• Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Process Engineers
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• v.18 no.5
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• pp.1-8
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• 2019

Breath analysis using a portable device is better than the classical breath analysis system in terms of installation and operation. There is an increasing need to develop cost-effective equipment for testing gas sensors from the viewpoint of functionalities that can be applied applicable to portable devices. In the present study, an economical gas chamber for in-situ gas measurement is implemented with a single gas chamber without using expensive gas storage and control equipment; the gas response characteristics are analyzed using the above-described chamber. The main features of the implemented gas chamber are simple injection procedure, improved gas diffusion, easy measurement and cleaning, support for low-power mode measurement function for portable devices, and open source platform. Moreover, an analysis of gas response characteristics based on changes in sensor voltage show that the sensitivity and 90% response time are affected by the sensor voltage. Furthermore, the sensitivity graph has an inflection point in a specific range. The gas sensor applied in this study showed fast response speed and high sensitivity for sensor voltages of 3.0-3.5 V, regardless of the concentration of acetone gas, the target gas used in this study.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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• 2022.01a
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• pp.291-292
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• 2022

현 사회는 효율성과 편리함을 목적으로 수고를 덜어주는 기계 및 장치, 시스템들을 연구하고 개발하고 있다. 이를 목적으로, 개발되는 시스템에 가장 적합한 대상이 누구인지 파악하는 것도 중요한 요소 중 하나이다. 따라서, 본 프로젝트는 대부분의 사람들에게는 쉬운 행동이지만 신체적 한계로 어려움을 겪는 분들을 대상으로 초점을 맞췄다. 특정한 입력을 인식하여 그 입력에 따라 자동으로 책장을 한 페이지씩 넘겨주는 출력 시스템을 제안한다. 호흡, 손가락 기울기, 버튼 등의 센서에서 감지된 움직임을 통해 최소한의 동작으로 아두이노 기반의 자동화 프로그램 이행을 목표로 하고 있다. 생체 동작 신호 수집을 위한 비접촉 및 웨어러블 센서로 구성되며 수신받은 데이터를 기반으로 각각의 모터에 전송하여 담당하는 작동을 한다. 자동화 및 모션 감지 기술 프로토타입을 제시한다.

• Journal of Sensor Science and Technology
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• v.16 no.5
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• pp.331-336
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• 2007

In this study, we have fabricated an infrared optical fiber based sensor which can monitor the respiration of a patient. The design of a chalcogenide optical fiber based sensor is suitable for insertion into a high electro-magnetic field environment because the sensor consists of low cost and compact mid-infrared components such as an infrared light source, a chalcogenide optical fiber and a thermopile sensor. A fiber-optic respiration sensor is capable of detecting carbon dioxide ($CO_{2}$) in exhalation of a patient using the infrared absorption characteristics of carbon gases. The modulated infrared radiation due to the presence of carbon dioxide is guided to the thermopile sensor via a chalcogenide receiving fiber. It is expected that a mid-infrared fiber-optic respiration sensor which can be developed based on the results of this study would be highly suitable for respiration measurements of a patient during the procedure of an MRI.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2009.05a
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• pp.293-297
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• 2009

This paper describes a real-time reliable measurement and analysis system for ubiquitous healthcare based on IEEE802.15.4 standard. In order to obtain and monitor physiological body signals continuously, wearable pulse oximeter is designed in wrist that could used to measure oxygen saturation of a patient unobtrusively. The measured data was transferred to a central PC or server by using wireless sensor nodes via a wireless sensor network for storage and analysis purposes. LabVIEW server program was designed to monitor and process the measured photoplethysmogram(PPG) to accelerated plethysmogram(APG) by appling second order derivatives in server PC. These experimental results demonstrate that APG can precisely describe the features of an individual's PPG and be used as estimation of vascular elasticity for blood circulation.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2015.04a
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• pp.1049-1050
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• 2015

e-health보드를 이용하여 측정한 생체신호를 실시간으로 블루투스통신을 통한 무선통신을 함으로서 PC와 연결한다. PC에서 송신된 데이터를 텍스트로 저장한 뒤 c#으로 체온, 심전도, 근전도, 피층 전기 반응, 호흡 5가지의 결과 값을 그래프로 보여준다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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• 2019.01a
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• pp.233-234
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• 2019

