• Journal of Korean Society of Industrial and Systems Engineering
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• v.24 no.65
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• pp.65-73
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• 2001

In this study, psychophysiological stress was quantitatively evaluated at various car interior noise levels by using Electroencephalogram(EEG). An experiment was performed to investigate the most comfortable range of noise level during simulated driving condition. Twelve healthy volunteers participated in the experiment. They were asked to operate the driving simulator while six levels of interior noise were given, such as 45dB(A), 50dB(A), 55dB(A), 60dB(A), 70dB(A), 80dB(A), and maximal subjective noise level. EEG signals were recorded for 60 seconds in each noise level. The power spectral analysis was performed to analyze EEG signal. At the same time, psychological stress was also measured subjectively by using a magnitude estimation method. The results showed that subjective stress and EEG spectrum indicated a statistically significant difference between noise levels. In particular, high level noise produced an increase in beta power at temporal(T3, T4) areas. It was also found that beta activity was highly correlated with subjective perception of discomfort, and subjects responded to car interior noise as arousing or negative stimuli. Moreover, beta power remained stable above 70dB(A), whereas subjective discomfort continued to increase even above 70dB(A) We concluded that brain waves could provide psychophysiological information of drivers emotional reaction to car interior noise. Thus, EEG parameters could be a new measure to determine optimal noise level in ergonomic workplace design after further verification in various experimental conditions.

• Proceedings of the KOSOMBE Conference
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• v.1994 no.12
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• pp.131-133
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• 1994

뇌전위 측정에 의해 흥분 뉴런군의 위치를 추정하는 source localization problem은 Evoked Potential 해석법에 있어서 매우 중요한 의미를 갖는다. 이번 논문에서는 EEG실험에서의 전극 배치가 S/N(signal to noise ratio)과 추정 오차 사이에 어떤 영향을 미치는 가를 Monte Carlo 시뮬레이션으로 조사하였다. 머리 모델은 3중 구각 모델을 사용하였고 이론 이용하여 forward problem을 계산하였다. 쌍극자 파라미터를 minimization 하는 문제는 simplex method를 이용하여 계산하였다. 컴퓨터 시뮬레이션 결과, 특이한 점은 전극의 밀도와 입체각에 의해 쌍자 파라미터 오차가 변화했다는 사실이다. 이것은 곧바로 전극 배치와 연관이 된다. 실제 EEG 실험에서 전극 배치를 어떻게 했는가에 따라 그에 따른 오차가 변화한다. 이러한 오차의 원인을 제거하기 위해서 새로운 전극 배치를 모델링하여 기존의 전극 배치와 비교해 보았다. 그 결과 전극 밀도와 입체각에 대한 오차를 크게 줄일 수 있었다.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers D
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• v.53 no.12
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• pp.834-838
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• 2004

This paper proposes an algorithm for EEG pattern classification using the Multi-template method, which is a kind of speaker adaptation method for speech signal processing. 10-channel EEG signals are collected in various environments. The linear prediction coefficients of the EEGs are extracted as the feature parameter of human sensibility. The human sensibility classification algorithm is developed using neural networks. Using EEGs of comfortable or uncomfortable seats, the proposed algorithm showed about 75% of classification performance in subject-independent test. In the tests using EEG signals according to room temperature and humidity variations, the proposed algorithm showed good performance in tracking of pleasantness changes and the subject-independent tests produced similar performances with subject-dependent ones.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 1991.10a
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• pp.736-740
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• 1991

EEG(Electroencephalogram) background signals can be represented as the sun of a conventional AR(Autoregressive) process and an innovation process, or a prediction error process. We have seen that conventional estimation techniques. such as least square estimates(LSE) or Gaussian maximum likelihood estimates(MLE-G) are optimal when the innovation process satisfies the Gaussian or presumed distribution. But when the data are contaminated by outliers, or artifacts, these assumptions are not met and conventional estimation techniques can badly fall and be strongly biased. It is known that EEG can be easily affected by artifacts. So we suggest a robust estimation technique which considerably performs well against those artifacts.

• Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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• 2000.06e
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• pp.127-130
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• 2000

Classification of Electroencephalogram(EEG) makes one of key roles in the field of clinical diagnosis, such as detection for epilepsy. Spectrum analysis using the fourier transform(FT) uses the same window to signals, so classification rate decreases for nonstationary signals such as EEG's. In this paper, wavelet power spectrum method using wavelet transform which is excellent in detection of transient components of time-varying signals is applied to the classification of three types of Event Related Potential(EP) and compared with the result by fourier transform. In the experiments, two types of photic stimulation, which are caused by eye opening/closing and artificial light, are used to collect the data to be classified. After choosing a specific range of scales, scale-averaged wavelet spectrums extracted from the wavelet power spectrum is used to find features by Back-Propagation(13P) algorithm. As a result, wavelet analysis shows superiority to fourier transform for nonstationary EEG signal classification.

• Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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• v.21 no.1
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• pp.1-9
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• 2018

Much research has been conducted to judge aesthetic value for a single type of stimuli, but research to determine aesthetic value when two kinds of stimuli are presented at the same time is not explored in depth. In this paper, we measure the difference between the presentation of visual stimuli like general image and the presentation of signboard image including text stimuli using EEG. In the experiment, two oddball tasks were performed for general images and signboard images, and EEG changes according to the aesthetic value of the images were measured. As a result, the change of ERP in signboard image was larger than that of general image. We confirmed that more visual information was received and processed when two stimuli were presented at the same time.

• Science of Emotion and Sensibility
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• v.2 no.1
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• pp.53-60
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• 1999

EEG 생리신호의 분석은 국내에서도 최근에 활발하게 연구가 진행되고 있으나, 시계열을 이용한 분석법은 통계학의 전문적인 지식을 요구하고 있기 때문에 연구에 많은 어려움이 있다. 그러므로 감성과학 연구자들이 보다 쉽게 이해하고 분석할 수 있는 Tool의 개발이 절실히 요구되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 EEG 생리신호 분석을 위한 모형분석 시스템과 생리신호 분류를 위한 판별분류 시스템을 구축하였다. 이 시스템에서는 신호분석을 위한 그래프 작성, 자극 신호에 대한 모형식별 방법의 제시, 모형에 대한 추정 및 진단 기준에 따른 최적의 모형선정 방법 등을 지원한다. 또한 선정된 모형에 이해 모수를 추정하고 이를 이용하여 통계에 대한 지식이 없이도 쉽게 각 뇌파 신호들을 판별 분류할 수 있다.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers D
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• v.52 no.12
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• pp.702-707
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• 2003

This study describes a new technique for human sensibility evaluation using electroencephalogram(EEG). Production of EEG is assumed to be linear. The linear predictor coefficients and the linear cepstral coefficients of EEG are used as the feature parameters of sensibility and pattern classification performances of them are compared. Using the better parameter, a human sensibility evaluation algorithm is designed. The obtained results are as follows. The linear predictor coefficients showed the better performance in pattern classification than the linear cepstral coefficients. Then, using the linear predictor coefficients as the feature parameter, a human sensibility evaluation algorithm is developed at the base of a multi-layer neural network. This algorithm showed 90% of accuracy in comfortableness evaluation in spite of fluctuations in statistics of EEG signal.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Emotion and Sensibility Conference
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• 1997.11a
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• pp.179-182
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• 1997

In this study, the pre-amplifiers were manufac-tured, which correspinds with the properties of signal source, For measuring the EMG, EEG, ECG and EOG's signal, which are generated at human body, the pre-amplifiers were manufactured in this studywhich was corresponding with the propertiies of dach signal source. So as to do, the bandwidth of filters and the amplitude of amplifiers were adaptively adjusted, according to signal source. Then, the usefulness was represented by showing the measured examples.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2015.05a
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• pp.947-950
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• 2015

In the cause of car accidents in Korea, drowsy driving has shown that it is larger fctors than drunk driving. Therefore, in order to prevent drowsy driving accidents, drowsiness detection and warning system for drivers has recently become a very important issue. Furthermore, Many researches have been published that measuring alpha wave of EEG signals is the effective way in order to be aware of drowsiness of drivers. In this study, we have developed EEG measuring device that applies a signal processing algorithm using the LabView program for detecting drowsiness. According to results of drowsiness inducement experiments for small test subjects, it was able to detect the pattern of EEG, which means drowsy state based on the changing of power spectrum, counterpart of alpha wave. After all, Comparing to the results of drowsiness pattern between commercial equipments and developed device, we could confirm acquiring similar pattern to drowsiness pattern. With this results, the driver's drowsiness prevention system expect that it will be able to contribute to lowering the death rate caused by drowsy driving accidents.