• 전기학회논문지
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• 제57권6호
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• pp.1102-1108
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• 2008

Wearable physiological signal monitoring systems are regarded as an important sensing unit platforms in ubiquitous/mobile healthcare application. In this paper, we suggested the modified bipolar electrodes implemented on the portable heart activity monitoring system, which minimized the distance of electrodes formed on a attachable pad. The proposed electrode configuration is useful in mobile measurement environments, but has a disadvantage of reduced amplitude of the heart action potential. In order to overcome the shortcoming of the suggested electrode configuration, we implemented the amplifying circuit to increase the signal-gain and decrease the artifacts. For evaluations, we analyzed the specificity of measured cardiography using the proposed electrodes through the comparing of heart activity monitoring system with standard clinical ECG(lead2) by pearson correlation coefficients. The result showed that the average correlation coefficient is $0.903{\pm}0.036,\;0.873{\pm}0.072$ at V3, V4 chest lead position, respectively. Thus, the modified bipolar electrode is quite suitable to monitor the electrical activity of the heart in the situation of the mobile environment, and could be considered having high similarity with standard clinical ECG.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제12권5호
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• pp.930-936
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• 2008

유전자 알고리즘을 이용하여 바이오센서의 활동량을 측정하는 CMOS 이미지 모니터링 시스템을 개발하였다. 수중의 물벼룩, 물고기와 같은 살아있는 대부분 생물체는 수질을 모니터링하는 바이오센서로 자주 사용된다. 이미지 센서에 의해 바이오센서의 활동량의 측정은 이미지를 얻는 방법에 따라 다르게 측정됨으로 매우 어렵다. 제안된 모니터링 시스템은 유전자 알고리즘을 사용하여 바이오센서 활동량을 최적으로 측정할 수 있다. 그리고 이 시스템은 FPGA로 되어 있어 가격과 성능 면에서 우수한 작은 하드웨어로 구현된다.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제57권2호
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• pp.286-293
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• 2008

The design and implementation of a personal navigation system including activity monitoring function is given in this paper. The system consists of a 3 dimensional MEMS accelerometer, digital compasses and ZigBee communication. An accelerometer and digital compasses are used to compute the position and activity. The obtained position and activity information is transmitted to a fixed beacon via ZigBee. At the same time, activity information is stored in the personal navigation system to a batch analysis program. The step detection algorithm which is robust to attaching location is proposed. Also two digital compass error compensation algorithms are proposed to find more precise headings. The experiments with a real system show that the activities of users and continuous locations less than 1.5m errors are obtained after 80m walking.

• Physical Therapy Rehabilitation Science
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.106-112
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• 2024

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the validity of a depth camera-based system for monitoring physical function, assessing its feasibility for accurately monitoring activities of daily living. Design: A cross-sectional study. Methods: Twenty-three participants were enlisted to perform fifteen activities of daily living within a living laboratory designed to simulate a home environment. Activities were monitored using a depth camera system capable of classifying actions into standing, sitting, and lying down, with a conventional video camera employed for activity recording. The duration of each activity, as measured by the system, was compared to direct observations made by a physical therapist which were analyzed using a motion analysis software. The association between these two measurement approaches was assessed through correlation analysis, coefficient of determination, intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC), and Bland-Altman plots. Results: Our findings indicated that standing activities exhibited the highest correlation (r=0.847) between the system measurements and physical therapist observations, followed by sitting (r=0.817) and lying down (r=0.734), which demonstrated lower correlations. However, the ICC and Bland-Altman plots revealed notable variances between the two measurement methods, particularly for activities involving lying down. Conclusions: In this study, the depth camera-based physical monitoring system showed promise feasibility in distinguishing standing, sitting, and lying down activities at home environments. However, the current study also underlined some necessities of enhancements in capturing lying down activities.

• 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국해양정보통신학회 2007년도 춘계종합학술대회
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• pp.703-706
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• 2007

인체의 실시간 활동 모니터링은 활동량과 활동능력에 대한 중요한 정보를 제공한다. 본 연구에서 3축 가속도 센서와 무선센서노드를 활용하여 인체의 활동을 평가하고 응급상황을 인지할 수 있는 시스템을 개발하였다. 본 연구에 의해 구현된 실시간 시스템은 구현된 분류알고리즘을 통해 다양한 자세와 자세변화를 분류할 수 있으며, 추가적으로 낙상을 감지할 수 있다. 구현된 시스템의 성능평가 결과 높은 분류 정확성을 보였다.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제57권6호
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• pp.1109-1115
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• 2008

In the ubiquitous health monitoring environments, it is quite important not only to evaluate the physiological health condition but also mental stress condition. In order to achieve this goal, a heart activity monitoring system utilizing a wearable bipolar electrode is devised and the heart rate variability(HRV) is extracted and interpreted in both frequency and time feature domains. Consequently, to evaluate the emotional stress condition of the subjects, a stress-induced experimental protocol was applied to healthy subjects and the time and frequency features of heart activity were analyzed in terms of the ratio of low frequency components v.s., high frequency components and the relevant the moving average distributions compromising the successive RR peaks intervals in the ambulatory ECG measurement system.

