• The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
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• v.9 no.2
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• pp.143-150
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• 2023

As Korea's per capita income increases, participation in various leisure activities to improve the quality of life of the disabled is encouraged. However, in order to participate in leisure activities, movement to the place where the leisure activities are performed must be preceded, so interest in means of transportation for leisure activities of the disabled is increasing. Since manual and electric wheelchairs have their respective disadvantages as means of transportation for leisure activities, interest in power assisting devices for wheelchairs combining the functions of electric wheelchairs with manual wheelchairs is increasing. In this study, the FDA approval process of wheelchair power-assistance products was investigated, and the characteristics of side-attached, front-attached, downward-attached, and rear-attached types of power assist devices for wheelchairs wheelchair in countries around the world were identified. These information will be of great use in helping the disabled and their assistants in Korea to choose the optimal product according to the patient's condition. More usability tests and clinical case studies are needed so that people with disabilities can choose a power assist device suitable for them.

• Journal of rehabilitation welfare engineering & assistive technology
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• v.10 no.3
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• pp.177-184
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• 2016

The purpose of this study was to investigate caretakers' demands and request in electric wheelchairs. The survey included the usability questionnaire (safety, operability, satisfactions) which were selected by opinions of caretakers and specialist of rehabilitation for electric wheelchairs. The survey also included questionnaires consisting of such questions as to demographic information, care experience, care time, and care burden, and demand for folding electric wheelchairs. Participants were fifty caretakers of electric wheelchair users. Caretakers' average age was 54.54years, and the average duration of their care experience was 80.98 months with average care time 9.80 hours per day. In safety and operability, most of participants were mostly satisfied. However, in satisfaction of weight and clean of electric wheelchairs was dissatisfied. They reported that the biggest problem of electric wheelchairs were too heav and difficult to control and that the greatest difficulty in helping electric wheelchair users was helping them with transfer to and from the wheelchair. They also need their prefer to develop folding electric wheelchairs. In this study, caretakers emphasized necessity of development light, easy to storage and clean electric wheelchairs. In conclusion, it is required to develop folding electric wheelchairs to reflect caretaker's opinions.

• Proceedings of the Korea Institute of Fire Science and Engineering Conference
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• 2013.11a
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• pp.212-213
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• 2013

등록 장애인의 수가 매년 증가함에 따라 휠체어 사용 장애인도 역시 증가하고 있으며, 이들은 일상생활에서 휠체어가 필수적이며 건축물 공간 내에서 수직이동을 위해 경사로도 필요하다. 휠체어 사용 장애인의 접근성 확보를 위한 수직이동시설 중 하나인 경사로의 경우 1/12라는 기울기로 인해 많은 공간을 차지하게 되므로 건축물 내 경사로 설치에 소극적으로 대처하고 있다. 기울기(1:12, 1:10, 1:8, 1:6)를 조절할 수 있는 경사로를 설치하여 20대, 30대, 40대, 50대, 60대 각 연령별로 남녀의 비율을 같게 하여 수동식 휠체어를 사용하여 이동 실험을 하였다. 화재와 같은 긴급피난 시 경사로 설치를 통해 계단으로 이동하지 못 하는 휠체어 사용 장애인들의 자력피난과 화재안전을 확보하고자 연구를 진행하였다.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2017.07a
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• pp.62-63
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• 2017

본 논문에서는 휠체어의 탑승자의 구동력과 BLDCM(Brushless DC Motor) 에서 출력되는 보조력인 전기적인 구동력을 동시에 사용하는 탈부착형 하이브리드 휠체어의 동작제어방식을 제안한다. 기존에는 휠체어에 토크센서를 부착하여, 토크센서 신호의 피이드백을 통하여 보조력을 발생하는 방식이 적용되고 있지만, 제안된 방식에서는 토크센서의 사용없이 사용자의 동작을 간접적으로 검출하는 방식을 제안한다. 사용자가 휠체어의 핸드림을 조작할 때, 발생하는 휠체어의 동작을 3축 가속도 센서를 통해 모션을 예측하고, 이에 대응하는 구동력을 보조하는 PAS(Power Assist System)을 설계하였다. 사용자의 동작 예측을 위해, 3축 가속도 센서의 신호를 조합하여 전진과 후진 및 정지 상태 신호를 예측하는 방식을 시뮬레이션과 실험을 통해 증명하였다.

• Smart Media Journal
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• v.4 no.2
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• pp.17-25
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• 2015

In this paper proposes an idea for using NFC(Near Field Communication) on smalt mobile devices, you can easily control the electric wheelchair system. In this system with previous researches controlled a power wheelchair in a mobile device using Bluetooth communication, the board communicates with the integrated control of the wheelchair. With smart mobile devices, the wheelchair control board integrating the signal generated by checking real time so that the user can easily monitor the state of the wheelchair. Users are using smalt mobile devices, the wheelchair can be controlled easily, and the setting at any time according to the state of the individual and can be used. HEX format control is directly in hardware, allowing analysis was read, the user settings are typically used to match cards which support NFC technology such as bus card for registration, storing the selected information and enable read and were applicable. By applying this system, wheelchairs oriented aids disabled and older people able to access to provide with stability.

