• 대한인간공학회지
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.1-7
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• 2009

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the legibility of one-syllable Korean characters with the participation of sixteen subjects. The experiment considered nine factors including age (young and old), gender (male and female), illuminance (150lx and 600lx), viewing distance (50cm and 200cm), material type (paper and LCD), typeface (Ming and Gothic), thickness (plain and bold), color contrast (black letter/white background and white letter/black background), and complexity (simple, complex, and number) to examine main effects with a $2^{6-3}\times3$ fractional factorial design. The dependent variables were minimum character size of 100% correctness, maximum character size of 0% correctness, and minimum character size of comfortable reading preference. The results of analysis of variance (ANOVA) revealed that age, illuminance, viewing distance and complexity were significant for all dependent variables, except gender which was significant only for the minimum character size of comfortable reading preference. In general, the young could see twofold smaller size letters than the elderly. The subjects could see smaller sized letters with the illuminance of 600lx and viewing distance of 50cm than 150lx and 200cm, respectively and also with numbers, simple characters, and complex characters in that order. The findings of this study could be characterized about the legibility of Korean characters and be good resources for developing its standard.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제24권5호
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• pp.92-100
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• 2009

This study evaluated the effects of the syllable number(one, two), font type(gothic, myung), color contrast (black on white, white on black), display type(paper, LCD), age(20s, 60s) and character size(2~80pt) on the Korean characters' legibility. Total twenty subjects from two age groups (20s: n=10, 60s: n=10, five male and five female in each group) participated in the legibility test. A target panel was presented in the distance of 50 cm, and subjects conducted a reading tests for, in total, 16 treatment conditions (full combination of syllable number, font type, color contrast and display type). Results showed that two-syllable words revealed better legibility than one-syllable character. The main effects of the age, display type, font type, color contrast, and character size were statistically significant(p<0.01). Paper showed better legibility than LCD, particularly in the 20s and in the character sizes of less than 9pt. Gothic revealed more correct answers than Myung, particularly in the 60s, paper, and white on black conditions. It is expected that these results can provide basic data for the determination of the Korean characters' minimum legible size standards. For example, the minimum legible size for the Gothic and black on white characters presented in the paper should be 5pt for 20s and 1lpt for 60s if the 75% correct reading(3 correct answers in this study) was applied for the legibility criterion.

• 대한전자공학회논문지
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.27-33
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• 1975

한글의 기하학적 배조상의 복잡도로 부터 한글 각 자소의 character generator용 diode matrix의 size를 추산하고 이자소 matrix 3성(초성, 중성, 종성)의 OR동작으로시 모아쓰기 한글의 모든 조합이 가능합을 보였고 수평각음순가성과 수직모음용초성의 자판 선택자, 종성이 있을 때와 없을때의 중용길이의 변경등이 비교적 간단한 논리회로로서 switch될 수 있음을 보였다. 새로 15bit내부 code를 제안하였는데 이는 86개의 sparse diode matrix로시 모든 조합을 다 카버하고 그러면서도 decodig기구의 규모를 줄여준다. The required minimum size of character diode matrix of Korean letters is estimated from the topological complexity of letter structure. The OR aombination of three letter boards (diode matrice) gives all possible Hangout whole letters in proper traditional combined form with minimum required discernibility. Two forms of first consonants (centre located ones for horizontal vowels and leftward displaced ones for vertical and composed vowels) are switched by only 1 bit of the vowel code. The vowel pattern length is modified by again the last four bits of the code. A new 15bit sized inner code is proposed which permits considerably small sized decoding mechanism.

• 대한안전경영과학회지
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.153-160
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• 2015

This study tried to investigate the difference of the legibility in different age groups (young and old) with same near visual acuity and to provide preliminary guidelines for the text sizes in the pesticides products based on the legibility experiments. To achieve the objective, legibility evaluation experiments were conducted to test the effects of different age(20s, 50-60s), gender, font type(thick gothic-type and fine gothic-type), thickness (plain and bold), and number of syllables(2 and 3 syllables) in the same near visual acuity(0.6). The results showed that legibility 50s was higher than 20s. And 20s are appealed higher discomfort than 50s. Considering these experimental results, it was recommended that the 14 pt or larger characters (100% readable size) should be used the important information such as toxicity, and the minimum character size was 7 pt (50% readable size) for other information.

