Journal of Internet of Things and Convergence (사물인터넷융복합논문지)

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A Study to Improve the Usability of the Smart Sleeping Mask based IoT

사물인터넷 기반 수면안대의 사용감 향상을 위한 연구

  • 곽진영 (대전대학교 한의과대학) ;
  • 양연주 (대전대학교 천안한방병원) ;
  • 임재관 (주식회사 엑스큐브) ;
  • 윤상철 (대전대학교 산학협력단) ;
  • 안택원 (대전대학교 한의과대학)
  • Received : 2022.09.05
  • Accepted : 2022.11.04
  • Published : 2022.12.31
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Abstract

Sleep is an essential factor for living a healthy life, but most modern people complain of poor sleep. For these people, as the need for a means to simply evaluate and manage the quality of sleep increases, devices that can check the sleep state at home without monitoring by an examiner are being developed. The smart sleep mask, which is the subject of this usability test, provides bio-signal monitoring while sleeping so that you can conveniently measure and manage your sleep state for yourself. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the usability and safety of the smart sleep mask, to find and prevent potential factors related to errors in use that may occur, and to develop the comfort and safety of this product. As a result of the formative evaluation of the sleep mask prototype, it was reported that it was difficult to turn on the power and check the results, and that the sleep mask was not comfortable to wear. Different opinions were presented on the size and weight of the sleeping mask by people in different age groups.

수면은 건강한 삶을 사는데 필수적 요인이나 많은 현대인들이 수면상태의 불편함을 호소하고 있다. 이러한 사람들을 위해 수면상태를 간단하게 평가하고 관리할 수 있는 수단의 필요성이 높아지면서 검사자의 모니터링 없이 집에서 수면 상태를 검사 할 수 있는 기기들이 개발되고 있다. 본 사용성 평가의 대상인 스마트 수면 안대는 잠을 잘 때 생체신호 모니터링을 제공하여 수면 상태를 스스로 편리하게 측정하고 관리할 수 있도록 해준다. 스마트 수면 안대의 사용성과 안전성을 평가하여 발생할 수 있는 사용오류에 관한 잠재적인 요인을 찾아내어 방지하고 본 제품의 사용감과 안전성을 발전시켜 해당 기기의 보급과 개발을 위한 지침을 제시하고자 하였다. 수면안대 시제품을 형성평가를 시행한 결과, 전원 켜기, 결과 확인이 어렵다는 의견과 수면 안대 착용감이 좋지 않다는 의견이 있었고 수면안대 크기과 무게에 대해 연령별로 다른 의견이 제시되었다.

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Acknowledgement

본 논문은 2020년도 한국산업기술원의 재원으로 수면산업 실증기반 구축 및 기술 고도화 지원사업(과제번호: P0014279)에서 지원을 받아 수행되었음.

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