• Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.67-70
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• 2006

A distributed healthcare monitoring system prototype for clinical and trauma patients was developed, using wireless sensor network node. The proposed system aimed to measure various vital physiological health parameters like ECG and body temperature of patients and elderly persons, and transfer his/her health status wirelessly in Ad-hoc network to remote base station which was connected to doctor's PDA/PC or to a hospital's main Server using wireless sensor node. The system also aims to save the cost of healthcare facility for patients and the operating power of the system because sensor network is deployed widely and the distance from sensor to base station was shorter than in general centralized system. The wireless data communication will follow IEEE 802.15.4 frequency communication with ad-hoc routing thus enabling every motes attached to patients, to form a wireless data network to send data to base-station, providing mobility and convenience to the users in home environment.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.43-52
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• 2017

Structural health monitoring has drawn great attention in the field of civil engineering in past two decades. These structural health monitoring methods evaluate structural integrity through high-quality sensor measurements of structures. Due to electronic deterioration or aging problems, sensors may yield biased signals. Therefore, the objective of this study is to develop a fault detection method that identifies malfunctioning sensors in a sensor network. This method exploits the autoregressive modeling technique to generate a bank of Kalman estimators, and the faulty sensors are then recognized by comparing the measurements with these estimated signals. Three types of faults are considered in this study including the additive, multiplicative, and slowly drifting faults. To assess the effectiveness of detecting faulty sensors, a numerical example is provided, while an experimental investigation with faults added artificially is studied. As a result, the proposed method is capable of determining the faulty occurrences and types.

• 통합자연과학논문집
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.62-66
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• 2014

This study aims to implement the emergency monitoring robot system which predicts the current state of the patients without visiting the medical institutions by measuring the basic health status of the user's blood pressure, heartbeat, and basic health status of body temperature in the disaster emergency situation based on the Smart Grid. By arranging a large number of sensor(blood pressure, heartbeat, body temperature sensor) and measuring the bio signs, so the attached wireless XBee sensor can be stored in DB of robot, and it aims to draw the current state of the patients by analysis of stored bio data. Among 300 data obtained from the sensor, 1st data to 100th data were used for learning, and from 101st data to 300th data were used for assessment. 12 results were different among the total 300 assessment data, so it shows about 96% accuracy.

• 한국산업보건학회지
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.78-88
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• 2022

Objectives: To develop the smart sensor to protect worker's health from chemical exposure by adopting ICT (Information and Communications Technology) technologies. Methods: To develope real-time chemical exposure monitoring system, IoT (Internet of Things) sensor technology and regulations were reviewed. We developed and produced smart sensor. A smart sensor is a system consisting of a sensor unit, a communication unit, and a platform. To verify the performance of smart sensors, each sensor has been certified by the Korea Laboratory Accreditation Scheme (KOLAS). Results: Chemicals (TVOC; Total Volatile Organic Compounds, Cl₂: Chlorine, HF: Hydrogen fluoride and HCN: Hydrogen cyanide) were selected according to a priority logic (KOSHA Alert, acute poisoning statistics, literature review). Notifications were set according to OEL (occupational exposure limit). Sensors were selected based on OEL and the capabilities of the sensors. Communication is designed to use LTE (Long Term Evolution) and Wi-Fi at the same time for convenience. Electronic platform were applied to build this monitoring system. Conclusions: Real-time monitoring system for OEL of hazardous chemicals in workplace was developed. Smart sensor can detect chemicals to complement monitoring of traditional workplace environmental monitoring such as short term and peak exposure. Further research is needed to expand the scope of application, improve reliability, and systematically application.

• 정보통신설비학회논문지
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.1-6
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• 2011

The Underground pipeline facility is a general but most important facility in modern world, but its maintainability has been left behind. An automated and intelligent management technology is needed to prevent the wast of social resource and security. In this paper, we introduce Pipeline Health Monitoring(PHM) with Ubiquitous Sensor Network(USN) for inexpensive structure safety monitoring system, and improve its utility by inventing the advanced impedance converter.

• Structural Monitoring and Maintenance
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.1-12
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• 2020

Railway tracks are the direct supporting structures of the trains, which are vulnerable to produce large deformation under the temperature stress or subgrade settlement. The health status of track is critical, and the track should be routinely monitored to improve safety, lower the risk of excess deformation and provide reliable maintenance strategy. In this paper, the distributed optical fiber sensor was proposed to monitor the continuous deformation of the track. In order to validate the feasibility of the monitoring method, two deformation monitoring tests on one steel rail model in laboratory and on one real railway tack in outdoor were conducted respectively. In the model test, the working conditions of simply supported beam and continuous beam in the rail model under several concentrated loads were set to simulate different stress conditions of the real rail, respectively. In order to evaluate the monitoring accuracy, one distributed optical fiber sensor and one fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensor were installed on the lower surface of the rail model, the strain measured by FBG sensor and the strain calculated from FEA were taken as measurement references. The model test results show that the strain measured by distributed optical fiber sensor has a good agreement with those measured by FBG sensor and FEA. In the outdoor test, the real track suffered from displacement and temperature loads. The distributed optical fiber sensor installed on the rail can monitor the corresponding strain and temperature with a good accuracy.

