• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.23 no.2 s.179
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• pp.51-56
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• 2006

This paper shows the development of flexible force sensor using the fiber Bragg grating. This force sensor consists of a Bragg grating fiber and flexible silicone rubber (DC184, Dow corning co. Ltd). This sensor does not have special structure to maximize the deflection or elongation, but have good sensitivity and very flexible characteristics. In addition, this sensor has the immunity to the electro magnetic field and can be multiplexed easily, which is inherited from the characteristics of fiber Bragg grating sensor. In the future, this sensor can be utilized the tactile sensor system minimizing the sensor size and developing the fabrication method.

• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2004.11a
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• pp.1761-1766
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• 2004

In this lecture, we reviewed the principle and types of force sensors with strain gages, tactile sensors based on MEMS and force sensor as well as nano force sensors. Also we investigated applications of force sensors for NT, BT and RT.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2017.04a
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• pp.1131-1134
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• 2017

본 연구는 차동 용량형 섬유 압력 센서를 개발하고, 이를 깔창에 부착하여 보행 측정에 응용하는 것을 목적으로 한다. 차동 용량형 섬유 압력 센서는 3장의 전도성 섬유 사이에 2장의 절연체를 위치시키는 형태로, $5cm{\times}5cm{\times}0.23cm$ (가로 ${\times}$ 세로 ${\times}$ 두께) 크기로 제작하였다. 커패시턴스를 측정하기 위해 커패시턴스-디지털 변환칩(AD7152), ATMega328로 구성된 시스템을 제작하였고 PC로 데이터를 전송하여 모니터링을 수행하였다. 센서의 힘-커패시턴스 변화 특성 평가를 위해 센서에 가하는 중량을 65 kg 까지 5 kg 씩 증가시켜 가며 커패시턴스 변화를 측정하였다. 실험 결과, 무게에 따라 커패시턴스가 증가하는 것을 확인하였다. 보행 측정 가능성을 평가하기 위해 센서를 깔창에 부착한 후 보행 신호를 측정하였으며, 그 결과 보행에 따라 센서의 커패시턴스 값이 변화하는 것을 확인하였다. 이로부터 제작한 차동용량형 섬유 센서는 보행 측정에 활용할 수 있는 가능성을 확인하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2002.10a
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• pp.1029-1032
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• 2002

This paper describes a design of a tactile sensor, which can measure three components force and temperature due to thermal conductive. The bio-mimetic tactile sensor, alternative to human's finger, is comprised of four micro force sensors and four thermal sensors, and its size being 10mm$\times$10mm. Each micro force sensor has a square membrane, and its force range is 0.1N - 5N in the three-axis directions. On the other hand, the thermal sensor for temperature measurement has a heater and four temperature sensor elements. The thermal sensor is designed to keep the temperature. $36.5^{\circ}C$, constant, like human skin, and measure the temperature $0^{\circ}C$ to $50^{\circ}C$. The MEMS technology is applied to fabricate the sensing element of the tactile sensor.

• The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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• v.18 no.2
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• pp.379-386
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• 2023

When patients suffer from finger injuries, their finger joints can become stiff and inflexible due to decreased ability to exercise the finger tendons. This can lead to a loss of strength and difficulty using their hands. To address this, it is important to provide patients with consistent rehabilitation treatment that can help restore finger flexibility and strength simultaneously. In this study, we propose wearable gloves that use FSRs (force sensitive resistors) for finger strength training. The glove is designed to be adjustable using rubber bands and a custom PCB is designed for signal acquisition. For the evaluation of finger strength training, the result was analyzed in four cases. We suggest a vector that represents the center of five finger forces, and the result shows that the vector can indicate the level of force balance.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems
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• v.15 no.7
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• pp.870-874
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• 2005

This paper presents capacitive tactile sensor that can detect normal and shear forces. This tactile sensor consists of index plate, sensing plate, and elastic dielectric layer. The calculated sensing character is based on the changes of space between two horizontal plate. Larger overlap areas and narrow space between top and bottom plate guarantees higher sensitivity. Tactile sense information can be calculated from the changes of phase of output signal. The symmetric arrangement of sensing plates makes the manufacturing process easier and guarantees the stability of the structure. In this paper, the sensor structure is designed, the mechanism of the Proposed sensor is theoretically explained, and the simulated result is presented.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.24 no.11
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• pp.2688-2695
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• 2000

In multi-axis force sensor, compliance matrices representing structural behaviour of internal sensor bodies play an important role in decoupled sensing and accuracy, Recently, error propagation through compliance matrices has been studied via approximation approach. However the upper bound of measured force error has not been known. In this paper, error propagation in force sensing is analysed in a unified way when both strain measurement error and compliance matrix error exist, and the upper bound of the measured force error is derived exactly(not approximately). The analysis is examined through a numerical example.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• v.59 no.3
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• pp.366-372
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• 2021

Cadherin-Catenin complex is thought to play an essential role in the transmission of force at adherens junction. Due to the lack of proper tools to visualize and detect mechanical force signals, the underlying mechanism by which the cadherin-catenin complex regulates force transmission at intercellular junctions remains elusive. In this study, we visualize cadherin-mediated force transmission using an engineered α-Catenin sensor based on fluorescence resonance energy transfer. Our results reveal that α-catenin is a key force transducer in cadherin-mediated mechanotransduction at cell-cell junctions. Thus, our finding will provide important insights for studying the effects of chemical and physical signals on cell-cell communication and the relationship between physiological and pathological phenomena.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2002.11c
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• pp.118-121
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• 2002

본 논문에서는 힘을 측정하여 도립진자를 제어하는 방법을 제안하였다 기존의 각도를 측정하여 도립진자를 0도로 보내는 Set Point Control보다 힘을 제어하여 도립진자를 수직한 영역(Boundary Control)으로 보내는 제어를 하면 제어입력이 감소하고, 외란과 자중이 평형이 되는 위치에서 제어입력은 0이 됨을 보였다.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.24 no.10
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• pp.91-98
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• 2007

This paper describes the development of the calibration system for a multi-axis force/moment sensor and its uncertainty evaluation. This calibration system can generate the continuous forces (${\pm}Fx,\;{\pm}Fy$ and ${\pm}Fz$) and moments (${\pm}Mx,\;{\pm}My$ and ${\pm}Mz$). Many kinds of multi-axis force/moment sensors in industries should be carried out the characteristic test or the calibration with the calibration system that can generate the forces and the moments. The calibration systems have been already developed are the disadvantages of the low capacity, the generation of step forces(10N, 20N ...) and step moments(1Nm, 2Nm ...) with weights, the high coasts in manufacture and so on. In this paper, the calibration system for a multi-axis force/moment sensor that can generate the continuous three forces and three moments was developed. Their ranges are $0{\sim}2000N$ in all force-directions and $0{\sim}400Nm$ in all moment-directions. And the system was evaluated in the expanded relative uncertainty. They were ${\pm}0.0004$ in all forces ${\pm}Fx,\;{\pm}Fy$ and ${\pm}Fz$, and ${\pm}0.0004$ in all moments ${\pm}Mx,\;{\pm}My$ and ${\pm}Mz$.