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고령화 세대의 스마트폰 사용자를 위한 GUI 디자인 융복합 가이드라인 연구 (Study of GUI design convergence guideline for the users of aged generation)

  • 전인규;정진헌
    • 디지털융복합연구
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    • 제13권7호
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    • pp.323-331
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    • 2015
  • 21세기는 전 세계적으로 빠른 속도로 초고령화 사회로 진입하고 있다. 이중 실버세대의 사용자들은 시각적, 청각적, 물리적인 노화가 진행되고 있고, 정보의 80% 이상을 처리하는 시각이 노화함에 따라 GUI 디자인융복합 연구가 필요하다. 본 연구는 스마트폰 GUI의 기본 구성 요소인 색상, 글자(text), 아이콘(icon) 요소에 대해 실버세대를 대상으로 조사함으로써 적합한 시각적인 요소를 도출하여 실버세대의 스마트폰 사용자를 위한 스마트폰 GUI 디자인 융복합 가이드라인을 제시하고자 한다. 이를 위해 선행연구논문 및 관련서적 등의 내용을 고찰하여 UX디자인 전문가와 평가항목을 도출하였으며, 설문에 필요한 화면을 디자인 및 제작하였다. 65세 이상의 고령자 101명을 조사하여 실버세대를 위한 스마트폰 GUI 디자인융복합 가이드라인을 제시하였다.

Implementation of Adaptive Movement Control for Waiter Robot using Visual Information

  • Nakazawa, Minoru;Guo, Qinglian;Nagase, Hiroshi
    • 한국방송∙미디어공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국방송공학회 2009년도 IWAIT
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    • pp.808-811
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    • 2009
  • Robovie-R2 [1], developed by ATR, is a 110cm high, 60kg weight, two wheel drive, human like robot. It has two arms with dynamic fingers. It also has a position sensitive detector sensor and two cameras as eyes on his head for recognizing his surrounding environment. Recent years, we have carried out a project to integrate new functions into Robovie-R2 so as to make it possible to be used in a dining room in healthcare center for helping serving meal for elderly. As a new function, we have developed software system for adaptive movement control of Robovie-R2 that is primary important since a robot that cannot autonomously control its movement would be a dangerous object to the people in dining room. We used the cameras on Robovie-R2's head to catch environment images, applied our original algorithm for recognizing obstacles such as furniture or people, so as to control Roboie-R2's movement. In this paper, we will focus our algorithm and its results.

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ERG 이론을 바탕으로 한 바이마장족(白馬藏族)지역사회 환경의 고령친화적 개선 방안 연구 (Study on the Aging Transformation Scheme of Baima Tibetan Community Environment Based on ERG theory)

  • 유경윤;왕록명
    • 스마트미디어저널
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    • 제12권11호
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    • pp.175-184
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    • 2023
  • 농촌 지역 노인들은 거주 환경이 열악하고 사회성이 떨어지며 노후지식이 부족한 곤경에 직면하고 있다. 이와 더불어 부족한 사회보장시설 및 의료시설의 문제로 인해 농촌에 거주하는 노인들의 자살률은 도시보다 훨씬 높다. 편안한 지역사회 환경을 통해 농촌 지역 노인들이 긍정적인 마음을 가지고 이를 통해 날로 심각해지는 고령화 문제를 해결하기 위해서 연구자는 간쑤성 톄러우향(甘肅省鐵樓鄕) 바이마장족(白馬藏族) 노인들의 지역사회 환경을 연구대상으로 하여 지역사회 환경의 개선 방안을 연구했다. 선행연구로써 농촌 지역사회 환경의 고령친화적 개선에 대한 연구를 살펴보고 이를 통해 이론적 배경으로써 ERG 이론을 본 연구의 이론적 근거로 삼았다. 연구방법으로써 현지 조사 및 인터뷰를 통해 바이마장족 거주 지역의 독거노인 수를 조사하고 국가 표준을 근거로 분류했다. 그리고 노인들의 현재사회 환경 현황이 드러난 사진을 수집하고 이를 통해 파악된 문제를 종합했다. 마지막으로 ERG 이론의 세가지 욕구인 생존 욕구, 관계 욕구, 성장 욕구의 세 가지 측면에서 노인들의 지역사회 환경을 분석하고 이에 대한 고령친화적 개선 방안을 마련했다. 본 연구의 목적은 지역사회 환경의 고령친화적 개선을 통해 노인의 생활환경, 사회성 및 생존력을 향상 시키며 이를 통해 노인들의 노후 생활에 즐거움을 더하는 데에 있다.

