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Tactile Sensation Display with Electrotactile Interface

  • Yarimaga, Oktay;Lee, Jun-Hun;Lee, Beom-Chan;Ryu, Je-Ha
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2005.06a
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    • pp.145-150
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    • 2005
  • This paper presents an Electrotactile Display System (ETCS). One of the most important human sensory systems for human computer interaction is the sense of touch, which can be displayed to human through tactile output devices. To realize the sense of touch, electrotactile display produces controlled, localized touch sensation on the skin by passing small electric current. In electrotactile stimulation, the mechanoreceptors in the skin may be stimulated individually in order to display the sense of vibration, touch, itch, tingle, pressure etc. on the finger, palm, arm or any suitable location of the body by using appropriate electrodes and waveforms. We developed an ETCS and investigated effectiveness of the proposed system in terms of the perception of roughness of a surface by stimulating the palmar side of hand with different waveforms and the perception of direction and location information through forearm. Positive and negative pulse trains were tested with different current intensities and electrode switching times on the forearm or finger of the user with an electrode-embedded armband in order to investigate how subjects recognize displayed patterns and directions of stimulation.

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A Study on Functionality of Fashion Design Combined with Technology (과학기술과 결합된 패션디자인의 기능성에 관한 연구)

  • 권기영
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles
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    • v.28 no.1
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    • pp.88-99
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    • 2004
  • The purpose of this study is to observe the significance and symbolic meaning of fashion design which is combined with machines, and to develop excellent designs in aesthetic aspects. The method of this study analyzed the related documents and journal, fashion magazines. The results is as follows. The cyborg discourse and virtual human body in virtual world predict the existence of new human. In present times, up-to-date equipments such as wearable computer have begun to be built-in clothing based on technology, and these dress and ornaments influence on human's life gradually in practicality and ability. These equipments are divided as military affairs, medical treatment equipment, leisure, information access and communication, guard, and business assistance. And according to the kind of item, they are divided by headwear, clothing and accessory. The significance of clothing combined with machine is practical viewpoint, economical viewpoint and aesthetic viewpoint. And the symbolic meaning of these fashion combined machine with technology is dis-identity in digital society, dis-borderness between human and machine and the uncertainty of human being. Like this, the clothing which is combined with high-technology shapes its own unique and individual system. But, this must escape from the limit of medium system itself that is technology to become a future clothing for human, suggest new agenda about human and society, and confirm the human being's existence and identity continually.

Development of integrated test facility for human factors experiments in nuclear power plant (원자력발전소에서의 인간공학적 실험평가를 위한 종합 실험설비 개발)

  • 오인석;이현철;천세우;박근옥;심봉식
    • Journal of the Ergonomics Society of Korea
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    • v.16 no.1
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    • pp.107-117
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    • 1997
  • It is necessary to evaluate HMI inaspects of human factors in the design stage of MMIS(man machine interface system) and feedback the result of evaluation because operators performance is mainly influenced by the HMI. Therefore, the MMIS design should be reflected the operators psychological, behavioral and physiological characteristics in the interaction with human machine interface(HMI) in order to improve the safety and availability of the MMIS of a nuclear power plant(NPP) by reduction of human error. The development of human factors experimental evaluation techniques and integrated test facility(ITF) for the human factors evaluation become an important research field to resolve hi,am factors issues on the design of an advanced control room(ACR). We developed am ITF, which is aimed to experiment with the design of the ACR and the human machine interaction as it relates to the control of NPP. This paper presents the development of an ITF that consists of three rooms such as main test room(MTR), supporting test room(STR) and experiment control room(ECR). And, the ITF has a various facilities such as a human machine simulator(HMS), experimental measurement systems and data analysis and experiment evaluation supporting system(DAEXESS). The HMS consists of full-scope simulation model of Korean standard NPP and advanced HMI based on visual display nits (VDUS) such as touch color CRT, large scale display panel(LSDP), flat panel display unit and so on.

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Trends on Human/Robot Interface Research (휴먼/로봇 인터페이스 연구동향 분석)

  • Im, Chang-Ju;Im, Chi-Hwan
    • Journal of the Ergonomics Society of Korea
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    • v.21 no.2
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    • pp.101-111
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    • 2002
  • An intelligent robot, which has been developed recently, is no more a conventional robot widely known as an industrial robot. It is a computer system embedded in a machine and utilizes the machine as a medium not only for the communication between the human and the computer but also for the physical interaction among the human, the computer and their environment. Recent advances in computer technology have made it possible to create several of new types of human-computer interaction which are realized by utilizing intelligent machines. There is a continuing need for better understanding of how to design human/robot interface(HRI) to make for a more natural and efficient flow of information and feedback between robot systems and their users in both directions. In this paper, we explain the concept and the scope of HRI and review the current research trends of domestic and foreign HRL. The recommended research directions in the near future are also discussed based upon a comparative study of domestic and foreign HRI technology.

Consideration of Human Operators in Man-Machine Systems

  • Jin, Jae-Hyun;Ahn, Sung-Ho;Park, Byung-Suk;Yoon, Ji-Sup;Jung, Jae-Hoo
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2003.10a
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    • pp.2471-2474
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    • 2003
  • This paper focuses on the stability and operability of a man-machine system considering a human operator. Some papers' main interest has been the stability only, but the operability such as fatigue is also the other main interest. In a man-machine system, feelings such as motional, visual, and kinesthetic are important since those enable operators to work easily or fatigue operators. A model of a man-machine system has been developed. Motional, visual, and kinesthetic feelings may be considered as feedbacked sensor signals. We also have quantified the degree of fatigue with respect to reference operation. This is a performance index to be optimized. Several methods are presented to optimize the degree of fatigue and the stability of the integrated system. Examples are presented to show that the usefulness of the proposed modeling method and fatigue mitigating algorithm.

