유통 다변화를 통한 보급 확대를 위해 스마트 TV를 통한 VOD 방송콘텐츠와 연동하여 전자책을 사용자에게 즉시로 제공할 수 있는 시스템이 요구되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 스마트 TV 방송콘텐츠를 기반으로 한 eBook 콘텐츠의 VOD 서비스를 하이브리드형으로 휴대 스마트 기기에 제공하기 위한 효과적인 시스템의 구성과 DRM 전략을 위한 프레임워크를 제시하고 프로토타입 시스템을 제안한다.

• Journal of the Korean BIBLIA Society for library and Information Science
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• v.22 no.1
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• pp.135-154
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• 2011

This study examined the performances of eight current e-book producers and suppliers in three areas(technology development, contents and services) using 16 evaluation criteria. Each criterion was measured using 6 scales on eight e-book producers and suppliers. The study results showed that overall, Kyobobook was the best performer, followed by Bookcube in the 2nd, Ridibooks the 3rd and Interpark the 4th. Specifically, Bookcube was the best in the field of 'technology development', Kyobobook was the best in the field of 'contents' and Kyobobook and Ridibooks worked equally best in the field of 'services'. Based on the results, some recommendations have been suggested for developing better e-book producers, effective interface design, enhancement of readability, variety of contents, development of multimedia materials and aggressive advertisement.

• Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.100-107
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• 2013

As the eBook market grows fast recently, various eBook viewer solutions such as hardware viewers and software readers came out to the market. We can, however, hardly find mobile eBook interfaces for the reading disabled people who have difficulties in reading for their visual impairment or learning disabilities, or dyslexia. An eBook viewer interfaces for the reading disabled people should be carefully and distinctively designed because the reading disabled people cannot use normal versions of eBook viewer. In this paper, we suggest a eBook viewer interface model to make the reading disabled people read eBooks easily. Depending on the type of the reading disabled people: the full blind, the almost blind, the just learning disabled, our model provides an adaptive interface to make them read eBooks effectively. In addition, unlike the existing simple audio books, we also support annotation systems to make the reading disabled people interact with eBook viewer. To show the effectiveness of our model, we implemented an eBook viewer prototype on an android-based mobile device. We are sure that our model and implementation can make the reading disabled people, who is 10% of all the domestic people, read eBooks effectively.

• The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• v.12 no.6
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• pp.49-55
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• 2012

A study on e-book viewer terminal in the native language of the platform-dependent studies are based, This is inefficient in memory usage and screen rendering speed, and there are frequent system updates, e-book viewer, the nature of mobile terminal platform application compatibility issues may occur. In this paper, using the mobile app framework in order to design e-book e-book viewer, analyzed the structure of ePub file parser and file more structured modules were designed and MVC. Designed and implemented to test the functionality of the memory information that is currently running to provide the ability to show the relationship of DDMS and layout components were used to show Hierarchy Viewer. As a result, rendering the screen 150%, 84% in the heap memory usage, improved performance was confirmed.

• Review of Korean Society for Internet Information
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• v.9 no.2
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• pp.27-36
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• 2008

2008년 상반기 국내 민간최종소비지출 중 카드 사용비중은 54%로, 이제 카드는 결제수단의 최대 강자로 자리잡았다. 경제활동인구 1인당 신용카드 소지수도 2002년 4.6매에서 2005년 3.5매로 떨어졌다가 2008년도까지 3.8매 선으로 안정되고 있다. 신용카드 이외의 은행, 증권, 저축은행 등의 현금인출용 카드와 교통카드, 모바일 칩카드, 백화점카드, 학생증카드, 직원ID카드, 마일리지카드, 기타 멤버십카드 등을 합하면 국민들의 지갑은 현금보다도 플라스틱카드로 두툼해져 있다. 이동통신서비스 사업자들은 이동통신단말기를 이용하여 다양한 서비스를 개발 제공함으로써 시장의 주도권을 노리고 있고, 교통카드 사업자들은 자사의 전자화폐인 교통카드로 주도권을 지키려 하고 있으며, 기존의 강자였던 은행과 카드사들은 고객을 빼앗기지 않기 위해 고객이 필요로 하는 다양한 서비스는 제공하면서도 주도권은 지키려고 하는 경쟁과 협력이 활발하게 전개되고 있다. 한편, MS카드는 읽기/쓰기가 쉬워 정보유출, 위변조, 복제 등을 통한 사고의 위험이 커서, 선진국뿐 아니라 중동, 중남미, 아시아 국가들까지도 IC카드로의 전환이 진행되고 있다. 국제브랜드 카드사들은 2006년 1월부터 IC카드가 MS 단말기에서 부정 사용될 경우 그 책임을 매입사에 전가시키는 제도(Transitional Chip Liability Shift Program)를 시행하고 있어 국내 카드사들의 피해도 예상된다. 금융감독 당국은 2003년 2월 “IT및 전자금융 안전성 제고대책”에 의거 2008년 말까지 100% IC카드로 전환을 목표로 연도별 전환목표를 통보하고 지도감독하고 있다. 이에 따라 은행의 현금카드는 2008년 6월까지, 신용카드는 2008년 12월까지 전환을 수행하고 있으나, 기타 금융권이나 카드사용자들은 비용부담, 재고소진 등의 문제로 잘 지켜지지 않고 있다. 특히 가맹점 단말기를 교체하여야 할 VAN사 들은 교체비용이 자기 자본을 상회하는 어려움으로 POS나 CAT단말은 거의 전환이 진행되지 않고 있어 IC카드를 가지고 있어도 MS를 이용하는 형편이다. 카드의 종류는 주도권 경쟁으로 늘어만 가고 있어 애초 취지처럼 하나의 카드로 다양한 사업자의 서비스가 통합되기 어려운데다, 단말기의 표준화도 어려워 막상 카드를 안전하고 편리하게 사용하여야 할 소비자들의 지갑만 무거워지고 있다. 본고는 이렇게 우리의 생활 깊숙이 들어온 카드를 편리하고 안전하게 사용할 수 있도록 하는 인프라는 과연 어느 수준이고 시장의 주자들은 어느 방향으로가고 있는지 살펴보고 그 문제점과 과제를 제시하고자 한다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2002.05a
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• pp.243-248
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• 2002

