• 제목/요약/키워드: The Blind

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건축 공간인지 특성과 경로탐색(Wayfinding)을 고려한 맹학교 건축계획에 관한 연구 - 한빛맹학교와 서울맹학교를 중심으로 - (A Study on the Planning Guide of Educational Facilities for the Blind by the Cognition Characteristics and Wayfinding Behavior of the Blind - Focused on the Han-Vit and Seoul Educational Facilities for the Blind -)

  • 정무웅;구양회
    • 교육시설
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    • 제11권1호
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    • pp.25-37
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    • 2004
  • This study is derived from a problem for the blind, how to recognize the space and how to find their way. Unlike ordinary people, the disabled people are closely related with special constructor environment using the other sense. Especially, to find his/her location, each person depends on the wayfinding ability as acquiring specific and various information,(e.g. recognizing figure by tactile sense, space size by auditory sense, direction by light from a window and regular noise, and existence of switch in a specific place.) Those senses help the person's wayfinding to his/her destination. The procedure of wayfinding are location, position, orientation, navigation, and movement. Consequently, construction for the people above mentioned can offer a design-guideline considering following factors, building arrangement considering regular noise, refurbishment, plan configuration of floor and wall-skin changed, circulation stream that maintains right angle by the regular noise in the building, enforcement location character by the inflow of the light into a crossing.

Intelligent Shoes for Detecting Blind Falls Using the Internet of Things

  • Ahmad Abusukhon
    • KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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    • 제17권9호
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    • pp.2377-2398
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    • 2023
  • In our daily lives, we engage in a variety of tasks that rely on our senses, such as seeing. Blindness is the absence of the sense of vision. According to the World Health Organization, 2.2 billion people worldwide suffer from various forms of vision impairment. Unfortunately, blind people face a variety of indoor and outdoor challenges on a daily basis, limiting their mobility and preventing them from engaging in other activities. Blind people are very vulnerable to a variety of hazards, including falls. Various barriers, such as stairs, can cause a fall. The Internet of Things (IoT) is used to track falls and send a warning message to the blind caretakers. One of the gaps in the previous works is that they were unable to differentiate between falls true and false. Treating false falls as true falls results in many false alarms being sent to the blind caretakers and thus, they may reject the IoT system. As a means of bridging this chasm, this paper proposes an intelligent shoe that is able to precisely distinguish between false and true falls based on three sensors, namely, the load scale sensor, the light sensor, and the Flex sensor. The proposed IoT system is tested in an indoor environment for various scenarios of falls using four models of machine learning. The results from our system showed an accuracy of 0.96%. Compared to the state-of-the-art, our system is simpler and more accurate since it avoids sending false alarms to the blind caretakers.

LVQ 자력등화를 이용한 와이브로 시스템의 성능 개선 (Performance Improvements of WiBro System Using the LVQ Blind Equalization)

  • 박진우
    • 한국정보통신학회논문지
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    • 제14권10호
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    • pp.2247-2253
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    • 2010
  • 와이브로는 OFDMA/TDD 기술을 기반으로하는 고속 이동 인터넷 표준이고, IEEE802.16e 무선 MAN 표준 통합버전의 하나이다. 본 논문에서는 LVQ 자력등화를 이용한 와이브로 시스템의 성능 개선을 제안하였다. 제안한 방법은 Broadband 와이브로 시스템 수신단에 전처리 LVQ 신경망 자력등화를 사용한다. 전처리 LVQ 신경망은 송신데이터 형태인 16QAM으로 분류하고 자력등화는 ICI를 제거한다. 제안한 방법의 유용성을 확인하기 위하여 MSE와 BER에 대하여 시뮬레이션 하였으며, 시뮬레이션 결과 제안한 LVQ 자력등화를 이용한 와이브로 시스템은 기존의 와이브로 시스템보다 성능이 개선되었음을 확인하였다.

