• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.19 no.3
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• pp.138-154
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• 2019

This study was conducted to identify the use motivations of AI speaker and examine the characteristics of AI speaker users. Based on the uses and gratifications theory, The study results show that the user motivations of AI speaker are four dimensional, namely escaping from daily problems and maintaining social relationships, information acquisition and learning, entertainment and relaxation and pursuit of practicability. The main AI speaker users are in their 30s, and they are innovative to actively use AI speakers for entertainment purposes such as listening to music. The four sub-dimensions differed as we compared them with user characteristics. Specifically, the motivation for escaping from daily problems and maintaining social relationships varied with gender and age. Moreover, age and informativeness were identified to have an influence on the motivations of information acquisition and learning and entertainment and relaxation. In sum, this research provides practical implications into how to strategically create contents and services for AI speakers.

• Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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• v.10 no.11
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• pp.33-39
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• 2019

Edutech, which combines education and information technology, is in the spotlight. Core technologies of the 4th Industrial Revolution have been actively used in education. Students use an AI-based learning platform to self-diagnose their needs. And get personalized training online with a cloud learning platform. Recently, a new educational medium called smart speaker that combines artificial intelligence technology and voice recognition technology has emerged and provides various educational services. The purpose of this study is to suggest a way to use smart speaker educationally to overcome the limitation of existing education. To this end, the concept and characteristics of smart speakers were analyzed, and the implications were derived by analyzing the contents provided by smart speakers. Also, the problem of using smart speaker was considered.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.22 no.10
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• pp.93-102
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• 2022

This study investigated the differences in smart speaker users' loneliness, social disconnection, and attachment, frequency of daily speaker usage, and anthropomorphic behavior depending on the level of smart speaker anthropomorphism. A total of 320 users participated in an online survey. Results showed significant differences between the high anthropomorphism group and the low anthropomorphism group in their level of loneliness, social disconnection, anxiety attachment, frequency of daily speaker usage, and anthropomorphic behaviors. However, no significant difference in avoidance attachment between the two groups was found. The findings imply that interaction design can possibly enhance positive social interaction with smart speakers.

• Journal of Korean Association for Spatial Structures
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• v.10 no.3
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• pp.75-80
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• 2010

The present study tried to provide useful data for the acoustic design of sound amplification system with measuring and analyzing subjective preference and intelligibility by varying the number of speakers and their directivity. The results suggest that the room absorption plays a key role in subjective responses of listeners and the large sound absorption of ceiling contributes to the increase of intelligibility. Also, larger number of speakers with narrow directivity improves perceived intelligibility when speakers were installed at the lower height. However, the highest degree of intelligibility and preference were obtained when speakers were installed close enough to the sound absorptive ceiling. The highest intelligibility and preference were observed when 8 to 10 speakers with the directivity of 60 degree were used.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.40 no.3
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• pp.247-253
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• 2021

Directional ultrasonic speakers that are used to hear sound only in a specific area have been continuously researched on various improvements in terms of sound quality and cost compared to general speakers. In this paper, we propose a DSP based hybrid-type ultrasonic speaker that can be heard at the same time as a general speaker in order to compensate for the sound in the low-band range, considering that it is difficult to hear the low-band sound below 500 Hz due to the sensor characteristics of the ultrasonic speaker. In the case of the system that is implemented by simply connecting a general speaker and an ultrasonic speaker, there are issues of high cost and difficulties of control as two amplifiers are used to playback ultrasonic and general sound sources. In addition, sound quality deteriorates due to the difference in playback time between ultrasonic and general sound sources. In order to improve issues of cost, control and sound quality, we developed hybrid-type ultrasonic speaker with a DSP based amplifier that can simultaneously playback by synchronizing the general sound source with the regenerated ultrasonic sound source, in addition to implement the existing CODEC functions such as Dynamic Range Control (DRC) and Equalizer (EQ).

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.16 no.12
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• pp.8140-8146
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• 2015

The objective of this study is to experimentally investigate the cooling performance characteristics with the consideration of the temperature variations of the enclosure of the 400W ferrofluid active speaker having both woofer and amplifier heat sinks. In order to do this, the heat sinks for both woofer and amplifier was designed ant applied to 400W ferrofluid active speaker. As a result, the cooling performance of the developed 400W ferrofluid active speaker was improved and the temperature of the enclosure after 120 min at steady state increased by $2.8^{\circ}C$ with the increase of the outdoor temperatures from $25^{\circ}C$ to $29^{\circ}C$. In addition, the overall sound pressure level of the developed 400W ferrofluid active speaker showed 111.8 dB and improved 1.9 dB higher than 109.9 dB of the existed speaker.

