• Journal of Information Processing Systems
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.629-638
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• 2020

In this paper, an unmanned automation system for harvesting chili peppers through image recognition in the color space is proposed. We developed a cutting-edge technology in terms of convergence between information and communication technology (ICT) and agriculture. Agriculture requires a lot of manpower and entails hard work by the laborers. In this study, we developed an autonomous application that can obtain the head coordinates of a chili pepper using image recognition based on the OpenCV library. As an alternative solution to labor shortages in rural areas, a robot-based chili pepper harvester is proposed as a convergence technology between ICT and agriculture requiring hard labor. Although agriculture is currently a very important industry for human workers, in the future, we expect robots to have the capability of harvesting chili peppers autonomously.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제35권6호
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• pp.1021-1028
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• 2013

Automatic facial expression recognition is a widely studied problem in computer vision and human-robot interaction. There has been a range of studies for representing facial descriptors for facial expression recognition. Some prominent descriptors were presented in the first facial expression recognition and analysis challenge (FERA2011). In that competition, the Local Gabor Binary Pattern Histogram Sequence descriptor showed the most powerful description capability. In this paper, we introduce hybrid facial representations for facial expression recognition, which have more powerful description capability with lower dimensionality. Our descriptors consist of a block-based descriptor and a pixel-based descriptor. The block-based descriptor represents the micro-orientation and micro-geometric structure information. The pixel-based descriptor represents texture information. We validate our descriptors on two public databases, and the results show that our descriptors perform well with a relatively low dimensionality.

• 융합정보논문지
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• 제10권7호
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• pp.122-130
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• 2020

본 연구는 중소기업융합학회에 수록된 논문을 대상으로 계량서지학적 분석을 실시함으로써 융합연구에 대한 동향 및 추세를 파악하는 것을 목적으로 한다. 2012~2019년까지 수록된 792편의 논문자료를 수집하였으며, 텍스트 마이닝을 통해 명사 및 복합명사를 추출하고 3차의 전처리 및 정제과정을 거쳐 중심성을 활용한 연결망 분석을 실시하였다. 핵심 연구결과에 따르면 첫째, 2016년 이후 연구의 양적·질적 측면이 향상되었으며, 영향, 융합, 매개효과, 만족, 효과연구가 중점을 이루었다. 둘째, 전반기(2012~2015년)에는 정보, 시스템, 보안 등의 주제를 토대로 공학 및 기술측면의 연구가 집중적으로 수행되어졌다. 셋째, 후반기(2016~2019년)에는 대학생, 부모, 청소년 등을 대상으로 직무, 자기효능감, 교육, 만족, 우울, 스트레스 등을 주제로 연구범위가 확장되어졌다. 본 연구결과는 기존의 연구동향을 파악하는 것과 더불어 신규 연구영역의 확장에 필요한 정보를 제공하는데 의의가 있다.

• 한국산업융합학회 논문집
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• 제25권2_2호
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• pp.219-232
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• 2022

The aim of this study is to provide the dynamic convergence index that reflected the inherent characteristics of the convergence phenomenon and utilized the nationally-funded R&D projects data, thereby suggesting useful information about the direction of the national convergence R&D strategy. The dynamic convergence index that we suggested was made of two indicators: persistency and diversity. From a time-series perspective, the persistency index, which measures the degree of continuous convergence of multidisciplinary nationally-funded R&D projects, and the diversity index, which measures the degree of binding with heterogeneous research areas. We conducted the empirical experiment with 151,248 convergence R&D projects during the 2015~2021 time period. The results showed that convergence R&D projects in both public health and life sciences appeared the highest degree of persistency. It was presumed that the degree of persistency has increased again due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Meanwhile, the degree of diversity has risen with combining with disciplinary such as materials, chemical engineering, and brain science areas to solve social problems including mental health, depression, and aging. This study not only provides implications for improving the concept and definition of dynamic convergence in terms of persistency and diversity for national convergence R&D strategy but also presented dynamic convergence index and analysis methods that can be practically applied for directing public R&D programs.

• 한국융합학회논문지
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.65-71
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• 2015

기업에서의 비즈니스 전략 및 정보시스템의 역할은 다양하게 나타나고 있는 정보기술 환경으로 인하여 다양한 변화 및 융합을 시도하고 있다. 특히 빅 데이터의 등장과 더불어 지식기반 분석은 비즈니스 정보시스템 구축을 위한 전략적인 계획분야에서도 중요한 의미를 지니게 되었다. 다수의 연구들과 실제적인 응용을 통해서 정보시스템 전략 프로세스에 영향을 주는 조직적, 기술적, 환경적 요인들이 구체적으로 소개되고 있다. 이러한 정보시스템 계획에 영향을 주는 요인들을 입력, 프로세스, 출력의 절차적인 계획 프로세스에 포함시키고 있다. 본 연구는 정보시스템 계획을 수립하는 데 있어서 요인들과 정보, 프로세스 사이에 존재하는 의사소통 구조 요소를 발견하고 그 융합에 대해 연구한다. 비즈니스 정보시스템 프로세스 융합을 통하여 전략 목표를 평가하기 위한 프로세스를 분석한다.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제35권6호
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• pp.1094-1104
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• 2013