전 세계적으로 미세먼지는 심각한 사회문제이다. 우리나라 또한 중국의 미세먼지와 디젤 자동차 급증 등에 의한 오염으로 인하여 호흡 시 들이마시는 공기의 질이 많이 나빠지고 있는 추세이다. 이로 인해 집 안의 환기를 위해 창문을 열거나 외출 후 귀가했을 때 옷에 붙은 미세먼지들에 의하여 집 안에 미세먼지가 쌓이게 됨으로써 건강을 위협할 수 있는 요소가 된다. 이러한 문제점들을 해결하고자 청소뿐만 아니라 공기청정 기능도 수행하게 되는 효율적인 측면을 가진 공기청정 기능을 탑재한 로봇청소기를 개발하였다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 로봇청소기의 초음파 센서와 미세먼지를 사용하여 자동으로 로봇청소기와 공기청정 기능을 탑재한 로봇청소기에 대한 연구 결과에 관해 기술하였다.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.25 no.8
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• pp.1130-1133
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• 2021

In this paper, a miniaturized sensor interface circuit for the respiration detection system is proposed. Respiratory diagnosis is one of the main ways to predict various diseases. The proposed system consists of respiration detection sensor, temperature sensor, and interface circuits. Electrochemical type gas sensor using solid electrolytes is adopted for respiration detection. Proposed system performs sensing, amplification, analog-to-digital conversion, digital signal processing, and i2c communication. And also proposed system has a small form factor and low-cost characteristics through optimization and miniaturization of the circuit structure. Moreover, technique for sensor degradation compensation is introduced to obtain high accuracy. The size of proposed system is about 1.36 cm².

• KIPS Transactions on Computer and Communication Systems
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• v.6 no.6
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• pp.271-280
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• 2017

In this paper, we propose a new safety system composed of wearable devices, driver's seat belt, and integrating controllers. The wearable device and driver's seat belt capture driver's biological information, while the integrating controller analyzes captured signal to alarm the driver or directly control the car appropriately according to the status of the driver. Previous studies regarding driver's safety from driver's seat, steering wheel, or facial camera to capture driver's physiological signal and facial information had difficulties in gathering accurate and continuous signals because the sensors required the upright posture of the driver. Utilizing wearable sensors, however, our proposed system can obtain continuous and highly accurate signals compared to the previous researches. Our advanced wearable apparatus features a sensor that measures the heart rate, skin conductivity, and skin temperature and applies filters to eliminate the noise generated by the automobile. Moreover, the acceleration sensor and the gyro sensor in our wearable device enable the reduction of the measurement errors. Based on the collected bio-signals, the criteria for identifying the driver's condition were presented. The accredited certification body has verified that the devices has the accuracy of the level of medical care. The laboratory test and the real automobile test demonstrate that our proposed system is good for the measurement of the driver's condition.

• Korean Journal of Applied Biomechanics
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• v.19 no.1
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• pp.179-186
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• 2009

This works studied to compare gas analyzer with accelerometer and the estimation of energy expenditure based on different attaching position of tri-axial accelerometer such as waist and top of the foot Based on the fact that oxygen intake increases more radically linearly during walking more than 8.0km/hr. 9 male subjects performed walking and running on the treadmill with speed of $1.5{\sim}8.5km$/hr and $4.5{\sim}13.0km$/hr, respectively. Commercially available Nike + iPod Sports kit was used to compare energy expenditure with sensor module attached to their foot. Actual energy expenditure was determined by a continuous direct gas analyzer and two multiple regression equations of walking and running mode for different attaching position were developed. Results showed that estimation accuracy of energy expenditure using waist mounted accelerometer was higher than that of the top of the foot and Nike + iPod Sports kit. Results of energy expenditure based on waist and top of the foot showed that the crossover state of energy expenditure occurred at 7.5km/hr. But Nike + iPod Sports kit could not find intersection of energy expenditure in all nine subjects. Therefore the sensor module attached to the waist and separate multi regression equation by walking and running mode was the best to estimate more accurate prediction.

• Journal of Biomedical Engineering Research
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• v.30 no.6
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• pp.489-494
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• 2009

In this study, we fabricated a plastic optical fiber based sensor which can monitor the respiration of a patient. The circumference changes of the abdomen were measured using a mirror, a light source and optical detectors because the circumferences of the abdomen could be varied with respiration. The intensity of the reflected lights were measured according to the changes of distance between mirror and plastic optical fiber connected to a light source and a photodiode-amplifier system using a Y-coupler. The respiration signals of fiber-optic sensor system were compared with those of the respiratory and temperature transducers of the $BIOPAC^{(R)}$ system. It is expected that a fiber-optic respiration sensor could be developed for real time respiration monitoring during MRI procedure based on this study.