• 한국IT서비스학회지
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.73-83
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• 2016

Pedestrian safety was recently highlighted with a yellow carpet, a yellow-colored pavement material prepared for children waiting for signals for pedestrian crossing, without validation of its efficiency in practice. It was a promising device likely to assist highway safety by stimulating pedestrian to step on the yellow-colored area; it was generally called nudge effects. This paper delivers a study conducted to check the effectiveness of yellow carpet in three different aspects in vehicle driver's perspective by applying the newly introduced information technology (IT) service: Visual Attention Software (VAS). It was assumed that VAS developed by 3M in the United States should be able explain the Korean drivers' visual reaction behaviors since technology embedded in VAS was developed based on and proved by other various international countries and continents in the world. A set of pictures was taken at thirteen different field sites in seven school zone areas in the Seoul metropolitan area before and after the installation of a yellow carpet, respectively. Sets of those pictures were analyzed with VAS, and the results were compared based on the selective safety measures: the likely focusing on standing pedestrians (waiting for a pedestrian's green signal time) affected by its background (yellow-colored pavement) contrasting him or her. The test results from a set of before-and-after comparison analyses showed that the placement of yellow carpet would (1) increase 71% of driver's visual attention on pedestrian crossing areas and (2) change the sequential order of visual attention on that area 2.4 steps ahead. The findings would enhance deployment of such promising efficiency and thus increase children safety in pedestrian crossing. The result was promising to highlight the way to support the changes in conservative traffic safety engineering field by applying the advanced IT services, while much robust research was recommended to overcome the limitation of simplification of this study.

• Environmental Engineering Research
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.159-172
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• 2019

To investigate the influence of pollution events on the chemical composition and formation processes of aerosol particles, 24-h integrated size-segregated particulate matter (PM) was collected during the fall season at an urban site of Gwangju, Korea and was used to determine the concentrations of mass, water-soluble organic carbon (WSOC) and ionic species. Furthermore, black carbon (BC) concentrations were observed with an aethalometer. The entire sampling period was classified into four periods, i.e., typical, pollution event I, pollution event II, and an Asian dust event. Stable meteorological conditions (e.g., low wind speed, high surface pressure, and high relative humidity) observed during the two pollution events led to accumulation of aerosol particles and increased formation of secondary organic and inorganic aerosol species, thus causing $PM_{2.5}$ increase. Furthermore, these stable conditions resulted in the predominant condensation or droplet mode size distributions of PM, WSOC, $NO_3{^-}$, and $SO{_4}^{2-}$. However, difference in the accumulation mode size distributions of secondary water-soluble species between pollution events I and II could be attributed to the difference in transport pathways of air masses from high-pollution regions and the formation processes for the secondary chemical species. The average absorption ${\AA}ngstr{\ddot{o}}m$ exponent ($AAE_{370-950}$) for 370-950 nm wavelengths > 1.0 indicates that the BC particles from traffic emissions were likely mixed with light absorbing brown carbon (BrC) from biomass burning (BB) emissions. It was found that light absorption by BrC in the near UV range was affected by both secondary organic aerosol and BB emissions. Overall, the pollution events observed during fall at the study site can be due to the synergy of unfavorable meteorological conditions, enhanced secondary formation, local emissions, and long-range transportation of air masses from upwind polluted areas.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.41-64
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• 1971

