• 한국주거학회논문집
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.45-53
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• 2015

The concept of universal design has become an essential requirement for environmental design, due to the growing population of the aged, and the increasing needs of people with disabilities. This study aims to propose a universal design guideline for apartment housing units that can be adapted to both a general household and a household with elderly or disabled individuals. This design process encompasses literary reviews, and includes the measurements of the dimensions and facilities of currently available apartment housing. The three domestic universal guidelines were reviewed, and a universal design checklist for apartment housing units was developed. Afterward, the individual elements and inclusive factors of universal design, for apartment housing units, were collected and examined according to the each functional space within the home. The results and conclusions are as follows: 1) The factors of universal design are diversified by the division of the functional spaces within the home, such as the private space, the work space and the entertaining space. 2) Due to the lack of space and storage, wheelchairs cannot be used in most currently available apartment types; this problem can be resolved by applying flexibility and optional adaptation. The solutions for the above are additional design factors that will enable more convenient usage and elaborate design.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제17권7호
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• pp.674-684
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• 2011

More and more elderly and disabled people are using electric scooters instead of electric wheelchairs because of higher mobility. However, people with high levels of impairment or the elderly still have difficulties in driving the electric scooters safely. Semi-autonomous electric scooter system is one of the solutions for the safety: Either manual driving or autonomous driving can be used selectively. In this paper, we implement a semi-autonomous electric scooter system with functions of localization and path following. In order to recognize the pose of electric scooter in outdoor environments, we design an outdoor localization system based on the extended Kalman filter using DGPS (Differential Global Positioning System) and wheel encoders. We added an accelerometer to make the localization system adaptable to road condition. Also we propose a path following algorithm using two arcs with current pose of the electric scooter and a given path in the map. Simulation results are described to show that the proposed algorithms provide the ability to drive an electric scooter semi-autonomously. Finally, we conduct outdoor experiments to reveal the practicality of the proposed system.

• 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기계학회 2001년도 춘계학술대회논문집C
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• pp.464-469
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• 2001

This work provides the biomechanical evaluations of a manual wheelchair with a bi-directional driving system. The new propulsion strategy can be accomplished by employing a special gear system that converts the oscillatory motion of a handrim into the unidirectional output motion of a wheel. A main feature of the forward. backward propulsion is to supply continuous driving torque without break. Motion. analysis has been performed through 2-dimensional image processing for measuring the kinematic properties of the upper arm and fore arm. Then, the inverse dynamics analysis has been done for obtaining the joint torques, the handrim forces and input/output powers. Results show that the output power by the forward. reverse propulsion is almost twice as much as that by conventional propulsion. Also, the new propulsion is expected to reduce the fatigues and injuries at arm joints by employing more muscle groups for movement. In conclusion, the forward. reverse propulsion can greatly improve the performances of manual wheelchairs by providing better mobility as well as by guaranteeing several advantages from a biomechanical viewpoint. Future development of a manual wheelchair optimized for the bi-directional propulsion will further improve the propulsion performances.

• 한국생산제조학회지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.92-99
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• 2013

The ratio of mobility handicapped was 12,110,000 in late 2009 about 24.4% of total population. The number of handicapped population is increasing continuously due to traffic accidents and industrial disasters. Therefore, the purpose of this research is to suggest a design for passengers on wheelchairs to get into and off to raise handicapped or elderly people's right of mobility. The scope of this research is mobility handicapped especially wheelchair passengers who use vans, small buses, and trains. The ramp design of vans is module form. The ramp is moved with screw jack and guides are installed on each side to increase stability. Moreover, a bridge was installed for smooth getting in and off of the van. The ramp design for small bus is lowed by 200m in order not to have obstacle such as speed bump when getting in or off. In order to reduce vulnerable environment and administration, air slide cylinder was chosen. Lastly, for the ramp design of train, the principle of link was used that the simpler structure made the weight lighter and installation in the train became easier. If we look at the conjugation condition of heterogeneous materials to produce a ramp, proper welding condition for cold steel plate and stainless plate is 3kW output and 3-5m/min of welding speed using laser beam seems proper.

• 한국HCI학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국HCI학회 2009년도 학술대회
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• pp.552-557
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• 2009

본 논문은 지능형 휠체어의 장애물 감지 및 회피를 위한 하이브리드 내비게이션 시스템을 제안한다. 하이브리드 내비게이션 시스템은 센서정보와 비전 정보를 통합하여, 다양한 종류의 장애물을 강건하게 검출하고 휠체어가 안전한 길로 이동할 수 있도록 경로를 선정하는 시스템이다. 이를 위해 지능형 휠체어에 2개의 초음파센서와 8개의 적외선 센서, CCD 카메라를 부착하였다. 이로부터 들어온 센서정보와 실시간 영상을 이용하여 제안된 시스템은 다양한 장애물들을 감지할 수 있었고 최적의 경로를 선정할 수 있었다. 제안된 하이브리드 내비게이션 시스템의 효율성을 증명하기 위하여 다양한 환경에서 장애물들이 설치된 장소에서 실험한 결과 제안된 시스템은 사용자의 안전한 이동성을 제공할 수 있음을 보여주었다.

