• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 2003년도 ICCAS
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• pp.2235-2239
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• 2003

The aim of this research is to study and develop enabling technologies for home healthcare device with ubiquitous network. The motivation of this paper is to enable healthcare in home, to development the device for smart home health care. To achieve the aim, we must develop the prototype platform based on home gateways, distributed context user interface based on UPnP and support for information sharing with high speed power line communication and mobile infra-structures. And IPv6 is the base technology of this platform. In this paper, we concern that physical health, mental health and medical emergencies is all of home healthcare. With the smart device, we evaluate the connectivity, automatic information extraction and private data exchange and event driven message. The result of this paper is demonstration of smart device for ubiquitous communication in a healthcare application such as patient monitoring device and several information services. In conclusion, home healthcare will support more healthy and easy living for a human.

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제37권8호
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• pp.688-700
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• 2004

This study was conducted to analyze how appropriate the on-line nutrition information was externally as a web information. Four-hundred-ninety-seven web sites from 5 internet search engines (Yahoo, Empas, Nate, Hanmir, Naver) were selected on the basis of April 25th, 2004. The skillful personnels monitored them about 8 evaluating categories: clarity, purpose, authority, durability, advertisement, privacy and/or security, responsibility, and contents. Forty percent of the selected web sites were operated by the companies which had commercial purpose like internet shopping malls and 5.6% by academies, societies, research institutions, schools/colleges and public institutions. Most of web sites (76.1 %) were managed for advertisements and sales of companies' commodities, and 32.6% had the food and nutrition information as first purpose. Ninety-three percent of web sites were targeted to healthy individuals through whole life cycle. Specifically, there were lots of web sites for the obesity which were offered by diet related companies. Of the 497 web sites, 193 mentioned the name providing the nutrition information, but only 1/3 had reliability on their specialty. As a source of nutrition information, 52.7% of web sites were using 'books of the major field' and 42.0% 'newspapers' and 23.7% 'broadcasting', respectively. Most web sites mentioned 'setting-up date' but not 'renewal date'. Thirty-six percent of web sites took '2 - 3 days' for the operators to answer the questions through the bulletin. Forty-seven percent of web sites answered' 1 - 10 questions' per 1 week, but 40.1 % of them didn't answer for a week at all. There were 118 web sites (23.7%) to record the connected frequencies and 36.0% of them put the advertisements. Around 96% of web sites mentioned feedback addresses. Among the menus of web sites, 68.0% were about self-advertisement and 64.0% about nutrition information. Each web site was scored to judge its external quality according to the operators by selecting 13 items. Web sites managed by public institution had highest scores (9.5), and lowest in private vendors', food companies' and individual web pages. Among search engines, Naver got the highest score of 7.0 and Nate the lowest one of 6.1. As it was only the pilot study, there were several limits in evaluating tools, time and monitored quantity. To make monitoring of on-line nutrition informatiions actively, standardized monitoring forms might be developed under the integrated studies.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제14권6호
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• pp.171-178
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• 2010

가스관, 송유관 등의 배관구조물은 주요자원의 수송을 책임지는 핵심 지하시설물 중 하나이다. 이들은 사고 및 자연적인 노후화로 인해 국부적인 손상이 발생할 위험에 노출 되어있다. 하지만 대부분의 배관구조물은 지하의 좁은 공간에 복잡하게 연결되어있기 때문에 구조물의 건전성을 지속적으로 모니터링 하는데 어려움이 있었다. 이러한 지금까지 관리방식의 한계점을 극복하기 위해 최근 유비쿼터스 센서 네트워크 기반의 온라인 방식의 상시적 구조물 건전성 평가방법에 대한 연구가 활발히 이뤄지고 있다. 본 논문에서는 전기-역학적 임피던스 기반의 실시간 배관 구조물 건전성 평가방법에 대하여 연구하였다. 배관 구조물에 발생하기 쉬운 볼트 풀림과 균열의 두 가지 국부손상을 가정하였고 압전효과를 가진 PZT와 MFC 센서를 이용하여 구조물의 상태에 따른 임피던스를 계측하여 손상탐색 실험을 수행하였다. 하나의 센서로 가진과 센싱을 동시에 수행할 수 있는 저비용 셀프센싱 기법을 사용하였고 배관 상태에 대한 객관적인 판단을 위해 손상지수인 RMSD 값을 사용하여 계측된 신호를 이용하여 손상의 정도를 정량화 시켰다. 손상여부의 판단을 위해 일반 극치 분포를 이용하여 최적화된 통계적인 정상상태의 임계값을 설정하였다. 위와 같은 실험적 연구과정을 통해 제안된 실시간 배관 구조물 건전성 평가 방법의 타당성과 효율성을 확인해 보았다.

• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.146-150
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• 2015

Occupational health and safety (OHS) is a broad field of professional practice, which involves specialists from different disciplines including but not limited to engineers, occupational health physicians, physical and biological scientists, economists, and statisticians. The preventive systems required to ensure workers are protected from injuries and illnesses dwell heavily on engineers; however, the extent to which the engineer can go regarding planning and implementing preventive measures is dependent on specific legal requirements, leadership commitment from the company, organization, and nation. The objective of this paper is to identify the areas of opportunities for improvements in OHS management in Ghana with regard to the nation's legal requirements, commitment of the Ghana government, and Ghanaian leadership as well as appropriate structuring of Ghanaian institutions responsible for monitoring and managing OHS in Ghana. This paper identified Ghana's fragmented legal requirements concerning OHS, which are under different jurisdictions with unclear responsibilities and accountabilities. The paper also highlights the training needs of Ghanaian academic institutions regarding OHS. Among other recommendations made including structuring of Ghanaian institutions to manage OHS in line with the ILO-OSH 2001, this paper aligns the recommendations with the articles and elements of International Labour Organization convention number 155 and OHSAS 18001 elements.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.981-994
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• 2016

Two field research stations based upon atmospheric corrosivity monitoring combined with reinforced concrete corrosion rate sensors have been established in Kuwait. This was established for the purpose of remote monitoring of building materials performance for concrete under Kuwait atmospheric environment. The two field research sites for concrete have been based upon an outcome from a research investigation intended for monitoring the atmospheric corrosivity from weathering station distributed in eight areas, and in different regions in Kuwait. Data on corrosivity measurements are essential for the development of specification of an optimized corrosion resistance system for reinforced concrete manufactured products. This study aims to optimize, characterize, and utilize long-term concrete structural health monitoring through on line corrosion measurement and to determine the feasibility and viability of the integrated anode ladder corrosion sensors embedded in concrete. The atmospheric corrosivity categories supported with GSM remote data acquisition system from eight corrosion monitoring stations at different regions in Kuwait are being classified according to standard ISO 9223. The two nominated field sites where based upon time of wetness and bimetallic corrosion rate from atmospheric data where metals and rebar's concrete are likely to be used. Eight concrete blocks with embeddable anodic ladder corrosion sensors were placed in the atmospheric zone adjacent to the sea shore at KISR site. The anodic ladder corrosion rate sensors for concrete were installed to provide an early warning system on prediction of the corrosion propagation and on developing new insights on the long-term durability performance and repair of concrete structures to lower labor cost. The results show the atmospheric corrosivity data of the environment and the feasibility of data retrieval of the corrosion potential of concrete from the embeddable sets of anodic ladder corrosion sensors.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.391-400
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• 2008

최근 센서 네트워크의 발전으로 구조물 안전 시스템에 관한 관심이 증대되고 있다. 구조물 안전 감시 시스템이란 교량이나 도로 등의 구조물이 받는 진동, 외부의 충격, 하중 등의 환경 정보를 감지하는 시스템이다. 구조물 안전 감시 시스템은 이벤트를 감지 및 처리하고, 구조물의 안전 상태를 예상하는 것을 목적으로 하여 운영된다. 현재 구조물 안전 감시 시스템은 아날로그 센서를 이용하여 데이터를 수집하고, 유선망을 사용하여 분석 프로그램으로 전송하고 있다. 이러한 유선 시스템은 높은 정확성을 가지지만, 무선 시스템에 비해 초기 설치비용이 비싸고 연결이 복잡하며 연결선이 유실되는 등의 문제가 있다. 또한 센서 노드의 추가, 삭제가 어렵다. 이러한 유선 구조물 안전 감시 시스템의 문제점을 해결하기 위해 무선 센서 네트워크 기술을 적용한 구조물 안전 관리 시스템을 설계 및 구현하였다.

• 한국전자통신학회논문지
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• 제7권6호
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• pp.1555-1560
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• 2012

최근 사람들의 평균 수명이 늘어남으로써 노령인구, 장애인, 주기적으로 자신의 건강상태를 확인하는 사람 등에게 원격 의료서비스를 제공하기 위한 건강관리에 관심이 고조되고 있다. 가정생활에서의 기초적인 건강상태 확인 및 의료 도우미 시스템은 고가의 의료장비를 이용하지 않고 저렴한 비용으로 확인이 가능해야 하며 간단한 방식으로 활용할 수 있어야 한다. 본 논문에서는 광센서를 이용하여 손가락 끝의 맥박신호 정보를 검출하고 맥박신호의 이상 유무나 맥박간격의 규칙성 정보를 분석할 수 있는 3G 네트워크 기반의 맥박측정 시스템을 개발하고 적합성을 검토하였다.

