• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• 제18권2E호
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• pp.45-52
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• 1999

This paper presents the integrated speech enhancement system for hands-free mobile communication. The proposed integrated system incorporates both acoustic echo cancellation and engine noise reduction device to provide signal enhancement of desired speech signal from the echoed plus noisy environments. To implement the system, a delayless subband adaptive structure is used for acoustic echo cancellation operation. The NLMS based adaptive noise canceller then applied to the residual echo removed noisy signal to achieve the selective engine noise attenuation in dominant frequency component. Two sets of computer simulations are conducted to demonstrate the effectiveness of the system; one for the fixed acoustical environment condition, the other for the robustness of the system in which, more realistic situation, the acoustic transmission environment change. Simulation results confirm the system performance of 20-25dB ERLE in acoustic echo cancellation and 9-19 dB engine noise attenuation in dominant frequency component for both cases.

• 한국인터넷방송통신학회논문지
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.33-38
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• 2009

근래에 들어 많은 A/V 제품들이 AVRCP의 프로파일을 적용하여 모바일 환경에 맞게 기술이 적용되고 있다. AVRCP는 고품질의 A/V 제품들을 제어하기 위한 표준인터페이스를 제공한다. 이러한 AVRCP는 A2DP와 VDP 기술과 함께 모든 A/V장비들을 손쉽게 사용할 수 있기 때문에 특히 모바일 디바이스에서 콘트롤러와 타켓을 블루투스와 함께 적용해서 활용될 수 있다. 모바일 환경에서 블루투스 기술은 이동성은 물론 소형화와 복합화를 가능케 한다. 이런 블루투스를 적용할 경우 기존의 적외선방식의 리모콘에서 수행했던 것처럼, 콘트롤러를 통해 사용자가 원하는 기능을 A/V 장비에게 손쉽게 전달할 수 있다. 이런 원격 콘트롤러는 이런 AVRCP 프로토콜을 활용해서 A/V를 제어할 수 있도록 설계되어있다. 이런 AVRCP 표준을 적용한 핸즈프리같은 제품에 일반적으로 제기되고 있는 음향반향의 문제를 제거할 수 있도록 개선된 DSP를 설계하였다.

• 인터넷정보학회논문지
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.95-103
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• 2005

최근 단일 정보기기 시스템에서 다양한 채널을 동시에 접근할 수 있도록 하는 멀티-모달 시스템에 관한 연구가 많이 진행되고 있다. 이와 같은 멀티-모달 시스템은 정보 제공 및 e-비즈니스 어플리케이션에 유비쿼터스적인 접근이 가능하게 하며 HCI(Human-computer Interaction)의 실현 가능성을 높일 수 있다. 향후 더욱 발달되고 안정화 된 멀티-모달 브라우징 시스템을 구현할 수 있다면 사용자는 hands-free, eyes-fee의 환경에서 정보기기와의 상호작용을 최대화할 수 있을 것이다. 본 연구에서는 표준 입출력 모드(키보드, 마우스, 디스플레이)를 지원하는 웹 브라우저와 음성인식 및 음성합성을 지원하는 보이스 브라우저를 통합하는 멀티-모달 브라우징 시스템의 구조를 제시하였고, 이러한 시스템의 예로 영영 사전 검색 어플리케이션을 구현하였다.

• Archives of Reconstructive Microsurgery
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.139-148
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• 1999

Since Nakayama's first report about venous flap, many experimental and clinical studies were done about this new type of flap. And due to its various benefits, its applications as arterialized venous free flap type have increased recently. In this study we have attempted to reconstruct composite of defects of the hand with new modification of arterialized venous free flap and simultaneous reconstruction of skin, nerve, tendon were performed successfully. From 1994 to 1999, the defects of the hands in 35 patients were reconstructed with various modifications of arterialized venous free flaps. The range of age was from 19 to 55 years and size of flap ranged from $1{\times}2cm\;to\;14{\times}9cm$. Among them, 12 cases of flap over 20cm in size were included. Indications of flaps were as follows: resurfacing of the defects of the skin (9 cases), simultaneous reconstruction of extensor, skin and digital nerve(2 cases), reconstruction of the skin with extensor(5 cases), as a flap-through type vascular reconstruction(6 cases), for digital nerve reconstruction(2 cases), contracture release(3 cases), and finger tip reconstruction(9 cases). All of the cases except one survived with marginal skin necrosis less than 10%. And relatively large flaps over 20cm in size successfully survived without any delay procedures. Composite reconstructions including tendon and nerve were successful with new modifications of this flap. Arterialized venous free flap is one of the useful procedure in reconstruction of the hand because it has many advantages such as non-bulky and good quality of flap, variable length of pedicle, preservation of major vascular pedicle, less operation time, single operative field and in addition possibility of various modifications.

