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Analysis of Parenting-Friendly Outdoor Environment in Apartment Complexes (아파트단지 옥외공간의 친육아환경 요소에 대한 분석)

  • Kim, Hyo-Jeong;Park, Kyoung-Ok
    • Journal of the Korean housing association
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    • v.28 no.1
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    • pp.95-107
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    • 2017
  • The purpose of the study is to analyze the planning characteristics of outdoor space in apartment complexes in terms of child-care environment. We selected 8 apartment complexes in Cheongju, within three years from construction, of small and medium-sized apartments ($60-85m^2$) where a large number of families with young children are presumed to reside in. As a result of the study, it was found that whereas the factors that can be quantified such as the floor height differences, the angles of ramps, and the number of the rest facilities are excellent, the qualitative part which cannot be easily quantified such as the location and direction of the rest facility and play materials should be improved a lot. And the following improvements were suggested; separating the pedestrian passage from the vehicle road in the main entrance of the complex, utilizing the piloti for infant caring, making the entrance area of apartment safe for pedestrians from vehicles, reallocating resting spaces, redesigning resting spaces safer to infants, building or reallocating existing booths at the stops of kindergarten buses, redesigning the square safer from vehicles with shades, making it possible for guardians to watch infants in playing field from the resting space, allocating natural environments essential for child development.

Evaluation Method for Improvement of Indoor Air Quality Using Mass Balance (물질수지를 이용한 실내공기질 개선정도 평가)

  • Kim, Young-Hee;Kim, Moon-Hyeon;Yang, Won-Ho
    • Journal of Environmental Science International
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    • v.15 no.10
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    • pp.913-918
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    • 2006
  • Despite the wide distribution of air pollutants, the concentrations of indoor air pollutants may be the dominant risk factor in personal exposure due to the fact that most people spend an average of 80% of their time in enclosed buildings. Researches for improvement of indoor air quality have been developed such as installation of air cleaning device, ventilation system, titanium dioxide$(TiO_2)$ coating and so on. However, it is difficult to evaluate the magnitude of improvement of indoor air quality in field study because indoor air quality can be affected by source generation, outdoor air level, ventilation, decay by reaction, temperature, humidity, mixing condition and so on. In this study, evaluation of reduction of formaldehyde and nitrogen dioxide emission rate in indoor environments by $TiO_2$ coating material was carried out using mass balance model in indoor environment. we proposed the evaluation method of magnitude of improvement in indoor air quality, considering outdoor level and ventilation. Since simple indoor concentration measurements could not properly evaluate the indoor air quality, outdoor level and ventilation should be considered when evaluate the indoor net quality.

Implementation of Quick fit, High Performance Outdoor Optical Connector for 4G Mobile Communication System (4G 이동통신기반 초간편 접속 고기능 광커넥터의 구현)

  • Lee, Young-Chur;Kim, Chul-Gyun;Cheon, Seung-Chang;Juong, Woo-Youn
    • Journal of The Institute of Information and Telecommunication Facilities Engineering
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    • v.10 no.3
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    • pp.110-114
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    • 2011
  • The recent development of 4G mobile communication system has led to the rapid technology shift from conventional repeater systems using coaxial cable links towards new fiber optic repeater systems using fiber-optic links between the base station and the outdoor fiber optic repeater. The technical changes have brought up the increasing needs of robust optic links that can be used in harsh environments. Based on the most demanding requirements, a new outdoor optical connector employing 2-channel fiber optics, uplink and downlink, has been developed for the applications where the rugged environmental protection is essential. This paper describes the development of the new connector along with the design criteria and performance results. In summarizing, the prototype optical connectors have undergone extensive laboratory and field test, and they have shown exceptional optical and mechanical characteristics under extreme environmental conditions. The connectors have also exhibited capabilities of providing fast and easy installation while maintaining high performance fiber optic connections.

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An Analysis of Outdoor Space in Elementary School Design based on the Possibility of Forming a Sense of Place for Children: With Focus on the Spatial Planning before the Occupation (아동의 장소성 구축가능성으로 본 초등학교시설의 외부공간계획 분석: 사용자 점유이전의 공간계획을 중심으로)

  • Rieh, Sun-Young
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Educational Facilities
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    • v.15 no.5
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    • pp.13-20
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    • 2008
  • The sense of place at school environment becomes more important as children increasingly spend more time in school and children's attachment to the environment affects the cognition development of children. The goal of this research is to identify characteristics that enhance the sense of place for children in outdoor space and check the possibilities of forming it in the school environments. Through the analysis of design document and design report for schematic design of elementary school which is executed through Korean Institute of Educational Facilities between 2002-2005, 47cases from 32elementary schools are analyzed. As a result it is found that designers tend to orient towards the visual aspects compared to other invisible aspects such as thermal comfort and participation of children, which is extracted as a key characteristics of forming a sense of place for children. More attention is required to enhance the sense of place in school environment to support the child development in everyday space.

Analysis of Abnormal Event Detection Research using Intelligent IoT Devices for Human Health Cares

  • Lee, Do-hyeon;Kim, Da-hyeon;Ahn, Jun-ho
    • Journal of Internet Computing and Services
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    • v.23 no.2
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    • pp.37-44
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    • 2022
  • With the outbreak of COVID-19, non-face-to-face activities such as remote learning and telecommuting have increased rapidly. As a result, the number of people staying at home and the number of hours spent inside the house have also increased since the pandemic. Our team had previously worked on methods for detecting abnormal conditions in a person's health in various circumstances within the house by converging single sensor-based algorithms. In our previous research, we installed IoT sensors indoors to detect people emergency situations requiring aids, the scope of detection was limited to indoor space due to the limitation in sensors. In this study, we have come up with a system that integrates our previous study with a new method for detecting abnormal conditions in outdoor environments using outdoor security cameras and wearable devices. The proposed system enables users to be notified of emergency situations in both indoor and outdoor areas and respond to them as quickly as possible.

