• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1999.07e
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• pp.2311-2313
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• 1999

웨이블렛 기법은 비주기적 신호의 해석에 있어 새롭게 적용되고 있는 방법이다. 이 방법은 Fourier Transform(FT), the Fast Fourier Transform(FFT), Least Square Method 방법과는 달리 시간 -주파수 분석을 통해 비주기적 과도 신호의 감지와 특징 추출이 용이하다. 이에 본 연구에서는 이러한 통계적 기법과는 달리 부분 방전 발생 신호를 시간-주파수 영역에서 연속적으로 분석 가능한 웨이블렛 기법을 이용하여 시간에 따른 절연체의 열화를 해석 및 진단하기로 한다. 부분 방전 현상을 나타내는 데이터는 방대하므로 진단을 위해 해석 정보에서 특정한 특징을 추출하며 이를 바탕으로 체계화된 데이터 베이스를 구성하는 기반을 마련한다. 해석에 필요한 신호는 복합감지 시스템(부분방전 시스템, 음향방출 시스템)을 이용하여 수집하였다.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.38 no.5
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• pp.614-620
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• 2019

In this paper, we propose a method to effectively determine the representative style embedding of each emotion class to improve the global style token-based end-to-end speech synthesis system. The emotion expressiveness of conventional approach was limited because it utilized only one style representative per each emotion. We overcome the problem by extracting multiple number of representatives per each emotion using a k-means clustering algorithm. Through the results of listening tests, it is proved that the proposed method clearly express each emotion while distinguishing one emotion from others.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.41 no.6
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• pp.655-661
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• 2022

Since speech impairment is prevalent in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD), speech recognition systems suitable for these patients are needed. In this paper, we propose a speech recognition system that effectively recognizes the speech of patients with PD. The speech recognition system is firstly pre-trained with the Globalformer using the speech data from healthy people, and then fine-tuned using relatively small amount of speech data from the patient with PD. For this analysis, we used the speech dataset of healthy people built by AI hub and that of patients with PD collected at Inha University Hospital. As a result of the experiment, the proposed speech recognition system recognized the speech of patients with PD with Character Error Rate (CER) of 22.15 %, which was a better result compared to other methods.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.42 no.2
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• pp.133-142
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• 2023

The office environment is changing according to work types, Information Technology (IT) advancements, and the Coronavirus disease (COVID)-19 situation. In order for office space users to perform their tasks comfortably and efficiently, it is necessary to secure individual privacy as well as easy communication among members. In Korea, the demand for improving the acoustic performance of office spaces is also increasing, but the related performance criteria and guidelines have not been established. In this study, standardization of office space acoustic performance measurement and evaluation methods and European countries' acoustic performance criteria were compared and reviewed. It is proposed to comprehensively review international standardization trends and acoustic performance standards in each country and to establish and utilize criteria for evaluating the acoustic performance and satisfaction of office spaces in Korea through our survey. Considering the international standardization direction and compatibility with communication and Public Address (PA) systems, it is appropriate to establish criteria using the speech transmission index or Speech Transmission Index (STI) application index. This criterion will be highly utilizable and compatible. In addition, since the office furniture industry is interested in improving the acoustic performance of office space, it is necessary to establish a labelling system for speech level reduction of office furniture.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.22 no.3
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• pp.217-223
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• 2003

A novel cooling method induced by acoustic streaming generated by ultrasonic vibration at 30㎑ is presented. Ultrasonic vibration is obtained by piezoelectric devices and the maximum vibration amplitude of 50 m is achieved by including a horn, mechanical vibration amplifier in the system and making the complete system resonate. To investigate the enhancement of heat transfer capability of acoustic streaming, the temperature variations of heat source and air in the vicinity of heat source are measured in real-time. It is observed that acoustic streaming is instantly induced by ultrasonic vibration, resulting in the significant temperature drop due to the bulk air flow caused by acoustic streaming. In addition, it is observed that the cooling effect on the heat source is maximized when the gap between the ultrasonic vibrator and heat source coincides with the multiples of half-wavelength of the ultrasonic wave. This fact results from the resonance of the sound wave. The theoretical analysis of the dependence on the gap is also accomplished and verified by experiment. The advantage of the proposed cooling method by acoustic streaming is noise-free due to the ultrasonic vibration and maintenance-free because of the absence of moving parts. Moreover. This cooling method can be utilized to the nano and micro-electro mechanical systems, where the fan-based conventional cooling method can not be employed.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.41 no.4
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• pp.446-460
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• 2022

