• 센서학회지
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.118-123
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• 2011

Heart related diseases mainly caused by heavy work load and increasing stress in human daily life. Therefore, researches on mobile healthcare monitoring for daily life has been carried out. Notably, wearable healthcare monitoring system which has least restriction has been tried to provide an emergency alert of abnormal heart rate. In this study, we developed chair type unconstrained BCG measurement system which able to perform continuous heart status monitoring at the office and daily life in the unconstrained way. Furthermore, adaptive threshold is used to detect the heart rate from BCG signals. The HRV(heart rate variability) is calculated from heart rate interval. ECG signal measured using conventional method and BCG signal measured using unconstraint system are carried out simultaneously for the purpose of performance evaluation. From the comparison result, BCG signal shows a similar heart beat characteristic as ECG signal. This proves the possibility of practical implementation of unconstraint healthcare monitoring system. In addition, medical examination like valsalva maneuver is performed to observe the changes in HRV due to stress. By performing valsalva maneuver, heart is said to be placed under an artificial physical stress condition. Under this artificial physical stress condition, the time and frequency domain of HRV parameters are evaluated.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.1-10
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• 1989

An automatic lung nodule detection algorithm was applied for digital radiographic images using Bit Slice Processor. In this algorithm, signal enhancing filtering and signal suppressing filtering were performed on the given digital chest image, respectively. Then we grit the dirt- frrence image from these filtered images, and hi-level island images were obtained by applying various threshold values. From the island images, we decided the suspicious nodules using size and circularity test, and marked them to alert radiologists. The performance of the atgorithm was analyzed with respect to the size, contrast and position of digitally synthesized nodules. This method presented 45.8% of true positive ratio for the nodules of lOw in diameter with 12-16 pixel value differnces.

• 한국ITS학회 논문지
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.112-125
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• 2019

본 연구에서는 음향신호 처리기반 터널 돌발상황 탐지시스템을 개발하고 평가하였다. 개발 시스템은 알고리즘, 음향신호 수집기, 서버시스템 세 가지 구성 요소로 구성된다. 비음수 텐서 분해와 은닉 마코프 모델을 이용하여 돌발상황음(충돌, 스키드)을 검출한다. 개발시스템 성능은 제한된 환경과 실제 운영환경에서 평가되었다. 그 결과, 제한된 환경 평가에서 거리별로 80~95%의 검지성능을 보였고, 실제 운영환경에서는 94% 검지성능을 보였다. 기존의 터널 돌발상황 검지기술인 영상 및 루프검지기 기반 시스템 성능과 비교한 결과, 본 개발 기술의 장점은 신속한 검지시간(2초 이내)인 것으로 나타났다.

• 대한청각학회지
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.105-111
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• 2014

Assistive listening devices (ALDs) refer to various types of amplification equipment designed to improve the communication of individuals with hard of hearing to enhance the accessibility to speech signal when individual hearing instruments are not sufficient. There are many types of ALDs to overcome a triangle of speech to noise ratio (SNR) problems, noise, distance, and reverberation. ALDs vary in their internal electronic mechanisms ranging from simple hard-wire microphone-amplifier units to more sophisticated broadcasting systems. They usually use microphones to capture an audio source and broadcast it wirelessly over a frequency modulation (FM), infra-red, induction loop, or other transmission techniques. The seven types of ALDs are introduced including hardwire devices, FM sound system, infra-red sound system, induction loop system, telephone listening devices, television, and alert/alarm system. Further development of digital wireless technology in hearing instruments will make possible direct communication with ALDs without any accessories in the near future. There are two technology solutions for digital wireless hearing instruments improving SNR and convenience. One is near-field magnetic induction combined with Bluetooth radio frequency (RF) transmission or proprietary RF transmission and the other is proprietary RF transmission alone. Recently launched digital wireless hearing aid applying this new technology can communicate from the hearing instrument to personal computer, phones, Wi-Fi, alert systems, and ALDs via iPhone, iPad, and iPod. However, it comes with its own iOS application offering a range of features but there is no option for Android users as of this moment.

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 1998년도 하계종합학술대회논문집
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• pp.235-238
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• 1998

This paper presents the detection of internal combustion engine's multiple misfire. The primary cause of air pollution by vehicles is imperfect conbustion of fuel. The CARB(California Air Resources Board) have imposed regulations for the detection of misfiring in automotive engines. The OBD-II regulations requir that misfire should be monitored by the diagnostic system, and that the goal of OBD-II is to alert the driver to the presence of a malfunction of the emission control system. Present invention based upon measurements of engine roughness as derived from crankshaft angular velocity measurements with special signal processing method. Crankshaft angular velocity signals are processed by walsh-fourier transform. Experimental work confims that it's possible to apply walsh-fourier transform for the detection of multiple misfires in no-load idle and road testing.