• 정보처리학회논문지B
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• 제12B권5호
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• pp.521-526
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• 2005

본 논문에서는 저 품질의 한글 문서 영상에서 OCR 기반 검색 시스템의 대안으로 키워드 검출 시스템(Keyword Spotting)을 제안하고 OCR 기반 문서 검색 시스템과 비교한다. 제안 시스템은 문자 분할, 키워드 특징 추출 그리고 단어 매칭으로 구성된다. 문자 분할 단계에서는 인접한 두 문자간의 연결을 효과적으로 분리하면서 문자 넓이 값의 분산이 최소가 되도록 하는 문자 분할 방법을 제안한다. 키워드 특징은 서체별 문자 모델의 결합으로 구성한다. 단어 매칭 단계에서는 문자 매칭에 기반한 단어 대 단어 매칭 방법을 적용한다. 본 논문에서 제안한 키워드 검출 시스템의 성능을 평가하기 위해 한글 문서 영상을 대상으로 OCR 기반 문서 검색 시스템과 비교하였다. 그 결과 한글 글자 크기가 작고 문서의 상태가 좋지 않은 경우 제안한 키워드 검출 시스템에 의한 검색 성능이 OCR 기반 검색 시스템 보다 우수함을 입증하였다.

• 대한안전경영과학회지
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.29-35
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• 2011

Safety and health related information for the proper use and handling of pesticides is usually printed on the surface of the pesticide products (bottle type or bag type) in the form of texts. But, the guidelines or standards for the appropriate presentation of the texts for the pesticide products are most vague or not practical. Thus, this study aimed to provide the preliminary guidelines for the text sizes based on the legibility experiments. Total twenty subjects from two age groups (young: n=10, old: n=10, five males and five females in each group) participated in the experiment. First, subjects read the text cards presented in the distance of 50cm from the eyes of the subjects. Eight different text card sets were prepared for different font type(thick gothic-type and fine gothic-type), thickness of font(plain and bold), and number of syllables (2 and 3 syllables). When subjects read the cards, the correctness of reading (correct or wrong) was recorded and the degree of discomfort (from 1: no discomfort at all to 4: can't read at all) was also evaluated for all the text sizes. Results showed that the character size should be 4 pt or larger for the young subjects to read at least one word correctly in all the text conditions. For the old subjects to read at least one word correctly, the character size should be five pt or larder. The average of the minimum character sizes for 100% correct answer is 6.1 pt for young subjects and 10.5 pt for old subjects, respectively.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제13권8호
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• pp.3444-3451
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• 2012

농약의 안전보건 정보 표시는 보통 농약병의 표면에 인쇄되어 있다. 그러나 농약의 적절한 표시를 위한 가이드라인이나 기준은 대부분 애매하거나 실용적이지 못하다. 본 연구의 목적은 시력에 따른 가독성 실험을 통하여 적절한 글자 크기의 가이드라인을 설정하는 것이다. 실험은 20대의 20명을 대상으로 근거리시력(0.6, ${\geq}0.8$), 성별, 글자체(세고딕, 중고딕), 글자의 굵기(plain, bold), 음절수(2음절, 3음절)가 농약 표시 글자의 가독성에 미치는 영향을 평가하였다. 가독성 평가를 위한 종속변수로는 정답률이 0%가 되는 최대글자크기, 정답률 100%가 되는 최소 글자크기, 주관적 불편도를 사용하였다. 실험 결과 가독성은 근거리 시력에 의해서만 유의한 차이를 나타냈다. 정답률이 0%가 되는 최대 글자크기는 근거리 시력 ${\geq}0.8$에서는 2pt, 0.6에서는 2~3pt로 나타났다. 정답률 100%의 최소가독 글자크기는 근거리 시력 0.6에서는 9pt, ${\geq}0.8$에서는 5.3pt로 나타났다. 근거리 시력 0.6과 ${\geq}0.8$의 시력에 따른 글자 크기별 불편도는 0.6에서는 남,녀 모두 평균 15.5 pt에서 불편도 1(읽는데 전혀 불편함이 없음)에 도달하였으나 ${\geq}0.8$에서는 남자의 경우 평균 8.5 pt, 여자는 평균 10 pt에서 불편도 1에 도달하였다. 농약 표시 글자 크기에 대한 가이드라인은 중요성이 떨어지는 정보의 경우는 9 pt 이상, '농약' 표시나 독성 표시와 같은 안전상 중요한 내용의 경우는 16 pt 이상이 적절한 것으로 생각된다.

