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Analysis of adaptation character of an aroma blast device for reduction of fatigue of drivers (운전자 피로 경감을 위한 향 분사 시스템의 적응 특성 분석)

  • Chung Soon-Cheol;Min Byung-Chan;Kim Seung-Chul;Sohn Jin-Hun
    • Science of Emotion and Sensibility
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    • v.7 no.4
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    • pp.35-41
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    • 2004
  • This study addressed the development of an automobile aroma blast device to reduce fatigue of drivers. We also analyzed the adaptation character of the aroma blast device, The aroma blast device was designed in a way that volatilized aroma is mixed with oxygen (air) and blasted to the outside, It was devised to possibly change on/off time of 2-Port Solenoid Valve using the 8051 micro processor, through which the amount of aroma can be controlled, We conducted an experiment to examine time for occurrence/elimination of adaptation to aroma in 20 college students using 4 types of natural fragrances, The subjects had an average age of 22$\pm$2 years and included both men and women. The results showed that the occurrence and elimination times for adaptation to aroma were 1 minute 28 seconds and 3 minutes and 15 seconds for Jasmine 30%, 2 minutes and 41 seconds and 4 minutes and 3 seconds for Jasmine 50%, 1 minute and 47 seconds and 2 minutes and 59 seconds for Peppermint 30%, and 1 minute 59 seconds and 4 minutes and 11 seconds for Peppermint 50%, respectively.

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Comparisons of Driver Performance with Control Types of the Driver Information System (차량 내 통합 컨트롤 유형에 따른 운전자 수행도 비교)

  • Lim, Hyoung-Uk;Park, Sung-Joon;Jeong, Seong-Wook;Jung, Eui-S.
    • Journal of the Ergonomics Society of Korea
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    • v.26 no.1
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    • pp.1-10
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    • 2007
  • As drivers spend more time in their cars, perception of driving a vehicle turns from utilizing a transportation means into residing in a personal space or even in moving office. Such a perception renders automobile manufacturers incorporate more vehicle functions, especially in-vehicle information systems As the number of system functions increases, the complexity of control and 2 types of display menus were designed after a literature review and a market analysis. With these controls and display menus, the experiment was performed to look into the difference of driver performance and preference on the integrated vehicle control type. Finally, the study suggests the integrated vehicle control type to minimize driver's cognitive load, and to use various functions efficiently. The study also discusses the practical use of the final integrated vehicle control type.

Implementation of the Wearable Sensor Glove Using EDA Sensor and Conducting Fabric

  • Lee, Young-Bum;Lee, Byung-Woo;Choo, Young-Min;Kim, Jin-Kwon;Jung, Wan-Jin;Kang, Dae-Hoon;Lee, Myoung-Ho
    • Journal of Biomedical Engineering Research
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    • v.28 no.2
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    • pp.280-286
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    • 2007
  • The wearable sensor glove was developed using EDA sensors and conducting fabric. EDA(Electro-dermal Activity) signal is an electric response of human skin. There are SIL(Skin Impedance Level) and SIR(Skin Impedance Response) in EDA. SIL consists mostly of a DC component while SIR consists of an AC component. The relationship between drowsiness and the EDA signal is utilized. EDA sensors were made using a conducting fabric instead of AgCl electrodes, for a more suitable, more wearable device. The EDA signal acquisition module was made by connecting the EDA sensor gloves through conductive fabric lines. Also, the EDA signal acquisition module can be connected to a PC that shows the results of the EDA signal processing analysis and gives proper feedback to the user. This system can be used in various applications to detect drowsiness and prevent accidents from drowsiness for automobile drivers.

A Study on the Mechanical Characteristics and Mold Technique of the Automobile Valve Housing using High Pressure Die Casting (고압다이캐스팅을 이용한 자동차 밸브하우징의 주조방안 및 기계적 특성에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Jong-Hyung;Yi, Chang-Heon;Lee, Sang-Joong
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Industry Convergence
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    • v.9 no.4
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    • pp.301-308
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    • 2006
  • Today's automobiles are changing into miniaturization and light weight for saving natural resources and energies. In order to raise the sufficiency of fuel consumption, new mechanism and components are required. Therefore, the expectations on the new materials are very high. Especially, Al materials are widely used to reduce the motors weight. Al using in automobiles is mostly casting material, and the material is developing rapidly in step with technical innovation. Al die casting has become an important field, as we are turning today's motor into light weight. One of the parts in steering system, valve housing, plays a role to reduce the operating effort of drivers. If valve housing being a part of steering system is produced by gravity casting, the space that manufacturing equipments are installed will be increased, and more energies and workers will be needed.

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Analysis of the Irradiation Distance of Dipped-beam Headlamps Using Computer Simulation (컴퓨터 시뮬레이션을 이용한 변환빔 전조등 조사거리에 관한 연구)

  • Cho, Hyun Yul;Lee, Ho Sang;Yong, Boojoong;Woo, Hyun Gu
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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    • v.21 no.4
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    • pp.159-165
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    • 2013
  • One of the leading causes of night time automobile accidents is the darkness of surroundings. Headlamps play a critical role in casting light and providing drivers with visibility. Headlamp design and new technology have been developed recently as research has been actively carried out to increase headlamp recognition. This study statistically analyzes irradiation distance using computer simulation by categorizing headlamps applied in domestic automobiles in the last decade by year, light source, form, vehicle type, and height of installation. After analyzing results of irradiation distance, it appears irradiation distance has been increased by approximately 10m in the last decade. This increase in irradiation distance is predicted to decrease night time accidents by allowing more time to recognize potential causes of accidents.

