• Journal of the Korean Institute of Landscape Architecture
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• v.28 no.6
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• pp.106-113
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• 2001

The purpose of this study is to find out the effect of recovery from psychological stress when watching plants indoors. As an instrument of measurement of psychological stress, Galvanic Skin Resistance(GSR) has been used because it has been convenient to read a psychological sign without a medical sense and an instrument. In order to make the conditions of stress and recovery, video programs have been made, and especially, the video program of recovery has consisted of three types-- types 1 of watching plants in a botanical garden, type 2 of watching very bush street, and type 3 of closing eyes naturally. The two groups of normal and the mentally handicapped persons have been participated in this experiment to compare the effect of recovery. As the result of this test, the rate of stress relief has been maximumly effected by watching the video program of plants. Between the two groups the recovery of stress has had better effects on the mentally handicapped than the normal one. And also it shows that the circumstances of emotional refinement is led by having plants in indoor. The result of this test has been turned out to be highly useful. It is desirable that a indoor worker, staying for a long time, contact with plants visually to keep healthy mental conditions. This study suggests that the surrounding conditions or the settings of circumstances play an important role for the emotional refinement of the groups of mentally han야capped persons as well as the normal person.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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• v.17 no.4
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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).

• Journal of the Ergonomics Society of Korea
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• v.18 no.3
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• pp.27-39
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• 1999

The purpose of this study was to approve the capability of human sensibility evaluation based on physiological responses and real-time subjective assessments. Three well-trained healthy human subjects were participated in the experiments. We measured physiological responses such as Heart Rate Variability(HRV), Galvanic Skin Response(GSR) and skin temperature under rest and visual stimulation conditions, respectively. Off-time subjective assessments were recorded before and after visual stimulations. Real-time subjective assessments were recorded during visual stimulations. The results of physiological responses and off-time and real-time subjective assessments were quantified and compared. The results showed that the correlation between physiological responses and real-time subjective assessments was high (83%) for both the positive and negative visual stimulation. The correlation between the physiological responses and off-time subjective assessments was high (83%) for the negative visual stimulation but was low (15%) for the positive visual stimulation. Although the current observation is preliminary and requires more careful experimental study, it appears that the correlation between real-time subjective assessment and physiological responses is higher than that of the off-time subjective assessment and physiological responses.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Landscape Architecture
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• v.33 no.6 s.113
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• pp.1-11
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• 2006

The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of natural landscapes in the context of work environments. The study examined the impact of natural landscapes on urban office workers' stress reduction and cognitive performance, using physiological, psychological, and cognitive measures. One-hundred-twenty urban office workers participated in the experiments. The physiological measures used were GSR (galvanic skin response) and IBI (interbeat interval), and the psychological measure was ZIPERS (Zucherman Inventory of Personal Reactions). Cognitive performance was measured using a mental arithmetic test that had been developed by a pretest. The results from the physiological, psychological, and cognitive measures converged to indicate that the natural landscape had more beneficial effects in relieving both psychological and physiological stress and in enhancing cognitive performance of the of office workers than the city landscape. The results suggest wide applications in the fields of workers' well-being and landscape research. First, the results can provide reliable information for promoting natural landscaping in work places in order to relieve worker stress and enhance cognitive performance. Second, the results provide an example for future empirical landscape research using multiple measurements, such as psychological, physiological, and cognitive tests. Third, they can foster experimental research to investigate the relationship between stress reduction and natural landscapes.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Emotion and Sensibility Conference
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• 2009.05a
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• pp.75-78
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• 2009

본 연구에서는 세 가지의 각성상태(긴장, 중립, 이완감정)가 3-back 과제 수행능력에 어떠한 영향을 미치는지 관찰하고자 한다. 10명의 남자 (평균 $25.7{\pm}1.5$ 세) 대학생과 10명의 여자 (평균 $24.5{\pm}1.8$ 세) 대학생이 본 실험에 참여하였다. 집단 검사를 통해 추출된 사진을 이용하여 긴장, 중립, 이완의 세 종류의 각성상태를 유발하여 3-back 과제 수행 능력 측정 실험을 수행하였다. Rest 1 (2분), 감성유발사진제시 1 (2분), 3-back Task 1 (2분), 감성유발사진제시 2 (2분), 3-back Task2 (2분), Rest2 (2분)의 5단계로 실험이 진행되었다. 또한 제시된 감정 사진으로 적절한 arousal level 이 유발되었는지를 확인하기 위해 GSR 신호를 측정하였고, 실험 종료 후 주관적 평가를 실시하였다. 3-back 과제의 정답률은 중립감정일 때 가장 컸고, 이완, 긴장 감정 순서였다. 또한 통계적으로 유의하지는 않았지만 중립감정일 때 반응시간이 가장 빠른 경향을 보였다. 본 연구결과로부터 인지 처리와 무관하게 유발된 각성의 증가나 감소는 과제 수행능력을 감소시킬 수 있다는 사실을 유추할 수 있다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Emotion and Sensibility Conference
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• 2009.05a
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• pp.153-156
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• 2009

