• 한국컴퓨터정보학회논문지
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• 제20권10호
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• pp.7-13
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• 2015

Wearable device, next generation smart device, is consistently growing. The flexible display will be a kind of display in the wearable device. The flexible display technology is now evolving with end-user requirement such as portability and easy installation. Previous wearable display products still have some difficulties in manufacturing and in flexibility whole device. But it can be a flexible display with LED device and utilized in commercial area. In this paper, we propose a driver to control the LED display and implement a flexible LED display system.

• 한국융합학회논문지
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• 제8권8호
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• pp.27-32
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• 2017

복수 개의 웨어러블 디바이스는 휴대성 때문에 유선으로 통신하는 것이 적합하지 않다. 복수 개의 웨어러블 디바이스가 서로 통신 할 때 우수한 통신 품질과 그룹 활동 특징 때문에 무선통신 방법을 이용한다. 본 논문에서 복수 개의 웨어러블 디바이스들의 그룹형 디스플레이를 위한 그룹결정 알고리즘을 제안하였다. 이것은 무선통신 환경에서 여러 개의 웨어러블 디바이스들이 단체동작 디스플레이를 할 때 거리측정을 통하여 그룹멤버로 인지하는 그룹결정 알고리즘을 의미한다. 실험결과 복수 개의 웨어러블 디바이스들의 그룹 디스플레이가 단일 웨어러블 디스플레이의 한계를 극복하였음을 보여주었다.

• 대한인간공학회지
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• 제30권6호
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• pp.739-747
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• 2011

Objective: The present study evaluated information presentation methods applicable to a wearable Braille display in terms of performance and satisfaction measures. Background: A Braille display wearable at a finger can improve accessibility of information for the blind by presenting information in real time. Method: A Braille display with six pins operated by DC servomotors was developed to simulate four information presentation methods(active, stationary, simultaneous, and sequential methods). An evaluation experiment was conducted with 16 participants(8 normal and 8 blind participants) by using three objective measures(reaction time, RT, unit: sec; recognition time, CT, unit: sec; correct response percentage, CP) and two subjective measures(overall satisfaction, OS; perception easiness, PE) with a 7-point scale. Results: The average RTs and CTs of the active and stationary methods were significantly shorter than those of the simultaneous and sequential methods for the blind participants. Also, the average CPs, OSs, and PEs of the active and sequential methods were significantly higher than those of the stationary and simultaneous methods. Conclusion: The active and sequential methods were preferred to the other methods for the blind. Application: The performance characteristics identified in the present study for the four braille display methods can be utilized to develop an effective wearable Braille display system.

• 패션비즈니스
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.125-140
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• 2021

Recently, flexible displays have been used as part of fashion beyond the concept of parts for electronic products. The flexible display applied to wearable fashion products flexibly bends according to the wearing position of the human body and, at the same time, decorates the fashion product more splendidly through the screen on which images or videos are displayed. Flexible displays, which are used for clothes and accessories, combine analogue fashion sensibility with digital screens to create a new level of convergence product design and expand the range of fashion design and fashion materials. This study aims to analyze the trends of the development and commercialization of fashion products that use flexible displays. As a research method, theoretical research and empirical research through case analysis were conducted in parallel. First, as a theoretical study, the morphological and technical characteristics of flexible displays were examined. Through theoretical studies, the effect of the characteristics of flexible displays on the development of wearable fashion products was investigated. Second, as an empirical case study, the design of wearable fashion products using flexible displays over the past 10 years and the characteristics of the displays used in the products were analyzed. Based on the characteristics analyzed, the product design, display and product integration methods and the commercialization stages of wearable fashion products using flexible displays were analyzed.

• 로봇학회논문지
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.89-101
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• 2006

Tactile sensation is one of the most important sensory functions for human perception of objects. Recently, there have been many technical challenges in the field of tactile display as well as tactile sensing. In this paper, we propose an innovative tactile display device based on soft actuator technology with ElectroActive Polymer(EAP). This device offers advantageous features over existing devices with respect to intrinsic flexibility, softness, ease of fabrication and miniaturization, high power density, and cost effectiveness. In particular, it can be adapted to various geometric configurations because it possesses structural flexibility, so it can be worn on any part of the human body such as finger, palm, and arm etc. It can be extensively applied as a wearable tactile display, a Braille device for the visually disabled, and a human interface in the future. A new design of the flexible actuator is proposed and its basic operational principles are discussed. In addition, a wearable tactile display device with $4{\times}5$ actuator array(20 actuator cells) is developed and its effectiveness is confirmed.

