• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.18 no.12
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• pp.118-129
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• 2018

In AI chatbot service via a messenger, a profile image of the chatbot is the first thing that users see to communicate with the chatbot. This profile image not only manages an impression about the profile owner in SNS on followers, but also makes an important impression about chatbot services on users. Thus motivated, this study investigates proper profile images tailored for the types of chatbot services and users. Specifically, I reviewed the preferred images and expressions of chatbots for each purpose of chatbot service. Then, in a case study, I collected and analyzed the representative chatbot profile images for the purpose of fun and counseling. The profile images are categorized as robot, human, animal, and abstract images. Based on these categories, I surveyed the preferred profile image of the chatbot service in either the text type or image type alternatives. For the purpose of fun, in the text version, I found that both men and women preferred a human image to others. However, in the image version, men preferred woman and robot images while women preferred cute animation character and robot images. For counseling services, both men and women preferred woman and animal images most, which is similar to the results of the text version of questionnaires as well. While both genders consistently preferred real photo images, women tend to like abstract images more than men do. I expect that the results of this study would be useful to develop the proper profile images of AI chatbot for each service purpose.

• Journal of the Korea Computer Graphics Society
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• v.29 no.3
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• pp.59-67
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• 2023

This paper proposes a 3D animated body profile using 3D body scanning and motion capture devices. Users can create their own personalized body profiles with animation by performing 3D scans for a predetermined set of poses. To achieve this, a template animation was obtained through motion capture for a series of poses, and the acquired 3D scan data from users was mapped to the key poses of the animation using Pose-space deformer. The resulting 3D animated body profiles provide users with greater satisfaction compared to traditional static 2D images or 3D scan data.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2006.06b
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• pp.52-54
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• 2006

유비쿼터스와 유무선 기술의 발전으로 최근들어 각 개인과 그를 둘러싼 환경으로부터 지속적으로 많은 데이터를 수집할 수 있게 되었다. 상황인지 기법들을 활용하면, 수집된 데이터께서 각 개인의 경험을 요약할 수 있는데, 요약된 경험 정보는 해당 개인의 기억 회상에 도움을 줄 뿐 아니라, 다른 사람들과의 상호작용을 증대시키는 데도 유용하게 사용된다. 본 논문에서는 모바일 상에서 수집된 특이성 정보를 바탕으로 사용자의 프로필을 고려하여 개인의 일과를 만화의 형태로 표현하는 방법을 제안한다 특이성 정보는 휴대폰 로그로부터 상황인식 기법을 통해 추론된 것으로 사용자의 행동 및 감정 정보를 나타낸다. 추론된 사용자의 행동 및 감정 정보들과 미리 입력된 사용자 프로필을 바탕으로 본 논문에서는 배경과 캐릭 터 만화 이미지들을 의미적 유사도를 사용하여 합성한다. 또한, 생성된 만화 이미지들에서 동적으로 스토리 스트림을 구성하여 만화 내용의 일관성을 유지한다. 제안하는 만화 생성 방법을 평가하기 위하여 특이성 시나리오를 바탕으로 만화를 합성하여 생성된 만화의 다양성과 일관성을 평가하였다.

• Fashion & Textile Research Journal
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• v.24 no.2
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• pp.195-205
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• 2022

This study examines the image management behavior according to self-monitoring, self-objectification of profile-based SNS users. Questionnaires were administered to 313 SNS users including both men and women in their 20s to 30s. The SPSS 25.0 package was utilized for data analysis, which included frequency analysis, factor analysis, Cronbach's ?, t-test, and regression analysis. The study analyzed self-monitoring in 2 groups (high, low), self-objectification for 2 factors (body surveillance, body shame), and image management behavior for 5 factors (fashion oriented, instrumentality, conformity, ostentation, interpersonal disposition). The results revealed: first, self-monitoring groups exhibited significant differences in self-objectification. The higher self-monitoring group was more influenced by body surveillance and body shame compared to the low self-monitoring group. Second, self-objectification had a positive influence on all the factors of image management behavior. Especially, body surveillance demonstrated a high influence on instrumentality and body shame showed a high influence on ostentation. Third, the self-monitoring groups showed significant differences in all the factors of image management behavior. The higher self-monitoring group demonstrated more influence of image management behavior compared to the low self-monitoring group. These results provide useful information in understanding the influence of social media on users' psychological attitude and consciousness toward their body and image management behavior.