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Road Traffic Control Gesture Recognition using Depth Images

  • Le, Quoc Khanh;Pham, Chinh Huu;Le, Thanh Ha
    • IEIE Transactions on Smart Processing and Computing
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    • v.1 no.1
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    • pp.1-7
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    • 2012
  • This paper presents a system used to automatically recognize the road traffic control gestures of police officers. In this approach,the control gestures of traffic police officers are captured in the form of depth images.A human skeleton is then constructed using a kinematic model. The feature vector describing a traffic control gesture is built from the relative angles found amongst the joints of the constructed human skeleton. We utilize Support Vector Machines (SVMs) to perform the gesture recognition. Experiments show that our proposed method is robust and efficient and is suitable for real-time application. We also present a testbed system based on the SVMs trained data for real-time traffic gesture recognition.

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Development of a Driving Simulator for Telematics Human-Machine Interface Studies (텔레매틱스 HMI 연구를 위한 드라이빙 시뮬레이터의 개발)

  • Koo, Tae-Yun;Kim, Bae-Young;Shin, Hee-Jong;Son, Young-Tak;Suh, Myung-Won
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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    • v.17 no.4
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    • pp.16-23
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    • 2009
  • Driving simulators are useful tools not only to test the components of future cars but also to evaluate the telematics service and HMI (Human-Machine Interface). However driving simulators cannot be implemented to test and evaluate the telematics service system because the GPS (Global Positioning System) which contains basic functional support for the telematics module do not work in the VR (virtual reality) environment. This paper presents a method to implement telematics service to a driving simulator by developing the GPS simulator which is able to emulate GPS satellite signals consist of NMEA-0183 protocol and RS232C communication standards. It is expected that the driving simulator with the GPS simulator can be used to study HMI and human-factor evaluations of the commercial telematics system to realize the HiLES (Human-in-the-Loop Evaluation System).

The Design and Implementation of Embedded Linux-Based Industrial Wireless HMI Software Module (임베디드 리눅스 기반 산업용 무선 HMI 소프트웨어 모듈 설계 및 구현)

  • Choi, Suk-Young;Moon, Seung-Jin
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems
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    • v.17 no.3
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    • pp.336-342
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    • 2007
  • Industrial HMI(Human Machine Interface) system is the main element among the factory automation processes and have been used to monitor and control operation and status of machine in factory with PLC. This HMI often brings heavy loads to the system development and difficult decreasing the system because it tends to use a specific system per each manufacturer. Therefore, in this thesis, we have developed an embedded linux-based embedded industrial HMI software modules which can be used for touch panel embedded system to solve these problem. In this module, we have used the Qt/Embedded software component because it can be used by all systems which support C++ compiler without modifying the existing codes. We can design more flexible system and network configuration because we have used the wireless communication module. In this thesis, we implement linux-based HMI software modules which are capable of wireless communication as well as bringing the mobility to the overall system and finally decreasing the system development loads by using the general purpose OS with competitive price.

A method and analysis of human-error management of a semiconductor industry (반도체산업에서의 인적오류제어방법 및 연구)

  • Yoon Yong-Gu;Park Peom
    • Journal of the Korea Safety Management & Science
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    • v.8 no.1
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    • pp.17-26
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    • 2006
  • Basis frame-work's base in a semiconductor industry have gas, chemical, electricity and various facilities in bring to it. That it is a foundation by fire, power failure, blast, spill of toxicant huge by large size accident human and physical loss and damage because it can bring this efficient, connect with each kind mechanical, physical thing to prevent usefully need that control finding achievement factor of human factor of human action. Large size accident in a semiconductor industry to machine and human and it is involved that present, in system by safety interlock defect of machine is conclusion for error of behaviour. What is not construing in this study, do safety in a semiconductor industry to do improvement. Control human error analyzes in human control with and considers mechanical element and several elements. Also, apply achievement factor using O'conner Model by control method of human error. In analyze by failure mode effect using actuality example.

Analysis of Workforce Scheduling Using Adjusted Man-machine Chart and Simulation (보완 다중 활동 분석표와 시뮬레이션을 이용한 작업자 운영 전략 분석)

  • Hyowon Choi;Heejae Byeon;Suhan Yoon;Bosung Kim;Soondo Hong
    • Journal of Korean Society of Industrial and Systems Engineering
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    • v.47 no.1
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    • pp.20-27
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    • 2024
  • Determining the number of operators who set up the machines in a human-machine system is crucial for maximizing the benefits of automated production machines. A man-machine chart is an effective tool for identifying bottlenecks, improving process efficiency, and determining the optimal number of machines per operator. However, traditional man-machine charts are lacking in accounting for idle times, such as interruptions caused by other material handling equipment. We present an adjusted man-machine chart that determines the number of machines per operator, incorporating idleness as a penalty term. The adjusted man-machine chart efficiently deploys and schedules operators for the hole machining process to enhance productivity, where operators have various idle times, such as break times and waiting times by forklifts or trailers. Further, we conduct a simulation validation of traditional and proposed charts under various operational environments of operators' fixed and flexible break times. The simulation results indicate that the adjusted man-machine chart is better suited for real-world work environments and significantly improves productivity.