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Design of Model to Recognize Emotional States in a Speech

  • Kim Yi-Gon;Bae Young-Chul
    • International Journal of Fuzzy Logic and Intelligent Systems
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    • v.6 no.1
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    • pp.27-32
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    • 2006
  • Verbal communication is the most commonly used mean of communication. A spoken word carries a lot of informations about speakers and their emotional states. In this paper we designed a model to recognize emotional states in a speech, a first phase of two phases in developing a toy machine that recognizes emotional states in a speech. We conducted an experiment to extract and analyse the emotional state of a speaker in relation with speech. To analyse the signal output we referred to three characteristics of sound as vector inputs and they are the followings: frequency, intensity, and period of tones. Also we made use of eight basic emotional parameters: surprise, anger, sadness, expectancy, acceptance, joy, hate, and fear which were portrayed by five selected students. In order to facilitate the differentiation of each spectrum features, we used the wavelet transform analysis. We applied ANFIS (Adaptive Neuro Fuzzy Inference System) in designing an emotion recognition model from a speech. In our findings, inference error was about 10%. The result of our experiment reveals that about 85% of the model applied is effective and reliable.

An Experimental Study on Corrosion Resistance of Cracked Concrete (균열 콘크리트에서의 부식저항성에 관한 실험적 연구)

  • Song, Ha-Won;Lee, Chang-Hong;Ann, Ki-Yong;Lee, Kewn-Chu
    • Proceedings of the Korea Concrete Institute Conference
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    • 2008.04a
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    • pp.517-520
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    • 2008
  • In this study, corrosion resistance of steel in cracked-reinforced concrete was performed according to experimental method. Mixed design is OPC, 30% PFA, 60% GGBS and 10% SF, respectively. Moreover, corrosion resistance test was measured using ultra testing machine for 0.3mm crack induction. The corrosion resistance of blended concrete shows the results following OPC > 10%SF > 30% PFA > 60% GGBS after 60days curing. In case of mass loss test, embedded reinforcement in OPC concrete surveyed the minimum corrosion and appeared better corrosion resistance than blended concrete. As a result, corrosion resistance of sound concrete is higher than cracked concrete. Moreover, corrosion resistance of binary concrete is lower than OPC.

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Experimental and Numerical Assessment of the Service Behaviour of an Innovative Long-Span Precast Roof Element

  • Lago, Bruno Dal
    • International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.261-273
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    • 2017
  • The control of the deformative behaviour of pre-stressed concrete roof elements for a satisfactory service performance is a main issue of their structural design. Slender light-weight wing-shaped roof elements, typical of the European heritage, are particularly sensitive to this problem. The paper presents the results of deformation measurements during storage and of both torsional-flexural and purely flexural load tests carried out on a full-scale 40.5 m long innovative wing-shaped roof element. An element-based simplified integral procedure that de-couples the evolution of the deflection profile with the progressive shortening of the beam is adopted to catch the experimental visco-elastic behaviour of the element and the predictions are compared with normative close-form solutions. A linear 3D fem model is developed to investigate the torsional-flexural behaviour of the member. A mechanical non-linear beam model is used to predict the purely flexural behaviour of the roof member in the pre- and post-cracking phases and to validate the loss prediction of the adopted procedure. Both experimental and numerical results highlight that the adopted analysis method is viable and sound for an accurate simulation of the service behaviour of precast roof elements.

Design and Implementation of the Mobile Lecture Support System (모바일 기반 강의 지원 시스템 설계 및 구현)

  • Kim, JunSik;Choi, YoungGil;Park, Suhyun
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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    • 2016.05a
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    • pp.457-459
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    • 2016
  • This lecture support system can be used to smoothly transfer the sound in the auditorium or the particular outdoor space. Commercial lecture support system is useful but very expensive. Therefore in this paper we have designed and developed lecture support system using a mobile phone. We can exactly hear the lecture in difficult situation using this system. The system provides the ability to save a lecture in the storage, so we can hear the lecture repeatedly.

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A Design of Differential Voltage Clamped VCO for Improved Characteristics of Operating Frequency (개선된 동작 주파수 특성을 갖는 차동 전압 클램프 VCO 설계)

  • Kim, D.G.;Oh, R.;Woo, Y.S.;Sung, Man-Y.
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2000.07d
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    • pp.3181-3183
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    • 2000
  • As the fact that the simple data of text and sound in early year have been changed to be high quality images and sounds. PLL(Phase-Locked Loop) system plays an important role in communication system. VCO(Voltage Controlled Oscillator) is the most important part in PLL system because it can have critical effects on operation of PLL. Recently, it has been raised the necessity of high speed and high accuracy circuit application. In this paper, a new differential voltage clamped VCO using negative-skewed path is suggested. Using a dual-delay scheme to implement the VCO, higher operation frequency and wider tuning are achieved simultaneously. The dual-delay scheme means that both the negative skewed delay paths and the normal delay paths exist in the same ring oscillator. The negative skewed delay paths decrease the unit delay time of the ring oscillator below the single inverter delay time. As a result, higher operation frequency can be obtained. The whole characteristics of VCO are simulated by using HSPICE. Simulation results show that the resulting operating frequencies are 50% higher than those obtainable from the conventional approaches.