Home appliance manufacturers have recently been trying to provide smart products capable of various Internet services. For example, one health care manufacturer provides a Wi-Fi-capable scale. Once users register their information with the manufacturer's server, their weight and body fat records are automatically uploaded to the server whenever they measure their weight. The users can then watch and check their weight log easily using a smart device, such as a smartphone or tablet. One of the biggest problems, however, is that the initial configuration of the appliances and the user registration process may be quite complicated to typical users who are unfamiliar with such IT devices. This paper proposes an autoconfiguration system structure and protocol for Internet-capable home appliances, which supports the initial configuration and remote maintenance service of the device with only little user effort. Manufacturers can develop their own information appliances and provide differentiated services using the proposed system and protocol.

• 한국컴퓨터정보학회논문지
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• 제24권9호
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• pp.83-95
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• 2019

Recently, a variety of IoT data is collected by attaching geosensors to many vehicles that are on the road. IoT data basically has time and space information and is composed of various data such as temperature, humidity, fine dust, Co2, etc. Although a certain sensor data can be retrieved using time, latitude and longitude, which are keys to the IoT data, advanced search engines for IoT data to handle high-level user queries are still limited. There is also a problem with searching large amounts of IoT data without generating indexes, which wastes a great deal of time through sequential scans. In this paper, we propose a unified spatial index model that handles both grid and trajectory queries using a cell-based space-filling curve method. also it presents a visualization method that helps user grasp intuitively. The Trajectory query is to aggregate the traffic of the trajectory cells passed by taxi on the road searched by the user. The grid query is to find the cells on the road searched by the user and to aggregate the fine dust. Based on the generated spatial index, the user interface quickly summarizes the trajectory and grid queries for specific road and all roads, and proposes a Web-based prototype system that can be analyzed intuitively through road and heat map visualization.

• 디지털산업정보학회논문지
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.53-61
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• 2019

In this paper, we propose 'a self - conformance system of convergence security provider' to provide basic data for security and reliability of convergence industrial technology, system and service. It is difficult to evaluate convergence security systems, limited to information and communication service providers, unable to check convergence security items, burden of submission documents, difficulty in measuring convergence security service level and we will summarize product and service-based requirements that can be integrated and systematically measure the level of convergence security and define renewed life cycle-based convergence security information and content security and assurance requirements. On the basis of this, each convergence security company declares conformity with the standard itself without the certification of the certification body, and introduces the provider conformity certification system which can manufacture and sell. This will enable the company to strengthen its competitiveness through timely launch and implementation of products and services and cost reduction.

• International journal of advanced smart convergence
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.190-201
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• 2023

Securing transportation safety infrastructure technology for Lv.4 connected autonomous driving is very important for the spread of autonomous vehicles, and the safe operation of level 4 autonomous vehicles in adverse weather has limitations due to the development of vehicle-only technology. We developed the radar-enabled AI convergence transportation entities detection system. This system is mounted on fixed and mobile supports on the road, and provides excellent autonomous driving situation recognition/determination results by converging transportation entities information collected from various monitoring sensors such as 60GHz radar and EO/IR based on artificial intelligence. By installing such a radar-enabled AI convergence transportation entities detection system on an autonomous road, it is possible to increase driving efficiency and ensure safety in adverse weather. To secure competitive technologies in the global market, the development of four key technologies such as ① AI-enabled transportation situation recognition/determination algorithm, ② 60GHz radar development technology, ③ multi-sensor data convergence technology, and ④ AI data framework technology is required.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제37권6호
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• pp.1231-1241
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• 2015

In this study, we investigate the relationship between emotions and the physiological responses, with emotion recognition, using the proposed fuzzy information granulation-based neural network (FIGNN) for boredom, pain, and surprise emotions. For an analysis of the physiological responses, three emotions are induced through emotional stimuli, and the physiological signals are obtained from the evoked emotions. To recognize the emotions, we design an FIGNN recognizer and deal with the feature selection through an analysis of the physiological signals. The proposed method is accomplished in premise, consequence, and aggregation design phases. The premise phase takes information granulation using fuzzy c-means clustering, the consequence phase adopts a polynomial function, and the aggregation phase resorts to a general fuzzy inference. Experiments show that a suitable methodology and a substantial reduction of the feature space can be accomplished, and that the proposed FIGNN has a high recognition accuracy for the three emotions using physiological signals.