• 한국전자통신학회논문지
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• 제18권6호
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• pp.1345-1352
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• 2023

가상현실(VR)과 블록체인 기술의 발전에 따라 메타버스는 게임, 교육, 소셜 네트워킹 등 다양한 분야에서 활용되고 있다. 동시에 스마트워치와 같은 웨어러블 기기의 출하량이 매년 성장하며, 사람들의 일상생활에 점점 더 밀착되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 두 현상의 결합을 통해 측정된 사용자의 신체 신호를 메타버스 캐릭터에 반영하는 새로운 가능성을 제시한다. 스마트워치를 통해 수집한 사용자의 심박수, 운동량 등 다양한 생체 정보를 메타버스 내 캐릭터에 반영하여, 사용자의 신체 상태가 가상 세계에 반영되도록 한다. 이를 통해 메타버스는 단순히 가상현실을 넘어 '확장된 현실'이라고 할 수 있는 새로운 경험을 제공하고, 메타버스에 대한 사용자의 만족도 향상 및 스마트워치의 발전 방향성을 제시할 수 있을 것으로 기대한다.

• 한국정보전자통신기술학회논문지
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.34-39
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• 2018

ICT 기술이 발전함에 따라, 다양한 크기와 형태의 웨어러블 디바이스가 개발되어 지고 있다. 또한, 성능이나 스펙은 현재의 스마트폰과 연결 가능하도록 IOT 융합 제품으로 재탄생 되고 있다. 이것은 4차 산업혁명의 범용 기술 중 하나로, 우리의 삶의 질과 환경을 바꾸는 기술로 집중 조명을 받고 있다. 이와 함께 헬스케어 기술이 결합된 신기술 제품이 증가함에 따라, 이를 필요로 하는 사용자들에게 다양한 기능들이 제공되고 있다. 웨어러블 기술은 기술개발과 함께 지속적인 증가 추세에 있다. 또한 이를 스마트 와치 형태의 제품으로 개발하여 제품을 출시하고 있다. 또한 소형화를 위해 마이크로프로세서의 집적화 기술을 적용한 오픈소스 하드웨어들이 개발되고 있다. 그중 아두이노 관련 제품은 현재 다양하게 만들어져 있으며 용도에 따라 아두이노 프로세서를 개발 툴에 맞추어 사용하면 된다. 이에 본 연구에서는 오픈소스 하드웨어 기반의 타이니두이노를 활용하여 웨어러블 신체 생체 활동 모니터링 시스템을 개발하였다. 타이니두이노는 Atmega 프로세스를 기반으로 제작된 초소형 아두이노 호환 보드로 오픈소스 통합 개발 환경(스케치)에서 프로그램이 가능하다. 웨어러블 신체 생체 활동 모니터링 시스템은 일상적인 건강관리를 할 수 있는 스마트 u-Healthcare 시스템이라는 것이 큰 장점이라 할 수 있겠다.

• 한국의류산업학회지
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• 제23권6호
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• pp.860-868
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• 2021

Clothing has a very important role in human life, and it is the most human-friendly platform because humans wear it in almost all the time. In the recent years, smart clothing integrated with various functions is solidifying its position as the core of next-generation Information and Communications Technology(ICT). With this global trend, the smart textiles, textiles embedded with electronic devices that are capable of performing various functions, have been attracting a lot of attention. Therefore, various research activities on the smart textiles are in progress, and the global market outlook for the smart textiles is also showing rapid growth. Among the various smart textile technologies, the textile/fiber-based wearable display has been attracting more attention because it is an essential element for wearers to intuitively control the functions integrated in the smart textiles. This paper provides insightful information and the technological elements of organic light emitting diodes(OLEDs) display, which have been evaluated as the most ideal device for luminescent clothing. Since, OLEDs have many advantages such as light weight, extremely thin thickness and great flexibility, the textile/fiber-based wearable OLEDs can be worn without any inconvenience. In addition, by introducing previous studies on the textile/fiber-based OLED displays, we intend to consider the commercial potential of the textile/fiber-based smart luminescent clothing using the OLED technologies.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제30권6호
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• pp.503-509
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• 2009

The development of technology has led to ubiquitous health care service, which enables many patients to receive medical services anytime and anywhere. For the ubiquitous health care environment, real-time measurement of biomedical signals is very important, and the medical instruments must be small and portable or wearable. So, such devices have been developed to measure biomedical signals. In this study, we develop the biomedical monitoring device which is sensing the PPG signal, one of the useful signal in the field of ubiquitous healthcare. We design a watch-like biomedical signal monitoring system without a finger probe to prevent the user's inconvenience. This system obtains the PPG from the radial artery using a sensor in the wrist band. But, new device developed in this paper is easy to get the motion artifacts. So, we proposed new algorithm removing the motion artifacts from the PPG signal. The method detects motion artifacts by changing the degree of brightness of the light source. If the brightness of the light source is reduced, the PPG pulses will disappear. When the PPG pulses have disappeared completely, the remaining signal is not the signal that results from the changing blood flow. We believe that this signal is the motion artifact and call it the noise reference signal. The motion artifacts are removed by subtracting the noise reference signal from the input signal. We apply this algorithm to the system, so we can stabilize the biomedical monitoring system we designed.