During the period from July 1st to the end of November 1970, a survey on air pollution and noise level was made in Seoul, Pusan and Taegu, the three largest cities in Korea. Each city was divided into 4-6 areas; the industrial area, the semi-industrial area, the commercial area, the residential area, the park area and the downtown area. Thirty eight sites were selected from each area. A. Method of Measurement : Dustfall was measured by the Deposit Gauge Method, sulfur oxides by $PbO_2$ cylinder method, suspended particles by the Digital Dust Indicator, Sulfur dioxide ($SO_2$) and Carbon Monoxide (CO) by the MSA & Kitakawa Detector and the noise levels by Rion Sound Survey meter. B. Results: 1. The mean value of dustfall in 3 cities was $30.42ton/km^2/month$, ranging from 8.69 to 95.44. 2. The mean values of dustfall by city were $33.17ton/km^2/month$ in Seoul, 32.11 in Pusan and 25.97 in Taegu. 3. The mean values of dustfall showed a trend of decreasing order of semi-industrial area, downtown area, industrial area, commercial area, residential area, and park area. 4. The mean value of dustfall in Seoul by area were $52.32ton/km^2/month$ in downtown, 50.54 in semi-industrial area, 40.37 in industrial area, 24,19 in commercial area, 16.25 in park area and 15.39 in residential area in order of concentration. 5. The mean values of dustfall in Pusan by area were $48.27ton/km^2/month$ in semi-industrial area, 36.68 in industrial area 25.31 in commercial area, and 18.19 in residential area. 6. The mean values of dustfall in Taegu by area were $36.46ton/km^2/month$ in downtown area, 33.52 in industrial area, 20.37 in commercial area and 13.55 in residential area. 7. The mean values of sulfur oxides in 3 cities were $1.52mg\;SO_3/day/100cm^2\;PbO_2$, ranging from 0.32 to 4.72. 8. The mean values of sulfur oxides by city were $1.89mg\;SO_3/day/100cm^2\;PbO_2$ in Pusan, 1.64 in Seoul and 1.21 in Taegu. 9. The mean values of sulfur oxides by area in 3 cities were $2.16mg\;SO_3/day/100cm^2\;PbO_2$ in industrial area, 1.69 in semi-industrial area, 1.50 in commercial area, 1.48 in downtown area, 1.32 in residential area and 0.94 in the park area, respectively. 10. The monthly mean values of sulfur oxides contents showed a steady increase from July reaching a peak in November. 11. The mean values of suspended particles was $2.89mg/m^3$, ranging from 1.15 to 5.27. 12. The mean values of suspended particles by city were $3.14mg/m^3$ in Seoul, 2.79 in Taegu and 2.25 in Pusan. 13. The mean values of noise level in 3 cities was 71.3 phon, ranging from 49 to 99 phon. 14. The mean values of noise level by city were 73 phon in Seoul, 72 in Pusan, and 69 in Taegu in that order. 15. The mean values of noise level by area in 3 cities showed a decrease in the order of the downtown area, commercial area, industrial area and semi-industrial area, park area and residential area. 16. The comparison of the noise levels by area in 3 cities indicated that the highest level was detected in the downtown area in Seoul and Taegu and in the industrial area in Pusan. 17. The daily average concentration of sulfur dioxides ($SO_2$) in 3 cities was 0.081 ppm, ranging from 0.004 to 0.196. 18. The daily average concentrations of sulfur dioxides by city were 0.092 ppm in Seoul, 0.089 in Pusan and 0.062 in Taegu in that order. 19. The weekly average concentration of carbon monoxides(CO) was 27.59 ppm. 20. The daily average concentrations of carbon monoxides by city were 33.37 ppm. in Seoul, 25.76 in Pusan and 23.65 in Taegu in that order. 21. The concentration of $SO_2$ and CO reaches a peak from 6 p. m. to 8 p. m. 22. About 3 times probably the daily average concentration of CO could be detected in the downtown area probably due to heavy traffic emission in comparison with that in the industial area. 23. As for daily variation of the concentration of $SO_2$ and CO it was found that the concentration maintains relatively higher value during weekdays in the industrial area and on the first part of the week in the downtown area.