Southeast Asia in Japan's Spiritual Market: The Sacralization of Exoticism

  • Gaitanidis, Ioannis
    • 수완나부미
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    • 제8권1호
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    • pp.95-119
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    • 2016
  • From the migrant care-workers arriving in Japan from the Philippines and Indonesia to support the depleted social support system for the large population of the elderly (Ogawa 2012) to the increasing number of retiring Japanese embarking on long-stay tourism in Malaysia (Ono 2015), the Japanese image of Southeast Asia as an exotic destination offering cheap labor in return for official development assistance seems to be fading away. Yet these changes are not necessarily reflected in the way contemporary Japanese, especially those who belong to the global, "spiritual-but not-religious" (Fuller 2001) population, think of and "consume" Southeast Asia in their daily lives. Using three case-studies, spiritual tours, Thai massage, and an NGO founded by a Japanese spiritual therapist, this paper argues that in Japan's large spiritual market, which targets people seeking alternative ways to express their religiosity, the old-fashioned colonial exoticism of Southeast Asian narratives were integrated in a totalizing discourse, in which Japan remains the exceptional outlier (Tanaka 1993), a country still claimed to be "advanced" both spiritually and economically.

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라디오와 노인: 라디오 노인 대상 프로그램을 중심으로 (Radio and Senior Generation: Focused on Radio Program for Senior)

  • 홍명신
    • 한국노년학
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    • 제30권4호
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    • pp.1329-1344
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    • 2010
  • 본 연구는 라디오 노인 대상 프로그램의 제작자들이 어떠한 인식을 가지고 노인 대상 프로그램을 제작하는 지를 고찰했다. 이를 위해 현재 노인 대상 라디오 프로그램 제작에 참여하고 있는 PD, 작가, 진행자를 심층 인터뷰했다. 연구결과, 첫째로, 제작자들은 노인대상 프로그램의 청취자들이 충직한 청취자 군을 형성하고 있다고 파악했다. 노인들은 프로그램 내용면에서는 건강, 정보, 노래 부르기를 선호하고, 진행자와 의사사회관계를 형성했다. 둘째, 방송사들은 이윤 획득이나 청취율보다는 공익 구현과 방송사의 이미지 제고를 위해 노인대상 프로그램을 편성했다. 노인 대상 프로그램은 모두 새벽 시간대에 편성되고 있다는 고정관념과는 달리 채널의 성격에 따라 오후 황금시간대 편성이 되기도 했다. 대상 시청자층은 60세 이상 노인에서 40대, 50대로 확대되는 경향이 나타났다. 셋째로 라디오 프로그램의 제작자의 역할에서는 진행자와 작가의 역할이 돋보였다. 진행자는 해당 프로그램을 상징하는 존재로서 청취자를 결집하는 구심점이 되었다. 작가는 장기간 집필하면서 프로그램의 명맥을 있는 역할을 하며 전문 작가 군을 형성하고 있다. 반면 PD는 방송사의 편성 방침에 따라 6개월-1년 단위로 교체되어 프로그램의 운영이나 내용 면에서 새로움과 변화를 가져오는 역할을 하는 것으로 확인되었다.

특수의복에 관한 실태조사 연구 -한국과 미국의 교과과정과 연구경향분석을 중심으로- (Comparative Analysis of Curriculum and Research Trends Related to Clothing for Persons with Special Needs between Korea and America)

