• Safety and Health at Work
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• v.7 no.3
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• pp.194-200
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• 2016

Background: The influence of sociocultural factors on human reliability within an open sociotechnical systems is highlighted. The design of such systems is enhanced by experience feedback. Methods: The study was focused on a survey related to the observation of working cases, and by processing of incident/accident statistics and semistructured interviews in the qualitative part. In order to consolidate the study approach, we considered a schedule for the purpose of standard statistical measurements. We tried to be unbiased by supporting an exhaustive list of all worker categories including age, sex, educational level, prescribed task, accountability level, etc. The survey was reinforced by a schedule distributed to 300 workers belonging to two oil companies. This schedule comprises 30 items related to six main factors that influence human reliability. Results: Qualitative observations and schedule data processing had shown that the sociocultural factors can negatively and positively influence operator behaviors. Conclusion: The explored sociocultural factors influence the human reliability both in qualitative and quantitative manners. The proposed model shows how reliability can be enhanced by some measures such as experience feedback based on, for example, safety improvements, training, and information. With that is added the continuous systems improvements to improve sociocultural reality and to reduce negative behaviors.

• Journal of the Korea Computer Graphics Society
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• v.8 no.2
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• pp.15-22
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• 2002

Image segmentation methods partition an image into meaningful regions. For image composition and analysis, it is desirable for the partitioned regions to represent meaningful objects in terms of human perception and manipulation. Despite the recent progress in image understanding, however, most of the segmentation methods mainly employ low-level image features and it is still highly challenging to automatically segment an image based on high-level meaning suitable for human interpretation. The concept of HCI (Human Computer Interaction) can be applied to operator-assisted image segmentation in a manner that a human operator provides guidance to automatic image processing by interactively supplying critical information about object boundaries. Intelligent Scissors and Snakes have demonstrated the effectiveness of human-assisted segmentation [2] [1]. This paper presents a method for interactive image segmentation for more efficient and effective detection and tracking of object boundaries. The presented method is partly based on the concept of Intelligent Scissors, but employs the well-established Canny edge detector for stable edge detection. It also uses "sewing method" for including weak edges in object boundaries, and 5-direction search to promote more efficient and stable linking of neighboring edges than the previous methods.

• Transactions on Control, Automation and Systems Engineering
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• v.4 no.1
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• pp.38-42
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• 2002

Conditions are discussed for operating a dissymmetric human master-small (or micro) slave system in best (large position gain-small velocity gain) conditions allowing higher operator dexterity when real effects (joint compliance, link flexion delay and transmission distortion) are taken into account. It is shown that position PD feedback law advantage for ideal case no longer holds, and that more complicated feedback law depending on real effects has to be implemented with adapted transmission line. Drawback is slowdown of master slave interaction, suggesting to use more advanced predictive methods for the master and more intelligent control law for the slave.

• Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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• 1998.10a
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• pp.911-914
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• 1998

In this paper, the importance of including small image features at the initial levels of a progressive second generation video coding scheme is presented. It is shown that a number of meaningful small features called details shouuld be coded in order to match their perceptual significance to the human visual system. We propose a method for extracting, perceptually selecting and coding of visual details in a video sequence using morphological laplacian operator and modified post-it transform is very efficient for improving quality of the reconstructed images.

• Proceedings of the KSRS Conference
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• 1999.11a
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• pp.281-284
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• 1999

Ground truth measurement system using RC helicopter is very useful to measure BRDF. The helicopter is operated human operator but it can keep its position by GPS aided hovering system. We developed the measurement system and have done ground truth in Mongolia in the summer of 1999 and have made sure the system can measure BRDF expectedly.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 1989.10a
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• pp.149-153
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• 1989

This paper investigates the possibility of applying fuzzy algorithms to the collision avoidance problem of a cylindrical robot moving in a 3-dimensional workspace. The displacement information from the end-effector to the points via which the robot can avoid collisions is given by the human operator. Then this uncertain information is adopted for the fuzzy inference system for robot movements. The robot movement is simulated to verify the effectiveness of the proposed fuzzy algorithm.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 1991.10a
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• pp.676-680
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• 1991

This paper proposes fuzzy control algorithms for a DC moter speed control. The proposed algorithms are constructed by the fuzzy controller and the fuzzy compensator. The fuzzy compensator used to overcome rapidly the effects caused by the disturbance and is mounted outside of the closed loop of the fuzzy controller. The fuzzy control rules are established from human operator experience and basic engineering knowledge about the process dynamics. Simulation results show that the proposed algorithms compensate for parameter variation and disturbance.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2000.11a
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• pp.721-724
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• 2000

This paper has been demonstrated to be essential to successful telemanipulator control when the communication delay between master arms in the operator control station and telemanipulators in the remote site. This paper includes the human dynamics to generate a control command, the monitoring force feedback in order to robust under short time delays and the controller not to requre the derivative of interaction forces. Simulation results suggest that, the proposed control system should be superior to conventional systems in terms of performance and robustness under short time delays.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Machine Tool Engineers Conference
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• 1998.10a
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• pp.72-74
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• 1998

The adaptive skill of the human operator is now being simulated and reproduced by computer that have become more powerful and less expensive. This paper is concerned with an investigation of the effects of dynamic load of hydraulic oil on pressures with three different circuit(meter-in, meter-out and bleed-off). The experimental results showed that pressures increase with an increase in dynamic load in bleed-off circuit, but there is no variation of pressure in meter-in and meter-out circuits.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 1992.10b
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• pp.473-478
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• 1992

This paper aims to investigate the navigation control of a mobile robot in a confined environment. Steering angle becomes control variable which is computed from the fuzzy control rules. The identification method proposed in this paper presents the fuzzy control rules obtained through modelling of. the driving actions of human operator. The feasibility of the proposed method is evaluated through the application of the identified fuzzy controls rules to the navigation control of a mobile robot which follows the center of a corridor.