• 인터넷정보학회논문지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.49-55
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• 2015

최근 5년간의 주 야간별 교통사고 통계에 따르면 대부분의 자동차 교통사고는 주간보다 야간에 더 많이 발생했다. 교통사고는 다양한 원인으로 발생하게 되는데 그 중 중요한 요소는 조명 미설치 또는 조명 위치의 부적합으로 운전자의 시야 혼란을 야기하여 교통사고를 유발하게 된다. 본 논문은 부적절한 도로 조명 시설 위치와 미설치 구역을 파악하고 관련 정보들을 데이터베이스화 하였다. 이를 위해 운전자의 위치 정보, 주행 정보, 도로 밝기 정보를 스마트폰을 이용하여 실시간으로 데이터베이스 서버에 저장하는 도로 밝기 측정 어플리케이션을 설계 및 구현하였다. 본 어플리케이션은 안드로이드 NDK을 이용하여 Native C/C++ 환경에서 구현되었으며, 이에 따라 자바나 다른 언어로 작성된 어플리케이션 보다 연산속도를 향상시켰다. 도로 밝기를 측정하기 위하여 카메라 영상인 RGB 색 공간의 영상을 YCbCr 색 공간의 영상으로 변환하여 휘도를 측정한다. 이를 위해 먼저 차선을 검출하고 도로 밝기 검출 영역의 휘도 값을 계산하여 데이터베이스에 저장한다. 또한 스마트폰의 카메라를 이용하여 실시간으로 도로의 영상을 입력 받고 도로의 차선부분에 대한 관심영역을 지정하여 연산 속도를 향상시켰다. 관심영역의 영상은 Grayscale 영상으로 변환하고 Canny 에지 검출기를 사용하여 외곽선을 추출하고 Hough line transform을 적용하여 차선의 후보군을 선별한다. 선별된 후보 차선의 기울기를 계산하여 양쪽의 차선을 선정한다. 양쪽 차선이 검출되면 차선의 교차점으로부터 아래로 20픽셀의 높이를 가진 삼각형을 도로 밝기 측정범위로 설정한다. 삼각형 부분의 모든 픽셀에 대한 R, G, B값을 추출하여 Y값을 계산하고 픽셀 밝기 값의 평균을 0부터 100사이의 값으로 계산하여 검은색부터 초록색으로 도로의 밝기를 표현하였다. 계산된 60m 전방의 도로 밝기 값은 스마트폰의 GPS 센서를 통해 측정된 운전자의 주행 정보와 위치 정보를 획득하여 10분 간격으로 무선통신을 통해 데이터베이스 서버에 저장하였다. 향후 수집된 도로 밝기 정보들은 스마트폰 어플리케이션이나 차량 내비게이션을 통해 운전자들에게 조심 운전을 경고하거나 효율적인 도로 조명 관리를 위한 개보수 계획에 반영될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.378-386
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• 2014

The use of bus stop in the center lane has reduced the emissions of exhaust gas on the road due to the improvement of the traffic speed but has caused a health problem for the citizens who are waiting for the bus in the platform, and thus the air pollution control of bus stop in the center lane is emerging as a more important part. This study was conducted to investigate the air pollution degree for the center lane-bus stops in four regions using mobile air measuring vehicle, and to evaluate the characteristics of air pollution by comparing with the data measured at the urban air monitoring site close to the bus stops. In addition, the correlation analysis was performed to analyze the impact to neighboring region by vehicle exhaust gas. The regional mean concentration of nitrogen dioxide in the center lane-bus stops ranged from 0.025 to 0.043 ppm which shows from 2.5 times to 5.3 times higher than the values of urban air monitoring site selected as a control group. The regional mean concentration of ozone in the center lane-bus stops ranged from 0.023 to 0.034 ppm which shows from 3% to 28% lower than the values of urban air monitoring site selected as a control group. The concentrations of nitrogen dioxide and ozone for the sampling regions did not exceed one hour-air quality environmental standard (0.1 ppm). The mean concentration of particulate matter for four center lane-bus stops was $28{\mu}g/m^3$ which shows about 27% higher than the values of urban air monitoring site selected as a control group, and that of particulate matter did not exceed one day-air quality environmental standard ($100{\mu}g/m^3$). In the results of correlation analysis between data from center lane-bus stops and data from urban air monitoring sites, the correlation coefficient (r) of nitrogen dioxide was relatively low as 0.316 to 0.416, and the correlation coefficient was high as the distance was close and vice versa. However, the correlation coefficient of ozone ranged from 0.167 to 0.658 and the correlation coefficient was high as the distance was far and vice versa.

