• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2010.04a
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• pp.713-716
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• 2010

위치 정보 제공 시스템은 이동성이 있는 물건 또는 개인이 특정한 시간에 존재하거나 존재하였던 장소에 관한 정보를 제공하는 시스템이다. 시각 장애인들은 인도, 교차로, 계단, 엘리베이터 등 위협요소가 있는 특정 장소 등의 환경 문제로 사회의 참여가 어렵다. 이에 거리 곳곳에 설치된 RFID Tag의 위치정보를 다양한 통신망을 활용하여 중앙 서버의 MAP 데이터에 연계 시켜 시각 장애인에게 음성 및 경고 알림 진동으로 길을 안내해주는 위치 정보 제공 시스템을 설계하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2010.04a
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• pp.53-55
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• 2010

촉각에 의존하여 대부분의 정보를 습득하는 시각장애인의 특성과 촉각정보를 인지하는 특성을 파악하여 기존의 문자정보를 점자로 변환하여 촉각으로 전달하는 것에서 벗어나 시각정보를 손쉽게 촉각 정보로 변환하고 초소형 초음파 모터를 다중배열로 구성하여 24x18의 해상도, 총 432개의 촉각 전달핀으로 구성된 시각정보 촉각전달 장치를 제어소프트웨어와 함께 제안한다. 시각정보 촉각전달 장치를 통해 기존에 접할 수 없었던 시각정보를 손쉽게 촉각정보로 변환하고 출력하여 시각장애인의 교육기회를 증대시키고 나아가 시각장애인들의 제한된 활동을 획기적으로 개선하여 높은 복지를 보장하기를 기대한다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2011.04a
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• pp.467-468
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• 2011

본 논문에서는 촉각전달장치를 기반으로 수식에 대한 그래프와 도형과 같은 시각교육정보들을 촉각 정보로 자동 변환하여 제공하는 프로그램을 구현하였다. 구현한 프로그램으로는 입력된 그래픽 정보를 촉각정보전달 장치의 해상도에 적합하게 다운샘플링(downsampling)을 수행한 후, 이진화(binarization)를 통해 촉각신호를 생성한다. 그리고 이를 촉각정보전달 장치에 전달하여 출력함으로써, 시각장애인들에게 그래픽 정보를 촉각정보로 변환하여 제공할 수 있다. 결과적으로 본 프로그램을 통해 수학 및 과학과 같은 이공계열의 교육정보를 편리하고 빠르게 촉각정보로 변환하여 시각장애인들에게 제공할 수 있었다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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• 2020.07a
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• pp.405-407
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• 2020

본 연구에서는 시각장애 학습자를 위한 새로운 형태의 인터랙티브 웹 AR 시스템을 제안했다. 궁중 기록화를 3D 프린팅 과정을 거쳐 시각장애가 있는 학습자들이 활용할 수 있도록 웹 AR를 접목하여 저시력 학습자에게는 시각적 효과를 더해 미디어 기기를 활용한 학습방법을 개선하고자 하였고, 전맹 학습자에게는 회화의 선묘를 살려 프린팅하여 구성을 자세히 알아볼 수 있도록 제안했다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2023.11a
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• pp.982-983
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• 2023

본 논문은 시각장애인에게 큰 위험이 되는 주거 공간 내 위험 요소들을 감시하고, 경고를 알리는 "시각장애인 주거 공간 내 스마트 안전 시스템"을 제안한다. 주요 특징은 다음과 같다. 첫째, 정해진 시간 또는 음성 명령이 입력되면 이동로봇이 각 방을 자율주행으로 순회하며 위험 요소를 측정한다. 레이저 거리 센서를 활용한 단차 측정값, 열화상 카메라를 활용한 물웅덩이 위험도, 웹캠을 활용한 물체 변위 값을 측정하여 서버에 전송한다. 둘째, 각 방에 설치된 인체 감지 센서를 통해 사용자의 접근을 인식하고, 방에 들어가기 전 서버에 저장된 측정 데이터를 기반으로 스마트 스피커를 통해 위험 요소를 알린다. 셋째, 앱을 통해 관리자가 즉시 검사, 기록조회, 방 정보 수정 등을 이용하여 시스템을 관리한다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2023.11a
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• pp.978-979
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• 2023

시각 장애인들은 식품의 영양 정보 표시 부재로 인해 식품 섭취에 어려움을 겪고 있는 상황이며, 전국 등록 장애인 수는 고령화와 함께 지속적으로 증가하는 추세이다. 이에 따른 돌봄 인력 부족 및 돌봄 예산 증가가 예상되고 있다. 이러한 배경을 고려하여, 본 논문에서는 시각 장애인들에게 영양을 고려한 식자재를 제공하기 위한 과채류 수확 로봇을 개발하고 제공함으로써, 과채류 섭취 부족 문제와 돌봄 인력 부족 문제를 해결하는 것을 목표로 한다. 특히, 본 제품은 사용자의 편의성을 고려하여 음성 인식 기능을 도입하고, 사용자의 요구사항에 따른 권장 섭취량을 기반으로 수확 및 자율주행 배달 서비스를 제공한다.