• 한국전자통신학회논문지
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• 제14권6호
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• pp.1181-1186
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• 2019

최근에 패스트푸드점, 개인이 운영하는 소규모 식당이나 카페 등에서도 키오스크를 이용하여 주문하고 결제하는 모습들을 흔하게 볼 수 있다. 팔을 사용하는데 불편한 장애인과 휠체어에 앉아 있는 장애인들은 그래픽 버튼을 눌러 사용하기가 어렵고, 노인들은 나이가 많아질수록 새로운 정보를 받아들이는 인지능력이 떨어져 사용하기에 불편함을 느낀다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 문제점을 보완하기 위해 사용자가 키오스크와 상호작용을 할 때 기본적으로 제공되는 시각적인 명령요소에 인공지능 스피커의 음성적 명령요소를 추가하여 키오스크에서 음성으로 명령을 수행할 수 있는 주문결제 시스템을 설계하고 구현한다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제15권9호
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• pp.5738-5743
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• 2014

본 논문은 경사 인식을 통한 비평탄 지형에서의 전동 휠체어 제어 알고리즘에 관한 내용이다. 최근 고령자가 인구가 급격하게 증가되고 있으며, 이에 따라 휠체어 사용 인구 또한 급격하게 증가되고 있다. 하지만 대부분의 휠체어는 사용자의 안전성을 확보할 수 있는 어떠한 장치 없이 사용자가 직접 제어하고 있다. 이로 인해 경사로에서는 중력의 영향으로 인한 차량 제어에 어려움을 겪게 된다. 이에 본 논문에서는 차량이 경사지에서 이동할 경우 평지에서 이동하는 것과 유사한 모션제어를 수행할 수 있도록 차량 제어 알고리즘을 제안한다. 이때 다른 센서를 적용하지 않고 사용자의 제어 입력에 대비 차량의 이동 상태를 파악하여 차량이 경사지에 이동하는 과정에서 발생하는 오차를 인식하여 이를 최소화 할 수 있도록 제어기를 구성함으로써 차량이 사용자가 원하는 상태로 제어할 수 있도록 한다. 이러한 경사에 의해 발생하는 오차 및 이에 대한 차량제어에 대해 시뮬레이션을 통해 이를 검증하였다.

• International journal of advanced smart convergence
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.199-206
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• 2020

A wheelchair is an essential rehabilitation assistant device for the movement of paraplegia patients and generally paralyzed patients who cannot walk normally. In particular, the applicability of the manual/motorized wheelchair is gradually increasing. Until now, decelerators using belt, chain and worm gears, etc have been widely used. However, a decelerator takes a large space although it is a simple device and thus is not ideal for the driving part of manual/motorized wheelchair. For these reasons, in this study we developed a driving part producing a large driving force through a decelerator using planetary gears rather than conventional worm gear-based decelerator. We designed the tooth profile of the planetary gears for decelerator using Kisssoft program, In addition, we designed the driving part so as to apply it to the wheels of conventional wheelchairs, and then optimized the mechanism for the principles of manual/motorized transposition of the driving part and the operational principles. Based on the results of this study, we finally designed and manufactured a driving part for wheelchair decelerator in the form of planetary gears with 1 sun gear, 2 planetary gears and 1 ring gear.

• 한국주거학회논문집
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.41-50
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• 2009

This case study is an effort to provide new knowledge on the U.S. elderly public housing focusing on the residents' perceptions of the environmental conditions. For this study, we conducted a survey using written questionnaires and interviews with 20 residents who rent in Columbia, MO. The recorded interview data was used for final analysis; primary findings are as follows: The residents reported relatively high satisfaction on their overall environmental conditions in the two target public housing, built in 1950s. As the most significant problem, residents perceive the lack of storage space for individual units, Partially attributed to space limitations. In addition, bathroom needs varied dramatically among residents based on their health and whether wheelchairs are used. Therefore, it was found that instead of standardized bathrooms, a customizable configuration for the resident's unique physical condition and accessibility must be considered. The residents also addressed their concerns about security for entrance and foyer areas. Due to the small living areas, they wanted to have available outdoor public space for various social activities. Furthermore, they reported the need for small social gathering areas while friends and family members are visiting them, in addition to their small living units, which average 49.8 sq. ft. each.

• 한국전문물리치료학회지
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.139-158
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• 2003

This study evaluated the community-based rehabilitation services provided by the Wonju Public Health Center from Jan. 2000 to Dec. 2002. Ninety-four persons with disabilities dwelling in the community participated and the surveys were completed in an interview during home visits. The respondents' demographic, socio-economic, and medical characteristics, rehabilitation service received, willingness to receive home-visit rehabilitation services, and satisfaction with the rehabilitation services were analyzed by frequency and percentage. A Likert scoring system consisting of five agreement-disagreement categories was applied to each item, consisting of Very Satisfied, Satisfied, So-So, Poorly Satisfied, and Very Poorly Satisfied. The major findings were as follows: 1) The rehabilitation services used included medical rehabilitation (26.9%), followed by social assistance (23.5%), diagnosis by a physician at home (17.3%), medical examination (12.3%), housekeeping services (6.2%), and vocational and educational rehabilitation (3.5%). 2) Of the medical services, the respondents desired physical therapy at home and free rental of rehabilitation equipment, such as wheelchairs, canes, walkers, the most, followed by home visit occupational therapy, nursing services, and oriental medicine service in descending order. 3) Some of the respondents expressed so-so satisfaction (50.0%) or dissatisfaction (16.9%) with the rehabilitation services provided by the Wonju Public Health Center. These findings should prove useful when planning or extending community-based rehabilitation programs for the homebound disabled in the community.