• 대한교통학회지
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.109-125
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• 2004

교통량 등의 도로외적인 요인을 배제한 도로의 물리적 특성이 미치는 영향으로 인하여 운전자의 주행행태가 변하는 것을 자유속도의 예측을 통하여 파악할 수 있다. 또한, 예측된 자유속도는 도로설계의 적정성 평가와 교통류 시뮬레이션 프로그램의 차량속로 입력자료에 이용될 수 있다. 기존의 자유속도 예측모형들이 이용해오던 선형 및 다중회귀분석과 달리 본 연구에서는 비선형적인 특성의 표현이 가능하고 여러 가지 기술적인 응용에 통용되고 있는 인공신경망을 이용하여 자유속도를 예측하고자 하였다. 고속도로 기본구간중 단곡선부를 대상으로 수집된 속도자료를 이용하여, 도로설계요소 중에서 평면 종단선형을 고려하고 횡단면 구성 요소의 일부를 반영한 결과 95% 신뢰수준에서 통계적으로 유의한 자유속도 예측모형을 개발할 수 있었다. 모형의 곡선 시점 중점속도의 RMSE는 6.68, 10.06이고 $R^2$는 0.77, 0.65로 기존에 개발되어있는 모형들과 비교하여 우수한 모형으로 분석되었다. 모형은 곡선 시점 중점에서의 속도특성을 곡선반경 등의 평면선형요소와 종단선형 요소별로 도출할 수 있으며, 연구결과는 현재 기본구간에 설계요소와 무관하게 일률 적용되는 자유속도를 도로설계요소와 관련하여 현실적으로 세분화하여 이용할 수 있는 근거를 제시하고, 나아가 설계일관성평가와 교통류 시뮬레이션에 적용할 수 있을 것으로 예상된다.

• 대한전자공학회논문지TC
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• 제43권9호
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• pp.6-13
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• 2006

본 논문에서는 5.8 GHz 대역의 근거리전용 무선통신기술(DSRC)을 이용한 차량과 차량간의 무선통신에 관하여 연구하였다 첨단화, 지능화 되고 있는 현재의 도로교통체계에서 주행하는 차량간의 통신은 첨단의 지능형 주행을 위한 중요기술이다. 주행 중에 통신 반경 내에 있는 주변 차량들의 속도, 위치, 제동, 운전 상태에 관한 정보를 교환함으로서 원활하고 안전한 교통흐름을 도모할 수 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 고속의 차량 이동 환경에서 1Mbps 급의 대용량 데이터 처리 능력을 갖는 5.8 GHz 대역의 DSRC 기술을 이용하여 LOS (Line Of Sight) 조건에서 사용이 가능한 차량간통신 시스템을 개발하였다. 이를 위하여 완전한 능동형의 차량간통신이 가능하도록 물리계층, 데이터 링크계층과 논리계층 그리고 차량간통신 서비스를 위한 응용계층으로 구분하여 개발하였다. 본 연구를 통하여 ASV (Advanced Safety Vehicle)나 SSVS (Super Smart Vehicle System)의 실현을 위한 차량간 무선통신 기술을 확립하였고 이를 통하여 첨단의 ITS 구현 가능성을 확인할 수 있었다.

