• 한국의류산업학회지
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.35-43
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• 2024

This study aimed to objectively classify the lateral torso posture types and functions of older women. We used 3D body scan data of 119 women aged 70-85 years from the 6th SizeKorea project. First, we defined three torso axes to represent the lateral torso posture types: posterior waist-back, back-cervical, and whole torso axes. Next, we asked experts to select one of four lateral torso posture types-stooped, straight, leaning back, and swayback postures-by looking at the lateral photographic data of 119 older women. To identify the axis that best represented each lateral torso posture type, a discriminant analysis was conducted using the angle of each of the three torso axes as an independent variable and an expert's visual classification as a dependent variable. Based on the analysis, the whole torso and backcervical axis angles were selected as variables for judging lateral torso posture types. Subsequently, we developed a classification function to determine which of the four lateral torso posture types of a particular participant was applicable for a new individual. The method developed in this study is significant in that it enables the objective classification of the lateral torso postures types of older women.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제44권3호
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• pp.167-175
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• 2023

Chest PA is the basic examination of radiographic imaging. Moreover, Chest PA's demands are constantly increasing because of the Increase in respiratory diseases. However, it is not meeting the demand due to problems such as a shortage of radiological technologist, sexual shame caused by patient contact, and the spread of infectious diseases. There have been many cases of using artificial intelligence to solve this problem. Therefore, the purpose of this research is to build an artificial intelligence dataset of Chest PA and to find a posture evaluation method. To construct the posture dataset, the posture image is acquired during actual and simulated examination and classified correct and incorrect posture of the patient. And to evaluate the artificial intelligence posture method, a posture estimation algorithm is used to preprocess the dataset and an artificial intelligence classification algorithm is applied. As a result, Chest PA posture dataset is validated with in over 95% accuracy in all artificial intelligence classification and the accuracy is improved through the Top-Down posture estimation algorithm AlphaPose and the classification InceptionV3 algorithm. Based on this, it will be possible to build a non-face-to-face automatic Chest PA examination system using artificial intelligence.

• 대한가정학회지
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• 제41권11호
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• pp.1-9
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• 2003

The somatotype classification of this study was to manufacture well-fitted clothes for middle-aged women. The somatotype classification of the upper body of lateral view was based on previous studies, and 4 postures, straight posture, leaning back posture, bent forward posture, and swayback posture were selected for this study. The front of leaning back posture was longer and wider than that of straight posture, and its front neck depth was deeper. Its front interscye breadth was wider and back interscye breadth was narrower. S.N.P. B.P. front waistline length, waist front length, front diagonal length, chest shedder length, front waistline shoulder line length were longer, and S.N.P. scapular back waistline length, back length, back shoulder length, back diagonal length, shoulder line back waistline length were shorter. On the contrary, the front of bent forward posture was shorter and narrower than that of straight posture, and its back neck depth was deeper. The properties of swayback posture were similar to those of bent forward posture. Its front was shorter and narrower, but the results of front neck depth and back neck depth were like those of straight posture.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제65권9호
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• pp.1557-1563
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• 2016

According to recent studies, poor sitting posture of the spine has been shown to lead to a variety of spinal disorders. For this reason, it is important to measure the sitting posture. We proposed a strategy for classification of sitting posture using machine learning. We retrieved acceleration data from single tri-axial accelerometer attached on the back of the subject's neck in 5-types of sitting posture. 6 subjects without any spinal disorder were participated in this experiment. Acceleration data were transformed to the feature vectors of principle component analysis. Support vector machine (SVM) and K-means clustering were used to classify sitting posture with the transformed feature vectors. To evaluate performance, we calculated the correct rate for each classification strategy. Although the correct rate of SVM in sitting back arch was lower than that of K-means clustering by 2.0%, SVM's correct rate was higher by 1.3%, 5.2%, 16.6%, 7.1% in a normal posture, sitting front arch, sitting cross-legged, sitting leaning right, respectively. In conclusion, the overall correction rates were 94.5% and 88.84% in SVM and K-means clustering respectively, which means that SVM have more advantage than K-means method for classification of sitting posture.

• 대한인간공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한인간공학회 1997년도 추계학술대회논문집
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• pp.437-440
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• 1997

The association of poor body postures with pains or symptoms of musculoskeletal discorders has been reported by many researchers. An ergonomic evaluation of postural stresses as well as biomechanical stresses is also important especially when a job involves highly repetitive or prolonged poor body postures. The human body is divided into five parts: shoulder/upper arm, lower arm/wrist, back, neck, lower extremities. A work-sampling based macropostural classification system was developed to characterize various postures in this study. Application of the posture classification schema developed in this study to 7 automobile assembly tasks showed that the schema can be used as a tool to didntify the operation and tasks involving highly stressful body postures. This posture classification schema can also be applied as a basis for quantitive evaluating the workload of manual task.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.127-132
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• 2005

The purpose of this study is to compare representative posture classification schemes of OWAS, RULA and REBA in terms of correctness for postural load. The comparison was based on the evaluation results by the three methods for 224 working postures sampled from steel, electronics, automotive, and chemical industries. The results showed that OWAS and REBA generally underestimated postural stress than RULA irrespective of industry type, work performed and whether or not leg posture is balanced. While about $71\%\;and\;73\%$ of the 224 posture were evaluated with the action category/level 1 or 2 by OWAS and REBA respectively, about $60\%$ of the postures were classified into the action level of 3 or 4 by RULA. The coincidence rate of postural stress category between OWAS and RULA was just $33.5\%$, while the rate between RULA and REBA was $46.0\%$. It is concluded from the findings of this study and the previous research that compared to OWAS and REBA, RULA more precisely evaluates postural stress.