• Broadcasting and Media Magazine
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• v.19 no.1
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• pp.10-21
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• 2014

3D 산업의 발달과 함께 음원을 통해 현장에서 느낄 수 있는 입체감을 재현하는 실감 음향 기술에 대한 관심 또한 증가하고 있다. 정확한 실감 음향을 구현하기 위해서 헤드폰과 스피커 시스템을 이용한 연구가 활발하게 진행되고 있다. 특히 스피커를 이용하는 실감 음향 연구는 초다채널 스피커를 이용하여 물리적 음장 재현을 목표로 하는 방법과 소채널 스피커를 이용하여 사용자의 특성을 적용한 인지적 음장 재현을 목표로 하는 방법으로 나뉜다. 헤드폰과 스피커를 이용한 기존 연구들이 사용하는 기술들에 대해서 알아보고, 기존 기술의 장점과 단점에 대해서 분석해본다. 이를 통해 사용자 맞춤형 실감 음향 기술의 구현을 위한 연구 방향과 새롭게 적용할 수 있는 기술들에 제시하고자 한다.

• Proceedings of the Acoustical Society of Korea Conference
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• spring
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• pp.197-200
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• 2000

본 논문에서는 공간에 위치한 음원으로부터 양 귀에 들리는 음향을 스피커를 이용하여 재현 하는 기술에 대한 문제점과 이를 효과적으로 구현할 수 있는 방법에 대해 소개한다. 좌우 대칭 위치의 스피커를 이용하여, 음상 정위를 실현할 때 직면한 문제점인 Cross-talk 제거와 스피커와 청취자 양 귀사이의 음향전달 모델 선정에 대한 문제점들을 본 논문에서 고찰한다. 이러한 고찰을 통하여 Transaural 필터의 모델 제시와 본 모델의 음향학적 특성을 소개한다. 인간 청각기관의 공간 감응 인자인 lID(Interaural Intensity Difference)와 ITD(Interaural Time Difference)의 개념을 이용한 Transaural 필터의 구현 방법을 제시한다. 제시한 구현방법과 영국 ISVR의 "Stereo Dipole"과의 비교와, 끝으로, 주파수에 따른 적합한 스피커간의 배치 문제에 관한 것도 언급한다.

• Proceedings of the Acoustical Society of Korea Conference
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• autumn
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• pp.515-518
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• 2004

파라메트릭 라우드스피커(parametric loudspeaker)는 초음파의 지향성 발생 특성과 발생된 초음파의 비선형 전파 현상을 이용하여 간접적으로 가청음을 발생시키는 기술을 이용한다. 이를 이용하면 소리를 직진 형태로 전파 시킬 수 있기 때문에 원하는 영역에만 음향 신호를 전달할 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 파라메트릭 라우드스피커의 연구 진행 상황을 간략히 살펴보고, 현재 이 분야에서 가장 실용적인 초음파 발생기 방식으로 알려진 압전 필름형 초음파 발생기의 디자인 기술과 이를 적용한 파라메트릭 라우드스피커에 관하여 논한다. 그리고 이러한 스피커 시스템이 실용화되기 위해 해결해야 하는 문제점을 살펴본다.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.42 no.5
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• pp.388-394
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• 2023

When the vibration of the thin panel by exciting single point is used to radiate sound, the inherent vibration characteristic of the plate itself causes influence on the radiated sound. A conventional panel speaker system usually uses the single or double point excitations for generating the sound through the panel itself. The radiated sound can be easily distorted due to the modal characteristics of the plate so it is difficult to expect sufficient sound power or high radiation efficiency. In this paper, to achieve an immersive sound field, the multiple speaker zones on a thin panel are created with the limited number of actuators. The designated vibration field which can generates directional sound is realized by employing the vibro-acoustic inverse rendering methods. Actuators are arranged from the positions which have the advantage of implementing with multi-modal excitations. The location and number of actuators are compared with the location and number of controllable speaker zones by conducting numerical simulations.