• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제21권12호
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• pp.1100-1108
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• 2015

A camera-based real-time hand posture and gesture recognition system is proposed for controlling various devices inside automobiles. It uses an imaging system composed of a camera with a proper filter and an infrared lighting device to acquire images of hand-motion sequences. Several steps of pre-processing algorithms are applied, followed by a background normalization process before segmenting the hand from the background. The hand posture is determined by first separating the fingers from the main body of the hand and then by finding the relative position of the fingers from the center of the hand. The beginning and ending of the hand motion from the sequence of the acquired images are detected using pre-defined motion rules to start the hand gesture recognition. A set of carefully designed features is computed and extracted from the raw sequence and is fed into a decision tree-like decision rule for determining the hand gesture. Many experiments are performed to verify the system. In this paper, we show the performance results from tests on the 550 sequences of hand motion images collected from five different individuals to cover the variations among many users of the system in a real-time environment. Among them, 539 sequences are correctly recognized, showing a recognition rate of 98%.

• The Journal of Advanced Prosthodontics
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• 제2권3호
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• pp.102-105
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• 2010

PURPOSE. The aims of this study were to suggest a method of fabrication of the record base using a light-polymerized resin by applying the two-phase fabrication method for the improvement of the fit of the record base and to compare the degree of fit according to the separation site. MATERIALS AND METHODS. In the edentulous cast of maxilla, four test groups were considered. In the first, second, third, and fourth test groups (n = 12 in each group) the separation was done at 0, 5, 10, and 15 mm, respectively below the alveolar crest along the palatal plane. For the control group, the record base was made without separating the two sections. The light-body silicone material was injected into the fitting surface of the record base. It was then placed onto the cast and finger pressure was applied to stabilize it in a seated position followed by immediate placement onto the universal test device. Finally, the mass of the impression material was measured after it was removed. ANOVA was performed using the SAS program. For the post-hoc test, the Wilcoxon Rank-Sum test and the Tukey-Kramer HSD test were performed ($\alpha$ = 0.05). RESULTS. The control group and Group 3, 4 showed significant differences. The Group 3 and 4 showed significantly smaller inside gaps than the control group which was not made with the two-phase fabrication method. CONCLUSION. The two-stage polymerized technique can improve the fit of the denture base particularly when the separation was made at 10 to 15 mm from the alveolar crest.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.223-227
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• 2010

Recently, one-dimensional semiconducting nanomaterials have attracted considerable interest for their potential as building blocks for fabricating various nanodevices. Among these semiconducting nanomaterials,, $SnO_2$ nanostructures including nanowires, nanorods, nanobelts, and nanotubes were successfully synthesized and their electrochemical properties were evaluated. Although $SnO_2$ nanowires and nanobelts exhibit fascinating gas sensing characteristics, there are still significant difficulties in using them for device applications. The crucial problem is the alignment of the nanowires. Each nanowire should be attached on each die using arduous e-beam or photolithography, which is quite an undesirable process in terms of mass production in the current semiconductor industry. In this study, a simple process for making sensitive $SnO_2$ nanowire-based gas sensors by using a standard semiconducting fabrication process was studied. The nanowires were aligned in-situ during nanowire synthesis by thermal CVD process and a nanowire network structure between the electrodes was obtained. The $SnO_2$ nanowire network was floated upon the Si substrate by separating an Au catalyst between the electrodes. As the electric current is transported along the networks of the nanowires, not along the surface layer on the substrate, the gas sensitivities could be maximized in this networked and floated structure. By varying the nanowire density and the distance between the electrodes, several types of nanowire network were fabricated. The $NO_2$ gas sensitivity was 30~200 when the $NO_2$ concentration was 5~20ppm. The response time was ca. 30~110 sec.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.271-278
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• 2001

