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The Influence of Smartphone Use on Marine Traffic Safety

스마트폰 사용이 선박통항안전에 미치는 영향에 관한 연구

  • Shin, Daewoon (Graduate school of Korea Maritime and Ocean University) ;
  • Park, Youngsoo (Department of Maritime, Korea Maritime and Ocean University) ;
  • Park, Jinsoo (Department of Maritime, Korea Maritime and Ocean University)
  • Received : 2017.02.02
  • Accepted : 2017.04.27
  • Published : 2017.04.30

Abstract

Lately, Internet-based vessels have begun to appear at sea with the development of ICT. Thereby crews have gained easy Internet access through increased smartphone portability. However, the side effects of smartphone use while on watch, have not been studied seriously despite being a reality. In this study, simulation experiments were carried out using a Ship Handling Simulator in order to distinguish the risks of using a smartphone while on watch. Proximity Evaluation, Control Evaluation, Subjective Evaluation and Situation Awareness to the dangerous situation were used to quantify risk during simulation, and analysis results were compared with cases when using and not using a smartphone. It was found that the degree of risk increased between 1.3 to 3 times given smartphone use. Consequently, this paper represents foundation for the restriction of smartphone use and proposes smartphone usage guideline for ship navigation.

최근 정보통신기술의 발달로 선박에 육상과 동일한 인터넷 환경이 조성되고 있다. 선내 인터넷 사용에 대한 접근성이 높아지면서, 선원들은 휴대가 간편한 스마트폰을 이용해 인터넷을 사용하고 있다. 하지만 항해 중 스마트폰 사용의 부작용에 대해서는 심각하게 생각하고 있지 않으며, 그에 대한 연구도 거의 없는 실정이다. 이에 본 연구는 항해 중 스마트폰 사용의 위험성을 판별하기 위해 선박 조종 시뮬레이터를 이용하여 위험도 측정 실험을 수행하였다. 시뮬레이션은 근접도 평가, 제어도 평가, 운항자의 주관적 평가 및 위험 상황인지 시간을 이용하여 분석하였으며, 스마트폰 사용 유무를 구분하여 위험 정도를 평가하였다. 실험 결과, 항해 중 스마트폰의 사용으로 인해 위험도가 최소 1.3배에서 최대 3배까지 증가한 것으로 분석되었다. 분석 결과를 바탕으로 항해 중 스마트폰 사용 규제에 대한 기반을 마련하고, 스마트폰 사용지침을 수립하고자 한다.

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