• 대한인간공학회지
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.69-86
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• 2017

Objective: The present study is intended to develop an improved bus seat armrest design by evaluating various bus armrest designs from ergonomic aspects. Background: An ergonomic armrest design which considers the sitting postures and body shapes of passengers can improve the convenience and comfort of a bus seat. Method: Subjective satisfaction of each of five design dimensions (length, width, height from seatpan, shape, and angle) was evaluated for seven bus seat armrest designs in various sizes and shapes by 58 participants (28 males and 33 females) using a 7-point scale (1: very dissatisfied, 4: neutral, and 7: very satisfied). Improved bus seat armrest designs adjustable in length and rotatable to the left or right (sliding and rotating armrest, SRA) with a concave, flat, or convex shape of the upper part were developed by considering the preferred design features and the body size and shape in sitting posture and needs of passengers and then compared with a conventional armrest. Results: A bus seat armrest with a wide width (40~50mm), a long length (360mm), a lower height (213mm), and a curved shape was found significantly preferred in terms of comfort. The proposed armrest designs (SRA-convex, SRA-flat, and SRA-concave) improved satisfaction by 46~62% for length suitability, 184~216% for width suitability, 205~214% for angle suitability, 138~181% for contact area suitability, and 49~64% for height suitability, 138~174% for comfort, and 93~111% for overall satisfaction. Conclusion: The preferred design features and passengers' needs of bus seat armrest were identified and the SRA designs were recommended for better usability. Application: The ergonomic design process of bus seat armrest employed in the present study can be applied to designing armrests in various vehicles for better convenience and comfort.

• 방송공학회논문지
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.393-400
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• 2013

손 모양 인식은 자연스러운 인간-컴퓨터 상호작용을 위한 기반 기술이다. 본 논문에서는 Kinect 기반 손 모양 인식을 위해 효과적으로 손 영역을 검출하기 위한 방법에 대해 논의한다. Kinect는 컬러 영상과 적외선 영상(혹은 깊이 영상)을 동시에 획득할 수 있는 카메라이기 때문에, 손 영역을 검출하는 과정에서 컬러 정보와 깊이 정보를 활용할 수 있다. 즉, 손 영역은 스킨 컬러를 가지는 영역으로 검출될 수도 있으며, 일정한 깊이 값을 가지는 영역으로 검출될 수도 있다. 그러므로, 이러한 방법들의 성능을 분석하여, 손 영역의 실루엣이 깔끔하게 도출될 수 있도록 적절히 결합하는 방법이 마련되어야 한다. 이는 손 모양 인식률을 크게 좌우하기 때문이다. 최종적으로 일반적인 환경에서 손 영역 검출 방법의 차이에 따른 손 모양 인식률을 비교함으로써, 성능이 우수한 손 영역 검출 방법을 제안한다.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.125-130
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• 2006

The number of the living endothelial cells and the shape of those are very import clinical parameters for the evaluation of the quality of cornea. In this paper, we developed the automated endothelial cell counting and shape analysis algorithm for a confocal microscope. Since, the endothelial images from the confocal microscope has a non-uniform illumination and low contrast between cell boundaries and cell bodies, it is very difficult to segment the cells from the endothelial images. To cope with these difficulties, we proposed the new two stage image processing algorithm. At first stage algorithm, we used a high-pass filter and histogram equalization to compensate the non-uniform brightness pattern and a morphological filter and a watershed method are applied to detect the boundary of cells. From this stage, we could count the number of cells in an endothelial image. At second stage algorithm, we used a Voronoi diagram method to classify the shape of cells. This cell shape analysis and the percent of hexagonal cells are very sensitive in detecting the early endothelium damage. To evaluate the performance of the proposed system, we p개cessed seven endothelial images obtained using a confocal microscope. The proposed system correctly counted 95.5% cells and classified 92.0% of hexagonal cell shapes. This result is better than any others in this research area.

