• 자동차안전학회지
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.52-61
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• 2020

In recent years, the increasing interest in health-care requires the industrial products to be well-designed ergonomically. In the commercial vehicle industry, several researchers have demonstrated the driver's posture has great effect on the orthopedic desease such as fatigue, back pain, scoliosis, and so on. However, the existing sensor systems developed for measuring the driver posture in real time have suffered from inaccuracy and low reliability issues. Here, we suggest our smart vehicle seat system capable of real-time driver posture monitoring by using the air bag sensor package with high sensitivity and reliability. The ergonomic numerical model which can evaluate a driver's posture has been developed on the basis of the human body segmentation method followed by simulation-based validation. Our experimental analysis of obtained pressure distribution of a vehicle seat under the different driver's postures revealed our smart vehicle system successfully achieved the driver's real-time posture data in great agreement with our numerical model.

• 한국IT서비스학회지
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• 제22권6호
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• pp.87-102
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• 2023

Existing child car seats do not have a monitoring means for the driver or guardian to effectively recognize the status of whether the seat belt of car seat is fastened and whether the ISOFIX of the car seat is fastened to the inside device of the vehicle. In this paper, we propose a smart car seat system which can monitor in real time, whether the seat belt of a child seated in the car seat is fastened and whether the ISOFIX of the car seat is fastened. The proposed system has been developed with a prototype, in which a Hall sensor, magnet, Bluetooth, and display device are used to detect whether these are fastened and to display the detection results. The prototype system provides the detection results as texts and alarm signal to the display for driver or guardian' smartphone in the car in motion. With functional tests of the prototype system, it was confirmed that the detection functions are properly operated, and the detection results were transmitted to the display device and smartphone via Bluetooth within 0.5 seconds. It is expected that the development system can effectively prevent safety accidents of child car seats.

• 한국정보전자통신기술학회논문지
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.81-88
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• 2012

Future vehicle must be both driver-friendly and able to adapt to changes in the road's conditions. The system is needed to adapt to both the driver and the circumstance for maximum convenience and safety. In order to solve these problems, this paper proposes an algorithm for developing smart vehicles. In this paper, it is simulated to compare the performance of a normal car with that of the algorithm-implemented vehicle in a potential accident. Through the computer simulation, it proved that the algorithm-implemented vehicle automatically adjusted the mirrors and seat for the maximum comfort and driver's awareness of the circumstance.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제65권12호
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• pp.2030-2036
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• 2016

This paper presents a hardware development procedure of the ASB(Active Seat Belt) control system to comply with ISO 26262. The ASIL(Automotive Safety Integrity Level) of an ASB system is determined through the HARA(Hazard Analysis and Risk Assessment) and the safety mechanism is applied to meet the reqired ASIL. The hardware architecture of the controller consists of a microcontroller, H-bridge circuits, passive components, and current sensors which are used for the input comparison. The required ASIL for the control systems is shown to be satisfied with the safety mechanism by calculation of the SPFM(Single Point Fault Metric) and the LFM(Latent Fault Metric) for the design circuits.

• 로봇학회논문지
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.31-37
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• 2018

Recently, the safety in vehicle also has become a hot topic as self-driving car is developed. In passive safety systems such as airbags and seat belts, the system is being changed into an active system that actively grasps the status and behavior of the passengers including the driver to mitigate the risk. Furthermore, it is expected that it will be possible to provide customized services such as seat deformation, air conditioning operation and D.W.D (Distraction While Driving) warning suitable for the passenger by using occupant information. In this paper, we propose robust vehicle occupant detection algorithm based on RGB-Depth-Thermal camera for obtaining the passengers information. The RGB-Depth-Thermal camera sensor system was configured to be robust against various environment. Also, one of the deep learning algorithms, OpenPose, was used for occupant detection. This algorithm is advantageous not only for RGB image but also for thermal image even using existing learned model. The algorithm will be supplemented to acquire high level information such as passenger attitude detection and face recognition mentioned in the introduction and provide customized active convenience service.

• International journal of advanced smart convergence
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.206-214
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• 2022

Automobile manufacturers in each country are spurring the development of electric vehicles that use electric energy, an eco-friendly energy, as a futuristic vehicle. Electric vehicles have the advantage of no harmful gas or environmental pollution and low noise. Unlike automobiles using existing internal combustion engines using fossil fuels, electric vehicles use the electricity of batteries to cause rotational motion of motors. In the electric vehicle driven by the motor, it is indispensable to develop a controller for controlling the motor. One of the areas where automobile manufacturers are concentrating is the development of small electric vehicles as a personal transportation means. Small electric vehicles such as electric motorcycles, one-seat electric vehicles and two-seat electric vehicles are expanding the market as a means of operating throughout the city. In the domestic road conditions with many hills, it is effective to have a separate transmission system for small electric vehicles to drive smoothly. In this study, we propose a new type of continuously variable transmission(CVT) system to ensure that small electric vehicles can be driven smoothly in hilly domestic terrain. The proposed CVT system is equipped with a basic disk and a rotational disk in the driving pulley and the driven pulley, respectively, and is applied with a sloping spline to rotate the rotational disk. To commercialize the proposed CVT system, an experimental device was developed to examine the power transmission efficiency and the configuration of the CVT system was proposed.

