• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2009.11a
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• pp.279-280
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• 2009

스마트 의류는 일상생활에 필요한 IT기술을 이용한 디지털 장치와 섬유 패션기술을 융합시킨 차세대 하이테크 기능성 의류이다. 이는 소비자의 라이프스타일의 변화와 인간 중심의 감성을 중시한 디자인의 요구에 따라 여러 분야에서 다양하게 연구 개발되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 실시간 기상지수 제공을 위한 웨어러블 기반의 스마트 의류를 개발하고자 하였다. 착용자가 평소 자주 쓰는 의류를 응용하여 답답해하거나 불편하지 않게 스포츠 의류의 형태에 따라 제작하였다. 온도, 조도, 습도, 자외선을 감지하여 분석한 후 기상청에서 제공하는 생활기상지수를 응용하여 자외선지수, 체감온도지수, 불쾌지수, 열지수의 기상지수를 서비스한다. 개발된 웨어러블 기반의 스마트 의류는 외관 형태는 그대로 유지하고 착용성을 높였다. 기상지수는 실시간으로 무선 전송되어 이를 모니터링하게 된다. 제안된 방법에 대해서 논리적 타당성과 유효성을 검증하기 위해 실험적인 적용을 시도하고자 한다.

• Science of Emotion and Sensibility
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.81-90
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• 2008

Recently "smart clothing" has been developed more friendly and human centered design. As the diversified studies on physical factors such as comfort, usability, ergonomics and design for wearer have been examined, the smart clothing has been progressed in diverse aspects. In this research, we developed the design prototype of the bio-medical sensor based healthcare smart clothing and efficiency of clothing. As a result of study with developed designed prototypes of qualitative and quantitative tests for wearability and usability, we come up with evaluation items and supplements. In this study, based on result from evaluation on wearability and usability, the design prototype of sensor based healthcare smart clothing was revised.

• Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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• v.49 no.6
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• pp.13-22
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• 2011

This study investigated the influence of product attribute on initial trust and purchase intention of sensor-based smart clothing. Questionnaires were administered to 256 university students in Daegu, Korea. The results were as follows: First, there were 5 factor solutions in product attribute of smart clothing; comfortableness, health usefulness, management easiness, safety, and aesthetic appearance. Second, there were significant effects on initial trust in heath usefulness, management easiness and safety. Third, there were significant effects on purchase intention in health usefulness, management easiness and aesthetic appearance. Fourth, there was a significant effect on purchase intention in initial trust.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2010.06b
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• pp.83-87
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• 2010

스마트폰의 대중화로 사용자들의 상위 욕구를 충족시켜주는 개인화된 서비스의 다양한 어플리케이션들은 사용자에게 편의를 제공하여 생활을 향상시킨다는 점을 하나의 전제로 하고 있으나, 이를 구성하는 주된 역할을 수행할 서비스들의 요구사항을 부합시키는 스마트폰 성능이 현 기술에 적응적으로 대응하기에는 한계가 있다. 기존 3D VWS는 온라인 의류 쇼핑몰을 위한 시스템으로 사용자에게 의류 착용후의 모습을 제공하여 쇼핑몰 업무의 효율성 및 의류반품비용의 절감과 더불어 쇼핑몰 이용자에게 만족을 주어, 전반적인 온라인 쇼핑몰 이익 상승을 기대할 수 있게 한다. 하지만 3D VWS는 초고속 인터넷환경과 고사양 컴퓨터에서 원활한 서비스가 가능하기 때문에 스마트폰 환경에 이를 수용하고 동작시키기 위해서는 극복해야 할 많은 문제점을 가지고 있다. 이러한 문제를 극복하기 위해서 본고에서는 2D 이미지 확대/축소를 통하여 사용자에게 의류 착용후의 모습을 간접적으로 제공하는 2D VWS를 이용하여 스마트폰 기반 VWS 연구의 초석을 다지는데 도움이 되고자 한다.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles
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• v.33 no.6
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• pp.893-903
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• 2009

Smart clothing represents the future of both the textile/clothing industry and electronic industry and has an effort to make electronic devices a genuine part of our daily life. The researches about technologies innovation and application of smart clothing can be found in previous studies. But consumer researches about perception or attitude toward smart clothing can be hardly found. Therefore, we proposed a conceptual framework that explores the impact of perceived risks on perceived attributes to adopt smart clothing. In addition, we compared differences of this framework among three counties. Korea, U.S. and Spain. Based on the literature review and hypotheses development, a research model was constructed. After data analysis using Amos 7.0, the results can be concluded as following: First, the influences of psychological risk among Korea, U.S. and Spain are same. Psychological risk has negative effect on relative advantage and complexity, but has positive effect on trialability. Second, loss risk was found to have nothing to do with relative advantage. But it negatively influences complexity for Korean consumers and positively influences trialability for both Korean and American consumers. Third, the influences of performance risk for different consumers are different. At last, based on our discussion, some implications were also concluded.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.9 no.12
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• pp.477-484
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• 2009

