• Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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• v.11 no.11
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• pp.63-74
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• 2020

AI products are used 'AI assistants' as embedded in smart phones, speakers, appliances as agents. Studies on anthropomorphism, such as personality, voice with a weak AI are being conducted. Role and function of AI agents will expand from development of AI technology. Various attributes related to the agent, such as user type, usage environment, appearance of the agent will need to be considered. This study intends to categorize interaction factors related to agents from the user's perspective through analysis of concept videos which agents with strong AI. Framework for analysis was built on the basis of theoretical considerations for agents. Concept videos were collected from YouTube. They are analyzed according to perspectives on environment, user, agent. It was categorized into 8 attributes: viewpoint, space, shape, agent behavior, interlocking device, agent interface, usage status, and user interface. It can be used as reference when developing, predicting agents to be commercialized in the future.

• Journal of Digital Contents Society
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.319-326
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• 2009

In this paper, we present an algorithm which recognize hand shape in real time using only image without adhering separate sensor. Hand recognizes using edge orientation histogram, which comes under a constant quantity of 2D appearances because hand shape is intricate. This method suit hand pose recognition in real time because it extracts hand space accurately, has little computation quantity, and is less sensitive to lighting change using color information in complicated background. Method which reduces recognition error using principal component analysis(PCA) method to can recognize through hand shape presentation direction change is explained. A case that hand shape changes by turning 3D also by using this method is possible to recognize. Human interface system manufacture technique, which controls a home electric appliance or game using, suggested method at experience could be applied.

• Information and Communications Magazine
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• v.17 no.11
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• pp.45-62
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• 2000

IEEE1394 기술은 오디오 비디오 기기의 디지털화가 이루어지고 멀티미디어 환경이 부상함에 따라 이들간의 공통된 새로운 인터페이스 방식의 필요에 의해 발생한 직렬 버스 방식을 이용한 디지털 인터페이스 방식으로, USB가 제공하지 못하는 고속의 실시간 데이터 전송을 가능하게 해 주는 차세대 핵심 기술이다. 기가비트급의 높은 데이터 전송율을 자랑하는 IEEE1394 기술은 따라서 멀티미디어 PC와 오디오/비디오 등 높은 대역폭을 요구하는 가전기기를 하나로 묶어줄 수 있는 유일한 기술이며, 그 위에 TCP/IP 프로토콜을 얹어서 인터넷과도 직접 연결되므로, 옥내 통신망 구축을 위하여 제안되고 있는 HomeRF나 Bluetooth, 그리고 IEEE802.11 계열이 기술들과 비교하면 그 효용성과 기능성, 그리고 필요성과 속도 면에서 다른 위치를 점유하고 있다. 따라서 IEEE1394 기술은 Home Network의 Backbone 역학을 담당할 수 있으므로, IEEE1394 기술이 갖고 있는 미래의 시장 규모는 가히 폭발적이라 할 수 있다. 우리 나라에서도 삼성과 대우, 그리고 LG 전자 등을 중심으로 IEEE1394 칩셋과 그 응용 제품들이 선보이고 있으며, 대학과 연구소 그리고 중소 기업 등에서도 괄목할 만한 결과를 얻고 있다. 본 고에서느 앞으로의 시장 성장성 및 국가 경쟁력을 위해 새 천년의 화두가 되고 있는 표준화와 기술 개발의 핵심에 있는 홈 네트워크 기술의 개요를 간단히 알아 보고, 이 홈 네트워크 기술의 궁극적인 솔루션으로 알려진 IEEE1394 기술의 개발 동향과 시장 현황을 살펴본 후 1394TA를 중심으로 이루어지고 있는 IEEE1394 관련 기술의 표준화 전망을 조명하였다. 그리고 IEEE1394 기술에 관련된 기술을 개발하고 이 기술을 바탕으로 특허를 획득한 후 국제 표준으로 승인되는 절차를 추구하며 최근에 출범한 한국의 순수 민간 단체인 1394 Forum의 활동을 소개하고자 한다.