• 대한전자공학회논문지SP
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• 제48권1호
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• pp.122-131
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• 2011

최근에 널리 사용되고 있는 단일 영상 기반의 3차원 얼굴 복원 방법인 변형 가능한 3차원 얼굴 형상 모델(3D morphable shape model)은 입력 영상으로부터 2차원 얼굴 특징점들을 정확하게 추출할 경우, 입력 얼굴과 유사한 3차원 얼굴 형상을 생성할 수 있다. 그러나 실시간 3차원 얼굴 복원 시스템과 같이 사용자의 협조가 불가능한 경우에는 자동으로 얼굴 특징점들을 추출해야 하기 때문에, 특징점 추출 오류가 발생하여 정확한 3차원 얼굴 형상을 생성하기 어려운 문제가 있다. 이러한 문제를 해결하기 위해서, 본 논문에서는 특징점 추출 시 오추출 특징점과 정추출 특징점을 자동으로 분류하고, 정추출 특징점들만을 이용하여 3차원 얼굴을 복원하는 방법을 제안하였다. 실험결과에서는 특징점 자동 추출 오류를 고려하지 않은 기존 방법과 비교한 결과, 제안방법의 3차원 얼굴 복원 성능이 크게 향상되었음을 확인하였다.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.211-215
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• 2006

This paper presents a new structure for the universal motor using soft magnetic composite (SMC). The stator for this new type of motor is made by combination of the SMC pole and the silicon steel yoke. The shape of the 3D SMC pole is designed to minimize ohmic loss and amount of stator coil. To design the pole shape, the 3D analysis in the design procedure is replaced with an equivalent 2D analysis. Finally, the optimal shape is analyzed by 3D FEM and the performance is discussed.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.76-83
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• 2007

The Taguchi method is applied to obtain the optimal design of an automotive pedal arm in consideration of the stiffness test specification. Design parameters are defined to describe shape of the pedal arm. Volume, maximum Von-Mises stress and maximum displacement of the pedal arm are established as the smaller-the-better characteristics. Optimal parameters are determined on the basis of the analyzed level averages of the characteristics.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2002년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.293-296
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• 2002

This work presents the reconstruction of impact force produced by the collision between two elastic structures. The 2-DOF impactor was designed. The shape control of impact farce using correlations of the dynamic characteristics and impact force history between two elastic structures is accomplished. The effects of the relative motion between impactor and elastic structure on the impact force shape are studied. Reconstruction characteristics of impact force in cantilever beam are reviewed.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.275-284
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• 1992

Development of Integrated Speech Training Aids for Hearing Impaired In this study, a spepch lralnlng aids that can do real-time display of vocal tract shape and other speech parameters together in a single system is implemenLed and self-training program for this system is developed. To estimate vocal tract shape, speech production process is assumed to be AR model. Through LPC analysis, vocal tract shape, intensity, and log spcclrum are calculated. And, fundamental frequency and nasality are measured using vibration sensors.

• 한국소음진동공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국소음진동공학회 2001년도 춘계학술대회논문집
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• pp.1003-1008
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• 2001

In beamforming method, source positions are predicted by MUSIC (Multiple Signal Classification) power method and composite sound fields can then be decomposed into each partial field by beamforming, detenninistically without restriction of the distance between reference microphones and sources. However, reference microphone array shape is important in both MUSIC and beamforming method. Thus the present paper describes the effect of the reference microphone array shape.

• 한국소음진동공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국소음진동공학회 2001년도 춘계학술대회논문집
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• pp.571-576
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• 2001

Hydroforming, the new production technology, has been used to manufacture many parts of vehicle in the recent auto industry. When Hydroforming is applied, it is possible to make parts simplification and flexible alteration of section shape in many advantages such as weight reduction, number of parts reduction or performance improvement. This research into shape optimization which reduces number of parts and weight maintaining performance was achieved. In this paper, the COWL CROSS BAA and MT'g BAKT parts of A car STEERING support SYSTEM was introduced by using Hydroforming.