• Journal of the Korean Institute of Educational Facilities
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• v.18 no.5
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• pp.3-11
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• 2011

In this study, the effect of treating 1-dimensional diffusers on the classroom acoustics was investigated to determine if the diffuser are beneficial for performing the preferred acoustical conditions for speech. A 1/10 scale model of a classroom was used to measure the acoustical parameters, T30, $C_{50}$, STI and SNR in that room. The room acoustical conditions were varied by treating diffusers either on the front or side walls of the classroom. When the diffusers were treated on the side walls around the student's areas, a shorter reverberation time at low frequencies was obtained and resulted in performing uniform reverberation times across the frequency bands. The $C_{50}$ values at mid- and high-frequencies were increased by treating the diffusers either on front or side wall surfaces. The highest STI and SNR values were obtained when the diffuser was treated on the front wall around the teacher's areas. It is found that diffusers are beneficial to increase the intelligibility of speech for the rear seats of the rooms.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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• v.15 no.5
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• pp.615-622
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• 2012

Airborne radio communications, navigation, and identification equipments are the basic equipment of airplane. Airborne radio communications, navigation, and identification equipments are characterized by user's many quantitative and qualitative requirements. These equipment look like simple test and evaluation, but they have many complex factors. This paper describe the test and evaluation of airborne radio communications, navigation, and identification equipments.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.42 no.4
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• pp.285-297
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• 2023

The present study aims to investigate the acoustic performance of the creative convergence classrooms in Korea used by elementary school students under the age of 9 introduced through the school space innovation project. In order to do this, acoustic performances of three creative convergence classrooms were measured. The measured acoustic parameters were background noise levels, Reverberation Time (RT), D₅₀, Speech Transmission Index (STI), and Inter-Aural Cross Correlation (IACC). Also, acoustic parameters including Transmission Loss (TL) and standardized level difference (D_nT) have been measured for the analysis of sound insulation performance of walls. In addition, the noise level was measured according to the opening conditions of doors and windows in the classroom. As a result, background noise level was measured at an average of 28.0 dB(A) to 32.8 dB(A) when the air conditioner was not operated, and the RT did not exceed 0.6 s. There were differences in IACC according to various desk layouts, and IACC values were high in the center line and the seats near the sound source. In particular, higher IACC was measured at the seats on the center line facing the source squarely. Regarding noise level in the classroom according to the opening conditions of doors and windows, the standards were exceeded when all windows, or windows and doors front onto the corridor were opened.

• The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.225-232
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• 2017

Recently, the development of digital transmission technology of audio signals and the introduction of audio network equipment using digital transmission technology have been made. As a result, audio network technology and equipment are actively applied to the design and construction of audio systems. The meeting room is a place where a large number of participants exchange opinions and communicate with each other. In addition to using an electric acoustic device such as a microphone and a speaker, it improves the intelligibility of the conference room through an example using an audio network.

• Proceedings of the Acoustical Society of Korea Conference
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• spring
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• pp.269-272
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• 2004

주행 상태에서의 자동차 내부 음 환경은 다양한 소음 및 구조적 요인으로 인하여 음성에 대한 정상적인 전송 특성을 갖기 어렵다. 이는 음원으로부터 음성 입력 장치(Microphone)에 이르기까지의 채널 왜곡에 기인한 문제로써, 실제 주행 환경에서의 음성 인식 성능에 대해서도 심각한 악영향을 초래한다. 본 논문에서는 주행 소음의 크기에 따른 채널별 음성 왜곡 정도에 따른 명료도를 음성 전달 지수인 STI(Speech Transmission Index)를 통하여 분석하고 그 결과를 음성 인식률과 상호 비교하였다. 그리고 수음 패턴에 따른 명료도 척도와 음성 인식 성능과의 상관성을 검토하고, 이를 통해 단일 채널 환경에서 최적의 마이크로폰 위치에 대하여 고찰해 보았다. 실험 결과, 주행 중의 소음 환경에서도 음성의 명료도 척도와 인식률과의 관계는 높은 상관성이 얻어짐을 알 수 있었고, 각 채널 간의 성능 편차 패턴도 주행 환경에 따라 비슷한 양상을 보이는 것으로 나타났다.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.34 no.2
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• pp.146-156
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• 2015

This study investigated how the location of sound absorptive materials and sound diffusers affects the acoustic performance of small auditoriums. It was conducted for a standard model established with the averaged dimension of 36 auditoriums which had opened since 2000 in Daehak-ro, Seoul. In this study, the installation area of finishing materials was calculated upon a back wall which had the smallest installation effective area of finishing materials. To analyze the changes of acoustic performance according to installation location of finishing materials, experiments were carried out using the 1/10 down scale models for 8 cases which were made by classifying the installation location of ceiling and side wall into the front, middle and rear part.The used acoustic parameters were reverberation time (RT), early decay time (EDT), clarity (C80), definition (D50) and speech transmission index (STI). In result, the index related to the amount of reverberant sound (RT, EDT) showed the great changes when evaluating it through just noticeable difference (JND), but the one related to clarity (C80, D50, STI) hardly indicated the changes. In case to obtain short reverberation time, it was most effective to control reverberation time through the side walls when installing sound absorptive and diffusive materials, and side wall front was the location which could get the shortest reverberation time.

