• Journal of Industrial Convergence
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• v.21 no.1
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• pp.175-185
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• 2023

Recently, novel viral infections such as COVID-19 have spread and pose a serious public health problem. In particular, these diseases have a fatal effect on the elderly, threatening life and causing serious social and economic losses. Accordingly, applications such as telemedicine, healthcare, and disease prevention using the Internet of Things (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI) have been introduced in many industries to improve disease detection, monitoring, and quarantine performance. However, since existing technologies are not applied quickly and comprehensively to the sudden emergence of infectious diseases, they have not been able to prevent large-scale infection and the nationwide spread of infectious diseases in society. Therefore, in this paper, we try to predict the spread of infection by collecting various infection information with regional limitations through a virus disease information collector and performing AI analysis and severity matching through an AI broker. Finally, through the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, danger alerts are issued to the elderly, messages are sent to block the spread, and information on evacuation from infected areas is quickly provided. A realistic elderly support system compares the location information of the elderly with the information of the infected area and provides an intuitive danger area (infected area) avoidance function with an augmented reality-based smartphone application. When the elderly visit an infected area is confirmed, quarantine management services are provided automatically. In the future, the proposed system can be used as a method of preventing a crushing accident due to sudden crowd concentration in advance by identifying the location-based user density.

• Journal of the Institute of Convergence Signal Processing
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• v.21 no.3
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• pp.127-132
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• 2020

In this study, the process of providing information necessary to remove physical barriers such as road slopes that obstruct the activities of the disabled is in progress. Through experiments, we implement a quantified road surface roughness index that enables the implementation of IoT-based systems necessary for the elderly and the disabled to safely move to their destination. As a preliminary study, a road surface measurement device using a gyroscope was devised. To check the roughness and flatness of the road surface, X, Y displacement, and acceleration displacement were measured using a gyroscope. By calculating the measured data, the roughness and flatness of the road surface were quantified from 0 to 100. We implemented an algorithm that divides this index into 4 stages, displays it on a map, and provides it to users. Finally, a system for the disabled and elderly electric wheelchair users to secure basic mobility was established.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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• 2022.07a
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• pp.307-310
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• 2022

4차 산업혁명의 기술이 발전함에 따라 세계는 눈부시게 발전하고 있다. 그러나 그와 동시에 어르신들의 치매로 인한 사회적 비용의 증가로 발생하는 문제점 또한 무시하지 못할 수준에 이르렀다. 이에 조기에 치매를 선별하여 예방하는 것이 중요시되었으며 다양한 연구기관에서는 빠르고 쉽게 치매의 전 단계인 경도인지장애를 선별하고자 여러 선별 검사지를 제작하여 경도인지장애 선별을 통한 치매를 예방하는 데 노력하는 중이다. 하지만 다양한 상황으로 각각의 효율성이 경도인지장애 선별에 대한 기대에 미치지 못하고 있다. 그리하여 본 연구는 기존에 개발된 경도인지장애 선별지 들을 비교 분석 및 코로나 상황에 적합하게 비대면 방식으로 경도인지장애 선별이 가능하도록 보다 효율적으로 개선하였으며 이를 IoT 기기에 접목하였다. 또한 IoT 기기는 어르신들의 경도인지장애 선별검사에 대한 부담감을 줄이고자 친근한 인형 형태로 개발하였으며 상호작용을 위한 기능 제작을 통하여 마음 돌봄 서비스를 구현하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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• 2015.07a
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• pp.203-204
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• 2015

최근 실내에서 아동 및 치매노인의 실종사고가 빈번히 발생함에 따라 안전에 대한 관심이 높아지고 있다. 이에 아동 및 치매노인의 위치를 알 수 있도록 GPS를 활용한 제품들이 출시되고 있다. 하지만 GPS단말기는 실내에서 위치추적이 불가능하다는 단점이 있다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 실외뿐만 아니라 실내에서도 대상자의 위치를 실시간으로 파악할 수 있는 위치추적 시스템을 개발한다. 개발된 시스템을 이용하여 피보호자가 이동한 경로를 실시간으로 추적하는데 도움을 줄 수 있다.

• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.24 no.12
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• pp.119-126
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• 2019

Korea is rapidly becoming an aging society due to lower birth rate and longer life expectancy. As elderly diseases are of a serious concern, the number of patients with dementia has been increasing significantly. For now, it has become a nationwide problem, as dementia is difficult to manage and requires a lot of social costs. To solve this, an IoT device has been devised that efficiently screens Mild Cognitive Impairment(MCI), the early stage of dementia. To design and implement the device, the latest IoT technology is introduced, the optimized Korean Version of Hasegawa Dementia Scale Revised(K-HDS) is utilized, and convenient service scenario with user-friendly design is applied. As a result, the symptoms of MCI have been screened quickly with convenient operation, which lead to the healthier society by the prevention of dementia.