In this paper, we propose an algorithm to improve target detection rate degradation due to direct blast in a bi-static sonar systems with high duty cycle using an adaptive filters. It is very important to suppress the direct blast in the aforementioned sonar systems because it has a fatal effect on the actual system operation. In this paper, the performance was evaluated by applying the Normalized Least Mean Square (NLMS) and Recursive Least Square (RLS) algorithms to the simulation and sea experimental data. The beam signals of the target and direct blast bearings were used as the input and desired signals, respectively. By optimizing the difference between the two signals, the direct blast is removed and only the target signal is remained. As a result of evaluating the results of the matched filter in the simulation, it was confirmed that the direct blast was removed to the noise level in both Linear Frequency Modultated (LFM) and Generalized Sinusoidal Frequency Modulated (GSFM), and in the case of GSFM, the target sidelobe decreased by more than 20 dB, thereby improving performance. In the sea experiment, it was confirmed that the LFM reduced the level of the transmitted direct wave by 10 dB, the GSFM reduced the level of the transmitted direct wave by about 4 dB, and the side lobe of the target decreased by about 4 dB, thereby improving the performance.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.29 no.4
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• pp.258-264
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• 2010

In this paper, we propose an objective quality feature which is based on the human auditory system to measure vacuum cleaner noise. It is observed that some frequency bands are more sensitive to the human auditory system. Therefore, we divided the audible frequency range of vacuum cleaner noise into a number of frequency bands and the average energy of these bands was calculated. Among a number of average energies, an average energy of a frequency band was selected as the proposed feature. In order to test the performance of the proposed feature, fourteen vacuum cleaners were chosen and the noise was recorded in an anechoic-chamber. Then we performed subjective tests to obtain subjective scores of the noise data using the PCM (paired comparison method) and ACR (absolute category rating) subjective methods. The proposed objective quality feature shows high correlation with the subjective scores.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.28 no.5
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• pp.483-490
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• 2009

In this paper, we develop a speech interface that has acoustic echo cancelling and barge-in functionalities in the car environment. In the echo canceller, DT (Double-Talk) detection algorithm using the correlation coefficients between reference and desired signals can make DT detection errors often in the background noise. We reduce the DT detection errors by using the average power of noise and echo estimated from the input signal. In addition, to make it possible for drivers to give speech command to the system by interrupting the speaker output, barge-in functionality is implemented with the combination of DT detection and appropriate gain control of the speaker output. Through the computer simulation with the assumed car environment and experiment in the real laboratory environment, implemented speech interface has shown good performance in removing acoustic echo signals in the noisy environment with proper operation of barge-in functionality.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.40 no.5
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• pp.408-416
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• 2021

In the ultrasonic dispersion, in order to avoid direct contact of the radiation surface of ultrasonic transducers with a liquid sample, the liquid sample is separated by a glass container and it receives ultrasonic energy through an acoustic medium. The transmission efficiency of the ultrasonic energy in the multi-layered ultrasonic system is an important factor. In this study, we suggested a method that can improve the ultrasonic energy transfer efficiency by using a propylene glycol solution as a liquid matching layer in the multi-layered acoustic system. In this method, a propylene glycol solution was filled between the Langevin-type ultrasonic transducer and the luminol solution and the sonoluminescence phenomena in the luminol solution, which is caused by nonlinear effect of high power ultrasound radiated from the transducer, was examined by using a Photo Multiplier Tube (PMT). The transmission efficiency depending on the concentration of propylene glycol solution was observed, and we can see that as the concentration of the propylene glycol solution increased, the matching effect increased while the acoustic attenuation increased. It was confirmed that there is an optimal concentration compromised these two conflicting conditions, and the optimum concentration of the propylene glycol solution was determined experimentally.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2000.05a
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• pp.5-12
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• 2000

본 연구에서, Daubechies'Mother Wavelet를 이용한 이산 웨이블렛 변환(Discrete Wavelet Transform)에 기초한 새롭고 효과적인 특정추출방법을 제안하였다. 특정추출을 이용하여 응용방향을 설명하고 또는 통계적 파라메터의 평가를 행하였다. 본 연구에서는 다음과 같은 몇 가지 사실을 알 수 있었다. 1. 시스템에서 발생된 (인가전압이 0[V]) 노이즈라 볼 수 가있는 렌덤노이즈(Random Noise)를 디지털필터인 FIR(Finite Impulse Response)필터를 통하여 상당한 노이즈를 억제할 수가 있었다. 2. 이산 웨이블렛 변환 시 레벨 1~4까지 변환한 결과 최적의 변환상태 Level-3을 기준으로 하였다. 3. 특정추출 파라메터는 음향방출신호의 최대값, 평균값, 분산, 왜도, 첨쇄도를 특정추출파라메터로 이용하였다. 4. 특정추출 결과를 이용하여 전체 열화시간 중 대표적 음향방출신호 중 초기열화신호, 중기열화신호, 말기열화신호를 얻을 수 있었다. 이런 특정추출을 통하여 변압기열화상태를 진단할 수 있는 가능성을 확인 할 수가 있었다.