Influence of Seasonal Variation on Basal Metabolic Rates on Thermal Environments & Clothing Weight (생활환경온도와 착의량이 기초대사에 미치는 영향)

  • 이원자;침규남;김진선;박승순
    • The Research Journal of the Costume Culture
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    • v.8 no.3
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    • pp.374-386
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    • 2000
  • This study investigated the relation between seasonal variation of total clothing weight, room, outdoor temperature and basal metabolic rate in man. The basal metabolic rate and total clothing weight, room temperature was determined seasonal for a period of two years and grouped four seasons. Subjects (adults volunteers) who live in seoul and mokpo were compose 120 subject The results were obtained as follows. Seasonal outdoor temperature was difference of seoul and. mokpo. But room temperature in apartments was a little difference than private house. Total-clothing weight is showed seasonal variations at the seoul, private house than at the mokpo, apartment.. The basal metabolic rate is suggested there in gender difference in the basal metabolic rate (P〈.001). The basal metabolic rate increased gradually with the peak of winter sespectively and deceased again todward summer. The difference of between basal metabolic rate in summer and winter was significant room temperature, of seoul and private house, and light total clothing weight.

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Vision Based Outdoor Terrain Classification for Unmanned Ground Vehicles (무인차량 적용을 위한 영상 기반의 지형 분류 기법)

  • Sung, Gi-Yeul;Kwak, Dong-Min;Lee, Seung-Youn;Lyou, Joon
    • Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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    • v.15 no.4
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    • pp.372-378
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    • 2009
  • For effective mobility control of unmanned ground vehicles in outdoor off-road environments, terrain cover classification technology using passive sensors is vital. This paper presents a novel method far terrain classification based on color and texture information of off-road images. It uses a neural network classifier and wavelet features. We exploit the wavelet mean and energy features extracted from multi-channel wavelet transformed images and also utilize the terrain class spatial coordinates of images to include additional features. By comparing the classification performance according to applied features, the experimental results show that the proposed algorithm has a promising result and potential possibilities for autonomous navigation.

Analysis of Interference between UWB and ITS

  • Park, Se-Ho;Kim, Eun-Cheol;Kim, Jin-Young
    • Journal of electromagnetic engineering and science
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    • v.9 no.4
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    • pp.202-210
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    • 2009
  • In this paper, we have analyzed the effect of interference between ultra-wideband(UWB) and intelligent transport systems(ITS). The maximum possible UWB emission power and minimum possible distance between UWB devices and ITS are found. In order to analyze the interference, we employ the Monte-Carlo(MC) method. We consider six situations, which are indoor office line-of-sight(LOS), indoor office non-line-of-sight(NLOS), indoor residential LOS, indoor residential NLOS, outdoor rural LOS, and outdoor rural NLOS environments. From the simulation results, it is confirmed that coexistence between UWB and ITS devices can be realized in accordance with the emission mask of 19.3 dB for indoor application or 19.3 dB for an image system. And in the outdoors, coexistence between UWB and ITS devices can be realized if the emission mask is at least 1.6 dB for vehicles' radar systems.

[Invited Paper] Technology of Outdoor Readability Development in LCD Application

  • Choi, Hyun-Chul;Kang, In-Byung;Jung, In-Jae
    • 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2009.10a
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    • pp.10-13
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    • 2009
  • We have developed variety of LCD technologies for the out-door display, which improve out-door readability as well as reliability from external impacts. This improvement was made possible by new approach on LCD cell optical design and modification of LCD surface, which allows surrounding light to be transmitted to enhance the visibility and at the same time filtering out light, which are considered to be source of noise in terms of visibility. This technology enables users to maintain high display performance in both in-door & out-door environments moreover alternatively choosing in-door/out-door.

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Development of a SLAM System for Small UAVs in Indoor Environments using Gaussian Processes (가우시안 프로세스를 이용한 실내 환경에서 소형무인기에 적합한 SLAM 시스템 개발)

  • Jeon, Young-San;Choi, Jongeun;Lee, Jeong Oog
    • Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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    • v.20 no.11
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    • pp.1098-1102
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    • 2014
  • Localization of aerial vehicles and map building of flight environments are key technologies for the autonomous flight of small UAVs. In outdoor environments, an unmanned aircraft can easily use a GPS (Global Positioning System) for its localization with acceptable accuracy. However, as the GPS is not available for use in indoor environments, the development of a SLAM (Simultaneous Localization and Mapping) system that is suitable for small UAVs is therefore needed. In this paper, we suggest a vision-based SLAM system that uses vision sensors and an AHRS (Attitude Heading Reference System) sensor. Feature points in images captured from the vision sensor are obtained by using GPU (Graphics Process Unit) based SIFT (Scale-invariant Feature Transform) algorithm. Those feature points are then combined with attitude information obtained from the AHRS to estimate the position of the small UAV. Based on the location information and color distribution, a Gaussian process model is generated, which could be a map. The experimental results show that the position of a small unmanned aircraft is estimated properly and the map of the environment is constructed by using the proposed method. Finally, the reliability of the proposed method is verified by comparing the difference between the estimated values and the actual values.