• 한국전자통신학회논문지
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.337-344
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• 2017

ICT 산업이 변화하고 있다. PC에서 모바일 기기로, 모바일 기기에서 웨어러블 기기와 IoT로 변화하고 있다. 이러한 변화에 따라 IoT에 맞는 운영체제가 필요하게 되었고, 이러한 필요성에 따라 다양한 IoT 운영체제들이 개발되어 나오고 있다. 본 논문에서는 IoT 디바이스들을 지원하는 IoT 운영체제의 종류에 대해 논의하고, 기술동향을 분석하고자 한다.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.566-579
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• 2012

Ubiquitous computing called pervasive one is based on the thought of pervading ability of computation in daily life applications. In other words, it aims to include computation in devices such as electronic equipment and automobiles. This has led to disengagement of computers from desktop form. Accordingly, the notice in ubiquitous computing being taken of a world steeped in remote and wireless computer-based-services. Handheld and wearable programmed devices such as sense and control appliances are such devices. This advancement is rapidly moving domestic tasks and life from device-and-human communication to the device-and-device model. This model called Machine to Machine (M2M) has led to acceleration of developments in sciences such as nano-science, bio-science, and information science. As a result, M2M led to appearance of applications in various fields such as, environment monitoring, agricultural, health care, logistics, and business. Since it is envisaged that M2M communications will play a big role in the future in all wireless applications and will be emerged as a progressive linkage for next-generation communications, this paper aims to consider how much M2M architectures can realize ubiquitous computing in daily life applications. This is carried out after acquainting and initiating readers with M2M architectures and arguments for M2M. Some of the applications was not achievable before but are becoming viable owing to emergence of M2M communications.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2008년도 추계학술대회 논문집 Vol.21
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• pp.193-193
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• 2008

Wearable and ubiquitous micro systems will be greatly growing and their related devices should be self-powered in order to avoid the replacement of finite power sources, for example, by scavenging energy from the environment. With ever reducing power requirements of both analog and digital circuits, power scavenging approaches are becoming increasingly realistic. One approach is to drive an electromechanical converter from ambient motion or vibration. Vibration-driven generators based on electromagnetic, electrostatic and piezoelectric technologies have been demonstrated. Among various generator types proposed so far, piezoelectric generator possesses considerable potential in micro system. To overcome low mechanical-to-electric energy conversion, the piezoelectric device should activate in resonance mode in response to external vibration. Normally, the external vibration excretes at low frequency ranging 0.1 to 200 Hz, whereas the resonant frequencies of the devices are fixed as constant. Therefore, keeping their resonant mode in varying external vibration can be one of important points in enhancing the conversion efficiency. We investigated the possibility of use of multi-bender type piezoelectric devices. To match the external vibration frequency with the device resonant frequency, the various devices with different resonant frequency were chosen.

• 센서학회지
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.239-244
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• 2017

Noninvasive, cuffless, and continuous blood pressure (BP) monitoring is essential to prevent and control hypertension. A well-known existing method for this measurement is pulse transit time (PTT), which has been investigated by many researchers as a promising approach. However, the fundamental principle of the PTT method is based on the time interval taken by a pulse wave to propagate between the proximal and distal arterial sites. Consequently, this method needs an independent system with two devices placed at two different sites, which is a problem. Even though some studies attempted to synchronize the system, it is bulky and inconvenient by contemporary standards. To find a more sensitive method to be used in a BP measurement device, this study used radial electrical bioimpedance (REB) as a potential indicator for BP determination. Only one impedance plethysmography channel at the wrist is performed for demonstrating a ubiquitous BP wearable device. The experiment was evaluated on eight healthy subjects with the ambulatory BP monitor on the upper arm as a reference. The results demonstrated the potential of the proposed method by the correlation of estimated systolic (SBP) and diastolic (DBP) BP against the reference at $0.84{\pm}0.05$ and $0.83{\pm}0.05$, respectively. REB also tracked the DBP well with a root-mean-squared-error of $7.5{\pm}1.35mmHg$.

• Elastomers and Composites
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• 제58권1호
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• pp.11-16
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• 2023

Electronic skin (e-skin), devices that are mounted on or attached to human skin, have advanced in recent times. Yet, the development of a power supply for e-skin remains a challenge. A stretchable thermoelectric generator is a promising power supply for the e-skin patches. It is a safe and semi-permanent energy harvesting device that uses body heat for generating power. Carbon nanotube (CNT) clays are used in energy-harvesting e-skin patches. In this study, we report improved thermoelectric performance of CNT clays by using chemical doping and physical blending of thermoelectric enhancers. The n-type and p-type thermoelectric enhancers increase electrical conductivity, leading to increased power factors of the thermoelectric CNT clays. The blend of CNT clays and enhancers is intrinsically stretchable up to 50% while maintaining its thermoelectric property.

• 마이크로전자및패키징학회지
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.1-12
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• 2021

본 논문에서는 레이저 유도에 의한 그래핀 합성 기술 및 이를 이용한 전기/전자 소자 제조 기술과 다양한 소자 제조 기술을 검토하였다. 최근까지 개발되고 있는 3차원 그래핀 구조 활용으로 설계된 마이크로/나노 패턴화는 효율적인 제조공정으로 인하여 많은 각광을 받고 있으며, 차세대 기판 소재로의 응용까지 다양하게 개발되고 있다. 산업에서 요구하는 실제적인 적용 연구의 예들은, 레이저의 파장대역 선택, 출력 조정 및 광 간섭 기술 응용 등의 점진적인 해결방안 논의를 통해 큰 발전 가능성을 보여주고 있다. 기존의 그래핀의 전기/전자 소자 장치로의 응용 확장성은 이미 검증된 바 있으며, 새로운 합성 방식 및 기판 적용 기술은 마이크로 패키징 기술과의 통합 운용으로, 바이오센서, 슈퍼커패시터, 다공성 전기화학 센서 등 응용분야가 매우 다양하다. 본 논문에서 소개하는 레이저 기반 그래핀 가공 기술은 가까운 미래에 휴대형 소형 전자기기 및 전자 소자에 쉽게 적용 가능하리라 사료된다.