• 한국디자인학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국디자인학회 2003년도 봄 학술발표대회논문집
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• pp.28-29
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• 2003

• 한국CDE학회논문집
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.209-216
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• 2008

This paper presents a novel approach to design evaluation of portable consumer electronic (PCE) products using augmented reality (AR) based tangible interaction and functional behavior simulation. In the approach, the realistic visualization is acquired by overlaying the rendered image of a PCE product on the real world environment in real-time using computer vision based augmented reality. For tangible user interaction in an AR environment, the user creates input events by touching specified regions of the product-type tangible object with the pointer-type tangible object. For functional behavior simulation, we adopt state transition methodology to capture the functional behavior of the product into a markup language-based information model, and build a finite state machine (FSM) to controls the transition between states of the product based on the information model. The FSM is combined with AR-based tangible objects whose operation in the AR environment facilitates the realistic visualization and functional simulation of the product, and thus realizes faster product design and development. Based on the proposed approach, a product design evaluation system has been developed and applied for the design evaluation of various PCE products with highly encouraging feedbacks from users.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제21권11호
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• pp.7-11
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• 2004

• 한국CDE학회논문집
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.374-383
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• 2013

Various interaction techniques have been studied for providing the feeling of touch and improve immersion in augmented reality (AR) environments. Tangible AR interaction exploiting two types (product-type and pointer-type) of simple objects has earned great interest for cost-effective design evaluation of digital handheld products. When the sizes of markers attached to the objects are kept big to obtain better marker recognition, the pointer-type object frequently and significantly occludes the product-type object, which deteriorates natural visualization and level of immersion in an AR environment. In this paper, in order to overcome such problems, we propose tangible AR interaction using fingertip touch combined with small-sized markers. The proposed approach facilitates the use of convex polygons to recover the boundaries of AR markers which are partially occluded. It also properly enlarges the pattern area of each AR marker to reduce the sizes of AR markers without sacrificing the quality of marker detection. We empirically verified the quality of the proposed approach, and applied it in the process of design evaluation of digital products. From experimental results, we found that the approach is comparably accurate enough to be applied to the design evaluation process and tangible enough to provide a pseudo feeling of manipulating virtual products with human hands.

• Journal of Computational Design and Engineering
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• 제1권4호
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• pp.289-297
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• 2014

Although big-sized markers are good for accurate marker recognition and tracking, they are easily occluded by other objects and deteriorate natural visualization and level of immersion during user interaction in AR environments. In this paper, we propose an approach to exploiting the use of rectangular markers to support tangible AR interaction based on fingertip touch using small-sized markers. It basically adjusts the length, width, and interior area of rectangular markers to make them more suitably fit to longish objects like fingers. It also utilizes convex polygons to resolve the partial occlusion of a marker and properly enlarges the pattern area of a marker while adjusting its size without deteriorating the quality of marker detection. We obtained encouraging results from users that the approach can provide better natural visualization and higher level of immersion, and be accurate and tangible enough to support a pseudo feeling of touching virtual products with human hands or fingertips during design evaluation of digital handheld products.

• 한국디자인학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국디자인학회 2003년도 가을학술발표대회
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• pp.94-95
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• 2003

• 한국컴퓨터그래픽스학회논문지
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.19-27
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• 2003

Most interaction schemes in virtual environment are indirect in one way or another. ln particular, without a haptic device (which introduces its own problems due to its cumbersomeness), users must rely on visual (or/and aural) feedback, and can not directly appreciate the 3Dness of the interaction object even with stereoscopy. This causes a drop in object presence because people are used to, for instance, observing objects in one's hand, rotating and manipulating them with physical contact. To alleviate this problem, this paper proposes a hand-held cubic screen, named TangibleScreen, on which the appearance of the target interaction object is projected. We choose the Relief Texture Mapping as the rendering method to correctly generate the viewer dependent textures to be projected on the non-planar surfaces of the TangibleScreen.