It is important for the strategy of service to provide the weather information in the environment that the smart clothing has been changed focusing on the consumer center. Recently, the various applications of smart clothing concept have been presented by researchers and developers. Among them, the smart clothing based on the sensors is most likely to gain the highest demand rate in the market. In this paper, we proposed the life weather index monitoring system using the wearable based smart cap. By wearing the proposed smart cap, the weather status is gathered and its signals are transmitted to the connected UMPC. It can be easily monitored in real time. To provide the life weather index according to the sensors, the weather index was analyzed in terms of 6 factors, such as, the heat index, the food poisoning index, the discomfort index, the ultraviolet index, the water pipe freeze possibility index, and the windchill temperature index. Ultimately, this paper suggests empirical application to verify the adequacy and the validity with the life weather index monitoring system. Accordingly, the satisfaction and the quality of services will be improved the smart clothing.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles
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• v.36 no.2
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• pp.218-230
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• 2012

This study examines the influence of innovativeness and price sensitivity on the purchase intention of smart wear. A total of 211 copies of data were analyzed to investigate a structural model and test research hypotheses using AMOS 7.0 package. The results were summarized as follows. First, fashion innovativeness and technology innovativeness negatively affected price sensitivity; however, information innovativeness positively affected price sensitivity. Second, technology innovativeness positively affected the purchase intention of smart wear; however, fashion innovativeness and information innovativeness did not affect the purchase intention of smart wear. Third, price sensitivity negatively influenced the purchase intention of smart wear. This study is useful for marketers and managers who establish marketing and a price strategy for smart wear in an exploration of the relation of consumer innovativeness, price sensitivity, and the purchase intention of smart wear.

• Science of Emotion and Sensibility
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• v.18 no.3
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• pp.93-106
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• 2015

In accordance with escalating demands for advanced technology products, the smart clothing that includes embedded ICT technology have expanded into fields of daily life. As a result of this trend, interest in smart clothing with digitally controllable heating has rapidly grown and the market for smart heated clothing has also expanded. Increasing of prospect in smart heated clothing market, the effectiveness and thermal sensation research of the location on the pad attached is insufficient. This study was conducted to find the optimal location of heated clothing via experimental research on changes in skin temperature and subjective thermal sensation when heating pads were placed on different areas of the body. For this experiment, the subjects consisted of 10 males in their 20's of standard physique. The skin temperature at 11 different areas of the body, rectal temperature, and subjective thermal sensation were taken at different stages (before testing, after a 20 minute rest period, 20 minute treatment period, and after a 40 minute recovery period) in an artificial-climate chamber at $-5^{\circ}C$. As a result, the optimal location for heating pads in smart clothing was estimated and suggested.

• Fashion & Textile Research Journal
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• v.25 no.3
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• pp.304-314
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• 2023

The rapid development of digital technology is diversifying the fashion industry by influencing both the manufacturing processes and the characteristics of fashion products. Although various smart clothing technologies are being developed as part of the government's technology development policy, the number of smart clothing products available to consumers in stores remains very limited. To address this issue, this study analyzes the key attributes of smart clothing as expressed in consumer language. The CIT (Critical Incident Technique) research method was used, and data were collected through an online survey. The study focuses on identifying potential factors that may influence the development direction or strategy of smart clothing. By classifying past experiences and attitudes towards smart clothing into positive and negative categories, it was found that positive responses to smart clothing were heavily influenced by expectations from technology and convenience. Participants' experience with smart technology has had a positive impact on their evaluation of smart clothing. Consumers with negative attitudes towards smart clothing expressed expectations for new benefits resulting from technological development, and indicated that they would consider purchasing such clothing in the future when design and technology improve. Ultimately, this study provides a valuable reference for the development of smart clothing products in Korea by analyzing consumer experiences and acceptance conditions towards smart clothing.

• The Journal of Korea Institute of Information, Electronics, and Communication Technology
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• v.9 no.2
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• pp.237-242
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• 2016

To build effective u-healthcare system based-on smart-cloth, design of hardware and software modules for suitable smart-cloth is needed. And a gateway smart-phone program for sensing signal's collecting and processing is needed to send sensing bio-signal from smart-cloth to sever. To do this, it is an important to design and describe modules well for having no difficult problems when implementing later. Also, if medical team do not monitor bio-signals sending from smart-phone frequently and these signals' change values which diagnose automatically due to building expert system based on rules/facts is informed for users, it will be an useful u-healthcare system. Therefore in this paper, by presenting design method of u-healthcare system hardware and software modules based on smart-cloth which prepared these functions, this design method is showed for applying a common use u-healthcare system's production usefully.