• 대한인간공학회지
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.39-46
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• 2007

The purpose of this study was to develop a comprehensive posture classification scheme considering the effects of external load and motion repetition as well as those of working posture. The scheme was developed based on a series of existing empirical studies dealing with postural classification scheme, effects of external load and motion repetition. Ranges of joint motions, external load and motion repetition were divided into the groups with the same degree of discomforts. Each group was assigned a numerical relative discomfort score of code on the basis of discomfort values for the neutral position of elbow flexion. The criteria for evaluating stress of working postures were proposed based on the four distinct action categories, in order to enable practitioners to apply appropriate corrective actions. The proposed scheme was compared with OWAS, RULA and REBA. The comparison revealed that while the proposed scheme and RULA showed similar results for the working postures with light external load and non-repetitive postures, the former overestimated postural load for postures with moderate or heavy external load and repetitive postures than the latter.

• 융합신호처리학회논문지
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.73-78
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• 2020

근골격 질환은 착석 자세로 업무 및 학업을 장시간 진행하거나 잘못된 자세 습관으로 발생하는 경우가 많다. 일상생활에서 근골격 질환을 예방하기 위해서는 실시간 착석자세 모니터링을 통해 잘못된 자세를 바른 자세로 유도하는 것이 가장 중요하다. 본 논문에서는 의자에 밀착된 착석 정보를 무 구속적으로 검출하기 위하여 다채널 압력센서 기반의 자세 측정 시스템과 사용자의 착석 자세 분류를 위한 CNN 모델을 제안한다. 제안된 CNN 모델은 착석 자세 정보를 기반으로 압력분포에 따른 사용자의 5가지 자세 분석이 가능하다. 필드테스트를 통한 자세 분류 신경망의 성능평가를 위하여 10명의 피실험자를 대상으로 분류결과에 대한 정확도, 재현율, 정밀도 및 조화 평균을 확인하였다. 실험 결과, 99.84%의 accuracy, 99.6%의 recall, 99.6%의 precision, 99.6%의 F1을 확인하였다.

• 전자공학회논문지
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• 제52권6호
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• pp.117-125
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• 2015

앉아있는 시간이 긴 현대인들에게 바른 자세를 유지하도록 하는 것은 중요하다. 자세 교정을 위한 치료는 많은 시간과 비용이 소요되며, 전문의의 지속적인 관찰이 필요하다. 그러므로 사용자 스스로 자신의 자세를 판단하고 교정하기 위한 시스템이 필요하다. 본 논문에서는 사용자의 자세 데이터를 취득하여 취득된 자세가 정상자세인지 비정상자세인지 판단한다. 사용자의 자세 데이터 취득을 위해 관성 센서를 이용한 4개 관절 기반 모션캡쳐 시스템을 제안한다. 이 시스템을 통해 대상자의 자세 데이터를 취득하고, 취득한 데이터를 기반으로 특징을 추출하여 DB를 구축한다. 구축한 DB를 K-means 클러스터링 알고리즘을 이용하여 자세 학습을 수행한 후, 정상자세와 비정상자세를 분류한다. 관절의 회전각도, 위치정보, 분석정보를 이용하여 자세분류를 수행한 결과, 정상자세 판단 성공률은 99.79%로 나타났다. 이 결과로 미루어 4개 관절에 대한 특징을 이용하여 사용자의 자세를 판단 가능하며, 향후 척추질환 예방 시스템에 적용하여 사용자의 자세를 교정하는 데 도움을 줄 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

• 로봇학회논문지
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.463-476
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• 2022

In this paper, we propose a table tennis posture classification system using a cooperative robot to develop a table tennis robot that can be trained like a real game. The most ideal table tennis robot would be a robot with a high joint driving speed and a high degree of freedom. Therefore, in this paper, we intend to use a cooperative robot with sufficient degrees of freedom to develop a robot that can be trained like a real game. However, cooperative robots have the disadvantage of slow joint driving speed. These shortcomings are expected to be overcome through quick recognition. Therefore, in this paper, we try to quickly classify the opponent's posture to overcome the slow joint driving speed. To this end, learning about dynamic postures was conducted using image data as input, and finally, three classification models were created and comparative experiments and evaluations were performed on the designated dynamic postures. In conclusion, comparative experimental data demonstrate the highest classification accuracy and fastest classification speed in classification models using MLP (Multi-Layer Perceptron), and thus demonstrate the validity of the proposed algorithm.