• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.12 no.9
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• pp.209-217
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• 2014

As an idea of healing or fatigue recovery, a desire for massage therapy has increased for modern people who complain of pain such as knotted muscles or shoulder discomfort due to fatigue accumulation and stress. To resolve this, although a massage chair has been developed, it does not provide the most efficient massage as it is not suitable for Korean body types. In this paper, this research analyzed massage, assembly, massage intensity, Korean body types and functions of the massage for maximized efficiency to design critical functions. Also, we implemented the action control and algorithm of the massage chair for localization.

• Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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• v.6 no.3
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• pp.29-36
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• 2015

In order to have market competitiveness in the area of massage chair in domestic, it is necessary to establish a tactical promotion plan in terms of developing new technology and rethinking competitiveness. So, this research addresses four things, The first is to report an analysis that is for external environment changes and competitors the current situation through surveying the market trends of massage chair. The second is current technology of massage chair through surveying current technical trends of massage chair. In the basis of the surveying, the third is to establish alternative future technology for the chair. Finally, the last is to establish a counter-plan by analysing internal status and competitive power of each enterprise. On the basis of four things above, the future promote strategy and subject are proposed in this paper by producing the four strategic subjects.

• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.67 no.7
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• pp.940-945
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• 2018

In this study, we make a study on a system to determine a person's sitting posture by measuring the distribution of pressure in the floor of a chair or in a cushion using pressure sensors. If the wrong sitting posture is detected, a warning message is given through the vibration motor in real time to correct the imbalance of the wrong habits and posture, and prevent Bulging disc or Herniated disc.