• Journal of the Korea Computer Graphics Society
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2008

This paper presents a design of a situation training system supporting mixed-reality for the developmental disabled. The training scenario is developed for the disabled to improve the sense of sight and perception. The user sticks a virtual pin into a hole in the working board according to the direction and the appropriate feedback is delivered based on the FSM(Finite State Machine). In order to improve the reality and the training effect, the user's hand is inserted in the virtual training environments and the tactile sensation is provided using the haptic device.

• Proceedings of the Korea Society for Simulation Conference
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• 한국시뮬레이션학회 2005년도 추계학술대회 및 정기총회
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• pp.144-149
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• 2005

본 논문에서는 $CAVEW^{TM}-like$ 시스템과 같은 대형 디스플레이 기반의 몰입형 시뮬레이션 환경에 필요한 인터랙션 기법을 제안한다. 축소 모형(miniature) 인터랙션은 원거리에 있는 객체를 쉽게 선택하거나 조작하기 위하여 가상 세계 전체를 축소하여 사용자 근처에 디스플레이하고 이를 조작함으로써 대상 객체와 상호작용 할 수 있도록 해준다. 또한, 조감도(bird's eye view)로 표현되는 지도상에 사용자 위치를 표시하여 가상 세계 탐색시 이동 경로를 쉽게 파악할 수 있도록 하였다. 축소 모형은 투명 패널 인터페이스를 통하여 보여지며 사용자는 이를 이용하여 택타일 피드백(tactile feedback)을 제공 받을 수 있다. 그리드(grid)를 이용한 비주얼 가이더는 가상 세계 내에 그리드를 디스플레이하여 대상 객체와 사용자간의 위치 관계를 쉽게 파악할 수 있도록 해준다. 일반적으로 대형 디스플레이 환경에서의 인터랙션은 정확한 깊이 인식이 어렵기 때문에 인터랙션 시사용자의 불필요한 행위를 유발하게 된다. 본 논문에서 제안하는 기법은 이 같은 문제점을_개선하여 객체 조작 시 느껴지는 피로감을 최소화 시킬 수 있으며 다양한 몰입 및 상황 기반 시뮬레이션 어플리케이션에 적용되어 활성화 될 수 있다.

• The Journal of Korean Society for Radiation Therapy
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.33-40
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• 2013

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the possibility to optimize the gated treatment delivery time and maintenance of stable respiratory by the introduction of breath with the assistance of auditory-visual-tactile sense. Materials and Methods: The experimenter's respiration were measured by ANZAI 4D system. We obtained natural breathing signal, monitor-induced breathing signal, monitor & ventilator-induced breathing signal, and breath-hold signal using real time monitor during 10 minutes beam-on-time. In order to check the stability of respiratory signals distributed in each group were compared with means, standard deviation, variation value, beam_time of the respiratory signal. Results: The stability of each respiratory was measured in consideration of deviation change studied in each respiratory time lapse. As a result of an analysis of respiratory signal, all experimenters has showed that breathing signal used both Real time monitor and Ventilator was the most stable and shortest time. Conclusion: In this study, it was evaluated that respiratory gated radiation therapy with auditory-visual-tactual sense and without auditory-visual-tactual sense feedback. The study showed that respiratory gated radiation therapy delivery time could significantly be improved by the application of video feedback when this is combined with audio-tactual sense assistance. This delivery technique did prove its feasibility to limit the tumor motion during treatment delivery for all patients to a defined value while maintaining the accuracy and proved the applicability of the technique in a conventional clinical schedule.

• Fashion & Textile Research Journal
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• 제15권5호
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• pp.834-840
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• 2013

This study aims to suggest practical considerations for designing protective clothing with increased visibility that will have higher user acceptance by law enforcement officers. Light-emitting diode(LED) patrol vests were visually and structurally assessed, and 125 police officers' responses from surveys about user acceptance of the vest were analyzed. The current LED patrol vest was designed for enhanced safety of police officers by increasing visibility in the dark. However, the user acceptance rate of the LED patrol vest indicates low use of and low satisfaction with the vest despite its enhanced safety features. In particular, differences in materials, design, functionality of the pockets and size of the vest depending on the hours worked, were statistically significant. The police officers' responses suggest areas of improvement in design, materials, ease of movement, size and functionality. Key issues include 'tactile discomfort'; 'impeded vision from the glare of the LED'; 'frequent malfunctions of the LED'; 'impossible repair of the broken LED units'; 'no user feedback'; 'inconvenient to replace batteries'; 'brittle materials' and 'unpleasing look'. To increase user acceptance, designer should incorporate context-awareness, a convenient user interface, a modular design approach, first responders' self-image as public servants in relation to their aesthetic perspectives of their uniforms, and scientific evaluation of the effectiveness of the intended functions of the clothing. Suggested implications for designing the LED patrol vest can be applied to designing other functional/protective clothing for intended end users with special needs.

• The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.125-130
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• 2011

This paper investigates the possibility of exploiting haptic force-feedback technology for interacting with Nanta music. We use VR technologies including touch processing technologies and haptic devices to offer touch of cylinder objects and cup object to users. Haptic device is used to implement touch model in VR space. Matlab/Simulink and proSENCE Virtual Touch Toolbox of Handshake Inc. for experiment, are used as programing tools. Function needed to describe the movement of x, y, and z axis respectively are applied to delineate the natural movement of water in cup object modeled with 3D. A certain amount of water in cup object has the difference of sounds. In experiment, to perceive the appearance of 3D object by touch and to feel the tactile by touch are conducted with the effect of sound on Haptic perception. We also verify that it is possible to develop games or contents in VR space by using point.

• Journal of the HCI Society of Korea
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.49-56
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• 2012

The camera-based mobile applications such as color, pattern and object reading can improve the living quality of blind people. However currently available camera-based applications are uncomfortable for the blind, since these applications do not reflect accessibility requirements of the blind especially on touch screen. We investigated accessibility requirements about rapidly growing camera-based mobile applications on touch screen devices for the blind. In order to identify accessibility requirements, we conducted a usability testing for color reading applications with three different types of interfaces on Android OS. The results of the usability testing were as follows: (1) users preferred short depth of menu hierarchy, (2) the initial audio help was more useful than just-in-time help, (3) users needed both manual and automatic camera shooting modes although they preferred manual to automatic mode, (4) users wanted the OS supported screen reader function to be turned off during the color reading application was running, and (5) users required tactile feedback to identify touch screen boundary. We designed a new user interface for blind people by applying the identified accessibility requirements. From a usability testing of the new user interface with 10 blind people, we showed that the identified accessibility requirements were very useful accessibility guidelines for camera-based mobile applications.