본 연구는 3 단계 각성 모드에 따른 자율신경계 반응 모델 구현에 대한 연구이다. 정신생리학(Psycho-Physiology)에서의 각성 시스템 모델은 Boucein(1992, 2006)에 의해 제안되었다. 각성 시스템 1 은 편도체(amygdala)활동과 관계한, 무의식수준에서 주의를 집중시키는 역할을 한다. 각성 시스템 2 는 해마(hippocampus)활동과 관계한, 인지적 각성 단계로서 상황-반응(situation-reaction) 대한 연결을 담당하는 역할을 한다. 각성 시스템 3 은 기저핵(basal ganglia)활동과 관계한, 몸운동(somatomotor)활동과 관계된 뇌 영역의 준비를 활성화시킨다. 각성 시스템은 상황의 변화나 특정 자극이 일어나면, 그에 해당하는 각성 모드에 의해 자율신경계(automatic nervous system)반응이 발생한다. 따라서, 자율신경계반응의 분석을 통하여 각성 시스템의 단계를 평가할 수 있다. 본 연구는 자율신경계반응 중 GSR(galvanic skin Response)과 SKT(skin temperature)분석을 통하여 3단계 각성 모드인 직관적, 인지적, 행동적 모드를 평가하는 연구이다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Emotion and Sensibility Conference
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• 2009.05a
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• pp.149-152
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• 2009

향에 대한 심리생리적 효과는 널리 알려져 있으며 다양한 연구방법을 통하여 보고되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 에센스 제품 향에 대한 심리적, 생리적 반응을 조사하고, 심리적 향 이미지와 생리적 변화간의 변화를 알아보았다. 실험은 피실험자의 EEG, ECG, SKT, GSR을 이용하였다. 실험 결과, 향 종류에 따른 중추신경반응을 뇌파로 측정하여 알파파의 활성을 비교한 결과, Relaxing Fragrance(Neuro $Fragrance^{TM}$) 및 뉴로 에센스, Grapefruit 향 조건에서 알파파의 활성 비율이 높았으며, 좌뇌보다는 우뇌에서 알파파의 활성도가 높았고 Relaxing Fragrance(Neuro $Fragrance^{TM}$)와 뉴고 에센스가 고른 알파파의 활성을 보였다. 향 종류에 따른 자율신경반응을 비교한 결과, 평균 R-R 간격은 Relaxing Fragrance(Neuro $Fragrance^{TM}$)와 뉴로 에센스 조건에서 무향에 비해서 증가하였다. 피부온도와 피부전기저항에서는 무향에 비해서 전체적으로 내려가는 경향을 띄였으며, Relaxing Fragrance(Neuro $Fragrance^{TM}$)와 뉴로 에센스 조건에서 가장 낮았다.

• Proceedings of the KAIS Fall Conference
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• 2005.05a
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• pp.111-114
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• 2005

현재 휴대폰은 대중화되고 있으며, 로봇기술 또한 각광 받고 있다. 그래서 우리는 로봇기술과 휴대폰 기술을 접목한 RCP(Robotic Cellular Phone)를 구현하려 한다. RCP를 구성하기 위해서 휴대폰의 움직임을 구현, 외부환경 및 RCP 자신의 상태인식 기능 그리고 사용자의 감성을 유발할 수 있는 감성유발엔진 및 감성평가모델의 군축이 필요하다. 본 연구에서는 감성평가모델의 개발을 위하여 음악과 진동 자극을 주어 생체신호 HRV와 GSR을 측정하여 정량적인 데이터를 수집, 특정감성을 평가하였다. 감성을 평가함에 있어서 개인의 차이가 발생하기 때문에 개개인의 표준화 (Normalize)가 필요하게 되었다. 표준화를 위하여 IAPS영상을 활용한 결과 우리가 얻고자 하는 감성의 변화에 대한 판단을 할 수 있음으로 감성의 신호 모델을 유추할 수 있었다.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers D
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• v.54 no.3
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• pp.206-214
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• 2005

In these days the virtual reality technology has been applied to treat such an anxiety disorders. And also a medical doctor can diagnose the patient in distance with the telemedicine system. In this thesis, an telemedicine assistant system for treatment of acrophobia using biomedical signals and virtual reality technique is proposed. I made two virtual reality simulations for treatment of acrophobia and telemedicine system for communication between doctor and patient using personal computer. Multimedia conference service, online questionary, signal transfer system are needed to configure such system. Virtual reality simulation system that composed of position sensor, head mount display, and audio system, is also included in this telemedicine system. I added virtual environment update system to this virtual reality telemedicine system for treatment of acrophobia. With this virtual environment update system, the doctors can change virtual reality simulation stage based on the status of each patient and symptom of phobia. We will apply this system to the acrophobia patient in distance and be able to offer better medical treatment for mental illness in near future.

• International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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• v.21 no.8
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• pp.87-96
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• 2021

The demand for e-learning through video lectures is rapidly increasing due to its diverse advantages over the traditional learning methods. This led to massive volumes of web-based lecture videos. Indexing and retrieval of a lecture video or a lecture video topic has thus proved to be an exceptionally challenging problem. Many techniques listed by literature were either visual or audio based, but not both. Since the effects of both the visual and audio components are equally important for the content-based indexing and retrieval, the current work is focused on both these components. A framework for automatic topic-based indexing and search depending on the innate content of the lecture videos is presented. The text from the slides is extracted using the proposed Merged Bounding Box (MBB) text detector. The audio component text extraction is done using Google Speech Recognition (GSR) technology. This hybrid approach generates the indexing keywords from the merged transcripts of both the video and audio component extractors. The search within the indexed documents is optimized based on the Naïve Bayes (NB) Classification and K-Means Clustering models. This optimized search retrieves results by searching only the relevant document cluster in the predefined categories and not the whole lecture video corpus. The work is carried out on the dataset generated by assigning categories to the lecture video transcripts gathered from e-learning portals. The performance of search is assessed based on the accuracy and time taken. Further the improved accuracy of the proposed indexing technique is compared with the accepted chain indexing technique.