Many workers in the garlic peeling factory are separating the sound peeled garlics from the unpeeled and defective ones in a manual way. In order to reduce the seasonal labor requirement and operating cost, the mechanized garlic sorting system such as the vision-based garlic sorter should be developed. This study was conducted as one of basic studies on developing quality evaluation technique for peeled garlics, especially to developed the system for acquiring the whole surface images of garlics with a CCD camera. The following results were obtained from this study. 1. The belt-type garlic rotation system was devised to apply for the vision-based garlic sorter and was tested to decide the criteria of design and optimum conveying speed. 2. To evaluate the performance of the developed garlic rotation system, feeding rate and rotating rate were measured under the conditions of four experimental factors such as the inclined angle of rotating belt, the inclined angle of feeding belt, the height of plate arrays on feeding belt and the conveying speed of belts. And the capacity of the system according to mixture ratios of peeled garlics and unpeeled garlics was analyzed as a feasibility test. 3. For the inclined angle of rotating belt 20°and height of plate array on feeding belt 22㎜, the maximum rotating rate for garlic samples including unpeeled ones was 81.1% at the conveying speed of 4.2 garlic/sec. And under these condition, the maximum feeding rate was 85% at the inclined angle of feeding belt 6.5°. 4. The capacity of the developed garlic rotation system was almost constant regardless of mixture ratio of peeled garlics and unpeeled garlics and its range was 2.95∼3.92 garlic/sec. At the conveying speed of 4.2 garlic/sec, the capacity of the garlic rotation system was calculated ad 58∼64 kg/hr. 5. To improve performance of the garlic rotation system, it is recommended to develop a device to slide garlics into feeding belt.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.420-425
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• 2010

온간단조(warm forging) 가공은 가공소재(Billet)를 $800^{\circ}C$ 정도로 가열하여 금형의 다이블록 임프레션(impression) 상면(上面)에 위치결정 시켜 단조하고 있는데, 이 단조가공 과정에서 산화스케일의 비산에 따른 작업자의 화상에 대한 위험도와 산화스케일이 다이블록의 임프레이션에 부착 되거나 열처리기술 미흡으로 금형수명(die life)을 단축시키며 다이블록 안에 분무하는 이형제는 유해먼지, 유해증기, 미스트, 퓸, 악취 등을 발생시켜 작업장 환경을 오염시킴으로써 직무기피 직종으로 분리되기 때문에 생산량 목표 달성에 큰 문제점으로 대두 되고 있다. 더욱이 다이블록의 임프레이션 마멸부위를 수리보수하기 위한 재생공법의 미흡으로 납기지연, 금형비 상승의 요인으로 나타나므로 이에 대한 재생공법 개선과 작업장의 공해물 제거장치의 개발이 요망되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 황동제 관 이음쇠의 온간단조가공에서 도출된 빌릿가열시 문제점, 금형재생 보수시 문제점, 제조원가의 상승요인 등을 외국의 기술과 비교하여 온간단조 금형제작방법개선, 금형재생보수공법 개선, 유해가스 제거장치를 도입하여 환경친화형 작업장 개선 등으로 문제점을 해결 하고자 하였다.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제58권4호
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• pp.596-603
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• 2020

본 연구에서는 화학공정 최적화에 사용되는 생산계획최적기법을 도입하여 핵융합 공정에서의 삼중수소 재고량을 최소로 유지하는 수학적 모델을 구축하여 최적 운전 시나리오를 도출하였다. 핵융합 발전을 위한 공정 중 연료주기 공정(fuel cycle)은 반응연료인 중수소와 삼중수소를 저장 하고 공급하는 시스템과 핵융합 반응 배가스로부터 이를 회수 및 분리하는 세부 공정들로 구성되어 있다. 이들 공정들은 삼중수소가 방사성 물질이라는 것을 제외하면 대부분 촉매반응과 분리공정으로 이루어져 화공플랜트에 적용된 기술과 유사한 특성이 많아 화학공정에 사용되는 스케줄링 기법을 통해 최적 운전 시나리오를 도출 가능하다. 본 연구에서는 핵융합로의 다양한 장치의 특성을 반영해서, 펌프내부의 삼중수소량을 최소로 하는 최적 재생주기를 구하고, 구해진 최적 재생주기 결과를 반영하여 후단의 트리튬 플랜트에서의 최적 운전 시나리오를 확인해 보았다. 구축된 모델은 실제 토카막 시나리오에 적용되어 ITER 연료주기 내 공정의 연료흐름 및 밸런스 분석에 활용되었다.

