• 한국의류산업학회지
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• 제22권5호
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• pp.607-616
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• 2020

Health care wearables are devices that are attached to or combined with the human body to improve the health care capabilities of the human body that can be safely and adjustable according to preference. This study provided direction for future research on healthcare wearables in the field of clothing science, considering trends observed in this field from 2010 to 2019. Over the last 10 years, 812 studies have been conducted on healthcare wearables in Korea. Research has increased significantly since 2015, with a large number of articles published in this field. The research for this study was broken down into the following categories: technology development, marketing analysis, and technology analysis. The results according to the research method demonstrated that development and production methods were used most frequently, followed by trend analysis, experiment and evaluation, and survey. An analysis of keywords in the articles studied revealed that device, healthcare, big data (biometric data and database), and healthcare convergence technologies were trending. Similarly, detailed research on healthcare wearable devices and related technologies was actively being conducted. However, focusing on fiber, textiles, design, and clothing articles, in relation to the field of clothing in healthcare wearables, only 81 articles were found on this topic (10.0%), which was low compared to other studies. Therefore, it was determined that more research on healthcare wearables is necessary in the field of clothing.

• International Journal of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.1-10
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• 2018

Wearable Technology is going to be the biggest buzzword and the next generation of digital revolution in the near future. Wearables have changed the focus of the healthcare industry to prevention programs in order to encourage individuals to be more active and to take the responsibility of their own health. Although, the intention of consumers to use wellness wearables has been growing rapidly, the number of individuals who refuses continued use of such devices increases day-by-day. Diffusion and innovation of new technology could be more efficiently gained by consumer's adoption. So, it is extremely important for providers and designers to understand the impact of positive and negative factors on consumers' intention to use wellness wearables. Moreover, a unified framework is required for better understanding of individuals' behavioral intention for using wellness wearables. Thus, the goal of this study is to identify the potential factors that influence consumers' willingness to use wellness wearables as well as proposing a unified framework based on Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology 2 (UTAUT2) and Value-based Adoption Model (VAM) with two extra factors, perceived trust and perceived health increase. The findings of this article improves the theoretical understanding of the engaged factors in the proposed research model of the study.

• 문화기술의 융합
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.289-299
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• 2020

본 연구는 기존의 기술수용모델의 핵심인 지각된 사용 용이성과 지각된 편의성이 소비자의 제품 품질 지각에 미치는 영향에서, 연령, 인지욕구, 그리고 패션관여가 미치는 조절효과를 조사했다. 분석 결과, 가정되었던 지각된 유용성과 사용용이성의 지각된 품질에의 긍정적 영향력은 통계적으로 유의한 것으로 확인되었다. 이러한 결과는 웨어러블즈의 수용에서 기술수용모델을 적용하여 설명했던 선행연구들의 결과와 일관되었다. 반면 가정되었던 연령, 인지욕구, 패션관여의 조절효과는 부분적으로 지지되었다. 가령 응답자 연령은 웨어러블즈에 대한 지각된 유용성이 지각된 품질에 미치는 영향에 유의한 부적 조절효과를 보인 반면, 지각된 사용용이성이 지각된 품질에 미치는 영향에 유의한 조절효과를 나타내지 못했다.

• 한국의류학회지
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• 제44권5호
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• pp.923-949
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• 2020

Improving work efficiency and satisfying customers through personalized services is becoming more important in an increasingly competitive hair industry. Wearables may help to improve hair designers' work efficiency and customer satisfaction by analyzing customer and hair designers' conditions and provide hair stylingrelated data. However, there is limited research on developing wearables for hair designers (WHDs), and many existing wearables were developed without understanding user needs and perceptions. This research investigated preferences, perceptions, and intentions on WHDs based on hair designers in the U.S., which is the largest hair market. Specific design options that hair designers preferred and possible options to meet requirements that hair designers expect for wearables were identified and suggested in WHD design guidelines. Second, most people preferred a WHD design of a black-colored bracelet/watch that can be a necklace designed with preferred functions; in addition, 3D virtual images and 3D printed models were prototyped. Third, developed designs were evaluated. More than 70% of users were satisfied and considered it as useful and easy to use, with an intention to purchase. The results are expected to provide insights to designers when developing WHDs.

• 한국지능시스템학회논문지
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.306-311
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• 2015

본 연구는 협력적특허분류(CPC)를 활용한 '사물인터넷(IoT)' 과 '웨어러블(wearables)' 의 기술융합동향 분석에 관한 것이다. 국내 도입 분야가 점차 확대되고 있는 CPC는 기존의 국제특허분류(IPC)보다 세분화된 분류를 제공해 기술 특성을 더 세밀하고 정확하게 반영할 수 있어 특허정보 분석 시 활용도를 배가시킬 것으로 기대된다. 아직까지 CPC를 특허정보 분석에 활용한 연구가 드물며, 특허분류코드를 활용해 기술융합현상을 분석한 선행연구들 대부분이 IPC코드를 활용하였다. 본 연구에서는 CPC를 활용하여 wearable IoT 영역의 기술융합동향분석을 실시하였고, 이를 위한 사전분석으로서 각 특허에 할당된 CPC와 IPC를 비교분석하였다. 연관규칙 마이닝 기법을 활용한 CPC 코드분석을 통해 융합이 활발하게 발생하는 기술영역들을 도출하고 시간에 따른 추세변화를 파악하였다.