• Journal of Korean society of Dental Hygiene
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• v.17 no.3
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• pp.331-342
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• 2017

Objectives: This study aimed at helping oral health prevention of the blind and related management plan, which is defined as the influence factors between missing and filled permanent teeth index and general feature and oral health behavior of the blind in Korea (estimates 229,678 persons) using data of the 6th Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey from 2014 Korea Centers For Disease Control and Prevention. Methods: The blind over the age of 30 were selected as study subjects who have conducted health survey and dental inspections in KNHANES VI-2. Estimates of the subjects were 229,67 persons. For analyzing data, general linear models: GLM and covariance analysis were conducted to identify the relation between general feature and oral health behavior and missing and filled permanent teeth index. SPSS 21 statistical program was used, which is possible to conduct complex sampling design, and the significance level was 0.05. Results: The missing and filled permanent teeth index was 8.58 points. Regarding the results of the analysis, R-squared of the missing and filled permanent teeth index depending on general features of the blind was 0.839 points, which shows gender, age, residence, education level, individual income, disability rating, kinds of health insurance, marital status and recipient of basic living had an effect on the missing and filled permanent teeth index. R2 of the missing and filled permanent teeth index depending on oral health form of the blind was 0.728 points, which shows oral examination, dental treatment, smoking and toothbrushing after lunch had an effect on the missing and filled permanent teeth index. Conclusions: With the result of this study, we found the oral health actual condition of the blind in Korea. Therefore, it is considered that the government needs to introduce the personalized oral health education program to maintain oral health of the blind and to develop a program that uses braille and voice device which enables to access and utilize to improve oral health behavior that the government could use it as a reference to establish the policy plan.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
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• v.56 no.3
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• pp.73-91
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• 2022

For everyone, books are not only a passage to break down temporal and spatial barriers, but also a passport to the world. However, books are neither a passage nor a passport for persons with print disabilities. They are suffering from a severe book famine, with only 1-7% of alternative materials in accessible formats. The Marrakesh Treaty is an international agreement promoted by the WBU and WIPO to reduce such access gaps and inequalities. Accordingly, this study intensively analyzed and linked the global book famine and the Marrakesh Treaty for the persons with print disabilities including the blind and visually impaired, and suggested strategic tasks and implementation plans to strengthen the services of the disabled in domestic libraries. The government and libraries should concentrate all their competencies on improving awareness, inducing standardization of alternative materials in the publishing industry, amending and supplementing the copyright act and related laws, strengthening the digital file collection and service of the National Library for the disabled, and developing and applying library guidelines to implement the Marrakesh Treaty. This is because if food supports the body of the disabled, reading fosters their spirit. In order to solve the global book famine for persons with print disabilities, it is necessary to improve the publishing industry's cartels, copyright holders' barricades, and the weak platform of the library industry. All copyright holders, publishers, and libraries should participate in reducing the 95% gap in access between non-disabled and disabled people. That is the mantra of the book famine.

• Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.62 no.1
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• pp.43-51
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• 2018

In this study, visually impaired secondary students' conception of "changes of state of water" was explored. Science inquiry activity for students with visual impairments was implemented to 16 middle school students and 15 high school students from school for the blind. 14 of them were totally blind, 13 had low vision and the others were not identified. Inquiry activities were conducted by communicating with the researcher while students were individually exploring the molecular models of water and ice developed for the study. After the exploration, students were asked to explain the concept of changes of state of water with the model they explored. Opinion on the need and the usability of this kind of tactile model was also asked to them. All conversations were recorded, transcribed, and analyzed. As a result, students with visual impairments answered exactly about the materials used for the model and their numbers. However, they didn't know what the model stood for. They had experiences of learning molecule of water and changes of state of water, but it was a phenomenon and superficial understanding. Students got to understand the molecular structures of water and ice, and had a positive perception on the need and the usability of the model. Based on these results, educational implications were discussed.

• Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
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• v.53 no.2
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• pp.1-23
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• 2022

Access to knowledge and information is a universal human right. However, even after the Marrakesh Treaty was adopted on June 27, 2013, only 1-7% of standard printed materials are accessible to people with reading disabilities, including the visually impaired, and library services are very weak. As a result, the book famine of people with reading disabilities continues. This study, focusing on such severe access gaps and inequalities, analyzes Learning Ally and Bookshare in the US, the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) in the UK, Bibliothèque Numérique Francophone Accessible (BNFA) in France, and SAPIE in Japan, which are considered private organizations leading library services for the disabled in major developed countries. And based on the derived implications and the Marrakesh Treaty, a strategic plan was proposed to strengthen the services of the disabled in domestic libraries. It is urgent to enact the 'Act to Resolve Reading Barriers', amend the provisions related to the Copyright Act that restrict library services, strengthen the organizational capacity of the National Library for the Disabled, raise the service index for the disabled in library evaluation, and establish a library cooperation system centered on regional representative libraries and expand services, etc.