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Development of Personal Mobility Safety Driving Assistance System Using CNN-Based Object Detection and Boarding Detection Sensor (합성곱 신경망 기반 물체 인식과 탑승 감지 센서를 이용한 개인형 이동수단 주행 안전 보조 시스템 개발)

  • Son, Kwon Joong;Bae, Sung Hoon;Lee, Hyun June
    • Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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    • v.12 no.10
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    • pp.211-218
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    • 2021
  • A recent spread of personal mobility devices such as electric kickboards has brought about a rapid increase in accident cases. Such vehicles are susceptible to falling accidents due to their low dynamic stability and lack of outer protection chassis. This paper presents the development of an automatic emergency braking system and a safe starting system as driving assistance devices for electric kickboards. The braking system employed artificial intelligence to detect nearby threaening objects. The starting system was developed to disable powder to the motor until when the driver's boarding is confirmed. This study is meaningful in that it proposes the convergence technology of advanced driver assistance systems specialized for personal mobility devices.

Design and development of in-wheel motor-based walking assistance system

  • Park, Hyeong-Sam;An, Duk-Keun;Kim, Dong-Cheol;Lee, Sang-Hyun
    • International Journal of Advanced Culture Technology
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    • v.10 no.3
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    • pp.371-376
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    • 2022
  • The purpose of this study is to develop a walking assistance system with mobility support and life support functions so that the elderly with reduced physical ability and patients who are uncomfortable when moving can move comfortably indoors and outdoors, and help social life. An obstacle recognition sensor module that can be applied indoors and outdoors is installed on a lightweight walking aid. The purpose of this study is to develop a walking assistance system with mobility support and life support functions so that the elderly with reduced physical ability and patients who are uncomfortable when moving can move comfortably indoors and outdoors, and help social life. An obstacle recognition sensor module that can be applied indoors and outdoors is installed on a lightweight walking aid. It is a system structure of an integrated actuator and brake system that can avoid obstacles in consideration of the safety of the elderly and is easy to install on the device. In this paper, the design of a lightweight walking aid was designed to increase the convenience of the socially disadvantaged and the elderly with reduced exercise ability. In addition, in order to overcome the disadvantage of being inconvenient to use indoors due to the noise and vibration of the motor during operation, an In-Wheel type motor is applied to develop and apply a low noise, low vibration and high efficiency drive system.

2-axis Rotation Self-Stabilizing Platform for Mobility Assistive Device Users (보행보조기기 사용자를 위한 2축 회전 자기안정화 휴대물품 장치의 개발)

  • Rhee, Jin
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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    • 2021.10a
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    • pp.590-593
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    • 2021
  • 본 연구에서는 목발을 사용하는 교통약자가 물품을 안정적으로 휴대할 수 있도록 도와주는 장치를 개발하였다. 2축 짐벌 구조를 기반으로 서보모터, IMU센서, 아두이노 나노 마이크로프로세서로 구현하였고, Pitch와 Roll 방향 회전을 상쇄하기 위해 센서 각도를 변환 없이 사용하는 기본제어법과 PID 제어법을 사용하여 비교하였다.

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A Study on the Factors Affecting in Working Poor Household's Residential Ascend Mobility (근로빈곤가구의 주거 상향이동에 영향을 미치는 요인에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Kyoung-Huy
    • Korean Journal of Social Welfare Studies
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    • v.40 no.3
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    • pp.149-179
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    • 2009
  • Purpose of this study is to know what is the factors affecting in working poor household's residential ascend mobility. As a result, Working poor household residential ascend mobility is affecting from age, education, work ability, household type, child, asset, public assistance, region, house position, minimum housing facilities, housing environment, education facilities, lastingness rental apartment, nation rental apartment, the lease of a house on a deposit basis, monthly rent, loaning delay times, debt. Main implication is as following Analysis. First, When housing policies establish, Working poor household's characteristics and individual characteristics should be considered enough by welfare policies aspect. For this, Rent assistance system have to be enforced for working poor household's house loan. Second, Working poor household's guarantee of financial Accessibility for house loan. Finally, Working poor household's residential problem may be solved though efforts that can heighten enough public information and the utilization rate about various in government's house policies.

Autonomous Navigation System of Power Wheelchair using Distance Measurement Sensors (거리측정센서를 이용한 자동주행 전동 휠체어 시스템)

  • Lee, Joon
    • The Journal of Korea Institute of Information, Electronics, and Communication Technology
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    • v.6 no.3
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    • pp.174-182
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    • 2013
  • The power wheelchair is an important and convenient mobility device. The demand of power wheelchair is increasing for assistance in mobility. In this paper we proposed a robotic wheelchair for mobility aid to reduce the burden from the disabled. The main issue in an autonomous wheelchair is the automatic detection and avoidance of obstacles and going to the pre-designated place. The proposed algorithm detects the obstacles and avoids them to drive the wheelchair to the desired place safely with panning scan from sensors of distance measurement and fuzzy control. By this way, the disabled will not always have to worry about paying deep attention to the surroundings and his path.

Autonomous Navigation System for Power Wheelchair System

  • Jung, Moon-Shu;Ahn, Seong-Soo
    • The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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    • v.4 no.1
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    • pp.37-45
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    • 2009
  • The power wheelchair is an important and convenient mobility device. The demand of power wheelchair is increasing for assistance in mobility. In this paper we proposed a robotic wheelchair for mobility aid to reduce the burden from the disabled. The main issue in an autonomous wheelchair is the automatic detection and avoidance of obstacles and going to the pre-designated place. The proposed algorithm detects the obstacles and avoids them to drive the wheelchair to the desired place safely with panning scan from sensors of distance measurement and fuzzy control. By this way, the disabled will not always have to worry about paying deep attention to the surroundings and his path.