The development of digital technologies and the appearance of computers have brought inevitable changes on the conventional printing publishing system and forms of books. An electronic book has marked its birth, sending out the contents of a book in digital and not using paper books but tile exclusive terminal. As far as systems are concerned, reading and publishing are going the separate ways is kind of impediments should be overcome by introducing the on-line order and sales service and constituting a network interworking service which delivers digital book contents on-line. This paper concerned the book publishing mode which would help to overcome the impediments. The last system is the one with broadcasting and communication as well as computers and the Internet mixed in a very complex way.

• Journal of The Korean Association of Information Education
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• v.16 no.3
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• pp.327-336
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• 2012

The Korea government has recently announced "A Master Plan for Smart Education", including application of digital textbooks and composition of education system using cloud computing. Our education system in future circumstance, over the conventional e-learning methods, needs the smart education solutions which enable students to study and communicate on various types of devices. The ongoing government project related with the digital textbook has been performed as mid- and long-term goals, whereas PDF-based e-textbook project, similar to e-book model and, has been already completed for the short-term goal. For the purpose of improved future smart education circumstance, however, a specific strategy is required in the following areas: flexibility of format conversion and independency of original text sources among the multiple device platforms. Therefore, in this paper, we propose a standardization scheme for e-textbook format based on e-book structure. To do this, we survey trends in e-book technologies, and research on standardization of e-book format for digitalization of textbooks, based on the analysis of existing textbooks. Moreover, we produce an example e-book content using our proposed standard method. As a result, our approach can be applied to the future smart education circumstance, and we may say that it will be efficiently applicable to the long-term digital textbook project.

• Korean Management Science Review
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• v.28 no.1
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• pp.25-42
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• 2011

The mobile industry is the key foundation of digital convergence, and its constant growth is expected. Among mobile industries, new products leading the development of devices are the Emerging Device. This study is conducted to find out factors making differentiated by comparing the structural equation model(SEM) of the Tablet PC and the e-Book Reader. The main findings are as follows. First, the application of TAM to the Emerging Device shows that fitness of the model is generally high but the effect of Perceived Ease of Use has not been verified or found insignificant. Second, the acceptance model of the Tablet PC and the e-Book Reader has found that playfulness stimulates acceptance intentions. Third, the cost level of the Emerging Device acceptance model is not a factor stimulating consumers' acceptance intentions. Fourth, product attributes of the Tablet PC and the e-Book Reader to differentiate themselves from the other device are Functionality and Playfulness respectively.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.15 no.7
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• pp.664-673
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• 2015

The assistive devices for disabled people are being highlighted even in industrial aspects through the policy and support for disabled people, enactment of regulation for the improvement of accessibility of disabled, technological innovation and product development. Recently, internet access with the sense of touch and hearing and utilizing electronic publishing contents and e-mailing are being convenient through the product of ICT development such as screen reader for visually impaired people, braille display, screen enlarger, text converter and others. Even so, in rapidly changing digital media smart era, the accessibility of visually impaired people is still poor and assistive devices and alternative formats are in need of improvement. Therefore, in aspect of the research and development innovation, this study proposes the implementation directions for improvement of accessibility by analyzing the current situation and structure of alternative formats and assistive devices for visually impaired people. As a result, in the future, various types of digital information are expected to be converted into a customized and realistic forms and distributed through a dedicated disability products or smart devices.