• Journal of the Institute of Convergence Signal Processing
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• v.12 no.3
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• pp.157-162
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• 2011

This study is about implementing wireless transferring system in pre-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation(CPR). Also, this study includes monitoring based feedback between patient and hospital to increase the survival rate of emergency patient by developing the performance of cardiopulmonary resuscitation in pre-hospital. It minimizes the loss of flow rate or gastric inflation through the space between the airway and the esophagus, which enables the inspiration-expiration rate to be measured more precisely. Due to these reasons this study applied ET insertion based respiratory sensor to measure flow rate. The main indices of artificial ventilation are justified from minute respiration(V), end-tidal $CO_2(E_TCO_2)$, and tracheal pressure($P_{tr}$). The simulation is performed to verify the bandwidth and delay time of transport network for in-hospital monitoring even as transporting images and voice information simultaneously. The total bandwidth is 815 kbps, and WLAN (IEEE 802.11x) is used as communication protocol. The network load is under 1.5% and the transmit delay time is measured under 0.3 seconds.

• Electrical & Electronic Materials
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• v.26 no.10
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• pp.17-27
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• 2013

• KSBB Journal
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• v.11 no.6
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• pp.669-675
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• 1996

Two types of cyanide sensor system were constructed for monitoring river water simply. One is membrane type flow system composed of S. cerevisiae coated membrane and oxygen electrode, the other is reactor type flow system composed of S. cevevisiae immobilized reactor and two oxygen electrode. S. cerevisiae and oxygen electrode were used for detecting cyanide compounds. These sensors are based on the inhibition of cyanides on the respiration activity of S. cerevisiae. Membrane type sensor system could detect cyanides ranging 0.10∼1.00ppm, and the respiration activity of S. cerevisiae continued for a day. Reactor type sensor system composed of immobilized chitopearl HP-5020 with S. cerevisiae could detect cyanides in the range of 0.10∼1.00ppm, and maintained 90% respiration activity for sixteen days. It was found that the optimum reactor size exist for the reactor type biosensor when respirating activity inhibition is used for detection of cyanides.

• The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• v.23 no.2
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• pp.119-129
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• 2023

Sleep apnea causes various secondary disease such as hypertension, stroke, myocardial infarction, depression and cognitive impairment. Early detection and continuous management of sleep apnea are urgently needed since it causes cardio-cerebrovascular diseases. In this study, wearable device for monitoring respiration during sleep using PVDF film was developed to detect vibration through trachea caused by breathing, which determines normal breathing and sleep apnea. Variables such as respiration rate and apnea were extracted based on the detected breathing sound data, and a noise reduction algorithm was established to minimize the effect even when there is a noise signal. In addition, it was confirmed that irregular breathing patterns can be analyzed by establishing a moving threshold algorithm. The results show that the accuracy of the respiratory rate from the developed device was 98.7% comparing with the polysomnogrphy result. Accuracy of detection for sleep apnea event was 92.6% and that of the sleep apnea duration was 94.0%. The results of this study will be of great help to the management of sleep disorders and confirmation of treatment by commercialization of wearable devices that can monitor sleep information easily and accurately at home during daily life and confirm the progress of treatment.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• v.16 no.3
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• pp.298-311
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• 1991

빈 시스템에서 적정 팬을 선정하기 위해서, 빈에서 벼를 건조 혹은 통풍시킬 때 벼의 저항에 의해 발생되는 공기의 압력손실을 예측하는 모델을 개발하였다. 또한 벼의 건물 손실을 예측하기 위하여 벼의 호흡 모델을 개발하였다. 그리고 온도 및 습도 센서들을 이용한 자동계측 시스템을 사용하여 저장된 벼의 상태를 연속적으로 측정, 분석함으로써 벼의 통풍기준을 결정하고 이를 근거로 빈의 자동통풍 시스템을 개발하여 평가하였다. 공기의 정압 손실은 공기의 속도 및 벼의 함수율의 함수로서 나타내어졌으며, 일정 곡물 깊이에서 벼의 함수율이 낮을수록 그 정압손실은 증가하였다. 벼의 호흡에 의해 발생되는 이산화탄소의 양은 저장온도, 벼의 함수율, 저장 기간의 함수로서 나타낼 수 있었다. 벼의 안전 저장을 위해 곡물의 온도 및 함수율, 평형상대습도, 벼의 품질저하지수(deterioration index)에 대한 자동통풍 기준을 결정하였으며 이들을 이용해서 퍼스널 컴퓨터로 팬, 제습기 등의 통풍 장치들을 자동제어하는 자동통풍 시스템을 개발하였다. 이 시스템은 곡물의 상태를 예측, 제어함으로써 14% 이하의 함수율과 4이하의 품질저하지수, 그리고 어떤 균류도 생성시키지 않음으로써 벼를 안전하게 저장할 수 있었다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2012.11a
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• pp.243-245
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• 2012

