• Science of Emotion and Sensibility
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• v.2 no.1
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• pp.95-103
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• 1999

침대에서의 체압분포는 수면 안락감에 중요한 영향을 미치는 요인중의 하나로 고려되어져 왔다. 체압분포는 사람의 몸무게에 의하여 침대와 누운사람 사이의 접촉면에서 발생하는 압력의 분포를 말한다. 안락한 체압분포 패턴을 결정하기 위하여 사용자가 침대 8부분의 높이를 조절할 수 있는 가변침대를 사용하였다. 체압분포 측정은 각 수면자세(바로 누운 자세, 옆으로 누운 자세, 엎드린 자세)에서 가변침대의 초기상태와 피실험자가 편안한 체압분포 패턴을 유지하도록 높이를 조절한 상태에서 이루어졌다. 본 연구에서는 각 수면자세에서 체압비와 선호하는 체압비의 특징을 알아보았다. 본 연구의 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. - 각 수면자세에서 엉덩이 부분의 체압비가 가장 높았으며, 바로 누운 자세는 40% 이상의 체압비가 엉덩이에 집중한다. - 각 수면자세에서 전체적으로 머리와 다리의 높이가 다른 부분보다 높은 것을 선호하는 경향을 나타난다. - 바로 누운 자세에서는 유추를 기준으로 신체가 W형이 되도록 머리, 요추, 대퇴부분의 높이를 올리는 것을 선호한다. - 엎드린 자세는 머리와 다리부분의 높이를 증가시킴으로써 신체이 곡선이 U형이 되도록 하는 것을 선호한다.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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• v.15 no.6
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• pp.38-43
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• 2007

In this paper, a study is described on finding a relationship between discomfort and body pressure distribution. In the first step, experiments were conducted to find correlation between pressure distribution and discomfort. The experiments of 12 people on 9 seats were performed. In the second step, parameters and correlation coefficients were determined between the measured body pressure distribution and median values of the subjective evaluations of 12 subjects using psychophysical power law.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Emotion and Sensibility Conference
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• 2002.05a
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• pp.323-326
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• 2002

본 연구는 새로 개발된 에어쿠션의자의 인체 적합성 검증에 관한 실험으로 기존 에어쿠션의자와 스펀지 매트의자를 새로 개발된 의자와 비교 평가 하였다. 본 연구를 위해 설문지를 통한 사용자의 감성 및 사용성을 측정하였고 객관적 검증에 필요한 체압분포측정을 하였다. 실험의 결과 사용성 평가에서 대부분의 피험자들이 신형 의자가 보다 편안하고 안락하다고 응답하였으며, 각 의자를 비교하는 전체 14항목의 설문 중 11개 항목이 의자A에서 중요도 순위가 좋게 나타났다. 체압분포에서도 좌판의 경우 신형 에어쿠션의자의 체압의 평균값이 적게 나오면서 고르게 분포하였고, 좌골결절을 중심으로 좌, 우 대칭이 되게 나왔다. 또한 등판부위에서도 등판의 수직선을 중심으로 체압분포가 좌, 우 대칭이 되게 나왔다.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.12 no.11
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• pp.4751-4755
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• 2011

This study investigates the plastic suspension assembly which is installed on inside of vehicle seat and support passenger's back to supply the comfortable ride performance. It aims to develop the structural design in order to support driver's back uniformly and assemble seat back frame with plastic suspension effectively. The part of suspension is designed by considering the body pressure distribution of driver and it has the same size as the practical model on simulation analysis. It is confirmed that the analysis result of plastic suspension approaches the practical measured values and the better body pressure distribution can be obtained as compared with the existing wire type.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2013.05a
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• pp.1431-1432
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• 2013

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.24 no.5
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• pp.118-126
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• 2007

A finite element simulation model was developed for the performance optimization of a closed type air-cell mattress used for the ulcer prevention. An H-model with material properties of human flesh and kinematic joints were used for the calculation of the body contact pressure. The material property of rubber air-cell was evaluated by tensile test of standard specimen. We evaluated the body contact pressure distribution after laying human model on the inflated air-cell mattress. It was found that the body contact pressure was dependent on cell height. but hardly affected by the thickness of the rubber in a cell.

• Journal of the Ergonomics Society of Korea
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• v.12 no.1
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• pp.3-15
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• 1993

The pressure distribution between human body and seat surface has been considered as an important factor affecting seating comfort. However, it is rare to find general guidelines of how to analyze these pressure patterms related to the seating comfort. In order to investigate the relationship between the pressure patterns and the subjective feeling of seating comfort, a high-resolution body pressure measurement system was adopted. The measured patterns showed that the clear distinctions between the comfortable seats. It was also possible to estimate the seating comfort based upon the analysis of the pressure patterns. The further research will be focused on finding out the relationship between physical seat design parameters and the seating discomfort.

• Journal of Korean Society of Industrial and Systems Engineering
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• v.22 no.52
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• pp.211-219
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• 1999

Sleeping is important activity in bedroom and it takes one third of our lifetime. The body pressure distribution on bed has been considered as one of the most important factors affecting sleeping comfort. The measurement contact pressure has been applied to design seat, mattress, shoes, etc., for prevention of pressure sores and improvement of products. This paper discusses the recognizing rule of sleeping posture using contact pressure. Subjects' ages are ranged from twenties to fifties. They include 29 males and 35 females. Body pressure distribution is measured in the state of stable bed when subject lies on his/her back, on his/her side and on his/her face. We made recognizing rules of sleeping posture through statistical analysis; ANOVA and regression analysis, qualitative analysis.

• Journal of the Korea Furniture Society
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• v.25 no.4
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• pp.304-318
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• 2014

Bed for elderly and disabled, including the United States developed the industry Americas, and European countries, mainly in the production of products has dominated the world market. In large hospitals, and dependent products are sold at high prices. On the other hand, improvement of living standards of our country and to the advancement of residential culture of the demand for luxury products is increasing. The study of elderly Edition mattresses have been developed mainly in Europe to maximize the use of sleep can increase the efficiency of products has been studied. Due to the increase in elderly population Elderly Hospital, which is installed in the elderly silver town Edition requires the dissemination of the mattress in the bedroom several times a day resting and sleeping, eating, etc. Designing a variety of actions are needed. Edition of the elderly in Korea developed the design of bed with bed design and the manufacturer and the Institute for Ergonomics, welfare agencies and to build organic cooperation system under the direction of a professional designer to develop and you need to configure the space and the results of such actions by the distribution of cheap materials, ergonomic mattress for optimal development of behavior analysis to the need to promote the convenience of the user.

• Journal of Korean Institute of Industrial Engineers
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• v.39 no.2
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• pp.105-108
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• 2013

Drivers' sitting strategies are considered in car seat design. Existing research has identified representative sitting strategies by visual inspection of seating pressure measurements collected from a small sample size of drivers. The present study recruited 20 female and 20 male participants, measured seating pressure, and classified sitting strategies by cluster analysis. The participants' sitting postures were classified based on seating pressure distribution into mid-back and scapular, mid-back and lumbar, and lumbar sitting strategies for the upper body and hip concentrated, hip and mid-thigh concentrated, and hip and mid-thigh distributed sitting strategies for the lower body. The effects of gender and occupant package layout (OPL) on sitting strategy were nout found significant. The identified sitting strategies would be of use for the design and evaluation of an OPL and a seat.