• Proceedings of the Acoustical Society of Korea Conference
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• autumn
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• pp.287-292
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• 2001

당과 같은 실내 음향 문제는 강당의 사용자와 관리자의 주관적인 평가가 배제되기 힘든 것이므로 문제를 개선하기 위해 물리적 측정이나 실험, 해석 등을 통한 다각적인 정량적 분석 자료를 산출하는 과정이 선행되어야 한다 이를 위해 본 논문에서는 기존의 강당에 대한 고유 음향 특성-잔향시간, 명료도, 음압레벨-을 실험과 컴퓨터 시뮬레이션을 통해 얻어 음향 분포를 파악하고, 현재 설치되어 있는 스피커의 지향성 및 위치 등에 따른 음향 특성을 알아보았다. 대표적인 음향평가 지수인 잔향 시간은 랜덤노이즈를 음원으로 사용하여 음향측정을 수행하였으며, 이 결과를 시뮬레이션과 비교함으로써 컴퓨터 시뮬레이션의 신뢰성 또한 검토하였다.

• Proceedings of the Acoustical Society of Korea Conference
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• spring
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• pp.501-504
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• 2002

본 논문에서는 최근 건축공간에 있어서 음환경에 대한 관심이 놓아지면서 학교 건축물에 있어서 강의실내의 음환경을 측정하고, 학교건축물에 대한 음환경 기준을 확립하는 데에 기초자료와 필요한 제안을 하는 것이 목적이다. 현재 음환경 기준은 단순히 소음fp밸이나 잔향 시간과 같은 단순한 물리특성만을 기준으로 하고 있다. 여기서는 강의실 내의 잔향시간, D, STI 등외 물리지표와 설문조사 등 주관적 평가를 통해 새로운 음환경 기준을 제시하려고 한다. 여기서 사용되는 물리지표로는 TSP(Time-Streched-Pulse)신호를 사용하여 잔향시간과 D(Deutlichkeit), STI(Speech Transmission index)를 산출하였다. 강의실의 화자의 위치에서 1.5m 높이에 스피커를 놓고 청취자의 위치인 여섯 점에서 무지향성 마이크로폰을 1.2m 높이에 놓고 마이크로폰으로 들어온 임펄스 응답을 측정하고, 강의실 내의 잔향시간과 D, STI를 산출하였다. 다음에 설문조사를 실시하여, 앞에서 측정한 물리지표와 설문조사를 통해 얻은 주관적 평가와의 상관관계를 파악하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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• 2000.11a
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• pp.468-473
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• 2000

Recently the acoustic design has been considered the important part of architectural design. However, in the design of Catholic churches the exterior beauty is still main point. This study aims to find out the acoustical characteristics in the main hall of Catholic churches. Six catholic churches were selected for this experiment and the physical parameters which represent the acoustic characteristics of room were compared by the plan type and the architectural factor. The physical parameters compared and analyzed were SD(Stand deviation) of SPL(sound pressure level), RT(reverberation time), $D_{50}$(definition), $C_{80}$(clarity) and STI(speech transmission index).

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.40 no.6
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• pp.649-659
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• 2021

Wall absorption treatment effectively reduces reverberation, but requires a large area for a live room and each wall absorption affects speech intelligibility differently. In this study, we try to find the most effective wall for the absorption treatment using the beamforming array microphone in terms of speech intelligibility. The absorption importance factor is defined by using the collision number of reflected sounds on each wall. It allows estimating how much the speech signal will be enhanced by the absorption treatment. A cuboid room with a size of 107 m³ and a reverberation time of 1.1 s is selected for the simulation. When a Helmholtz-type absorption is treated on the wall with the most significant importance factor, the modified clarity for 500 and 1k Hz is improved by 5.1 dB and 4.8 dB respectively, and the speech transmission index is enhanced by 0.06. The difference in results between the proposed method and commercial simulation code is less than a Just-Noticeable Difference (JND). The absorption treatment on the wall with the most significant importance factor shows improvement greater than the wall with the largest area, and its difference is larger than a JND value.