• 센서학회지
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.179-185
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• 2006

We have developed a noncontact temperature sensor using a silver halides infrared optical fiber. An infrared radiation from a heat source is transferred by a silver halides infrared optical fiber and measured by infrared sensors such as a thermopile and a thermal optical power-meter. The relationships between the temperature of a heat source and the output voltage of the thermopile and the optical power of a thermal optical power-meter are determined. The measurable temperature range using a thermopile and a thermal optical power-meter are from 100 to $750^{\circ}C$ and from 30 to $750^{\circ}C$ respectively. It is expected that a noncontact temperature sensor using infrared optical fiber can be developed for medical and industrial usages based on the results of this study.

• 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국해양정보통신학회 2007년도 추계종합학술대회
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• pp.67-71
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• 2007

최근 고령 인구의 증가에 따른 헬스 케어 수요가 증가하고 있고 환자뿐만 아니라 일반인들에게서도 헬스 케어 모니터링에 대한 요구가 급증하고 있다. 또한 의료 서비스를 제공받으려는 대상자의 불편을 최소화하고, 지속적인 모니터링을 통한 헬스 케어가 가능할 수 있는 의료 기술과 의료 정보서비스에 대한 수요도 늘어나고 있는 추세이다 본 논문에서는 헬스 케어를 위한 무선 생체 신호 모니터링 시스템을 구현하였다. 구현된 시스템은 생세 신호 측정부와 무선 통신부로 구성된 센서 노드(sensor node)와 원격 시스템의 모니터링 프로그램으로 구성된다. 센서 노드에서는 심전도, 혈압, 맥파, 동맥혈산소포화도, 심박수를 측정할 수 있고 블루투스 기술을 이용하여 무선 전송을 하여 모니터링 시스템에서 실시간 무선 모니터링이 가능하도록 구현하였다.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제12권8호
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• pp.1401-1407
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• 2008

최근 고령 인구의 증가에 따른 헬스 케어 수요가 증가하고 있고 환자뿐만 아니라 일반인들에게서도 헬스 케어 모니터링에 대한 요구가 급증하고 있다. 또한 의료 서비스를 제공받으려는 대상자의 불편을 최소화하고, 지속적인 모니터링을 통한 헬스 케어가 가능할 수 있는 의료 기술과 의료 정보 서비스에 대한 수요도 늘어나고 있는 추세이다. 본 논문에서는 헬스 케어를 위한 무선 생체신호 모니터링 시스템을 구현하였다. 구현된 시스템은 생체신호 측 정부와 무선 통신부로 구성된 센서 노드(sensor node)와 원격 시스템의 모니터링 프로그램으로 구성된다. 센서 노드에서는 심전도, 혈압, 맥파, 동맥혈산소포화도, 심박수를 측정할 수 있고 블루투스 기술을 이용하여 무선 전송을 하여 모니터링 시스템에서 실시간 무선 모니터링이 가능하도록 구현하였다.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.143-151
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• 2008

본 논문에서는 언제 어디서나 환자의 건강상태를 체크할 수 있는 유비쿼터스 헬스 케어 시스템을 구현하였다. 구현된 시스템은 front-end와 back-end로 구성되는데 front-end에는 온도, 습도, 조도 등 환경 센서 그룹과 혈압, 심전도, 맥박 등의 헬스 센서 그룹, 센싱 자료를 유무선으로 전달하는 게이트웨이, 환자를 인식하는 RFID 리더 기로 구성된다. back-end로는 측정 데이터를 전달하는 포워드, 측정 결과를 모니터링 할 수 있는 모니터 프로그램, 개인별 측정값을 저장하는 의료 정보 수집 서버로 구성된다. 구현된 센서 노드는 지그비(Zigbee) 프로토콜을 통하여 센서 네트워크를 구성하며 초소형 보드에 적합한 tinyOS가 내장되어 있다. 자료 전달을 위한 게이트웨이는 무선 리눅스 단말기로 구성되어 서버로 무선랜을 통하여 센싱된 정보를 실시간으로 전송한다. 또한 의료 정보 수집 서버는 단말기에서 얻은 데이터를 저장 관리하며 긴급 상황 발생 시 연계된 의료진에게 환자의 상태를 보고하도록 설계되었다. 실험 결과 지그비 통신 프로토콜을 이용한 센서 네트워크를 통하여 유비쿼터스 헬스 케어 시스템이 구현 가능함을 확인하였다.