시각 장애인을 위한 정원-투시, 위요, 음양, 형태 및 환경 (The garden for the blind-perspective, enclosure, light/shade, form and environment)

  • 김준연
    • 한국조경학회지
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    • 제23권4호
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    • pp.81-96
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    • 1996
  • The idea I set my thesis upon was to develop a methodology for the visually impaired to perceive an environment through their other senses. Since the Blind perceive spatial relationships by combined association of their other senses, it was essential to create a setting where their senses can be amplified. Thus this garden was designed to accommodate two or more of blind person's senses at once to provide more of '3-D' spatial relationship. The main goals of this thesis are, first, to create a place where the Blind can enjoy and nurture their own specific interests. Second, to reveal the nature in its allowing individual analysis and interpretation of a garden. Third, to move away from the prejudice of gardens for the Blind being made of only touching and smelling. To achieve these goals, the most important task was to establish a sense of space. In order to do so, five principles were used; Perspective, Enclosure, Light/Shade, Form, and Environment. After all, the garden for the Blind does not proclaim its purpose in loud terms nor in obvious manner. It should attempt to provide joy, serenity, and activity; a freedom to choose, recognize and analyze nuances of garden, the rhythm of enclosure and openness to experience variety, also to delight in subtle changes and to just imagine.

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차량용 사각지대 감지시스템의 개발 (Development of the Blind Spot Detecting System for Vehicle)

  • 윤문영;김세훈;손민혁;윤득선;부광석;김흥섭
    • 한국자동차공학회논문집
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    • 제17권2호
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    • pp.34-41
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    • 2009
  • The latest vehicle yields a superior safety and reduction of driving burden by monitoring the driving state of vehicle and its environment with various sensors. To detect other vehicles and objects of the rear left and right-side blind spot area of driver, provide the information about a existence of objects inside the blind spot, and give a signal to avoid collision, this study proposes the intelligent outside rear-view mirror system. This task has substantially complicated several factors. For example, the size, geometry and features of the various vehicles which might enter the monitored zone is varied widely and therefore present various reflective characteristics. This study proposes the optimal specification and configuration of optical system and IR array sensor of blind spot detection system, and shows the results of the performance evaluation of developed system.

광섬유 자카드 직물의 역학적 특성 및 감성평가 (Mechanical Properties and Sensibility Evaluation of Jacquard Fabric with Optical Fiber)

  • 노의경;송병갑;김민수
    • 한국의류산업학회지
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    • 제19권2호
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    • pp.240-248
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    • 2017
  • This study compares general jacquard fabrics and jacquard fabrics with optical fiber on mechanical properties, sensibility and preference evaluation of fabric for the blind. The analysis also assesses the effect of optical fiber in the evaluation and identifies those best suited for consumers. The mechanical properties of jacquard fabrics were measured by the KES-FB system. Sensibility and the preference of the jacquard fabric for the blind were rated on tactile sensation by women experts in their 20's and 30's. It was found that the optical fiber in jacquard fabric affected the change of mechanical properties as well as sensibility and preference. Jacquard fabric with optical fiber were softer and more transformable, while the fabrics had lower recover property by shear force and compression as well as more violent unevenness. Jacquard fabrics were also classified into three hand factors of surface property, resilience and weightiness. There were significant differences on surface property perceptions and weightiness, hand and blind preferences by optical fiber. Jacquard fabrics that contained optical fiber were not preferred by the blind because they were perceived to be uneven and heavy. Those, that were smooth and light, were preferred for jacquard fabric; in addition, fabrics preferred by the blind had good compression.

