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Cognitive Development Evaluation of Haptic Puzzle Game Using a Haptic Pen (촉각펜을 이용한 햅틱 퍼즐게임의 인지 발달 평가)

  • Chung, Dong-Hun
    • Journal of Korea Game Society
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    • v.9 no.4
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    • pp.45-56
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    • 2009
  • It is necessary for young children to integrate the sense of sight, hearing, touch, etc. for developing their emotion and cognition. Thanks to Information and Communication Technology (ICT) development, young children have more opportunities to use various senses in learning process. However, ICT learning method is more focusing on the sense of sight and hearing, and lacks of integrated recognition and this fact leads to the reason why ICT can not be used as a main education tool. Therefore, this study evaluated the influence of wUbi-Pen(haptic device) on cognition using a computer puzzle program. The results show that young children using a haptic pen have greater intention and performance in object assembly, mazes, picture completion in K-WPPSI test than those of non-using haptic pen. This implies that haptic function should be considered in ICT material and indeed useful in various cognition-related symptoms and diseases.

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Development of Evaluation Indicators and Analysis of Usability on Learning with a Robot for the Elderly - the case of Content using the Humanoid Robot 'LiKU' (장노년층을 위한 로봇 활용 교육의 사용성 평가 지표 개발 및 평가 분석 - 휴머노이드 로봇 'LiKU'의 콘텐츠 사례)

  • Sin, Eun-joo;Song, Joo-bong;Lim, Soon-bum
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.21 no.11
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    • pp.56-63
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    • 2021
  • To solve the digital divide of the elderly, various institutions are educating how to use various smart devices for the elderly. However, it cannot be expected to have a great effect due to the disadvantages of instructor-to-face education and the learning characteristics of the elderly. Accordingly, educational contents using digital devices using robots for the elderly were developed. In this study, Evaluation Indicators were developed to evaluate the usability of digital education using robots. Also, by using usability evaluation based on the developed Evaluation Indicators, we tried to verify the usability of education using robots and to confirm the possibility of expanding the application area. In order to successfully apply the developing robot technology to various fields, it is essential to verify the usability of contents using robots, and this study on Evaluation Indicators and Evaluation methods is expected to serve as a foundation.

Production Process Analysis based on Information Strategy Planning with Present Condition Diagnosis of Small FRP Shipyards (소형 FRP 조선소 현황 진단과 정보 전략 계획 방법론 기반의 생산 공정 분석)

  • Kim, Hyun-Woo;Hwang, Hun-Gyu;Shin, Il-Sik;Cho, Je-Hyoung
    • Journal of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea
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    • v.53 no.5
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    • pp.353-361
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    • 2016
  • Recently, the small shipyard companies have difficulties that causes by depression of shipbuilding industry. The small shipyard companies need some strategies to overcome the slump in shipbuilding industry field. In this paper, we conduct the survey for present condition diagnosis of small shipyard companies, and analyze the production process based on Information Strategy Planning(ISP) method. When analyze based on ISP, we apply IDEF0 and LOVC technique to analyze the production process of small shipyard companies. Also we conduct the gap analysis between the analyzed present condition and the requirements of improvement. Therefore, the most important result of the analysis is to establish a system for enterprise planning and management, which customized for small shipyard companies, with satisfying economic feasibility and usability.

Aparatus and Method for Inputting Chinese Based on Hunminjeongeum Using Korean Input Keyboard (기존 한글 키보드를 이용한 훈민정음 기반의 한글 병음 중국어 입력기 개발)

  • Sin, Eun-Joo;Choi, Ja-Ryoung;Lim, Soon-Bum
    • Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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    • v.23 no.4
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    • pp.549-557
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    • 2020
  • Chinese is the most spoken language in the world. However, because Chinese is a hieroglyphic language, using Chinese in a digital environment is very inconvenient. Chinese users are using Pinyin for Chinese input, but the phonetic representation of the Latin alphabet is not good. Hunminjeongeum has an excellent phonetic representation which can improve Chinese usage in digital environment. Therefore, it is possible to improve the use of Chinese by Chinese users in digital environment and to help Korean users who are learning Chinese. Therefore, this paper proposes a Chinese input method using Hunminjeongeum. In addition, we develop an input software using this input method and verify its effectiveness by evaluating usability.

Improve the Usability of Library on Korea Standard of Drawings Information in Construction (건설분야 도면정보 교환표준 활용성 개선 방안 마련)

  • Moon, Jin-Seok;Han, Choong-Han
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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    • 2015.07a
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    • pp.198-200
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    • 2015
  • 건설산업의 전자도면 작성을 위한 CAD분야는 해외 특정 소프트웨어가 시장을 90%이상 점유하여 기술종속으로 인한 CAD 기술의 자립화 문제가 심각하다. 건설산업에서 발생하는 전자도면의 작성을 위한 프로그램 사용은 자유경쟁을 통한 시장의 흐름에 따른 것이나, 공공기관에서 발주하는 건설사업의 전자도면 관리와 재활용을 위해서는 특정 회사의 과다 독점으로 인한 기술종속에 대한 대책이 필요하다. 따라서, 다양한 CAD 시스템에서 작성한 전자도면을 국내표준에 부합하는 도면으로 변환 가능한 모델러의 개발 방안을 제안한다.