  • 김찬주
    • 대한가정학회지
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    • 제27권3호
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    • pp.13-28
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    • 1989
  • With the purpose of identifying clothing for persons with special needs one of new directions in Clothing and Textiles, this pater comparatively analyzed current curriculum and research trends related to this field between Korea and America. Questionaire was distributed to 25 Korean colleges with Clothing and Textiles department and 4 American colleges known for special clothing study. Questions regarded the name of course, level (grade), number of credit houre, prerequisits and supporting courses, subjects of lecture and projects, way of managing lecture and projects, evaluation system, other special characteristics. Resources for analyzing research trends are Thesis and Dissertations in Clothing and Textiles, Research Journal of Clothing & Textiles/Home Economics Association, College Professors' research reports collection, of both Korea and America. Years of publications are 1972∼1986 (America), 1978∼1988 (Korea). Findings are as follows; 1. Clothing for special needs can be classified into various groups; Clothing for physically handicapped, mentally retarded, elderly, unusual-sized, pregnant/nursing mothers, institutionalized, protective clothing, uniform/career apparel. 2. Management of coursework related to special clothing has several common characteristics specially in America; Building-up coursework, problem-solving orientation, cooperative team-preject, interdisciplinary approach, client-versus-designer preference, community involvement. In Korea, a few school only has special clothing coursework and its scope of study was very limited. 3. Majority of research reports done with the subjects of special clothing had made for physically handicapped people and the elderly. Protective clothing and uniform have recently been paid much interests. 4. Researchers had mainly concerned on Design and Construction Aspects and nextly on social-psychological aspects. However, in America, selection and care aspects and marketing aspects of special clothing have been very procuctive issues recently. 5. Study on clothing for special needs has several opportunities to be stressed and improvements to be strengthened. Opportunities included active participation to the welfare of community society, strong publicity of accurate professional image, share with business and industry, interdisciplinary approach and new job market. Improvements were discussed in terms of strengthening supporting courses/prerequistes, intensifying interdisciplinary cooperation, provoking strong community involvement and securing financial support and research funds.

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노인물리치료를 위한 저항트레이닝 처방에 대한 탐색 (An Exploration on Prescription of Resistance Training for Geriatric Physical Therapy)

  • 신홍철;정동혁
    • The Journal of Korean Physical Therapy
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    • 제15권1호
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    • pp.61-81
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    • 2003
  • There can be little dissension that the ultimate goal of all physical therapy interventions with the elderly is to restore or maintain the highest level of function possible for the individual. Whenever physical therapists take on this challenge, they assist elders in maintaining their identities as competent adults. Advancing age is associated with profound changes in body composition, including increased fat mass, decreased fat-free mass(particularly muscle), decreased total body water and decreased bone density. Along with these changes in body compositions, and perhaps as a direct result of them, elderly people have lower energy needs, reduced strength and functional capacity and a greatly increased risk for such diseases as noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus and osteoporosis. Resistance training is considered a promising intervention for reversing the loss of muscle function and the deterioration of muscle structure that is associated with advanced age. This reversal is thought to result in improvements in functional abilities and health status in the elderly by increasing muscle mass, strength and power and by increasing bone mineral density. In the past couple of decades, many studies have examined the effects of Resistance training on risk factors for age-related diseases or disabilities. We have explored the positive and negative aspects of older adults' participation in resistance training programs. The benefits to older adults are reported to be increased strength, endurance, muscle capacity, and flexibility; more energy; and improved self-image and confidence. The negative aspects include some pain or stiffness and other nonspecific problems. The positive and negative aspects of resistance training are therefore very similar to those in younger populations. Scientific investigations over the past 10 years have demonstrated that resistance training can be safely and successfully implemented in older populations. Even the frail and very sick elderly can benefit and improve their quality of life. Proper design and progression of a resistance training program for older adults is vital to optimal benefits from resistance exercise. The results of data provided by this research on resistance training for health shows that there is enough existing evidence to conclude that resistance training, particularly when incorporated into a comprehensive fitness program, can offer substantial health benefits which can be obtained by persons of all ages. These benefits, including improvements in functional capacity, translate into an improved quality of life.

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A Human-Robot Interface Using Eye-Gaze Tracking System for People with Motor Disabilities

  • Kim, Do-Hyoung;Kim, Jae-Hean;Yoo, Dong-Hyun;Lee, Young-Jin;Chung, Myung-Jin
    • Transactions on Control, Automation and Systems Engineering
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    • 제3권4호
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    • pp.229-235
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    • 2001
  • Recently, service area has been emerging field f robotic applications. Even though assistant robots play an important role for the disabled and the elderly, they still suffer from operating the robots using conventional interface devices such as joysticks or keyboards. In this paper we propose an efficient computer interface using real-time eye-gaze tracking system. The inputs to the proposed system are images taken by a camera and data from a magnetic sensor. The measured data is sufficient to describe the eye and head movement because the camera and the receiver of a magnetic sensor are stationary with respect to the head. So the proposed system can obtain the eye-gaze direction in spite of head movement as long as the distance between the system and the transmitter of a magnetic position sensor is within 2m. Experimental results show the validity of the proposed system in practical aspect and also verify the feasibility of the system as a new computer interface for the disabled.