Seismic Behavior Investigation on Blind Bolted CFST Frames with Precast SCWPs

  • Wang, Jingfeng;Shen, Qihan;Li, Beibei
    • 국제강구조저널
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    • 제18권5호
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    • pp.1666-1683
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    • 2018
  • To explore seismic behavior of blind bolted concrete-filled steel tube (CFST) frames infilled with precast sandwich composite wall panels (SCWPs), a series tests of blind bolted square CFST frames with precast SCWPs under lateral low-cyclic loading were conducted. The influence of the type of wall concrete, wall-to-frame connection and steel brace setting, etc. on the hysteretic curves and failure modes of the type of composite structure was investigated. The seismic behavior of the blind bolted CFST frames with precast SCWPs was evaluated in terms of lateral load-displacement relation curves, strength and stiffness degradation, crack patterns of SCWPs, energy dissipation capacity and ductility. Then, a finite element (FE) analysis modeling using ABAQUS software was developed in considering the nonlinear material properties and complex components interaction. Comparison indicated that the FE analytical results coincided well with the test results. Both the experimental and numerical results indicated that setting the external precast SCWPs could heighten the load carrying capacities and rigidities of the blind bolted CFST frames by using reasonable connectors between frame and SCWPs. These experimental studies and FE analysis would enable improvement in the practical design of the SCWPs in fabricated CFST structure buildings.

복지사각지대 관리를 위한 블록체인 분산 ID기술 적용 연구 (A study on the Application of Distributed ID Technology based on Blockchain for Welfare Blind Spot Management)

  • 민연아
    • 한국인터넷방송통신학회논문지
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    • 제20권6호
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    • pp.145-150
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    • 2020
  • 정부의 포용적 복지국가 실현 정책에 따라 복지관련 서비스가 다양해지고 복지 급여의 수급 대상자의 범위가 확대됨에 따라 사각지대 관리의 중요성이 높아지고 있다. 이에 따라 사회안전망의 확충이 주요 관심사로 제시되고 있으며 복지위기의 사각지대 관리를 위하여 저소득층 소득과 자립을 지원하고 빈곤·위기 가구를 적극적으로 발굴 및 지원하는 내용의 사회안전망 관리가 필요하다. 본 논문에서는 복지사각지대 관리를 위하여 사각지대 관련 다양한 문제점을 검토하고 사각지대의 범위를 고려하여 블록체인 기반 분산 ID의 적용가능성과 분산 ID(Decentralized Identifier) 기술의 단계별 적용 가능성을 제안하였다.

블라인드 PV 제어에 따른 실내 빛환경 및 발전량 측정 (A Measurement of Luminous Environment and Power Generation according to Control Methods of Blind PV)

  • 김소현;손아롬;김인태;최안섭
    • 조명전기설비학회논문지
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    • 제27권2호
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    • pp.14-21
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    • 2013
  • Today, energy problem has become an important issue, and a development of renewable energy is urgent. In architectural fields, a research of the energy efficient lighting system using renewable energy is in progress. The energy efficient lighting system could be realized by integrating a daylight responsive LED lighting control system and a blind PV system. This system is able to save and generate electric energy. Efficiency of this system depends on control methods of blind PV. As a preliminary research, this research analyzed power generation and inflow of available daylight according to control method of blind PV.

Optimization of Blind Adaptive Decorrelating PIC Detector Performance in DS-CDMA System

  • Sirijiamrat, S.;Benjangkaprasert, C.;Sangaroon, O.
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 제어로봇시스템학회 2004년도 ICCAS
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    • pp.1962-1965
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    • 2004
  • In this paper, the new algorithm for blind adaptive decorrelating parallel interference canceller detector in direct-sequence code division multiple access (DS-CDMA) synchronous communication systems is proposed. The goal of this paper is to improve the performance of the blind adaptive decorrelating parallel interference cancellation detector (BAD/PIC). The proposed blind adaptive decorrelating detector is using optimum step-size technique bootstrap algorithm as an initial stage of PIC, which does not require a training sequence. Therefore, this algorithm has a superior view of utilizing bandwidth and reduces the complexity of computation of inversion cross-correlation matrix. The computer simulation results show that the bit error rate performance of the proposed algorithm for the new structure of detector is better than that of the other detectors such as matched filters, the conventional PIC, and the blind adaptive decorrelating PIC detector.

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