• 한국정보전자통신기술학회논문지
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• 제3권4호
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• pp.43-48
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• 2010

웨어러블 단말기에서 가장 문제가 되고 있는 부분은 디스플레이 장치이다. 이러한 문제의 해결 방안으로 안경처럼 착용하는 모니터의 일종인 HMD(Head Mounted Display)가 개발되어 사용되고 있다. 그러나 HMD에서도 문제점은 존재한다. HMD를 착용하고 멀티미디어 콘텐츠를 감상하는 도중에 콘텐츠를 선택하거나 실행할 경우 버튼, 키, 마우스 등을 조작해야 하나, HMD를 착용한 경우에는 매우 불편하다. 이러한 문제점을 해결하기 위한 가장 근본적인 방법은 새로운 인터페이스를 개발하는 것이다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 제스처 인식 기반의 웨어러블 영상시청 시스템을 개발하였다.

• 한국항행학회논문지
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.99-106
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• 2016

웨어러블 디스플레이 시장은 스마트 단말기의 형태와 사용이 더 용이하도록 지속적으로 성장하는 분야이다. 이러한 웨어러블 디스플레이는 사용자에게 정보를 보여 줄 수 있는 효율적인 장치이다. 본 논문에서는 LED를 이용한 웨어러블 디스플레이를 제작하고 이를 제어하기 위한 방안을 제안한다. 이전에 주로 사용되고 있는 옥외용 LED 디스플레이는 전용 컨트롤러와 함께 전용 소프트웨어를 필요로 한다. 따라서 다양하게 발전하고 있는 웨어러블 디스플레이로 적용할 LED 디스플레이를 제어하기 위하여 개별사양에 적합한 드라이버 제작 및 별도의 통신방식을 구현해야만 한다. 제안하는 방식은 LED 디스플레이를 제어하기 위한 드라이버 모듈과 통신을 위한 모듈을 분리하여, 독립성 및 확장성을 확보하도록 하였다. 또한 최근 저전력 기술로 발전하고 있는 근거리 통신인 Bluetooth 4.0 을 채택함으로써, 스마트 폰을 활용한 제어 시스템 구성이 가능함을 보인다.

• 한국의류산업학회지
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• 제23권6호
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• pp.860-868
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• 2021

Clothing has a very important role in human life, and it is the most human-friendly platform because humans wear it in almost all the time. In the recent years, smart clothing integrated with various functions is solidifying its position as the core of next-generation Information and Communications Technology(ICT). With this global trend, the smart textiles, textiles embedded with electronic devices that are capable of performing various functions, have been attracting a lot of attention. Therefore, various research activities on the smart textiles are in progress, and the global market outlook for the smart textiles is also showing rapid growth. Among the various smart textile technologies, the textile/fiber-based wearable display has been attracting more attention because it is an essential element for wearers to intuitively control the functions integrated in the smart textiles. This paper provides insightful information and the technological elements of organic light emitting diodes(OLEDs) display, which have been evaluated as the most ideal device for luminescent clothing. Since, OLEDs have many advantages such as light weight, extremely thin thickness and great flexibility, the textile/fiber-based wearable OLEDs can be worn without any inconvenience. In addition, by introducing previous studies on the textile/fiber-based OLED displays, we intend to consider the commercial potential of the textile/fiber-based smart luminescent clothing using the OLED technologies.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제38권1호
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• pp.149-158
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• 2016

In the field of augmented reality technologies, commercial optical see-through-type wearable displays have difficulty providing immersive visual experiences, because users perceive different depths between virtual views on display surfaces and see-through views to the real world. Many cases of augmented reality applications have adopted eyeglasses-type displays (EGDs) for visualizing simple 2D information, or video see-through-type displays for minimizing virtual- and real-scene mismatch errors. In this paper, we introduce an innovative optical see-through-type wearable display hardware, called an EGD. In contrast to common head-mounted displays, which are intended for a wide field of view, our EGD provides more comfortable visual feedback at close range. Users of an EGD device can accurately manipulate close-range virtual objects and expand their view to distant real environments. To verify the feasibility of the EGD technology, subject-based experiments and analysis are performed. The analysis results and EGD-related application examples show that EGD is useful for visually expanding immersive 3D augmented environments consisting of multiple displays.

• 패션비즈니스
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.173-182
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• 2007

The concept of wearable computer says to be able to connect to network freely without restrict of place and time through the garment that contain the wire and circuit. Thereby we can realize the ubiquitous circumstances. Wearable computer plays a role of center in controlling the electronic equipments under the ubiquitous circumstances and also it will become the main stream of the future computer development. The current wearable computer displays ugly appearance by attaching the parts of computer on the garment instead of installing them in the box. However, as size of computer components are minimized and it's speed is getting faster, it is certain that wearable computer will evolve as fashionable computer, still retaining garment's original purpose such as fitting and fasion even though the computer is being installed to the clothing. This study reviewed about components, future market share, developed goods, human-being becoming cyborg, application area, restrict and on-going research of wearable computer.