• 한국철도학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국철도학회 2007년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.1650-1655
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• 2007

A lights-out detector, which helps the person in charge of maintenance make a quick judgment in the event of a failure of LED-type traffic lights, was explored/developed and installed/ tested, at Seoul Metro, after they developed a patented pilot product in 2005; and, a product improvement test was conducted to ensure reasonable maintenance of signaling facilities. Having better compatibility with existing circuit in use and displaying stable load current, the device makes the maintenance of lights-out detection and alert easier.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제7권5호
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• pp.258-267
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• 1999

An intelligent safety vehicle(ISV) should have an ability to predict the possibility of an accident and help a driver avoid the accident in advance. The basic function of the ISV is to alert the driver by warning when the collision is to occur. For this purpose, the ISV has to function efficiently in sensing the environmental context. While image processing provides lane information, laser radar senses road obstacles including vehicles. By applying a simple clustering algorithm to radar signals, it is possible to obtain the vehicle information. Consequently, we can identify the existence of the vehicle of interest on my lane. The reliability of the sensing algorithm is evaluated by running on the highway with a test vehicle.

• 방송공학회논문지
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.491-501
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• 2014

최근 전 세계적으로 지진, 쓰나미와 같이 막대한 인명과 재산 피해를 야기시키는 자연재난이 증가함에 따라 재난에 효과적으로 대응하기 위한 방송 시스템에 대한 요구가 증가하고 있다. 재난 방송시스템에서는 재난 발생 시 재난정보를 보다 빠르고 효과적으로 전달하기 위하여, 단말을 깨워 재난 방송 채널로 자동 변환 시켜주는 대기모드해제(wake-up) 신호가 사용된다. 본 논문에서는, 재난 방송시스템을 위한 대기모드해제 검출 방법을 제안한다. 재난방송용 대기모드 해제신호는 기존 디지털TV 시스템과의 간섭을 줄이기 위하여 저전력/협대역에서 고려되어야 하며, 좋은 자기 상관 특성을 가져야한다. 우선, 본 논문에서의 자기상관특성이 우수한 단일 m-시퀀스와 상보부호(complementary code)를 이용한 대기모드해제의 적합성을 분석하고, 신호 대 잡음비에 따른 성능을 검증한다. 다음으로 대기모드 해제신호의 검출 성능을 향상시키기 위하여, 의사잡음 계열의 Barker 부호 및 Walsh-Hadamard 부호를 이용한 직접확산 방식의 신호 전송 포맷을 제안한다. 제안된 직접확산방식에 의한 대기모드 해제신호 검출 방법은 확산 이득으로 인하여 단일 m-시퀀스와 Golay 부호(이진 상보부호)를 이용한 방법보다 뛰어난 검출 성능을 나타낸다.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제57권12호
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• pp.542-545
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• 2014

Bickerstaff's brainstem encephalitis is characterized by ophthalmoplegia, ataxia, and disturbance of consciousness. It is similar to Miller Fisher syndrome, a variant of Guillain-Barre syndrome, in that they share features such as ophthalmoplegia and ataxia. The difference is that patients with Bickerstaff's brainstem encephalitis have impaired consciousness, whereas patients with Miller Fisher syndrome have alert consciousness and areflexia. Here, we report the case of a 3-year-old child who was diagnosed with Bickerstaff's brainstem encephalitis presenting typical clinical features and interesting radiological findings. The patient showed ophthalmoplegia, ataxia, and subsequent stuporous mentality. Brain magnetic resonance imaging revealed high signal intensity in the pons and cerebellum around the 4th ventricle on a T2-weighted image. He was successfully treated with intravenous immunoglobulin. Differentiation of Bickerstaff's brainstem encephalitis and Miller Fisher syndrome is often difficult because they possess many overlapping features. Brain magnetic resonance imaging may be helpful in diagnosing Bickerstaff's brainstem encephalitis, especially when lesions are definitely found.

• 디지털산업정보학회논문지
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.19-29
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• 2011

The u-Healthcare system, a new paradigm, provides healthcare and medical service anytime, anywhere in daily life using wired and wireless networks. It only doesn't reach u-Hospital at home, to manage efficient personal health in fitness space, it is essential to feedback process through measuring and analyzing a personal vital signs. MBAN(Medical Body Area Network) is a core of this technology. MBAN, a new paradigm of the u-Healthcare system, can provide healthcare and medical service anytime, anywhere on real time in daily life using u-sensor networks. In this paper, an ontology-based context-awareness in MBAN proposed system development methodology. Accordingly, ontology-based context awareness system on MBAN to Elderly/severe patients/aged/, with measured respiratory rate/temperature/pulse and vital signs having small variables through u-sensor network in real-time, discovered abnormal signs and emergency situations which may happen to people at sleep or activity, alarmed and connected with members of a family or medical emergency alarm(Emergency Call) and 119 system to avoid sudden accidents for early detection. Therefore, We have proposed that accuracy of biological signal sensing and the confidence of ontology should be inspected.