• 한국의류학회지
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• 제48권1호
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• pp.94-107
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• 2024

This study developed compression pants with excellent wearability and signal quality by approaching the design of wireless sEMG monitoring pants from the perspective of technical design, including the evaluation of wearability and the stable wireless transmission of signals through electrode and circuit design, and using e-textiles. An electrode, sewn with silver thread and a circuit stitched in a zigzag pattern using stainless steel wire, were applied. Additionally, polyurethane sealing tape was used to enhance adherence to the skin and reduce electrical resistance. Conductive snaps completed the design, allowing attachment and detachment to the bio-signal acquisition mainboard. Through the subjects' evaluation, it was determined that the final pants were applied with a pattern reduction rate of 25% to provide superior comfort according to different body parts while also minimizing skin irritation around the thigh circuit. The final pants for wireless sEMG monitoring, which demonstrated stable transmission of wireless measurements, was positively evaluated in terms of cognitive acceptability. This study is significant in that it achieved an optimal design by considering both technical aspects and the electrical characteristics of bio-signal monitoring garments, as well as the wearer's perception when designing smart wear.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제28권6호
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• pp.724-731
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• 2011

Dew generation on an outer surface is considered as an important issue to be settled in the field of home appliances. In the case of a refrigerator that is subject to the dew generation problem on the surface of an outer-door of refrigeration thread, and so as to solve this problem, the electric heater is generally used for drying the dew. However, the heater inevitably requires electrical power consumption that is one of critical issues on the refrigerator. In this study, to prevent dew generation without the heater, a method of using induced heat from room temperature was proposed. In edge sides of a door, high conductive plates are installed and received the heat from outside that is relatively high temperature, and the heat is transferred onto dew generation region. Using prototypes, performance test was conducted under a certain temperature and humidity condition. The experimental results show that the surface temperature on the dew generation region was increased about $0.3{\sim}2.5^{\circ}C$ without use of any heater.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제62권6호
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• pp.803-810
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• 2013

The purpose of this research is to analyze the effect of shape of the inductive textile electrode on the non-contact heart activity sensing, based on the magnetic-induced conductivity principle. Four types of the inductive textile electrodes were determined according to the combinations of the two shape features. A fiber-metal hybrid-typed conductive thread was developed and applied to materialization of the textile electrodes by embroidery method. The heart activity was extracted through the textile electrode sewn on a T-shirt. The experiments were implemented to constantly measure the heart activity for 20 seconds, in each case of 5 healthy male subjects. The heart activity signals acquired in each type of the inductive textile electrode were analyzed, 1)by drawing a comparison of morphology with those of ECG signal (LeadII), and 2)by calculation of the normalized mean and standard deviation of magnitude of the heart activity signals. The analysis resulted that the relatively better quality of signals were acquired in the 'square' types in the matter of whole shape, while the better results were obtained in 'donut' types in the matter of center hole. Accordingly, the relatively best quality of signals was obtained in the case of 'Square-Donut' type of the inductive textile electrode.

• 감성과학
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.129-142
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• 2022

본 연구에서는 고등학교-대학 연계 학과 전공체험 프로그램을 개발하여 적용하였다. 프로그램은 메이커 교육과 성장 가능성이 큰 스마트의류 테크놀로지를 접목시켰다. 첫째, P(준비) 단계에서는 스마트의류 및 메이커 교육에 대한 선행 연구의 내용을 파악하여 스마트의류 테크놀로지를 염색 디자인 교과목에 접목하였다. 둘째, D(개발) 단계에서는 잉크젯 프린터용 전사지를 이용한 전사염, 전도성 실과 LED 전구를 이용한 스마트의류 테크놀로지를 적용하여 감성에코백을 만드는 프로그램을 개발하였다. 셋째, I(실행) 단계에서는 의류학 전공을 희망하는 고등학생 17명을 대상으로 수업을 진행하였다. 마지막으로 E(평가) 단계에서는 스마트의류 테크놀로지를 적용한 메이커 교육 프로그램의 만족도를 5점 척도로 측정하였다. 그 결과 4.95점으로 매우 만족하는 것으로 평가되어, 기존 프로그램에 릴리패드 아두이노를 추가한 심화 프로그램을 제안하였다. 따라서 본 연구를 통해 전도성 실과 전사염을 적용한 감성에코백 개발 프로그램은 스마트의류 테크놀로지에 보다 쉽게 접근할 수 있어 의류학 전공에 관한 고교 학생들의 생각을 확장시킬 수 있음을 확인하였다.