• 한국도로학회논문집
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.185-202
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• 2005

본 연구에서는 현장 실험 조성의 제약을 극복하기 위해 3차원 가상현실(virtual reality)로 설계중인 도로를 모델링한 후, 피실험자가 Eye camera가 장착된 차량 시뮬레이터 (driving simulator)에 탑승하고 주행하면서 운전자가 행하는 선형변화에 대한 동적 반응 및 운전자의 시각행태에 대한 데이터를 획득하였다 본 실험에 적용된 차량시뮬레이터의 그래픽 모듈은 동역학 해석 모듈에 의해 얻어진 데이터를 기초로 하여 운동재현기와 가상환경의 일치감들 최대로 함으로써 피실험자로 하여금 차량시뮬레이터의 비현실성 및 부작용을 최소화하도록 하였다. 또한, Eye camera는 기존의 여타 장비와는 달리 운전자가 헬멧이나 렌즈 등 어떠한 부착장치도 착용하지 않고 실험할 수 있는 FaceLAB을 사용함으로써 운전자의 자연스러운 시각행태를 아무런 데이터 손실없이 획득하였다. 본 연구에서는 조사된 데이터를 바탕으로 도로 안전성을 평가하기 위해 차량 시뮬레이터, Eye camera방법을 통해 설계시 도로 기하구조 변화에 따라 운전자가 느끼는 안전성의 변화를 파악함으로써 도로 기하구조 조건과 안전성의 상관성을 명확하게 규명하고 이를 통해 운전자가 도로 주행시 편안하고 쾌적한 주행을 보장받을 수 있는 도로를 설계 단계에서부터 평가할 수 있는 방법을 제시하려고 한다.

• 한국컴퓨터그래픽스학회논문지
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.49-59
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• 2018

가상 멀미는 가상 현실의 대표적 부작용 중 하나로 다양한 요소에 의해 영향을 받는다. Field of view (FOV)는 그 중 대표적인 요소 중 하나로, FOV가 줄어들면 가상 멀미는 줄일 수 있으나 임장감 또한 낮아지는 것으로 알려져 왔다. 최근 연구에 따르면 임장감을 유지하면서 가상 멀미를 줄이기 위해 Dynamic FOV Restrictor (Center-fixed FOV Restrictor)가 제안되었으며, 아바타의 속도와 각속도를 반영하여 동적으로 FOV를 제한하였다. 본 연구 그룹에서는 여기에 머리의 회전과 눈의 움직임을 더하여 Eye-tracking Based Dynamic FOV Restrictor (Eye-tracking FOV Restrictor)를 제안하였다. 본 연구는 FOV Restrictor가 없는 조건과, Center-fixed FOV Restrictor조건, Eye-tracking FOV Restrictor조건의 가상 멀미와 임장감을 연구하였다. 본 연구 결과에 따르면 Center-fixed FOV Restrictor조건의 가상 멀미가 다른 두 조건의 가상 멀미 보다 낮은 것을 확인하였고, 세 조건에서 영장감에 차이가 없는 것을 확인하였다. 이러한 가상 멀미 저감 요소 기술에 대한 해석과 한계에 대하여 본 논문에서 논의하였다.

• 한국항해항만학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국항해항만학회 2006년도 Asia Navigation Conference
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• pp.3-10
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• 2006

Recently it is coming to be hish reality on visual system in ship-handling simulator depending on the technical development of 3D computer graphics. Even with high reality, it is possible that visual information presented seafarers through screen or display is not equivalent to the real world. In docking maneuvering, visual targets or obstructs are sighted close to ship's operator or within few hundred meters, so it might be possible to affect visual information such as the difference between both eyes' and single eye's visual sight. Because it is not possible to perceive of very slow ship's movement by visual in case of very large vessels, so the Doppler Docking SONAR and/or Docking Speed and Distance Measurement Equipment were developed and applied for safety docking maneuvering. By the way, the simulator training includes the ship's maneuvering training in docking, but in Ship-handling Simulator and also onboard, there are some limitations of perception of ship's movement with visual information. In this paper, perception of ship's movement with visual system in Ship-handling Simulator and competition of performances of visual systems that are conventional screen type with Fixed Eye-point system and Mission Simulator. We got some conclusions not only on the effectiveness for visual system but also on the human behavior in docking maneuver.

• International Journal of Control, Automation, and Systems
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.227-235
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• 2006

For a sophisticated humanoid that explores and learns its environment and interacts with humans, anthropomorphic physical behavior is much desired. The human vision system orients each eye with three-degree-of-freedom (3-DOF) in the directions of horizontal, vertical and torsional axes. Thus, in order to accurately replicate human vision system, it is imperative to have a simulator with 3-DOF end-effector. We present a 3-DOF anthropomorphic oculomotor system that reproduces realistic human eye movements for human-sized humanoid applications. The parallel link architecture of the oculomotor system is sized and designed to match the performance capabilities of the human vision. In this paper, a biologically-inspired mechanical design and the structural kinematics of the prototype are described in detail. The motility of the prototype in each axis of rotation was replicated through computer simulation, while performance tests comparable to human eye movements were recorded.

• JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.150-155
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• 2008

This paper is related to developing new Bit Error Rate (BER) simulator, Sam sung BER simulator (SBERS), in order to evaluate the link compliance and all kinds of effects of link compliance in a real environment. SBERS allows to generate transmit pulse accurately by using the various parameters, and obtain the eye diagram and bathtub curve, which represents the performance of link, by calculating the transmit pulse and the measured frequency response characteristics. SBERS give results as same as real environment after taking account of distribution and value of noise. To verify the accuracy of simulator, we derive the simulated and measured result and compare eye opening. The difference came out to be within 5% error. It is possible to estimate the real environment and design the transmitter and receiver circuit effectively using new BER simulator, SBERS.

• 대한인간공학회지
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.129-135
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• 2006

he purpose of this study is to measure bio-signal to investigate the driver's physiological response change under real situation using train simulator. The train simulator used in this study is KTX model and according to changes of driving situation, The bio-signal controlled by autonomic nervous system, such as GSR(Galvanic Skin Response), SpO2(Saturation percent O2), HR(Heart Rate), ECG(Electrocardiograph), EEG(Electroencephagram) and movement and response of eye were measured. Statistically significant difference in bio-signal data and eye movement activity pattern were investigated under several different driving speeds using analysis of variance (p<0.05). The GSR and HR value measured in average and mission speed operation is higher than in high-speed operation. β wave of EEG in average speed operation become more activated than in high speed operation. In accordance with a characteristic of rail vehicle, movement and response of eye in high-speed operation requiring relatively simple maneuver become less activated than in either average or mission speed operations. Conclusively, due to more careful driving controls in average and mission speed operation are required than in high-speed operation, level of mental and physical stresses of train driver was increased and observed through changes of bio-signal and eye movement measured in this study.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제48권1호
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• pp.129-143
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• 2016

Sometimes, we need or try to figure out somebody's thoughts from his or her behaviors such as eye movement, facial expression, gestures, and motions. In safety-critical and complex systems such as nuclear power plants, the inference of operators' thoughts (understanding or diagnosis of a current situation) might provide a lot of opportunities for useful applications, such as development of an improved operator training program, a new type of operator support system, and human performance measures for human factor validation. In this experimental study, a novel method for inference of an operator's thoughts from his or her eye movement data is proposed and evaluated with a nuclear power plant simulator. In the experiments, about 80% of operators' thoughts can be inferred correctly using the proposed method.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 2003년도 ICCAS
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• pp.717-722
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• 2003

A driving simulator is a computer-controlled tool to study an interface between a driver and vehicle response by enabling the driver to participate in judging vehicle characteristics. Using the driving simulator, human factor study, vehicle system development and other research can be effectively done under controllable, reproducible and non-dangerous conditions. An Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) system is generally regarded as a system that can be achieved in the near future without the demanding infrastructure components and technologies. ACC system is an automatic vehicle following system with no human engagement in the longitudinal vehicle direction. And the influence of the driver is substantial in developing the system. Driving characteristic is very different according to the accident riskiness, gender, age and so on. In this research, experiments have been carried out to investigate driving characteristics with the ACC system, using a driving simulator. Participants are 21 male and 19 female. Driving characteristics such as preferred headway-time, lane keeping ability, eye direction, and head movement have been observed and compared between the driving with ACC and the driving without ACC.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.16-23
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• 2009

Driving simulators are useful tools not only to test the components of future cars but also to evaluate the telematics service and HMI (Human-Machine Interface). However driving simulators cannot be implemented to test and evaluate the telematics service system because the GPS (Global Positioning System) which contains basic functional support for the telematics module do not work in the VR (virtual reality) environment. This paper presents a method to implement telematics service to a driving simulator by developing the GPS simulator which is able to emulate GPS satellite signals consist of NMEA-0183 protocol and RS232C communication standards. It is expected that the driving simulator with the GPS simulator can be used to study HMI and human-factor evaluations of the commercial telematics system to realize the HiLES (Human-in-the-Loop Evaluation System).

• International Journal of Automotive Technology
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• 제7권5호
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• pp.603-608
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• 2006

As an important and relatively easy to implement technology for realizing Intelligent Transportation Systems(ITS), Adaptive Cruise Control(ACC) automatically adjusts vehicle speed and distance to a preceding vehicle, thus enhancing driver comfort and safety. One of the key issues associated with ACC development is usability and user acceptance. Control parameters in ACC should be optimized in such a way that the system does not conflict with driving behavior of the driver and further that the driver feels comfortable with ACC. A driving simulator is a comprehensive research tool that can be applied to various human factor studies and vehicle system development in a safe and controlled environment. This study investigated driving behavior with ACC for drivers with different driving styles using the driving simulator. The ACC simulation system was implemented on the simulator and its performance was evaluated first. The Driving Style Questionnaire(DSQ) was used to classify the driving styles of the drivers in the simulator experiment. The experiment results show that, when driving with ACC, preferred headway-time was 1.5 seconds regardless of the driving styles, implying consistency in driving speed and safe distance. However, the lane keeping ability reduced, showing the larger deviation in vehicle lateral position and larger head and eye movement. It is suggested that integration of ACC and lateral control can enhance driver safety and comfort even further.