• 한국전자통신학회논문지
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.199-206
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• 2013

최근 차량 내 인포테인먼트 시스템에 대한 다양한 요구가 급격하게 증가함에 따라 보다 편리하고 인간 친화적이고 첨단 기능들을 갖춘 차량용 인포테인먼트 시스템들이 속속 등장하고 있다. 본 논문에서는 차량 내 다양한 멀티미디어 응용에 적용할 수 있는 임베디드 기반 차량용 멀티미디어 인포테인먼트 시스템을 구현하였다. 구현된 시스템은 하나의 프로세서에서 두 개 채널 이상의 멀티미디어 소스들을 각각 독립적으로 디스플레이 할 수 있도록 하여 비용을 절감할 수 있다. 또한 저장장치에 저장된 비디오, 오디오, 영상 등의 콘텐츠뿐만아니라 CAM, T-DMB, DVB-T 등 실시간으로 제공되는 콘텐츠들도 멀티로 디스플레이 될 수 있다. Wi-Fi를 이용한 스마트폰과의 연결성을 지원하여 스마트폰에 저장되어 있는 멀티미디어 콘텐츠 또한 멀티로 디스플레이 할 수 있다. 본 논문에서 구현된 시스템은 AVN(Audio Video Navigation), RSE(Rear Seat Entertainment) 등의 차량용 인포테인먼트 시스템에 저비용으로 다양하게 응용될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• 한국전자통신학회논문지
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.1293-1300
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• 2022

본 논문에서는 아이들을 태우는 유아차로부터 생길 수 있는 각종 안전사고를 예방 그리고 보다 수월한 유아차 사용을 위한 연구를 진행하였다. 유아차가 보호없이 주행하는 것을 막기 위하여 압력센서와 서브모터를 활용하여 유아차 바퀴에 브레이크 기능을 탑재하였으며 압력센서와 LCD를 활용하여 안전벨트 결속의 유무를 판단하여 유아가 유아차에서 떨어지는 것을 방지할 수 있도록 설계하였다. 추가로 LCD와 LED를 활용하여 일정 온습도를 넘어가면 경고등이 켜지도록 설계하여 유아가 유아차를 사용할 때 쾌적한 환경에 있을 수 있도록 설계하였다.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제34권5호
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• pp.390-396
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• 2014

본 연구에서는 압전소자를 이용한 철도차량용 스마트 좌석 기술에 대한 적용성을 검토하였다. 이를 위해 스마트 좌석 기술에 대한 개념을 정립하였고, 실제 철도차량용 좌석을 단순화한 축소 모형을 제작하여 압전소자를 적용한 후 스마트 좌석의 기능에 대한 시뮬레이션 시험을 수행하였다. 시험을 통해, 본 연구에서 제안한 실시간 착석 확인 및 도착알림기능이 포함된 압전소자기반 스마트 좌석 시스템의 실현 가능성을 검증하였다. 본 연구 결과는 향후 실용화를 통해 검토 업무 효율화를 통한 고소철도 서비스의 질적 향상에 기여할 수 있을 것이다.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.590-598
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• 2016

자동차와 이동통신기술이 융합된 커넥티드 카 산업이 새로운 블루오션으로 주목받고 있고, 휴대용 전자기기(스마트폰, 태블릿 PC, MP3 플레이어 등)와 자동차를 연결한 각종 인포테인먼트(infotainment) 서비스들도 빠르게 성장하고 있다. 커낵티드 카란 자동차가 주변과 실시간으로 소통하며 운전자에게 안전과 편의를 제공한다는 개념으로 차량 연결성(Connectivity)을 강조하고 자동차에 사물인터넷(IoT)을 채용하여 플랫폼으로 활용, 현재는 실시간 내비게이션, 주차 보조기능, 원격 차량제어 및 관리 서비스뿐만 아니라 이메일, 멀티미디어 스트리밍, SNS 등 엔터테인먼트 서비스를 지원하고 있다. 지능형 자동차 네트워크는 MANET(Mobile Ad Hoc Network)의 한 종류로 도로 상의 자동차들의 안전한 운행 및 운행 효율성 제고 등을 위해 연구되고 있다.