• 한국도로학회논문집
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.91-100
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• 2008

현재 도시부 도로에 대한 서비스 수준 평가는 통행속도, 지체 등과 같은 정량적인 부분만을 고려하였다. 하지만 도시부 도로를 이용하는 운전자들은 정량적인 부분이외에도 도로의 청결, 타운전자의 법규위반 등의 정성적인 측면에서도 영향을 받고 있는 것이 현실이다. 이에 본 연구에서는 정량적인 부분과 정성적인 부분을 함께 고려하여 평가지표를 도출하고, 서비스 측면의 개선사항 도출시 주로 경영분야에서 사용되고 있는 Importance-Performance Analysis (IPA) 기법을 변형하여 사용하였다. 본 연구에서 제안된 변형된 IPA 분석기법은 분석대상 및 항목간 상대적 수준을 반영하여 서비스 수준이 평가될 수 있도록 구성되어 있다. 사례분석 지역으로 서울시 강남 3개구, 강북 3개구를 선정하여 도시부 도로의 서비스 질 평가가 수행되었으며, 변형된 IPA 평가를 토대로 도로 서비스 질 향상을 위한 지역별 개선항목을 도출하였다.

• 교육시설
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.61-70
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• 2009

From the mid-1990s, the discussion on alternative schools began in earnest, and with the increasing interests in them, Korean parents' association of alternative education, KPAAE was launched formally in November, 2008. Among the alternative schools in the nation, thirteen urban alternative schools were studied and analyzed. The result indicated that they are being run by individuals and civic organizations with no approval and the facilities and spatial organization of the schools are poor, which is thought to be mainly due to financial reasons as well as the schools' educational goal that puts emphasis on experiences leading to utilize outside local facilities. With this background, the results from the analysis of the facility status and the spatial organization of urban alternative schools led us to understand the followings: First, it showed that per capita average of area of the urban alternative school is approximately 11.995m$^2$, less than 14N, the standard area of institutional schools. Second, depending on the form of facilities, the space of other facilities is shared to make up for insufficient space, and is utilized to a small degree and for multi-purposes. Third, the space reflects the disposition of subject students, and is located in the area with convenient traffic for students' attending the schools conveniently. Fourth, specialized space is run on the basis of educational goals, and the exploring of career and the improving of sociality are pursued through internship programs associated with local facilities. Thus, it is desirable for the minimum per capita area of the urban alternative school to meet 14N, the standard area of the institutional schools in order that the urban alternative school may overcome the spatial limitation and the financial hardship stemming from the practically difficult constructing of new buildings and the small scale operation, and it may make flexible use of the space, and the students may live their lives smoothly. Also, it is thought that for the activating of the urban alternative schools, the plans for utilizing various facilities associated with local facilities should be considered.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제41권12호
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• pp.1950-1958
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• 2016

최근 활발히 연구되고 있는 차세대 지능형교통시스템(C-ITS), 자율주행 자동차 등 교통관련 IT기술 분야에 있어 차량의 위치를 정밀하게 측정하는 기술은 매우 중요하다. 도로위의 차량 측위를 위한 기술은 GPS 가 대표적이나 도심지로 가면 주위에 고층건물이 많아 GPS 신호가 반사되어 심한 경우는 2~300 m의 오차가 발생할 정도로 정확도가 매우 떨어진다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 비전기반의 고정밀 차량측위 기술을 제안한다. 개략적인 처리과정은 고정된 카메라로부터 입력받은 영상 속에 관심 영역을 설정한 후 영역 내 차량 객체 검출(Vehicle Detection)을 수행하여 객체가 점유하는 도로영역을 계산, 미리 정의된 Homography변환행렬을 이용하여 지도영상으로 사용할 항공시점(Aerial View) 상의 점들로 변환하여 측위를 수행한다. 측위성능분석결과 평균적으로 약 20cm이내의 높은 정확도를 가지고 있으며 최대 오차역시 44.72cm를 넘지 않았다. 또한 $22-25_{FPS}$ 의 빠른 처리로 실시간 측위가 가능함을 확인하였다.