• Anxiety and mood
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.32-40
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• 2020

Objective : The purpose of this study was to investigate the cognitive performance of major depressive disorder (MDD) in military service/conscription personnel who visited the psychiatric clinic for a medical certificate to consider the situation from the perspective of Korea's unique compulsory military system. We used the Korean Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-IV (K-WAIS-IV) as the test for verifying the suitable level of cognitive functioning for military service and as the embedded measure with reflecting suboptimal effort. Methods : The study was conducted on 56 (28 males, age 19-34) in/out-patients admitted to the psychiatry department and diagnosed with MDD (DSM-IV). All participants completed a structured clinical interview (MINI-Plus), as well as self-report questionnaires related to demographics and severity of clinical symptoms. K-WAIS-IV was administered to each subject to assess cognitive characteristics. Results : Military group showed significantly lower processing speed index (PSI) score including subtests of symbol search (SS) and coding (CD) score, compared to the control group. There was no other significant differences in the Full Scale IQ (FSIQ), Verbal Comprehension Index (VCI), Perceptual Reasoning Index (PRI), Working Memory Index (WMI) scores including sub-tests comprised of the above indices, and Reliable Digit Span (RDS), Enhanced-RDS-Revised (E-RDS-R) between the study and control groups. Conclusion : This study was the first effort to verify the characteristics of Korea's military group with MDD and suggest the applicability of PSI and processing speed of K-WAIS-IV as an embedded performance index to test sub-optimal effort or low motivation beyond the purpose of testing cognitive deficits.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.31 no.7C
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• pp.691-699
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• 2006

Despite of the in-depth effort to cantrol the variability in IP networks, quality of service (QoS) is still not guaranteed in the IP networks. Thus, it is necessary to deal with the audible artifacts caused by packet lasses. To overcame the packet loss problem, most speech coding standard have their own embedded packet loss concealment (PLC) algorithms which adapt extrapolation methods utilizing the dependency on adjacent frames. Since many low bit rate CELP coders use predictive schemes for increasing coding efficiency, however, error propagation occurs even if single packet is lost. In this paper, we propose an efficient PLC algorithm with consideration about the speech characteristics of lost frames. To design an efficient PLC algorithm, we perform several experiments on investigating the error propagation effect of lost frames of a predictive coder. And then, we summarize the impact of packet loss to the speech characteristics and analyze the importance of the encoded parameters depending on each speech classes. From the result of the experiments, we propose a new PLC algorithm that mainly focuses on reducing the error propagation time. Experimental results show that the performance is much higher than conventional extrapolation methods over various frame erasure rate (FER) conditions. Especially the difference is remarkable in high FER condition.

• Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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• v.8 no.12
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• pp.1649-1657
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• 2005

In this paper, a fast implementation of JPEG is discussed and its application to multimedia service is presented for mobile wireless internet. A fast JPEG player is developed based on several fast algorithms for mobile handset. In the color transformation, RCT is adopted instead of ICT for JPEG source. For the most time-consuming DCT part, the binDCT can reduce the decoding time. In upsampling and RGB conversion, the transformation from YCbCr to RGB 16 bit is made at one time. In some parts, assembly language is applied for high-speed. Also, an implementation of multimedia in mobile handset is described using MJPEG (Motion JPEG) and QCELP(Qualcomm Code Excited Linear Prediction Coding). MJPEG and QCELP are used for video and sound, which are synchronized in handset. For the play of MJPEG, the decoder is implemented as a S/W upon the MSM 5500 baseband chip using the fast JPEG decoder. For the play of QCELP, the embedded QCELP player in handset is used. The implemented multimedia player has a fast speed preserving the image quality.

• Journal of Satellite, Information and Communications
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.70-74
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• 2015

In this paper, satellite communication based video surveillance system that consisted of ultra-small aperture terminals with small-size smart vision sensor is proposed. The events such as forest fire, smoke, intruder movement are detected automatically in field and false alarms are minimized by using intelligent and high-reliable video analysis algorithms. The smart vision sensor is necessary to achieve high-confidence, high hardware endurance, seamless communication and easy maintenance requirements. To satisfy these requirements, real-time digital signal processor, camera module and satellite transceiver are integrated as a smart vision sensor-based ultra-small aperture terminal. Also, high-performance video analysis and image coding algorithms are embedded. The video analysis functions and performances were verified and confirmed practicality through computer simulation and vision sensor prototype test.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.31 no.1C
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• pp.74-79
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• 2006

When DRM systems are built on a specific computing platform and a coding algorithm, the interoperability among them will be improbable. For enhanced compatibility, MOSES has been developed such that it has a structure that can be decomposed into independent modules for interoperability with other DRM systems with IPMP functionality. In MOSES, security in contents transaction is provided by JPWallet which controls licenses with key management. In this paper, we present the structure of JPWallet and how the keys are handled between contents servers and contents-consuming clients. The PDA-based codes from the prototype MOSES system have been ported into PC-based codes and tested for compatibility. Analysis of JPWallet, which is the core of MOSES, will contribute to the standardization of domestic IPMP systems compatible with global standards.