• 대한인간공학회지
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• 제32권5호
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• pp.413-420
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• 2013

Objective: The objective of this study was to compare one-hand and two-hands lowering activity in terms of biomechanical stress for the range of lowering heights from knuckle height to 10cm above floor level. Background: Even though two-hands lifting/lowering activity of manual materials handling tasks are prevalent at the industrial site, many manual materials handling tasks which require the worker to perform one-hand lifting/lowering are also very common at the industrial site and forestry and farming. Method: Eight male subjects were asked to perform lowering tasks using both a one-handed as well as a two-handed lowering technique. Trunk muscle electromyographic activity was recorded while the subjects performed the lowering tasks. This information was used as input to an EMG-assisted free-dynamic biomechanical model that predicted spinal loading in three dimensions. Results: It was shown that for the left-hand lowering tasks, the values of moment, lateral shear force, A-P shear force, and compressive force were increased by the average 6%, as the workload was increased twice from 7.5kg to 15kg. For the right-hand lowering task, these were increased by the average 17%. For the two-hands lowering tasks, these were increased by the average 14%. Conclusion: Even though the effect of workload on the biomechanical stress for both one-hand and two-hands lowering tasks is not so significant for the workload less than 15kg, it can be claimed that the biomechanical stress for one-hand lowering is greater than for two-hands lowering tasks. Therefore, it can be concluded that asymmetrical lowering posture would give greater influence on the biomechanical stress than the workload effect for one-hand lowering activity. Application: The result of this study may be used to provide guidelines of recommended safe weights for tasks involved in one-hand lowering activity.

• 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기계학회 2007년도 춘계학술대회B
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• pp.2997-3002
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• 2007

A manipulator is operated for the motion of mechanical hands or arms by mechanical mechanism. When a cup including liquid inside is shifted by a manipulator, it is important to know how a free surface of the liquid moves. In this study, non-dimensional parameters have been found that affect the rise of the free surface in a cup moving with constant acceleration. The non-dimensional parameters are the dimensionless time, the ratio of inertia effect to vicous effect (Reynolds number), aspect ratio of the liquid inside the cup and acceleration ratio (Froude number). Through this study, the height of the free surface rise in a cup has been predicted. Generally the maximum rise of the free surface is dependent on the Reynolds number and Froude number strongly, but on the aspect ratio weakly. But the influence of the aspect ratio on the maximum rise of the free surface in not negligible in the range 10 < Re < 100.

• Archives of Reconstructive Microsurgery
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.62-66
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• 2009

Purpose: Despite the free tissue transfer using microsurgical technique being the current trend of soft tissue reconstruction of the hand, the pedicled groin flap has the advantage to provide coverage for the mangled hand without necessitating the use of a damaged arterial system and also providing the benefit of saving the arterial system for later free tissue transfer. This report presents the author's experience using pedicled groin flap in four cases of mangled hands with massive bone and soft tissue defects requiring later thumb reconstruction with the free wrap around flap. Materials and methods: The patients' age ranged from 30 to 51 years; three patients were male and one was female. The causes of mangled hand included two machinery crush injuries, one laboratory explosion and one motor vehicle accident. While evaluating the post-operative results, factors like flap survival, complications, stability in opposition, pinch power and 2 point discrimination were taken into account. Results: All massive soft tissue defects of the hands were completely covered with pedicled groin flap successfully. The reconstructed thumb using free wrap around flap did not have any limitation in opposition. There was no occurrence of post-operative infection and all the flaps survived completely. The average pinch power was 70% of the contralateral intact thumb and average 2 point discrimination was 10 mm. Conclusion: The pedicled groin flap for the reconstruction of the massive soft tissue defects of the hand with subsequent reconstruction of the thumb with a wrap around flap is a very useful procedure. The combined use of pedicled groin flap and wrap around flap allows adequate coverage of sizable soft tissue defects and functional thumb opposition in cases of reconstruction of the mangled hands.