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Exploring the Experiences of People with Disabilities in Korea before and after Using Personal Assistance Services (장애인의 활동보조서비스 이용 이후 삶의 변화에 대한 연구: 신체적, 심리적, 사회관계적 측면을 중심으로)

  • Kim, Kyung-Mi
    • Korean Journal of Social Welfare
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    • v.57 no.4
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    • pp.253-274
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    • 2005
  • The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences of people with disabilities using Personal Assistance Services (PAS) in Korea. A qualitative study based on face-to-face interviews with people with mobility disabilities was conducted. Nine consumers with disabilities participated in the study. Study participants pointed out five changes in their life after using PAS: 1) increase in daily life activities, 2) increased perceived control, 3)increased psychological self-reliance, 4) growth of relationships with others in terms of both degree and frequency, and 5) more equalized relationships with family, Finally, article makes recommendations regarding the future provision of PAS.

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IoT based Wearable Smart Safety Equipment using Image Processing (영상 처리를 이용한 IoT 기반 웨어러블 스마트 안전장비)

  • Hong, Hyungi;Kim, Sang Yul;Park, Jae Wan;Gil, Hyun Bin;Chung, Mokdong
    • IEMEK Journal of Embedded Systems and Applications
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    • v.17 no.3
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    • pp.167-175
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    • 2022
  • With the recent expansion of electric kickboards and bicycle sharing services, more and more people use them. In addition, the rapid growth of the delivery business due to the COVID-19 has significantly increased the use of two-wheeled vehicles and personal mobility. As the accident rate increases, the rule related to the two-wheeled vehicles is changed to 'mandatory helmets for kickboards and single-person transportation' and was revised to prevent boarding itself without driver's license. In this paper, we propose a wearable smart safety equipment, called SafetyHelmet, that can keep helmet-wearing duty and lower the accident rate with the communication between helmets and mobile devices. To make this function available, we propose a safe driving assistance function by notifying the driver when an object that interferes with driving such as persons or other vehicles are detected by applying the YOLO v5 object detection algorithm. Therefore it is intended to provide a safer driving assistance by reducing the failure rate to identify dangers while driving single-person transportation.

The Effects of Exercise Therapy on Joint Mobility, Daily Activity, Pain and Depression in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis (운동요법이 강직성 척추염 환자의 관절 가동력, 일상 활동, 통증 및 우울에 미치는 효과)

  • 임현자
    • Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
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    • v.29 no.2
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    • pp.328-335
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    • 1999
  • This study was designed to investigate the effects of exercise therapy on joint mobility, daily activity. pain and depression of patients with ankylosing spondylitis. 25 persons with the experimental group and 25 persons with the control group were conveniently sampled among out-patients diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis at the rheumatism center of H University Medical Center. The control patients were matched to the experimental group and they were selected considering sex and age. The exercise therapy was developed by the author with the assistance of exercise specialists. The program includes muscle relaxation, flexibility, muscle strengths, breathing strengths and straight posture exercises. The 20-minute exercise therapy was carried out to the experimental group once a day for eight weeks from October. 1997 to February, 1998. Before and after the experiments, joint mobility, daily activity, pain and depression were measured respectively. Data were analyzed by $\chi$$^2$-test. t-test, paired t-test and unpaired t-test. The results were as follows : Joint mobility(cervical flexion, extension, shoulder flexion, abduction, hip abduction, knee flexion and fingertip to floor distance) and daily activity in the experimental group after the exercise were significantly increased than that in the control group. The pain and depression score in the experimental group after the exercise were significantly decreased than that in the control group. These findings may indicate that the exercise therapy is effective in increasing the joint mobility and daily activity, and also effective in decreasing pain and depression in patients with ankylosing spondylitis, Accordingly, the exercise therapy can be adopted as an effective nursing intervention for ankylosing spondylitis.

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Morphological control and electrostatic deposition of silver nanoparticles produced by condensation-evaporation method (증발-응축법에 의해 발생된 은(silver) 나노입자의 구조제어 및 전기적 부착 특성 연구)

  • Kim, Whidong;Ahn, Ji Young;Kim, Soo Hyung
    • Particle and aerosol research
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    • v.5 no.2
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    • pp.83-90
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    • 2009
  • This paper describes a condensation-evaporation method (CEM) to produce size-controlled spherical silver nanoparticles by perturbing coagulation and coalescence processes in the gas phase. Polydisperse silver nanoparticles generated by the CEM were first introduced into a differential mobility analyzer (DMA) to select a group of silver nanoparticles with same electrical mobility, which also enables to make a group of nanoparticles with elongated structures and same projected area. These silver nanoparticles selected by the DMA were then in-situ sintered at ${\sim}600^{\circ}C$, and then they were observed to turn into spherical shaped nanoparticles by the rapid coalescence process. With the assistance of modified converging-typed quartz reactor, we can also produce the 10 times higher number concentration of silver nanoparticles compared with a general quartz reactor with uniform diameter. Finally, the spherical silver nanoparticles with 30 nm were electrostatically deposited on the surface of silicon substrate with the coverage rate of ~4%/hr. This useful preparation method of size-controlled monodisperse silver nanoparticles developed in this work can be applied to the various studies for characterizing the physical, chemical, optical, and biological properties of nanoparticles as a function of their size.

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