• Journal of Magnetics
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.473-480
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• 2013

A new concept design of electromagnetic energy harvester is proposed for powering a tire pressure monitoring sensor (TPMS). The thin coil strap is attached on the circumferential surface of a rim and a permanent magnet is placed on the brake caliper system. When the wheel rotates, the relative motion between the magnet and the coil generates electrical energy by electromagnetic induction. The generated energy is stored in a storage unit (rechargeable battery, capacitor) and used for TPMS operation and wireless signal transmission. Innovative layered design of the strap is provided for maximizing energy generation. Finite Element Method (FEM) and experiment results on the proposed design are compared to validate the proposed design; further, the method for design improvement is discussed. The proposed design is excellent in terms of durability and sustainability because it utilizes the everlasting rotary motion throughout the vehicle life and does not require material deformation.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제4권6호
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• pp.759-777
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• 2008

A wireless sensing system is designed for application to structural monitoring and damage detection applications. Embedded in the wireless monitoring module is a two-tier prediction model, the auto-regressive (AR) and the autoregressive model with exogenous inputs (ARX), used to obtain damage sensitive features of a structure. To validate the performance of the proposed wireless monitoring and damage detection system, two near full scale single-story RC-frames, with and without brick wall system, are instrumented with the wireless monitoring system for real time damage detection during shaking table tests. White noise and seismic ground motion records are applied to the base of the structure using a shaking table. Pattern classification methods are then adopted to classify the structure as damaged or undamaged using time series coefficients as entities of a damage-sensitive feature vector. The demonstration of the damage detection methodology is shown to be capable of identifying damage using a wireless structural monitoring system. The accuracy and sensitivity of the MEMS-based wireless sensors employed are also verified through comparison to data recorded using a traditional wired monitoring system.

• 융합신호처리학회논문지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.56-62
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• 2015

본 연구에서는 현대인들의 일상생활 중 대부분의 시간을 보내는 좌식생활 중에 무구속적으로 장시간 심장활동상태를 모니터링하기 위한 의자형 무구속 심전도 모니터링 시스템을 설계 및 구현하였다. 구현된 시스템은 옷을 입은 상태에서도 측정이 가능하며, 동잡음에도 비교적 강한 장점을 가진다. 이를 위하여 의자의 등받이 부분에 무구속 전극을 배치하였으며, 미세한 생체신호를 증폭하고, 측정 시 발생 할 수 있는 동잡음 및 기저선의 변화, 상용전원에 의한 전원잡음을 제거하기 위하여 증폭기 및 필터를 설계하였다. 또한 제어부와 무선전송부를 구현하여 아날로그 신호를 디지털 신호로 변환하고 생체신호를 PC와 스마트폰으로 전송함으로써 일상생활 중 지속적인 심장활동 상태의 모니터링이 가능하다. 구현된 시스템의 성능을 평가하기 위하여 Ag/AgCl 전극을 사용한 시스템과 비교 실험을 수행하였으며, 실험 결과 구현된 시스템의 무구속적으로 심장활동 상태 모니터링이 가능함을 확인하였다.

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 2000년도 추계종합학술대회 논문집(1)
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• pp.417-420
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• 2000

In this paper, the design and the implementation of a realtime monitoring system using WWW protocol over the Internet is described. The overall system architecture and the functional structure of the system are presented. A Java applet is used in the development of the system for the motion picture effect of JPEG still images. The system is tested on a LAN and the experimental results are described.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.295-301
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• 2008

A wireless 3 channel ECG monitoring system was developed so that it could monitor the health and movement state during subject's daily life. The developed system consists of a wireless biomedical signal acquisition device, a personal healthcare server, and a remote medical server. Three experiments were performed to evaluate the accuracy, reliability and operability, applicability during daily life of the developed device. First, ECG signals were measured using the developed device and commercial reference device during sitting and marking time and compared to verify the accuracy of R-R intervals. Second, the reliable data transmission to remote server was verified on two types of simulated emergency event using patient simulator. Third, during five types of motion in daily life, the accuracy of data transmission to remote server using CDMA network was verified on two types of event occurring. By acquiring and comparing subject's biomedical signal and motion signal, the accuracy, reliability and operability, applicability during daily life of the developed device were verified. In addition, PDA-phone based wireless system enabled subject to be monitored without any constraints. Therefore, the developed system is expected to be applicable for monitoring the aged and chronic diseased people and giving first-aid in emergency.

• 전자공학회논문지SC
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• 제45권5호
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• pp.28-34
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• 2008

유비쿼터스 헬스케어 환경의 실현을 위해 실시간의 생체 정보 모니터링은 매우 중요한 요소이다. 이러한 생체 정보 모니터링을 위한 장치는 대부분 PPG 신호를 얻어 피측정자의 상태 모니터링에 활용하고 있다. PPG 신호를 얻기 위해서는 핑거프로브를 손가락에 착용해야 하기 때문에 일상생활을 하기에 불편할 뿐만 아니라, 핑거 프로브 착용자의 움직임에 의한 동잡음으로 인하여 정확한 PPG신호를 얻기가 매우 힘들다. 본 논문에서는 핑거프로브를 없앤 U-헬스케어를 위한 손목형 생체 정보 모니터링 시스템을 개발하고, 생체 정보 모니터링 시스템의 감시 요소 중 하나인 PPG 신호의 동잡음 제거를 위해 새로운 알고리즘을 제안한다. 개발한 시스템은 핑거프로브를 없앤 대신 밴드스트립에 LED와 포토센서를 장착하여 손목의 동맥혈관의 혈류 변화량으로부터 PPG를 얻도록 설계하였다. 그러나 밴드스트립에 위치한 센서는 핑거프로브에 위치한 센서에 비해 많은 동잡음에 노출되어 있으므로, 그 동잡음들을 제거하기 위하여 최근 제기된 PPG 신호의 유사 주기성을 이용한 PMAF(Periodic Moving Average Filter) 방법을 개선한 새로운 동잡음 제거 방법을 제안한다.