• Journal of rehabilitation welfare engineering & assistive technology
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• v.8 no.2
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• pp.89-94
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• 2014

This research notes dramatic increase of wheelchair usage along with rapidly aging population and handicapped people in Korea. Differentiated from existing electronic wheelchairs, we have invented an electronic wheelchair that is collapsible even when the battery is installed and a guardian can ride along with a patient. It is also easy to put in a small space such as car trunks. Additionally, we have improved stoic design to be preferable for patients. The model ensures there's neither abrupt acceleration nor sudden stop and, lastly, is much cheaper than other imported models.

• Journal of rehabilitation welfare engineering & assistive technology
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• v.8 no.4
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• pp.251-258
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• 2014

A wheelchair is a typical mobility aid for the physically disabled or the old and the weak, and is the most commonly used rehabilitation aid. In general, most of users of manual wheelchair have difficulty though vocational rehabilitation and independent living is possible. The reason is that long-distance movement is always accompanied with wheelchair transfer problem because a wheelchair is used as direct means of transport. Hence, the wheelchair transfer problem should be first solved in order that a wheelchair user can independently live. Therefore, this study examined and analyzed the domestic and overseas launched products and patented technologies of wheelchair transfer system for vehicle, and proposed a wheelchair transfer mechanism of a new system for vehicle. This study proposed a wheelchair transfer mechanism for vehicle in order to remove the disadvantage of wheelchair transfer system for vehicle to support the conventional wheelchair user's movement, and in order to conform with the structure of domestic welfare vehicle for the disabled. Because a difference between storage space installed in the roof of vehicle and storage space for leisure, which is generally utilized, gets to disappear by applying this proposed mechanism, popularity among users can be increased. And storage space that has become smaller like this will be capable of decreasing the disadvantage of air resistance in traveling. Besides, because of getting to conform with the structure of welfare vehicle, restrictions on the application range will disappear from small sedan to SUV. Therefore, users can have more choices.

• 재활복지
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• v.20 no.1
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• pp.211-233
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• 2016

The purpose of this study is to figure out problems and to suggest improvement scheme by examining 31 of the disabled who used power wheelchair developed for safe moving and standing support. The results are as follows. First, standing power wheelchair that enables the disabled to sit and stand up was developed. It can also be used as means of transportation for moving in narrow space and in a short distance. In the usability test of this prototype, two groups were respectively examined in 60 evaluation items. One group consisted of 16 people with disabilities using manual wheelchairs. And the other one consisted of 15 people with disabilities using automatic wheelchairs. The entire average figure of two groups was shown to be 2.72 and standard deviation was 0.820. Specifically, the average figure of the group in manual wheelchair was 2.85 and the one of the other group in automatic wheelchair was 2.57. And both group replied that the move to stand up and sit on both types of wheelchair was the most inconvenient thing. It shows why ergonomic design for persons with under extremity disabilities to stand up and sit is needed. Second, with further study based on the results of usability test of the disabled, it will make contribution to increase the quality of people with disabilities by helping them move and do daily lives on their own.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.21 no.12
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• pp.857-866
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• 2020

'Movement' is an expanded concept of 'place' where people act, interact with one another and achieve a specific purpose at every moment. Wheelchairs, as a mobility aid, have a profound impact on improving the quality of physical and psychological well-being for the mobility disadvantaged groups who have mobility difficulties. Such mobility aids were developed mainly for outdoor activities, but in recent years, mobility aids for indoor spaces, the main living environment, are also being developed. Because indoor mobility aids generally move short distances repeatedly, this study examined the characteristics of lithium-ion batteries in short-distance driving of battery-powered wheelchairs and compared them with the characteristics of lithium-ion batteries in continuous driving. The result showed that the driving time for short-distance driving was 2.8% shorter than that of continuous driving. The current supplied to the motor was 15.4% higher for short-distance driving than that of continuous driving.

• Journal of rehabilitation welfare engineering & assistive technology
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• v.7 no.2
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• pp.109-115
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• 2013

In this paper, we developed pressure mesuring system for powered wheelchair and tried to validate the usefulness of developed system by pressure measuring experiment with 3D motion analysis. This system consist of 64ch seat FSR(Force Sensitive Resistance) sensor unit, 30ch*2 armchair FSR sensor unit, analog and digital hardware board, 2ch rotary encoder unit and realtime signal processing & display S/W. And each data acquired from this system has sampling frequency of 12bit, 10Hz. Pressure measuring experiment for 10 persons who use wheelchair in real life was performed in the 3D vision analysis room. From the experiment, we obtained result that the center line of body inclined to outside direction during powered-wheelchair rotate any direction.