• 감성과학
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.553-564
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• 2012

본 연구는 실물형 인터페이스 개념과 특징을 설명하고 있는 선행연구를 대상으로 실물형 인터페이스디자인에 대한 특성을 토출하여 이를 토대로 실물형 인터페이스 디자인 가이드라인을 제안하였다. 도출된 인터페이스 디자인 가이드 라인의 특성은 물리적 조작성, 기기의 용이성 및 편리성, 지각적 표현성, 상황인지 및 공간성, 그리고 사회적 상호작용으로 구분되었으며 25개의 세부항목이 추출되었다. 개발된 가이드라인은 사용자와의 상호작용 측면이 강조된 것으로 이를 실제공간의 체험형 전시물들에 적용하여 평가함으로써 현 실물형 인터페이스 디자인의 특성을 분석하였다. 조사대상으로 선정된 국립과학 박물관의 전시 설치물들 중 실물형 인터페이스 평가가 가능하다고 판단되는 15개의 설치물을 대상으로 개발된 디자인 가이드 라인에 따라 전문가 평가를 하였다. 평가결과 신체모션을 이용한 인터페이스에 대한 점수가 가장 높았으며 이들은 상황인지 및 공간성 영역에서 높은 평가를 받았다. 상황인지 및 공간성은 새로이 확장된 실물형 인터페이스 특성으로 최근 그 중요성이 강조되고 있다. 분석 결과 대부분의 설치물들은 버튼과 조이스틱 위주의 물리적 조작성을 제공하는 설치물이 가장 많았으나 향후 시각, 청각, 촉각 등의 다감각 인터페이스나 사용자가 직접 설치장치들을 재배열하는 인터렉션 개발 등이 필요하였다. 본 연구는 실물형 인터페이스 디자인을 평가할 수 있는 기준을 제시하였다는데 그 의의가 있으며 실물형 인터페이스디자인이 적용된 전시 설치물들이 개발되고 적용됨에 있어 발전 방향을 모색하는데 도움을 줄 것으로 기대한다. 향후 개발된 실물형 인터페이스 디자인 가이드 라인에 따라 전문가 평가뿐만 아니라 실제 사용자들을 대상으로 하는 사용자 경험 평가가 병행되어야 할 것이다.

• 한국실내디자인학회논문집
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• 제22권5호
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• pp.302-310
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• 2013

Many museums have recently employed digital technologies in exhibition installations to provide visitors with interactive experiences with the installations, not just audiences. However, most of them have focused on the adoption of new prototypes or technologies, not considering user experiences of those systems carefully. This study developed an evaluation tool for usability of the tangible user interfaces and conducted a usability study on museum installations emphasizing user interaction and experience. The evaluation tool is composed of 5 features of tangible user interfaces such as tangible, interaction, convenience, representation, spatial interaction and social interaction, and 24 items. The museum we investigated is the Gwacheon National Science Museum, where 8 installations, classified 4 categories, were selected for the usability study. We recruited 6 undergraduate students, who were divided into 2 teams, each team having 3 students. Three students in a team manipulated and experience each installation together and reported their evaluation score through the questionnaire and interviews. The results showed that the score of the usability for the category 3, which requires students to move their bodies for the interaction, is the highest one because it features with spatial interaction. Students expressed much interest in the category 4, which utilizes users' other senses, however, the score of the usability is the lowest because the interaction is temporary and repetitive. Most installations are well designed in terms of control constraints, legibility, lower thresholds, participation encouragement, and open to the public, but pooly designed in terms of multiple access points, configurability, accurate movement, ambient media, and full-body interaction.

• 한국디자인학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국디자인학회 2000년도 추계 학술발표대회 논문집
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• pp.16-17
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• 2000

폭발적인 편재성의 증가로 인해 테크날러지는 이제 인간에게 어디서든 접근 가능한 것이 되었음과 동시에, 모순적이게도 "보이지 않게" 되었다. 그러나, 이러한 모순적인 이중성은 필연적이며 테크날러지의 시대상을 바라보는 데에 더없이 유용하다. 어떻게 하면 이러한 테크날러지와 함께 살아갈 것인가\ulcorner (중략)