• KIPS Transactions on Software and Data Engineering
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• v.12 no.1
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• pp.19-30
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• 2023

An electric scooter(e-scooter), one popularized micro-mobility vehicle has shown rapidly increasing use in many cities. In South Korea, the use of e-scooters has greatly increased, as some companies have launched e-scooter sharing services in a few large cities, starting with Seoul in 2018. However, the use of e-scooters is still controversial because of issues such as parking and safety. Since the perception toward the means of transportation affects the mode choice, it is necessary to track the trends for electric scooters to make the use of e-scooters more active. Hence, this study aimed to analyze the trends related to e-scooters. For this purpose, we analyzed news articles related to e-scooters published from 2014 to 2020 using dynamic topic modeling to extract issues and sentiment analysis to investigate how the degree of positive and negative opinions in news articles had changed. As a result of topic modeling, it was possible to extract three different topics related to micro-mobility technologies, shared e-scooter services, and regulations for micro-mobility, and the proportion of the topic for regulations for micro-mobility increased as shared e-scooter services increased in recent years. In addition, the top positive words included quick, enjoyable, and easy, whereas the top negative words included threat, complaint, and ilegal, which implies that people satisfied with the convenience of e-scooter or e-scooter sharing services, but safety and parking issues should be addressed for micro-mobility services to become more active. In conclusion, this study was able to understand how issues and social trends related to e-scooters have changed, and to determine the issues that need to be addressed. Moreover, it is expected that the research framework using dynamic topic modeling and sentiment analysis will be helpful in determining social trends on various areas.

• Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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• v.20 no.9
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• pp.942-949
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• 2014

In this paper, a new steering system for a self-balancing electric scooter is proposed with an intuitive steering command input method, where the steering command is generated from the rider's motion of shifting body to move the center of gravity toward the rotational direction. For the purpose, weight distributions on the rider's feet are measured using force sensors placed beneath the rider's feet, and the difference is applied to a steering control system. Stability of the steering system and resultant radius of gyration is investigated by modeling the steering system in consideration of the rider's motion and centrifugal force. The proposed steering system is applied to experiments, and the results are presented to prove the validity of the proposed method.

• Proceedings of the Korea Society for Industrial Systems Conference
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• 2002.06a
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• pp.57-61
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• 2002

Recently, mobility and accessibility occurs for the elder and the handicapped in the aging problem. In this paper, we analyze the dynamics of motor-scooter lifter, which helps to move the scooter in the automobile when we enjoy trip with the families including the elder and handicapped. We check the trajectories of lifter inside car to protect its corrosion and the stress at the joints of mechanical structure. Those can be helped to keep the safety and accuracy of the multiple dynamic systems for precision quality assurance in mass production.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2009.10a
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• pp.847-849
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• 2009

Usually, after the decisions of the performance and range in the commercial vehicle, it is designed the ratings of the electric and mechanical elements for the vehicles. In this paper, the given performance and driving conditions, which are the maximum velocity, mileage, total weight of the normal gasoline scooter, battery type and size, and so on, are analysed for the design of the electric scooter. The maximum rotational speed and needed torque values of the electric motor which is substituted for the gasoline engine are calculated. These values can help to calculate the rating of the electric motor. In the calculation to obtain the torque and speed values, battery discharge and the running resistances are considered. We can decide the electric motor current value from the torque and speed values. The electric motor current values, which are significant parameter to decide the motor type and dimensions and characteristics of the electric motor, are decided by numerical simulation by the above conditions.

• Journal of Information Technology Applications and Management
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• v.30 no.5
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• pp.21-40
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• 2023

Scooters are a popular way to get around on your own in many places, such as Taiwan, India, Thailand, etc., because they are easy to move around in, small, and cheaper to buy than cars. On the other hand, traditional scooters that run on fossil fuels put some pollution into the air and add to problems like global warming and air pollution. Switching from scooters that run on fossil fuels to electric scooters can help clean up the air in cities with much pollution. To promote the use of electric scooters, it's important to know how consumers feel about them. The current study investigates consumers' purchase intentions for electric scooters. Based on the questionnaire survey results (n = 567), we found that consumers' environmental concerns, price consciousness, and perceived subjective norms are associated with electric scooter purchase intention. Consumers with price consciousness may choose fossil-fuel-powered scooters because they consider electric-powered scooters more costly, although environmentally friendly. The study gives researchers and practitioners a glimpse into consumers' environmental concerns and subjective norms for a sustainable product.

• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.59 no.4
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• pp.733-739
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• 2010

We developed to have an automatic transferring function of a two-motors-driven electrical scooter for women or seniors to use conveniently it since it has been previously to operate it in manual only. The function would be implemented by using master and slave micro-control units(MCU) in the system with the given input and output signals. The simulation and test of the system results show that the transition conditions of either higher accelerating speed and/or higher torque are demonstrated at the worst conditions, which means that the transition points might be set either at the 70% of accelerating speed or from the 100% of load torque. The developed equipment is very useful and has good performance in the real test and would be used for top brand and might be applicable to any other types of green cars.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2008.10c
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• pp.167-169
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• 2008

A 1.2KW Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell(PEMFC) stack(Nexa Power Module) is installed to motor driven general scooter. The 24V, 650W BLDC motor is used for actuator and 2nd battery(24V, 4Ah) is used for stable starting of this motor. The operating information of Nexa Power Nodule is transmitted by RS-232 serial communication to notebook PC, and that data is analysed and displayed by the LabVIEW monitoring system.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Systems Engineering
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• v.3 no.1
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• pp.41-48
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• 2007

This paper presents a design methodology for developing a new push scooter. A case study is clone with effective planning processes to ensure the product quality under the different phases of a product design process. Parametric model based design process simulation and optimization is implemented by using ANSYS application tool. The relationship matrix and decision matrix are drawn by using several methods. The simulation results for deterministic design and robust design are compared. This entire design process phase can support the design and quality improvements for a new product development.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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• v.22 no.6
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• pp.1-6
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• 2007

A Recently elevator accidents were occurred and increased due to carelessness of user and violent behavior. The accident of door detachment in elevator platform by electronic motor scooter show a example of safety concerns and insensibility for safety awareness. In this report, we review the cause of accident of door detachment in elevator platform by electronic motor scooter, and show some suggestions of preventing from the safety concerns about this case.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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• 2023.07a
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• pp.435-436
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• 2023

공유 전동킥보드는 현존 대중교통을 이용하기에 애매한 짧은 구간이나 단거리 이동에 적합하고, 특정 노선과 정류장이 정해져 있지 않아 기동성이 높고 자유로워 이용률이 매년 증가하고 있다. 하지만 늘어난 사용자만큼 사건·사고도 늘어나고 있다. 킥보드 전담 부서가 없어 단속의 미흡으로 인해 대중교통이 운행하지 않는 심야에 음주 상태에서 운전하여 사고가 나는 경우가 부지기수이다. 본 프로젝트는 사회적 문제로 대두되고 있는 전동킥보드 음주운전 사고를 방지하고자 아두이노 센서를 기반으로 한 알코올 농도측정으로 음주자의 대여를 사전에 차단하기 위한 기능을 포함하고 있는 애플리케이션이다.