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사례분석을 통한 주거공간 커뮤니티 시설의 감성적 표현특성 (A Study on the Emotional Characteristics of Community Space in Apartment)

  • 김성연;황연숙;장아리
    • 한국디지털건축인테리어학회논문집
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    • 제11권1호
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    • pp.73-81
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    • 2011
  • The purpose of this research is to analyze the emotional characteristics of community space with recently constructed apartment complexes. The designated subjects of this research are located in Dongtan the first New Town, with 500 to 1000 households and constructed as single buildings for community space are 14 apartment. The results are as follows: 1)The space for day care planned for children's emotional comfort and stability measured by symbolizing image of nature. Also, allowing children to recognize their own space by decorating the walls with the works of themselves and their friends was shown to break down extraneous feelings against other spaces, and allow intimacy for spaces. 2)The space for the aged was shown to give a secure and friendly feeling by considering the psychological and physical traits of the elderly. It can replenish the depressed bodies of aged people with vigor and stimulate their emotion. 3)The space for indoor exercise utilized various visual facilities, such as graphics and images, to bring out specific areas and create affiliation in stimulating the emotion of residents.

사회적 책임활동이 브랜드자산과 소비자태도에 미치는 영향 연구 (The Effect of Corporate Social Responsibility Activities on Brand Equity and Consumer Attitude)

  • 박남구;최호규
    • 유통과학연구
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    • 제12권8호
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    • pp.17-29
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    • 2014
  • Purpose - The use of corporate social activities to implement the concept of corporate social responsibility enhances brand equity and attitude, and strengthens economic competitiveness. In areas such as mobile communications, companies take the responsibility of protecting customers and enhance the quality of the mobile communication service, helping to make an effort to obey the regulations of the public trade order and fair trade agreement, enabling a healthy society through communication with elderly living alone or youths without parents, and enhancing marketing strategies. Research design, data, and methodology - To test the hypothesis, a survey was conducted. The surveyed population includes people who use the big three mobile communication services. The survey was conducted from October 4th to October 14th, 2013. A total of 500 survey questionnaires were circulated and 483 were collected; out of these, 32 were excluded due to missing or incomprehensible information. The data was analyzed with SPSS 18.0 via frequency analysis, trust analysis, search factor analysis, relationship analysis, confirmation factor analysis using AMOS 18.0, and structural equation model analysis. Results - Research on corporate social responsibility has been frequently conducted recently. Companies are perceived as social constituents satisfying the social desires of people in addition to customer needs. Further, companies are returning profits to society to satisfy community needs, because there is greater emphasis on the social responsibilities of companies. Companies' social responsibilities should include marketing strategies and the identification of customer needs. This study shows that social service activities influence brand value, which influences customer attitudes; therefore, social service activities indirectly influence customer attitudes. In order to increase customers' purchasing intention, it is essential to improve brand image via social services and provide a distinctive quality of service. Conclusions - This research has used the purposive selection method in the empirical analysis to identify the effect of social services on brand value and customer attitude. Therefore, this study revealed that businesses, whose ultimate objective is to improve customers' purchasing intention, should promote their brand equity through corporate social responsibility activities and offer a distinct service quality. Limitations in the progress of research were found and future indications to overcome these limitations are suggested as follows. First, survey responders had a limited understanding of social responsibilities; therefore, this concept needs to be explained to people first. Second, the research was done on people who live in Daejeon; thus, it is not representative of the entire country. The research has to be repeated with people in other cities. Third, there is a limitation in the study because the purposive selection method was used on Daejeon customers. In the future, a more precise selection of the population is needed. Fourth, Daejeon has unique geographical and size characteristics. Thus, customers in Seoul and other areas may display different characteristics and research on them may reveal different findings. Therefore, again, this study has to be repeated in other areas.