• 산업경영시스템학회지
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• 제37권4호
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• pp.72-81
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• 2014

Even though two-hands lifting/lowering activity of manual materials handling tasks are prevalent at the industrial site, many manual materials handling tasks which require the worker to perform one-hand lifting/lowering are also very common at the industrial site, forestry, farming, and daily life. The objective of this study was to compare one-hand lowering activity to lifting activity in terms of biomechanical stress for the range of lowering heights from knuckle height to 10cm above floor level with two workload 7.5kg and 15.0kg. Eight male subjects with LMM were asked to perform lifting/lowering tasks using both a one-handed (left-hand and right-hand) as well as a two-handed technique. Spinal loading was estimated through an EMG-assisted free-dynamic biomechanical model. The biomechanical stress of one-hand lowering activity was shown to be 43% lower than that of one-hand lifting activity. It was claimed that the biomechanical stress for one-hand lifting/lowering activity is almost twice (194%) of the one for two-hands lifting/lowering activity. It was also found that biomechanical stress by one-hand lowering/lifting activity with the half workload of two-hands lowering/lifting activity was greater than that of the two-hands lowering/lifting activity. Therefore, it might be a risk to consider the RWL of one-hand lowering/lifting activity to simply be a half of the RWL of two-hands lowering/lifting activity recommended by NIOSH.

• Journal of Dental Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
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• 제18권6호
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• pp.361-365
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• 2018

Background: Recently, we examined the effects of 2% lidocaine gel on the tactile sensory and pain thresholds of the face, tongue and hands of symptom-free individuals using quantitative sensory testing (QST); its effect was less on the skin of the face and hands than on the tongue. Consequently, instead of 2% lidocaine gel, we examined the effect of 8% lidocaine spray on the tactile sensory and pain thresholds of the skin of the face and hands of healthy volunteers. Methods: Using Semmes-Weinstein monofilaments, QST of the skin of the cheek and palm (thenar skin) was performed in 20 healthy volunteers. In each participant, two topical sprays were applied. On one side, 0.2 mL of 8% lidocaine pump spray was applied, and on the other side, 0.2 mL of saline pump spray was applied as control. In each participant, QST was performed before and 15 min after each application. Pain intensity was measured using a numeric rating scale (NRS). Results: Both the tactile detection threshold and filament-prick pain detection threshold of the cheek and thenar skin increased significantly after lidocaine application. A significant difference between the effect of lidocaine and saline applications was found on the filament-prick pain detection threshold only. NRS of the cheek skin and thenar skin decreased after application of lidocaine, and not after application of saline. Conclusion: The significant effect of applying an 8% lidocaine spray on the sensory and pain thresholds of the skin of the face and hands can be objectively scored using QST.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.366-373
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• 2007

본 논문에서는 핸즈프리 음성 통신의 통화 품질 개선을 위해 ALTERA Nios-II 임베디드 프로세서를 이용하여 다중채널 음성 픽업 시스템을 구현하였다. 다중채널 음성 픽업 시스템은 zero-padding을 포함한 보간기를 갖는 지연-합 빔 형성기를 이용하였다. 구현된 음성 픽업 임베디드 시스템은 컴퓨터 시뮬레이션(MATLAB)과 범용 DSP 프로세서(TMS320C6711)을 이용하여 처리한 결과와 일치하였다. 구현된 방법은 비용과 설계시 간 측면에서 이전의 설계 방법들보다 효율적이다. 설계 결과로써 하드웨어의 LE(Logic Element)는 칩 상에서 3,649/5,980(61%)을 사용하였다.