• Genomics & Informatics
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.74-78
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• 2011

Numerous restraints and simplifications have been developed for methods that anticipate protein structure to reduce the colossal magnitude of possible conformational states. In this study, we investigated if globularity is a general characteristic of proteins and whether they can be applied as a valid constraint in protein structure simulations with approximated measurements (Gb-index). Unexpectedly, most of the proteins showed strong structural globularity (i.e., mode of approximately 76% similarity to the perfect globe) with only a few percent of proteins being outliers. Small proteins tended to be significantly non-globular ($R^2$=0.79) and the minimum Gb-index showed a logarithmic increase with the increase in protein size ($R^2$=0.62), strongly implying that the non-globular characteristics might be more acceptable for smaller proteins than larger ones. The strong perfect globe-like character and the relationship between small size and the loss of globular structure of a protein may imply that living organisms have mechanisms to aid folding into the globular structure to reduce irreversible aggregation. This also implies the possible mechanisms of diseases caused by protein aggregation, including some forms of trinucleotide repeat expansion-mediated diseases.

• 한국결정성장학회지
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.133-140
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• 2006

The growth characteristics and properties of large size $SrAlF_5$ single crystals are described and compared with those of $BaMgF_4$. Transmission spectra in the vacuum ultraviolet wavelength region indicate a high transparency of $SrAlF_5$ (about 90% without considering surface reflection loses) down to 150 nm, on contrast to the optical loses observed for $BaMgF_4$. The ferroelectric character of $SrAlF_5$ is evidenced by the reversal of the spontaneous polarization in a hysteresis loop. The higher potential of $SrAlF_5$ in comparison with $BaMgF_4$ for the realization of all-solid-state lasers in the ultraviolet wavelength region by the quasi-phase matching (QPM) technique is pointed out. $SrAlF_5$, besides a higher grade of transparency, shows a nonlinear effective coefficient similar to that of quartz and uniaxial nature, on contrast to the one order smaller nonlinear coefficient and biaxial character of $BaMgF_4$. The refractive index of $SrAlF_5$ from the ultraviolet to the near-infrared wavelength region is measured by the minimum deviation method. The Sellmeier and Cauchy coefficients are obtained from the fits to the curves of the ordinary and extraordinary refractive indices, and the grating period for the first order QPM is estimated as a function of the wavelength. The poling periodicity for 193 nm SHG from 386 nm is $4{\mu}m$.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.170-191
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• 2024

The transmission of confidential data using cover media is called steganography. The three requirements of any effective steganography system are high embedding capacity, security, and imperceptibility. The text file's structure, which makes syntax and grammar more visually obvious than in other media, contributes to its poor imperceptibility. Text steganography is regarded as the most challenging carrier to hide secret data because of its insufficient redundant data compared to other digital objects. Unicode characters, especially non-printing or invisible, are employed for hiding data by mapping a specific amount of secret data bits in each character and inserting the character into cover text spaces. These characters are known with limited spaces to embed secret data. Current studies that used Unicode characters in text steganography focused on increasing the data hiding capacity with insufficient redundant data in a text file. A sequential embedding pattern is often selected and included in all available positions in the cover text. This embedding pattern negatively affects the text steganography system's imperceptibility and security. Thus, this study attempts to solve these limitations using the Part-of-speech (POS) tagging technique combined with the randomization concept in data hiding. Combining these two techniques allows inserting the Unicode characters in randomized patterns with specific positions in the cover text to increase data hiding capacity with minimum effects on imperceptibility and security. Format-preserving encryption (FPE) is also used to encrypt a secret message without changing its size before the embedding processes. By comparing the proposed technique to already existing ones, the results demonstrate that it fulfils the cover file's capacity, imperceptibility, and security requirements.