• Journal of Information Processing Systems
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• v.16 no.3
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• pp.648-662
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• 2020

Bluetooth low energy (BLE) beacon is an actively push-to-broadcast electronic signal and can be used for object identification. This paper uses such beacon-based identification and Internet of Things (IoT) technologies for the elder health management service system to simplify the user interfaces and steps for preventive elder care. In the proposed system, an elder's family member, caregiver, or medical worker can conveniently and quickly record daily health management information. Besides, through the statistics and analysis of the data on the back end of the system, it is helpful for the elderly to refer to the data of daily care management and future management trends. Similarly, it is also an essential reference data for system maintenance and the new preventive health care services development.

• Journal of Multimedia Information System
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• v.6 no.1
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• pp.31-35
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• 2019

The Socialist Republic of Vietnam has become one of the top ten nations with the highest aging rate. The proportion of their aging population increased from 7.2% to 10.95% from 1989 to 2017 and entered into the aging society six years earlier than what had been anticipated in 2011. The main issues in such a society are the problems associated with the elderly living by themselves and their solitary deaths. This study attempts to find a solution which would mitigate the burdens of aging or aged population who are living in a lonely and solitary living condition focusing on the system used for the purpose of managing or monitoring of their daily lives to prevent any undesirable outcomes including solitary deaths. The study also discusses the possibility of introducing the system into Vietnam.

• The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• v.17 no.1
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• pp.159-165
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• 2017

As increasing the number of the elderly people, various IT-based home systems for the elderly are actively studied. However, while most systems for the elderly focus on systems detecting emergency cases, systems considering energy reduction in the elderly housing are rarely found. In fact, the systems for the elderly housing consumes rather more electric power for their functions. In this paper, a emergency monitoring system including the functions to reduce energy useage is studied and it is implemented. Though the system, we can achieve both of future-oriented functions for the aged and green society, which are emergency monitoring and energy reduction.

• Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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• v.12 no.5
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• pp.373-383
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• 2021

Our society is aging rapidly. In this super-aged society, the increase in healthcare costs are considered a national problem that undermines the sustainability of social security. Various services for healthcare for the elderly have been promoted to address this. However, most of them have focused on healthcare after the outbreak of chronic diseases and lack preventive healthcare. Most of the preventive healthcare projects are only pilots. In this paper, the current status of health care services for senior citizens at home and abroad was analyzed and based on this, the limitations and improvements were analyzed to propose the establishment of IoT-based Total Silver Care Center. IoT-based Total Silver Care Center may be conveniently monitored the health status of the elderly through various sensors, medical devices, and smart bands. And based on this, it can improve the quality of nursing services through time-saving and work efficiency of nursing providers. In addition, health care interventions may be provided in a timely manner if there is a change in the health status of users. And real-time imaging systems can help overcome mental difficulties.

• Journal of Information Technology Applications and Management
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• v.28 no.3
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• pp.49-58
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• 2021

Due to the increasing interest in wellness aroused by the aging population and the pursuing feature of active old age, Korean elderly set importance on long life with their healthy condition. Following the change in the paradigm of the medical delivery system from hospital-oriented, treatment-oriented to personal-centered and self-care, Service design application of Smart Healthcare for the elderly became valuable. Smart Healthcare is a healthcare service provided through the fusion of ICT technologies including mobile/wearable devices, IoT, big data, and information technology, and it is utilized to prevent diseases managing abundant health information and living habits. As a methodology for delivering such Smart Healthcare to the elderly, Service design can be adopted. Therefore, this study would like to present the perquisites of Smart Healthcare design for the elderly through analyzing the results from in-depth interview methods between the elderly and medical staff. As a result of this study, guidelines for Service design application of health vulnerability management for the elderly utilizing smart phones were presented. Therefore, this study presented four prerequisites composed of 'high level of supplementation and ethical decision making', 'improvement of inequality in accessibility and experience', 'resolving problems in policy implementation' and 'user-friendliness' for the Smart Healthcare service design for the elderly. Overall, Service design is expected to play an innovative role in improving the quality of life for the elderly through the process of collecting and delivering information on Smart Healthcare centered on the experience of the elderly.