• Advances in nano research
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.1-14
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• 2014

Dislocations are basic crystal defects and represent one-dimensional native nanostructures embedded in a perfect crystalline matrix. Their structure is predefined by crystal symmetry. Two-dimensional, self-organized arrays of such nanostructures are realized reproducibly using specific preparation conditions (semiconductor wafer direct bonding). This technique allows separating dislocations up to a few hundred nanometers which enables electrical measurements of only a few, or, in the ideal case, of an individual dislocation. Electrical properties of dislocations in silicon were measured using MOSFETs as test structures. It is shown that an increase of the drain current results for nMOSFETs which is caused by a high concentration of electrons on dislocations in p-type material. The number of electrons on a dislocation is estimated from device simulations. This leads to the conclusion that metallic-like conduction exists along dislocations in this material caused by a one-dimensional carrier confinement. On the other hand, measurements of pMOSFETs prepared in n-type silicon proved the dominant transport of holes along dislocations. The experimentally measured increase of the drain current, however, is here not only caused by an higher hole concentration on these defects but also by an increasing hole mobility along dislocations. All the data proved for the first time the ambipolar behavior of dislocations in silicon. Dislocations in p-type Si form efficient one-dimensional channels for electrons, while dislocations in n-type material cause one-dimensional channels for holes.

• 한국융합학회논문지
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.17-22
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• 2020

본 논문에서는 사용자의 EEG(Electroencephalogram)신호를 측정하여 SVM(Support Vector Machine) 알고리즘을 이용하여 EEG 신호룰 분류하고 신호의 정확도를 측정하였다. 사용자의 EEG 신호를 측정하기 위해 남·여를 구분하여 실험을 진행하였으며, EEG 신호 측정은 단채널 EEG 디바이스를 이용하였다. EEG 디바이스를 이용하여 사용자의 EEG 신호를 측정한 결과는 R을 이용하여 분석하였다. 또한 SVM의 분류 성능이 최고가 되는 특정 벡터의 조합을 적용시켜 EEG 측정 실험 데이터를 80:20(훈련 데이터: 테스트 데이터) 비율로 예측해 본 결과 인식률 93.2% 의 예측 정확도를 보였다. 본 논문에서는 사용자의 EEG 신호를 약 93.2% 정도로 인식할 수 있었으며, SVM 알고리즘의 간단한 선형 분류만으로 수행이 가능하다는 점은 EEG 신호를 이용하여 생체인증에 다양하게 활용될 수 있음을 제시하였다.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제47권3호
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• pp.321-326
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• 2009

간단한 기체농도 측정장치를 제안하여, 혼합기체를 분리하는 흡착공정에서 성능을 실험적으로 조사하였다. 측정센서는 수정진동자의 전극에 고체의 흡착제를 도포하여 유효성분을 선택적으로 분리하게 하여 농도를 측정하였다. 센서용 흡착제는 마이크로 입자의 카본 크라이오젤(Micro-Particle Carbon(MCC))을 사용하였고, 공기와 i-부탄의 혼합기체를 대상으로 대나무 활성탄을 채운 칼럼에서 분리하는 공정을 사용하였다. 칼럼의 입구와 출구에 측정시스템을 각각 장치하고 i-부탄의 농도를 측정하였다. 입구와 출구의 실제농도를 GC로 측정한 결과와 측정한 수정진동자의 공진주파수를 비교하여 제안한 측정시스템이 유용하게 농도를 측정할 수 있음을 보였다. 실험을 통하여 제안하는 시스템이 비교적 간단한 장치로, 실시간 인라인 측정이 가능함을 입증하여 실제공정에 유용하게 활용할 수 있음을 보였다.

• 공업화학
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.367-371
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• 2012

폐 인쇄회로기판(WPCBs)은 Cu, Ni, Au, Ag, Pd 등의 희귀금속을 함유하고 있다. 폐 전자제품의 양이 지속적으로 증가하므로, WPCBs에서 희귀금속을 회수하는 방법에 대한 연구가 필요하다. WPCBs에서 유리섬유 보강 에폭시수지로부터 금속과 유리섬유 및 에폭시 수지로 원재료로 분리하는 방법으로 화학적 재활용 방법은 어려운 방법으로 알려져 있다. 본 연구에서는 WPCBs에서 금속 및 비금속성분을 분리하는 화학적 방법으로 에폭시 수지의 해중합을 methylpyrrolidone와 dimethylformamide 용매에서 $K_3PO_4$ 촉매를 사용하였다. WPCBs의 반응온도를 $160{\sim}200^{\circ}C$범위에서 진행하였고 반응시간을 2~12 h하여 반응을 진행하였다. WPCBs의 반응 후 얻은 재생 유리섬유를 열중량분석기를 통해 분석하였으며 WPCBs에서 에폭시 수지의 용해도를 조사하였다.