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Predicting Crop Production for Agricultural Consultation Service

  • Lee, Soong-Hee;Bae, Jae-Yong
    • Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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    • v.17 no.1
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    • pp.8-13
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    • 2019
  • Smart Farming has been regarded as an important application in information and communications technology (ICT) fields. Selecting crops for cultivation at the pre-production stage is critical for agricultural producers' final profits because over-production and under-production may result in uncountable losses, and it is necessary to predict crop production to prevent these losses. The ITU-T Recommendation for Smart Farming (Y.4450/Y.2238) defines plan/production consultation service at the pre-production stage; this type of service must trace crop production in a predictive way. Several research papers present that machine learning technology can be applied to predict crop production after related data are learned, but these technologies have little to do with standardized ICT services. This paper clarifies the relationship between agricultural consultation services and predicting crop production. A prediction scheme is proposed, and the results confirm the usability and superiority of machine learning for predicting crop production.

Development of VR Ship Environment for The Educational Training of Ship Survey (선박 검사 교육훈련을 위한 VR 선박 환경 구축)

  • Kil, WooSung;Son, Myeong-Jo;Lee, Jeong-Youl
    • Journal of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea
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    • v.55 no.4
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    • pp.361-369
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    • 2018
  • The ship surveyor makes a scheme of reasonable ship operation by examining whether the ship has been properly constructed in accordance with the rule of classification societies and international conventions or whether the facilities of the ship in operation meet the standard stipulated by law. Even though the ship surveyors of classification society generally consist of people who have the skill of design or operation of a ship, it takes a long time to train a surveyor to the maturity level. This paper describes the development of survey simulator based on virtual ship environment that enables the surveyor minimize trial and errors to survey the ships. By using VR(Virtual Reality) based survey simulator, surveyors possibly achieve improvement of competence in survey quality by means of safe and immersive training environment. In order to improve the usability and utility of the VR simulator, the ship 3D model has been generated using 3D CAD model for design and production in shipyard. Through this, we suggested the possibility of consistent use of 3D model as the digital twin of a ship.

Development of Cognitive Program Using VR (VR을 활용한 인지재활 프로그램 개발)

  • Han, Jeong-won;Kang, Ji-won;Yun, Jeong-Bean
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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    • 2022.10a
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    • pp.509-510
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    • 2022
  • According to Elderly Long-term Care Insurance, MCI people can be provided cognitive program at dementia center and daycare center. However, Elderly Alone Household cannot be the proper beneficiaries in the insurance. Despite of increasing ederly alone household, consideration of daily life ability as well as easy-use cognitive program are not enough in the community. Therefore, this paper explores personal need and usability of ICT and VR cognitive program for elderly people in the community. Research results shows that elderly people are keenly interested in new technology. Especially human service and emotional bonding is very important contacting new device or technology.

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W-Band MMIC chipset in 0.1-㎛ mHEMT technology

  • Lee, Jong-Min;Chang, Woo-Jin;Kang, Dong Min;Min, Byoung-Gue;Yoon, Hyung Sup;Chang, Sung-Jae;Jung, Hyun-Wook;Kim, Wansik;Jung, Jooyong;Kim, Jongpil;Seo, Mihui;Kim, Sosu
    • ETRI Journal
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    • v.42 no.4
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    • pp.549-561
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    • 2020
  • We developed a 0.1-㎛ metamorphic high electron mobility transistor and fabricated a W-band monolithic microwave integrated circuit chipset with our in-house technology to verify the performance and usability of the developed technology. The DC characteristics were a drain current density of 747 mA/mm and a maximum transconductance of 1.354 S/mm; the RF characteristics were a cutoff frequency of 210 GHz and a maximum oscillation frequency of 252 GHz. A frequency multiplier was developed to increase the frequency of the input signal. The fabricated multiplier showed high output values (more than 0 dBm) in the 94 GHz-108 GHz band and achieved excellent spurious suppression. A low-noise amplifier (LNA) with a four-stage single-ended architecture using a common-source stage was also developed. This LNA achieved a gain of 20 dB in a band between 83 GHz and 110 GHz and a noise figure lower than 3.8 dB with a frequency of 94 GHz. A W-band image-rejection mixer (IRM) with an external off-chip coupler was also designed. The IRM provided a conversion gain of 13 dB-17 dB for RF frequencies of 80 GHz-110 GHz and image-rejection ratios of 17 dB-19 dB for RF frequencies of 93 GHz-100 GHz.

An Evaluation of Effectiveness for Providing Safety Navigation Supporting Service : Focused on CPA/TCPA Information Supplying Service (안전 항해 지원 서비스 제공에 대한 유용성 평가(II) : CPA/TCPA 정보 제공 서비스를 대상으로)

  • Hwang, Hun-Gyu;Kim, Bae-Sung;Shin, Il-Sik;Lee, Jang-Se;Yu, Yung-Ho
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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    • v.21 no.9
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    • pp.1788-1795
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    • 2017
  • In this paper, we proposed a service that provides CPA/TCPA information to ships, without ARPA/ATA devices to support decision making of the navigator for maritime safety based on various services at shore and off-shore. To verify the proposed service, we use SiNAS (scenario-based simulator for NAS) with CPA/TCPA information providing software to evaluate its usability, because executing the test in real ship has many limitations and difficulties. To do this, we specify two simulation scenarios for the required purpose, and we liaise twelve participants with various navigation experience to conduct the simulations. Also, we analyze the results of simulation using mission success or not, the minimum approaching distance with the target ship, the time of a recognition the target ship, the time of a first action for collision avoidance with the target ship, and so on. Then, we evaluate usability of the proposed service based on the three elements which are effectiveness, efficiency and satisfaction.