• Asia pacific journal of information systems
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• v.24 no.3
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• pp.371-391
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• 2014

A long-drawn out debate in the field of technology is whether it is value-neutral or value-laden. While some have argued that this debate has been resolved given the increasingly accepted view that technology is socially constructed, this is still not reflected in mainstream research which still assumes that technology is neutral. What is clear is that both views tend to be linked to studies that primarily focus on explicit forms of technology such as technological designs and their usage. These studies, though significant, may be limited in terms of an underemphasis on the process by which these technologies emerge, a process that requires decision-making activities made by different stakeholders and thus involves value judgments. In order to understand the extent of value-neutrality or value-ladenness of technologies, therefore, it is important to examine not only the final outcomes but also the process involved in technological development (including the artifacts created and used). In this study, we explored how values may be embedded in a specific IT application, and in cases of conflict of values, how they are prioritized. We did this in the context of applications development through an examination of the stages ranging from requirements analysis to coding to testing and deployment.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2016.10a
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• pp.497-500
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• 2016

최근 임베디드 소프트웨어의 신뢰성과 안전성을 보장하기 위하여 코딩룰인 MISRA-C를 자동차 뿐만 아니라 군사, 의료 분야등 광범위한 분야에서 이용하고 있다. 하지만 MISRA-C가 자동차 시스템분야의 MISRA 가이드를 이용하여 개발되었기 때문에 타 분야의 분야별 특성을 모두 고려하지 못한다는 문제점이 제시되고 있다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 향후 의료기기 분야의 특성을 고려한 코딩룰을 제시하기에 앞서, 의료기기 소프트웨어에서의 코딩룰 필요성을 제시한다. 이를 위해 개발 단계의 의료기기 소스코드에 MISRA-C를 적용하여 정적 분석을 해보고, 적용 유무 따른 실행시간 오류 결과를 분석한다. 분석 결과, 코딩룰을 이용하면 실질적으로 실행시간 오류 발생을 막을 수 있고, 적용 과정에서 기타 다른 실행시간 오류들 또한 해결됨을 확인하였다. 위 결과로 본 논문에서는 의료 분야의 특성을 고려한 특화 코딩룰의 필요성을 제시한다.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.21 no.4
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• pp.394-400
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• 2002

In digital speech communications, the quality of service can be increased by speech coding scheme that is adaptive to the error rate of voice packet transmission. However, current communication protocol in cellular and internet communications does not provide the function that transmits the channel error information. To solute this problem, in this paper, new method for real-time transmission of channel error information is proposed, where channel error information is embedded in voice packet. The proposed method utilizes the pulse positions of codevector in ACELP speech codec, which results in little degradation in speech quality and low false alarm rate. The simulations with various speech data show that the proposed method meets the requirement in speech quality, detection rate, and false alarm rate.

• Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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• v.7 no.6
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• pp.791-797
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• 2004

We proposed a novel digital video watermarking that embeds dual watermarks in the block DCT domain to solve the deadlock problem. Daul watermarks are composed of private watermarks and robust blind watermarks. Firstly, private watermarks are embedded into the lowest AC coefficients of the P or B-frames in accordance with the motion direction gained from a previous frame. Secondly, blind watermarks that have the robustness are inserted into the DC coefficients of the I-frames using a private key made from temporal I-frame motion information. Thus, when a deadlock situation occurs, the proposed algorithm can efficiently solve the problem. Experimental results confirmed that the proposed algorithm can produce good subjective and objective results for MPEG coding with a variety of bit rates. Furthermore, the proposed watermarking algorithm can potentially be applied to broadcasting monitoring systems due to its simplicity and high robustness.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2012.11a
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• pp.51-53
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• 2012

본 논문에서는 임베디드 소프트웨어 개발 시 .Net Micro Framework를 이용하여 디바이스들의 통신 인터페이스를 소프트웨어 개발자가 좀 더 간단하게 코딩 가능하게 하며 소프트웨어 개발자가 이를 디자이너를 이용하여 그래픽하게 에뮬레이터를 디자인할 수 있도록 임베디드 에뮬레이터 생성 방법을 제시하고 디자인 된 에뮬레이터를 기반으로 자동으로 코딩 없이 에뮬레이터를 생성하는 프로그램을 프로토타이핑 한다. 이때, 소프트웨어 개발자가 그래픽하게 생성한 에뮬레이터 디자인으로 하드웨어 개발자와의 의사소통이 보다 원활해질 수 있다. 또한 본 논문에서 제시하는 임베디드 에뮬레이터 생성 프로그램을 이용하면 추가적인 코딩 작업 없이 디자인 된 에뮬레이터를 기반으로 에뮬레이터가 자동 생성된다. 이로 인하여 .NET Micro Framework에서 제공하는 확장 가능 에뮬레이터와 달리 에뮬레이터를 생성하는데 시간과 노력을 절약할 수 있다. 또한 기존의 개발 과정에서는 기계가 모두 준비되어야 테스팅이 가능했던 것과 달리 기계 없이 에뮬레이터로 테스팅이 가능해짐으로써 개발 기간을 단축시킬 수 있다. 임베디드 에뮬레이터를 이용하면 하드웨어와의 통합 테스트에서 버그의 원인이 하드웨어적인 결함인지 소프트웨어적인 결함인지를 판단 가능하게 하여 디버깅이 용이하게 되며 실제 동작과 원하는 동작을 비교해 볼 수 있다.