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Analysis of International Competitiveness in the Aircraft Industry

  • Lee, Jae-Sung
    • East Asian Journal of Business Economics (EAJBE)
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    • v.6 no.1
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    • pp.31-41
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    • 2018
  • Purpose - The main target to do this analysis is to find out the competitiveness between 2 countries (China and USA) in the aircraft business industry. The main target about mentioned research is to find out how a certain country takes more advantage against the other partner country in the country's trade structure. Research design, data, and methodology - Mentioned research period ranges from 1995 to 2016. Research basic data are coming from UN COMTRADE database which is top of top in the world statistical data and Research methods are used 3 types of international trade related theory for credible data outcomes. Results - Even though general data about aircraft industry are open to world society, detailed classified data are not easy to get them. Generally, Both China & USA are not easy to obtain data especially, in the overseas production field as a business secret which is one of research limitation in every research scopes. Conclusions - Even though Chinese aircraft industry looks like strong and more advantage against those of other countries based on competitive labor work wages and low price of raw material and resources, Actually, USA has overwhelmingly dominant advantage against that of China in the field of aircraft industry because USA has abundant capitals and up-to-date advanced high-technology as top of world economic communities. Additionally, even if USA aircraft industries hold a dominant position so far, if USA proposes sound competition relationship with China about aircraft industry, both 2 countries' future will be bright as their cooperation will make synergy effects for mutual benefits under current circumstances in 2 countries.

팔의 자세예측을 위한 비용함수의 개발에 관한 연구

  • 최재호;김성환;정의승
    • Proceedings of the ESK Conference
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    • 1994.04a
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    • pp.115-123
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    • 1994
  • A man model can be used as an effective tool to design ergomonically sound products and workplaces, and subsequently evaluate them properly. For a man model to be truly useful, it must be integrated with a posture prediction model which should be capable of representing the human arm reach posture in the context of equipments and workspaces. Since the human movement possesses redundant degrees of freedom, accurate representation or prediction of human movemtn was known to be a difficult problem. To solve this redundancy problem, the psychophysical cost function can predict the arm reach posture accurately. But the joint discomfort that human feels at the joint can not be predicted since the effects of external factors on the joint discomfort is not known. In this study a psychophysical experi- ment using the magnitude estimation technique was performed to evaluate the effects of external factors such as joint, joint angle and Perceived Exertion Ratio on the joint discomfort. Results showed that the joint discomfort increased as the Perceived Exertion Ratio increased, but the relation is not linear and was affected not only by the joint but also by the joint angle for the same Perceived Exertion Ratio. The interaction effect of the joint and the joint angle was also significant. From the results it is needed to develope the cost function which can predict the joint discomfort considering the joint, joint angle and external load.

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Design and Implementation of DVD cinema Management System (DVD 영화관 관리시스템 설계 및 구현)

  • Song, Eun-Jee
    • Journal of Digital Contents Society
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    • v.10 no.2
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    • pp.209-216
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    • 2009
  • Recently it has shown the tendency that the number of consumers are increasing to see a movie by the live sound and much clear image at the DVD theater instead of video room or general theater. However, current DVD theaters are equipped only with the system which has the function of calculation on charging a fee. In this paper, we suggest more effective DVD cinema management system. It is possible to manage of urgent crisis using the technique of packet switching by this system. In addition, it is possible to manage the sailing goods and new DVD enrollment, assist the effective operation of the manager and make the mutual communication with customers.

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A Survey Study on Standard Security Models in Wireless Sensor Networks

  • Lee, Sang Ho
    • Journal of Convergence Society for SMB
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    • v.4 no.4
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    • pp.31-36
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    • 2014
  • Recent advancement in Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) has paved the way for WSNs to enable in various environments in monitoring temperature, motion, sound, and vibration. These applications often include the detection of sensitive information from enemy movements in hostile areas or in locations of personnel in buildings. Due to characteristics of WSNs and dealing with sensitive information, wireless sensor nodes tend to be exposed to the enemy or in a hazard area, and security is a major concern in WSNs. Because WSNs pose unique challenges, traditional security techniques used in conventional networks cannot be applied directly, many researchers have developed various security protocols to fit into WSNs. To develop countermeasures of various attacks in WSNs, descriptions and analysis of current security attacks in the network layers must be developed by using a standard notation. However, there is no research paper describing and analyzing security models in WSNs by using a standard notation such as The Unified Modeling Language (UML). Using the UML helps security developers to understand security attacks and design secure WSNs. In this research, we provide standard models for security attacks by UML Sequence Diagrams to describe and analyze possible attacks in the three network layers.

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A Theoretical Study for Stack Effect driven Natural Ventilation System in High-rise Building (고층건물에서 연돌효과를 활용한 자연환기시스템 설계를 위한 이론적 고찰)

  • Yoon, Sung-Min;Seo, Jung-Min;Kim, Yang-Soo;Lee, Joong-Hoon;Song, Doo-Sam
    • 한국태양에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2009.11a
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    • pp.123-129
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    • 2009
  • In these days, the green building movement caused by the energy crisis is increasing, passive design is getting mere and more attention as it provides many possibilities for energy conservation. Moreover, with the increasing social intention for healthy life, the demand for indoor air Quality is increasing in Korea. As result, the ventilation system which can provide the sound outdoor air constantly has been obliged in Korea. So, the hybrid system which using natural power and mechanical power and makes up for the shortage of mechanical and natural ventilation attracts people's attention in Korea. As a hybrid ventilation system, in this study, the stack effect driven hybrid ventilation system in high-rise residential building will be suggested. And in this paper, the theoretical review for hybrid ventilation system suggested in this study will be addressed. Especially, the characteristics of pressure distribution and airflow caused by stack effect in high-rise residential building and the possibility of natural ventilation as results of stack effect will be described.

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