• 한국의류산업학회지
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.616-620
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• 2018

Recently, many researches have been conducted to improve the performance and wearability of smart wearables. In this study, we designed and fabricated the signal and power transmission textile cables for smart wearables which have excellent wearability, durability and reliability. For the signal transmission textile cables, conductive yarns for the signal line and the ground line were developed. Three types of signal transmission textile cables have been developed using the conductive yarns. Linear density, tensile properties, electrical resistance and RF characteristics were tested to characterize the physical and electrical properties of three signal transmission textile cables. The conductive yarns have the very low resistance of $0.05{\Omega}/cm$ and showed excellent uniformity of electric resistance. Therefore, the electrical resistance of the signal transmission fiber cable can be reduced by increasing the number of conductive yarns used in signal and ground lines. However, the radio frequency (RF) characteristics of the signal transmission textile cables were better as the number of strands of the conductive yarns used was smaller. This is because the smaller the number of strands of conductive yarn used in signal transmission textile cables, the narrower and more parallel the distance between the signal line and the ground line. It is expected that the signal and power transmission textile cable for signal and power transmission will be utilized in smart wearable products.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.246-253
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• 2009

테크놀로지와 패션은 얼핏 보기에는 서로 거리가 멀어 보이나 사실은 그렇지 않다. 초기 착용형 장치는 기능성을 갖추었으나 입기에 불편하고 보기에도 좋지 않았다. 오늘날의 착용형 장치는 스타일을 가지고 있는 동시에 편안한 의류를 만들어냄으로써 패션계의 기대를 충족하고 있다. 착용형 장치의 개인화를 통해 패션 아이템을 대중에 어필하기 위한 본질적인 요소인 새로운 자기표현이 가능해졌다. 의류에 포함된 기술과 전자 섬유에 통합된 기능은 패셔너블 착용형 장치의 ‘착용성’과 편안함, 미학적 특성에 영향을 준다. 이러한 요소를 고려하는 것은 사용자 중심의 패셔너블 착용형 장치를 만드는데 중요한 디자인 프로세스이다. 디자이너는 목적과 사용자, 상호 교류, 상업적 가능성, 가격에 대한 포괄적인 이해를 가지고 있어야 한다. 직관적인 인터페이스를 갖춘 뛰어난 디자인을 통해 성공적인 패셔너블 착용형 장치를 만들 수 있다.

• International Journal of Advanced Culture Technology
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.129-138
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• 2020

Recently the wearable technologies market has diversified to the point where even the leading fashion brands have adopted prototypes. For this reason, consumer- and fashion-centric perspectives on the consumption of wearable technologies are needed for a better understanding of the market. The author tests the effect of design aesthetics of a fictitious smartwatch (i.e., the wearable technology) as a key factor of non-functional hedonic consumption on consumer-perceived product value. The results of an online survey of 233 U.S. shoppers indicate a strong, positive effect of design aesthetics on both the perceived utilitarian and hedonic values of wearable technologies. Furthermore, the hypothesized moderation of gender is statistically confirmed in the mechanism of design aesthetics toward perceived utilitarian value, but gender is found to not moderate the effect of design aesthetics for the smartwatch on hedonic value. Male shoppers are found to be more positively influenced by perceived design aesthetics. Theoretical and managerial implications and study limitations are further discussed.

• Journal of Multimedia Information System
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.243-250
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• 2021

Instructional contents are used to demonstrate a technical process to teach and walkthrough certain procedures to carry out a task. This type of informational content is widely used for teaching and lectures in form of tutorial videos and training videos. Since there are questions and uncertainties for what could be the killer application for the novel wearables, we propose a self-instruction training application on a smart glass to utilize already-available instruction videos as well as public open data in creative ways. We design and implement a prototype application to help users train by wearing smart glasses specifically designed for two concrete and hand-constrained use cases where the user's hands need to be free to operate. To increase the efficiency and feasibility of the self-instruction training, we contribute to the development of a wearable killer application by integrating a voice-based user interface using speech recognizer, public open data APIs, and timestamp-based procedural content navigation structure into our proof-of-concept application.

• International Journal of Advanced Culture Technology
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.281-291
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• 2022

Recenlty, the category of luxury wearbles has expanded and the relevant reseach has been scarce. The study tests whether the emotional mechanism regarding luxury wearables within e-tail affects luxury brand perceptions. Furthermore, it tests the moderation effect of gender in the mechanism. A total of 393 responses from U.S. populations were collected through an international research company with using online survey methods. In the results, the positive and direct effect of dominance on positive emotion was significant, and the positive emotion significantly increases perceived brand luxury. However, no direct effect of dominance was found on perceived brand luxury. The moderation effect of gender in the relationship between positive emotion and perceived brand luxury was found positive and significant, but the hypothesized moderation effect of gender was insignificant in the relationship between dominance and perceived brand luxury. Implications and study limitations are discussed.