• 한국복합재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국복합재료학회 2004년도 춘계학술발표대회 논문집
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• pp.103-106
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• 2004

Impact location monitoring is one of the major concerns of the smart health monitoring. For this application, multipoint ultrasonic sensors are to be employed. In this study, a multiplexed FBG sensor system with wide dynamic range was proposed and stabilization controlling system was also developed for the maintenance of maximum sensitivity of sensors. For the intensity demodulation system of FBG sensors, Fabry-Perot tunable filter(FP-TF) with 23.8nm FSR(free spectral range) was used, which behaves as two separate filters between $1530 \~ 1560$ nm range. Two FBG sensors were attached on the bottom side of the graphite/epoxy composite beam specimen, and low velocity impact tests were performed to detect the one-dimensional impact locations. Impact locations were calculated by the arrival time differences of the impact longitudinal waves acquired by the two FBGs. As a result, multiplexed in-line FBG sensors could detect the moment of impact precisely and found the impact locations with the average error of 1.32mm.

• 환경영향평가
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• 제13권6호
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• pp.285-294
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• 2004

The purpose of this study is to understand the quantitative change of water resources using RMS(Remote Monitoring System) which takes real time data with high reliability. Also, the characteristic of stormwater runoff was understood by the application of the above system for three streams (Jiam, Yulmun, and Gongji stream) in Chuncheon City. The detailed results of these studies are as follows; RMS(Remote Monitoring System) was constructed by the combination of the automatic water-level meter, which measures water-level of streams at all times, and the wireless communication system sending real-time data from the meter. This system is used to evaluate the stormwater runoff in watersheds and the quantitative changes of streams. It is possible to overcome the limit of field investigations needed, which takes a lot of manpower and time, and it is very efficient to provide the reliable flowrate data. Also, it can be applied to the disaster prevention system for flood because the change of flowrate in stream is monitored at real-time. For 3 streams with different watershed characteristics, correlation equations induced from the relation analysis results. In terms of the relation between water-level and flowrate, flowrate was increased rapidly as the water-level rises in case of small watershed and steep slope. The application results of the proposed system for 3 streams (Jiam, Yulmun, Gongji) in Chuncheon city are as follows; The remote monitoring system was very useful for acquisition of the flow rate in stream that are basic data to understand pollutants runoff in watershed. In case of no-rainy day, the runoff ratio for pollutant loading rate was the highest level in Yulmun stream(BOD:2.3%, TN:20.2%, TP:1.2%). So, it shows the management of pollution source is needed such as rehabilitation of sewer line. Runoff ratio of total phosphorus by rainfall in Gongji watershed was increased about 19 times than no-rainy day, which is estimated as the influence of sewer overflow.

• 융합신호처리학회논문지
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.104-111
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• 2008

심전도(electrocardiogram, ECG)는 심장의 수축과 이완에 따라 체표면에서 측정 가능한 생체전기신호이며, 환자의 심장 상태와 일반적인 건강 정보를 제공하므로 건강모니터링을 위한 중요한 지표로서 인식된다. 심전도신호에는 전원잡음, 근잡음 등과 같은 고주파잡음과 동잡음과 같은 저주파 잡음이 포함되는 경우가 많다. 하지만 심전도로부터 잡음을 제거하는 것은 쉽지 않으며, 필터링 결과는 심전도신호의 외곡을 초래할 수도 있다. 본 연구에서는 일상생활 중 건강모니터링용으로 사용하기 위해 동잡음에 강인한 소형의 저전력 심전도측정 시스템을 구현하였다. 심전도 모니터링 시스템은 심전도 증폭기, 마이크로프로세서, 블루투스모듈, 모니터링 프로그램등으로 구성하였다. 심전도증폭기는 저전력 계측용 증폭기를 이용하여 설계 및 구현하였으며, 증폭기로부터 데이터를 수집하여 신호처리하고 무선전송하기 위해 마이크로프로세서를 사용하였다. 그리고 마이크로프로세서로부터 PC로 데이터를 전송하기 위해 블루투스 모듈을 사용하였다. 구현된 시스템의 성능 평가를 위하여 적응필터 성능평가 시뮬레이션을 수행하였으며, 실제 동잡음 환경에서 신호측정 및 잡음제거 실험을 수행하여 잡음제거 특성을 평가하였다.