• Structural Monitoring and Maintenance
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• 제3권3호
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• pp.233-257
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• 2016

This paper provides an overview on development of long-span bridges monitoring in Japan, with emphasis on monitoring strategies, types of monitoring system, and effective utilization of monitoring data. Because of severe environment condition such as high seismic activity and strong wind, bridge monitoring systems in Japan historically put more emphasis on structural evaluation against extreme events. Monitoring data were used to verify design assumptions, update specifications, and facilitate the efficacy of vibration control system. These were among the first objectives of instrumentation of long-span bridges in a framework of monitoring system in Japan. Later, monitoring systems were also utilized to evaluate structural performance under various environment and loading conditions, and to detect the possible structural deterioration over the age of structures. Monitoring systems are also employed as the basis of investigation and decision making for structural repair and/or retrofit when required. More recent interest has been to further extend application of monitoring to facilitate operation and maintenance, through rationalization of risk and asset management by utilizing monitoring data. The paper describes strategies and several examples of monitoring system and lessons learned from structural monitoring of long-span bridges in Japan.

• Journal of Information Processing Systems
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.478-491
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• 2019

This work develops a monitoring system for the population with health concerns. A belt integrated with an on-body circuit and sensors measures a wearer's selected vital signals. The electrocardiogram sensors monitor heart conditions and an accelerometer assesses the level of physical activity. Sensed signals are transmitted to the circuit module through digital yarns and are forwarded to a mobile device via Bluetooth. An interactive application, installed on the mobile device, is used to process the received signals and provide users with real-time feedback about their status. Persuasive functions are designed and implemented in the interactive application to encourage users' physical activity. Two signal processing algorithms are developed to analyze the data regarding heart and activity. A user study is conducted to evaluate the performance and usability of the developed system.

• 한국방재안전학회논문집
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.9-17
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• 2013

정부부처는 지역사회 내 크고 작은 재난 및 안전사고를 사전에 예방하여 사망자 및 재해자수를 경감시키고 기능적으로 안전을 개선하기 위한 목적으로 행정안전부의 안전모니터링시스템, 소방방재청의 재난전조정보시스템, 국토해양부의 시설위험 신고시스템, 환경부의 환경감시시스템 등을 운영하고 있으며, 대부분 안전 위험요소를 신고하면 이를 개선하여 줄 수 있는 다양한 민원시스템을 갖추고 있다. 본 연구에서는 강동구에 거주하며 방재안전관리사 마스터교육과정을 이수한 전문자원봉사자가 행정안전부 안전모니터링시스템의 핵심이라 할 수 있는 안전모니터링활동을 2012년부터 강동구 최초로 지속적인 신고활동을 해오며 안전모니터봉사단의 전반적인 운영실태를 조사하였으며, 강동구를 서울시 안전모니터링 표준모델로 설정하여 강동구 및 개인 신고 및 제보활동사례의 통계자료분석을 통한 문제점을 도출하여 지역사회특성에 맞는 안전모니터링활동의 효율적인 운영시스템 개선방안을 제시하였다.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.339-344
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• 2002

Flow injection analysis technique for monitoring of xylitol concentrations in biological processes has been developed using xylitol oxidase (XYO) immobilized on VA-Epoxy Biosynth carrier. The immobilized XYO cartridge has been integrated into a FIA system with an oxygen electrode and systematically investigated with regards to the factors which can affect the activity of the immobilized XYO, such as pH, temperature, salt concentration etc. The activity of the immobilized XYO increased with the temperature ($19.0 - 29.0^{circ}C$) and sample injection volume ($75-250\muL$) and molarity of potassium phosphate buffer (0.1-1 M), but it reached the highest value at pH 8.5. The XYO-FIA system has been also applied for on-line monitoring of xylitol concentrations in a reactor and showed good operational stability and agreement with off-line data measured with HPLC.