• Journal of the Korea Fashion and Costume Design Association
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• v.25 no.1
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• pp.65-81
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• 2023

The purpose of this study is to interpret the semantic actions of body image symbolized in body expression images shown by micro-influencers body profiles to understand the body profile phenomenon of the MZ generation. As a result of collecting body profile data from micro-influencers, the body profile image types of female influencers on SNS were classified into four types, Athletic, Slim body, Natural, and, Glamorous. Images representing each type were analyzed using the Roland Barthes' Myth model analysis frame. As a result of the semantic analysis, influencers were found to be very active and bold, emphasizing certain body parts according to the type of body image they pursue. Fashion is strategically used to emphasize these aspects. It was found that the ideology of a 'subjective modern woman' was commonly expressed through emphasis on visual signs. This study is meaningful in that it can indirectly lead to the understanding the fashion culture expressed by the MZ generation and provide consumer information and essential data that can be used for communication strategies in the fashion market.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.7 no.1
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• pp.164-169
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• 2003

In this paper, we investigate recognition of human faces in a meeting room. The major challenges of identifying human faces in this environment include low quality of input images, poor illumination, unrestricted head poses and continuously changing facial expressions and occlusion. In order to address these problems we propose a novel algorithm, Dynamic Space Warping (DSW). The basic idea of the algorithm is to combine local features under certain spatial constraints. We compare DSW with the eigenface approach on data collected from various meetings. We have tested both front and profile face images and images with two stages of occlusion. As a result from the experiment, we obtained 82.7% for PCA algotithm, and 89.4% for DSW. We get to obtain 6.9% better result from conductive DSW approach rather than PCA. It turned out to be that it shows more original and unique facial image.

• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.29 no.2
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• pp.109-118
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• 2024

With the increasing number of social media users worldwide, cases of social media being abused to perpetrate various crimes are increasing. Specifically, drug distribution through social media is emerging as a serious social problem. Using social media channels, the curiosity of teenagers regarding drugs is stimulated through clever marketing. Further, social media easily facilitates drug purchases due to the high accessibility of drug sellers and consumers. Among various social media platforms, we focused on Instagram, which is the most used social media platform by young adults aged 19 to 24 years in South Korea. We collected four types of information, including profile photos, introductions, posts in the form of images, and posts in the form of texts on Instagram; then, we analyzed the similarity among each type of collected information. The profile photos and posts in the form of image were analyzed for similarity based on the SSIM(Structural Simplicity Index Measure), while introductions and posts in the form of text were analyzed for similarity using Jaccard and Cosine similarity techniques. Through the similarity analysis, the similarity among various accounts for each collected information type was measured, and accounts with similarity above the significance level were determined as the same drug sales account. By performing logistic regression analysis on the aforementioned information types, we confirmed that except posts in image form, profile photos, introductions, and posts in the text form were valid information for tracking the same drug sales account.

• The Journal of Korean Association of Computer Education
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.45-52
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• 2010

With rapid increase in the number of web documents, the problem of information overload in Internet search is growing seriously. In order to improve web search results, previous research studies employed user queries/preferred words and the number of links in the web documents. In this study, performance of the search results exploiting these two criteria is examined and other preference criteria for web documents are analyzed. Experimental results show that personalized web search results employing queries and preferred words yield up to 1.7 times better performance over the current search engine and that the search results using the number of links gives up to 1.3 times better performance. Although it is found that the first of the user's preference criteria for web documents is the contents of the document, readability and images in the document are also given a large weight. Therefore, performance of web search personalization algorithms will be greatly improved if they incorporate objective data reflecting each user's characteristics in addition to the number of queries and preferred words.

• Journal of The Korean Association of Information Education
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• v.15 no.2
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• pp.219-226
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• 2011

Web personalization has focused on extracting web pages interesting to users, to help users searching wanted information efficiently on the web. One of the main methods to achieve this is by using queries, links and users' preferred words in the pages. In this study, we surveyed from the web users the features of pages that are considered important to themselves in selecting web pages. The survey results showed that the content of the pages is the most important. However, images and readability of the page are rated as high as the content for some users. Based on this result, we present a method for maintaining relative weights of major page features differently in the profile for each user, which is used for personalizing web search results. Performance of the proposed personalization method is analyzed to prove its superiority such that it yields as much as 1.5 times higher rate than the system utilizing both queries and preferred words and about 2.3 times higher rate than a generic search engine.

• Journal of Intelligence and Information Systems
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• v.24 no.4
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• pp.85-110
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• 2018

A chatbot is an interactive assistant that utilizes many communication modes: voice, images, video, or text. It is an artificial intelligence-based application that responds to users' needs or solves problems during user-friendly conversation. However, the current version of the chatbot is focused on understanding and performing tasks requested by the user; its ability to generate personalized conversation suitable for relationship-building is limited. Recognizing the need to build a relationship and making suitable conversation is more important for social chatbots who require social skills similar to those of problem-solving chatbots like the intelligent personal assistant. The purpose of this study is to propose a text analysis method that evaluates relationships between chatbots and users based on content input by the user and adapted to the communication situation, enabling the chatbot to conduct suitable conversations. To evaluate the performance of this method, we examined learning and verified the results using actual SNS conversation records. The results of the analysis will aid in implementation of the social chatbot, as this method yields excellent results even when the private profile information of the user is excluded for privacy reasons.