• Archives of design research
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• v.14
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• pp.1-7
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• 1996

Designers often hesitate to decide the shape, size, and layout of a product. Though ergonomic principles and data are absolutely needed in this process, they don have enough guidelines to refer. For the refrigerator designers, they also are not convinced of their decision: the vertical position of the freezing and refrigerating rooms, the height of shelves, the shape of door-handle, etc. To support the refrigerator design, we applied several ergonomic methods to the evaluation of refrigerator. EMG was measured to evaluate the load of users lumbar muscle. Based upon the experimental EMG data, we developed a model to estimate the relative load corresponding to the height of refrigerator shelves. Two different layouts of a refrigerator, R/F and F/R styles, were compared with the model. A three-dimensional motion analysis method was used to evaluate the users motion of using a refrigerator. Ten door-handles with the different shapes and positions were evaluated by tracking the rotations of the users arm. Video protocol analysis was used to evaluate the user interface of a control panel in a refrigerator. Finally, we suggested several ergonomic design guidelines based on the facts found in this research and the anthropometric data of the Korean adults. The results of this study can be applied to the ergonomic design of refrigerators

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2003.10a
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• pp.129-132
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• 2003

In this paper, which sees the Strong-ARM SA1110 it used the main CPU and RTP in VoIP system. It will be able to apply the information communication field it embodied. It used the Tynux_box2 with the hardware side and it composed a VOIP system. And it used the RTP which is a real-time protocol in software control portion. The development environment of the paper that used the Target board and a Linux PC for connection used the RS-232C, USB connection, Ethernet LAN. The VoIP the environment for a communication used the wave file in the substitution which changes analog signal with the digital signal. And For the communication of the both sides it used the socket. This paper explained the fact that against a general technique from the operation of VoIP system. Using the Embedded linux development board which explained an operational process of the RTP protocol.

• Archives of design research
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.237-244
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• 1998

Rapid prototyping is an efficient method to evaluate the usability of electric home appliances. However, the use of rapid prototyping method in usability tests has not been sufficiently validated. The purpose of this study was to validate computer-generated prototypes whether they can replace real products in usability tests. The control-display panel of a refrigerator was selected for this study. Sixteen female subjects participated in a between-subjects experiment: Eight subjects of them used the real refrigerator while others used the computer-generated prototype of the refrigerator. The difference between the refrigerator and the prototype was analyzed in terms of task failure rate, task completion time, and the number of buttons pressed for three typical tasks: clock setting, selecting an operation mode for refrigerating room, and selecting an rapid freezing mode. The results of a non-parametric statistical test showed that the prototype was not significantly different from the real refrigerator. Therefore, the rapid prototyping technique can be applied to the usability tests for the simple electric home appliances such as the refrigerator.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics and Information Engineers
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• v.52 no.3
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• pp.96-101
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• 2015

This paper describes a design and implementation of the NFC bridge chip which performs interface between kinds of devices and mobile phones including NFC controller through NFC communication. The NFC bridge chip consists of the digital part and the analog part which are based on NFC Forum standard. Therefore the chip treats RF signals and then transforms the signal to digital data, so it can interface kinds of devices with the digital data. Especially the chip is able to detect RF signals and then wake up the host processor of a device. The wakeup function dramatically decreases the power consumption of the device. The carrier frequency is 13.56MHz, and the data rate is up to 424kbps. The chip has been fabricated with SMIC 180nm mixed-mode technology. Additionally an NFC bridge chip application to the blood glucose measurement system is described for an application example.

• The KIPS Transactions:PartD
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• v.11D no.2
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• pp.443-452
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• 2004

The paper presents an intelligent space management system for ubiquitous computing. The system is basically a home/office automation system that could control light, electronic key, and home appliances such as TV and audio. On top of these basic capabilities, there are four elegant features in the system. First, we can access the system using either a cellular Phone or using a browser on the PC connected to the Internet, so that we control the system at any time and any place. Second, to provide more human-oriented interface, we integrate voice recognition functionalities into the system. Third, the system supports not only reactive services but also proactive services, based on the regularities of user behavior. Finally, by exploiting embedded technologies, the system could be run on the hardware that has less-processing power and storage. We have implemented the system on the embedded board consisting of StrongARM CPU with 205MHz, 32MB SDRAM, 16MB NOR-type flash memory, and Relay box. Under these hardware platforms, software components such as embedded Linux, HTK voice recognition tools, GoAhead Web Server, and GPIO driver are cooperated to support user-friendly intelligent space.