• 전자공학회논문지CI
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• 제40권1호
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• pp.30-38
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• 2003

본 논문은 비디오 영상에서 움직이는 물체를 분할하는 방법을 제안한다. 물체들의 크기가 작거나 서로 겹쳐있을 경우(occlusion), 또는 잡음이 많은 경우에도 안정적인 이 방법은 움직임 검출(motion detection)과 움직임 분할(motion segmentation) 두 단계로 구성되어 있다. 움직임 검출을 하기 위하여 인접 영상간의 차영상(difference image) 분석을 통해 움직임이 있는 부분을 추출하며, 이때 적응적 임계치 방법을 이용하여 빛의 변화나 노이즈가 포함된 환경에서도 안정적으로 추출한다. 움직임 분할 단계에서는 움직임이 검출된 부분을 초기영역으로 분할 한 뒤, 이 영역들의 모션정보에 따라 이웃 한 영역들을 병합함으로써 독립적으로 움직이는 물체를 분할한다. 이러한 방법은 검출된 영역에 대해서만 움직임 분할을 함으로 많은 계산효과를 얻을 수 있으며 실제 도로영상에서 제안된 방법을 실험해본 결과 비디오 감시시스템에 적합함을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국경영과학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국경영과학회 1998년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.413-414
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• 1998

This paper presents a real-time Spatial Decision Support System(SDSS) for security camera image monitoring. Other SDSSs are not real-time systems, i.e., they show the images that are already transformed into data format such as virtual reality. In our system, the image is broadcasted in real-time since the purpose of the security camera needs to do it in real-time. With these real-time images, other systems do not add up anything more; the screen just shows the images from the camera. However in our system, we created a motion detection system so that the supervisor(Judge) of a sec.urity monitoring system does not have to pay attention to it constantly. In other words, we created a judge advising system for the supervisor of the security monitoring system. Most of small objects do not need the supervisor's attention since they could be birds, cats, dogs, etc. if they show up in the screen image. In this new system the system only report the unusual change to the supervisor by calculating the motion and size of objects in the screen. Thus the supervisor can be liberated from the 24-hour concentration duty; instead he/she can be only alerted when the real security threat such as a big moving object like an human intruder appears. Thus this system can be called a real-time Spatial DSS. The utility of this system is proved mathematically by using the concept of entropy. In other words, big objects like human intruders increase the entropy of the screen images significantly therefore the supervisor must be alerted. Thus by proving its utility of the system theoretically, we can claim that our new real-time SDSS is superior to others which do not use our technique.hnique.

• 한국소음진동공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국소음진동공학회 2001년도 추계학술대회논문집 I
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• pp.247-251
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• 2001

Nowadays, base isolation systems such as lead-rubber bearing, elastomer bearing and sliding bearing have been installed to the various structures to prevent the disaster from seismic. The performance of base isolation system have been well proved by model-scale experiments and numerical analysis. However. the seismic response data measured at real large base-isolated structures is still insufficient. This paper presents a seismic monitoring system, acquiring real-time acceleration signals up to 32 channels, displaying time history and spectrum of the signals, storing the acquired data at a PC hard disk, and replaying the saved data. Moreover, the system can be operated without any limitation for monitoring period by automatic management of stored data file. The developed system has been installed at a real base-isolated building using lead-rubber bearings and we expect its seismic response data with ground motion signal can be well licquired in case of earthquake occurrence.

• 한국의류학회지
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• 제39권3호
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• pp.369-378
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• 2015

Various forms of wearable bio-signal monitoring systems have been developed recently. Acquisition of stable bio-signal data for health care purposes needs to be unconscious and continuous without hindrance to the users' daily activities. The garment type is a suitable form of a wearable bio-signal monitoring system; however, motion artifacts caused by body movement degrade the signal quality during the measurement of bio-signals. It is crucial to stabilize the electrode position to reduce motion artifacts generated when in motion. The problems with motion artifacts remain unresolved despite their significant effect on bio-signal monitoring. This research creates a foundation for the design of garment-type wearable systems for everyday use by finding a method to reduce motion artifacts through modular design. Two distinct garment-type wearable systems (tee-shirt with a motion artifact-reducing module (MARM) and tee-shirt without a MARM) were designed to compare the effects of modular design on the measurement of heart activity in terms of electrode position displacement, signal quality index value, and morphological quality. The tee-shirt with MARM showed superior properties and yielded higher quality signals than the tee-shirt without MARM. In addition, the tee-shirt with MARM showed a better repeatability of the heart activity signals. Therefore, a garment design with MARM is an efficient way to acquire stable bio-signals while in motion.