대표적인 수면장애로 수면 무호흡증과 코골이가 있는데 수면다원검사를 통해 진단할 수 있다. 그러나 수면다원검사는 비용적, 공간적, 시간적 제약이 수반되기 때문에 이를 해결하려는 연구가 대두되고 있다. 수면장애와 그 요인을 검출하기 위해 가속도센서, 소음센서, 온도센서, 습도센서로 구성된 측정 장치에서 획득한 데이터와 건강, 운동, 생활습관 데이터를 활용하여 어떤 요인에 의해 수면장애의 정도가 악화되고 개선되는지를 사용자에게 제공하는 의사결정 지원시스템을 설계한다. 또한 홈 게이트웨이와 뷰어 역할에 스마트 폰을 사용하여 일반인이 보다 쉽게 측정하고 측정결과와 추론결과를 지속적으로 확인할 수 있는 시스템을 제안한다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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• 2020.07a
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• pp.11-12
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• 2020

반려동물의 건강상태를 확인하기 위해 심박수, 호흡수의 변화를 관찰하는 것이 중요하다. 측정을 위한 웨어러블 장치를 통해 심박수를 측정하기 위해 무선 통신 기술을 이용하여 실시간으로 센서 데이터를 수집하고 그 추이를 볼 수 있도록 해야 한다. 반려동물에 장착되는 웨어러블 장치의 특성상 무거운 고용량의 배터리를 사용할 수 없다. 따라서 저전력 통신 기술인 BLE를 사용하여 실시간으로 센서 데이터를 전송하도록 하고, 이 데이터를 스마트폰에서 수집하여 실시간으로 그래프를 그리고, CSV 파일로 저장한다. 구현된 애플리케이션을 통해 센서 데이터의 변화를 직관적으로 분석할 수 있으며 차후 분석할 수 있는 데이터를 얻을 수 있었다.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.8 no.2
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• pp.509-515
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• 2004

Pulmonary function tests are widely used to diagnose and determine patients' therapy in clinic. And it was also applied in the research of the physiology and dynamics for lung disease. Among the pulmonary function tests, spirometry is the most easy and economic test. Spirometers are medical instruments that measure the instantaneous rate of volume flow of respired Bas. The mechanical spirometer was mostly used in the past. Up to the present, the most popular method of spirometer is the differential pressure technique with which change in the volume of flow are transferred to change in pressure. This kind of instrument suffers from several limitations, pressure drop, difficulty in maintenance and short period of calibration. Therefore, this study has begun to implement ultrasound spirometer, which is free of pressure loss and has wide range, focusing on the flow measurement technique and diagnostic algorithm.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.10 no.5
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• pp.1082-1090
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• 2009

Peak expiratory flow rate(PEF) is a very important diagnostic parameter obtained from the forced vital capacity(FVC) test. The expiratory flow rate increases during the short initial time period and may cause measurement error in PEF particularly due to non-ideal dynamic characteristic of the transducer. The present study evaluated the initial rise slope($S_r$) on the flow rate signal to compensate the transducer output data. The 26 standard signals recommended by the American Thoracic Society(ATS) were generated and flown through the velocity-type respiratory air flow transducer with simultaneously acquiring the transducer output signal. Most PEF and the corresponding output($N_{PEF}$) were well fitted into a quadratic equation with a high enough correlation coefficient of 0.9997. But only two(ATS#2 and 26) signals resulted significant deviation of $N_{PEF}$ with relative errors>10%. The relationship between the relative error in $N_{PEF}$ and $S_r$ was found to be linear, based on which $N_{PEF}$ data were compensated. As a result, the 99% confidence interval of PEF error was turned out to be approximately 2.5%, which was less than a quarter of the upper limit of 10% recommended by ATS. Therefore, the present compensation technique was proved to be very accurate, complying the international standards of ATS, which would be useful to calibrate respiratory air flow transducers.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.38C no.9
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• pp.813-821
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• 2013

In this paper, a vital signal sensor based on impedance variation of resonator is presented. Proposed vital signal sensor can detect the vital signal, such as respiration and heart-beat signal. System is composed of resonator, oscillator, surface acoustic wave (SAW) filter, and power detector. The cyclical movement of a dielectric such as a human body, causes the impedance variation of resonator within the near-field range. So oscillator's oscillation frequency variation is effected on resonator's resonant frequency. SAW filter's skirt characteristic of frequency response can be transformed a small amount of frequency deviation to a large variation. Aim to enhance the existing sensor detection range, proposed sensor operates in 870 MHz ISM band, and detect respiration and heart-beat signal at distance of 120 mm.