An automobile brake judder analysis using CAE (CAE를 이용한 브레이크 저더 해석)

  • Kim H.J.;Kim S.;Kang H.Y.;Yang S.M.
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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    • 2005.06a
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    • pp.507-510
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    • 2005
  • Brake judder, which occurs when brakes are suddenly applied to a vehicle driving at high speed, affects the driver's safety to a great extent. It also has a low frequency that drivers can easily feel. Among theses presented, none offered studies using modeling of actual brakes in computer simulation in order to recreate the brake judder phenomenon, and most of them directly applied the frequency generated by the judder. To resolve this issue, this study hopes to develop a computer model that can recreate the phenomenon of brake judder. In this paper, in order to examine the vibration problem occurring when brake is applied on the test car, the multibody dynamic analysis program ADAMS was used to develop a computer model that can recreate the actual braking mechanism while breaking away from the existing understanding of brakes. Thus the existence of the brake judder phenomenon due to DTV(Dist Thickness Variation) and wheel rotating speed was examined through the developed model.

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Development of Millimeter wave Radar Front-end for Automobile (차량용 밀리파 레이더 프론트엔드의 개발)

  • Shin, Cheon-Woo;Lee, Kyu-Han;Park, Hong-Min
    • Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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    • 2001.06a
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    • pp.53-56
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    • 2001
  • This paper has been developed a millimeter-wave radar to prevent car collision. This system needs to progress the problem as follows; (1) Increase of traffic accidents causing damage and injuries due to the increased number of motor vehicles and long distance driving, (2) Need for a device to help drivers who are in trouble due to bad weather conditions. (3) Need for a millimeter-wave radar as obstacles which need to be detected are small. This system is composited with some major technologies, Narrow beams to recognize obstacles or other objects, One-side circuit technology to prevent interference between electric waves, and Parts designed for radar products which are able to transmit millimeter - waves. The system has a various a application Field, Car distance auto-control system, prevent bump collision due to unexpected stoppage of the front car or careless driving, obstacle warning system, Car following system, and industrial and military purposes system. We have a looking forward to propose to develop field tests under various road conditions and hybrid car sensor by combining with other sensors

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An Operation Methed for Longitudinal Flow Ventilation System in a Road Tunnel (도로터널에서 종류식 환기 시설의 운전 방안)

  • Kim, T.H.;Hwang, I.J.;Hong, D.H.;Chung, J.S.;Chung, J.K.
    • Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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    • 2001.06b
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    • pp.87-92
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    • 2001
  • In automobile highway tunnels, in order to maintain a suitable environment for drivers and traffic, visibility in the tunnel must be maintained, and the concentrations of poisonous substances including carbon monoxide must be kept at or below allowable levels. For this reason, in long tunnels and tunnels with heavy traffic, ventilation facilities are installed. When the ventilation facilities are run at full capacity, the environment in the tunnel is obviously adequately maintained, but this consumes a great deal of electric power. Consequently, a central problem in highway tunnel ventilation control systems is to keep the pollution concentration at or below the allowable level, and thus provide a safe environment for traffic, while consuming as little electricity as possible. This paper introduces an operation method of longitudinal flow ventilation systems with jet-fan, dust collector and vertical ducts.

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Popularization of Autonomous Vehicles and Arbitrability of Defects in Manufacturing Products (자율주행차의 대중화와 제조물하자에 관한 중재가능성)

  • Kim, Eun-Bin;Ha, Choong-Lyong;Kim, Eung-Kyu
    • Journal of Arbitration Studies
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    • v.31 no.4
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    • pp.119-136
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    • 2021
  • Due to the restriction of movement caused by the Corona epidemic and the expansion of the "big face" through human distance, the "unmanned system" based on artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things has been widely used in modern life. "Self-driving," one of the transportation systems based on artificial technology, has taken the initiative in the transportation system as the spread of Corona has begun. Self-driving technology eliminates unnecessary contact and saves time and manpower, which can significantly impact current and future transportation. Accidents may occur, however, due to the performance of self-driving technology during transportation albeit the U.S. allows ordinary people to drive automatically through experimental operations, and the product liability law will resolve the dispute. Self-driving has become popular in the U.S. after the experimental stage, and in the event of a self-driving accident, product liability should be applied to protect drivers from complicated self-driving disputes. The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether disputes caused by defects in ordinary cars can be resolved through arbitration through U.S. precedents and to investigate whether disputes caused by defects in autonomous cars can be arbitrated.

Implement module system for detection sudden unintended acceleration (자동차급발진을 감지하기 위한 모듈 시스템 구현)

  • Cha, Jea-Hui;Jang, Jong-Wook
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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    • 2017.05a
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    • pp.255-257
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    • 2017
  • These days automotive markets are launching models that include a variety of IT technologies. Tesla's Tesla model S and Google's unmanned automobiles are emerging one after another. This type of automobile with IT technology provides various convenience to the driver and the driver is getting benefit by various conveience services. on the contrary, it is also true that defects for errors in electronic components cause accidents that threaten the safety of drivers. There is a sudden unintended acceleration among these accidents. The cause of the accident is not clear yet, but the claim that the ECU device caused by the magnetic field causes accident of the car due is the most reliable. But, in Korea, when occur a car sudden unintended acceleration accident, the char maker often claims that an accident occurred due to driver's pedal malfunction. Also most drivers are responsible for the lack of grounds to refute. In this paper, the pedal operation image of the driver is acquired and the sensor is attached to the control part such as the excel and brake so as to discriminate whether the vehicle sudden unintended acceleration accident is the driver's pedal operation error or the fault of. i have implemented a system that can do this.

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