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Design and Implementation of Dynamic Emotion System for Affective Robots (감성로봇을 위한 동적 감성시스템의 설계와 구현)

  • Lee, Yong-Woo;Kim, Jong-Bok;Kim, Sung-Hoon;Suh, Il-Hong;Park, Myung-Kwan
    • Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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    • 2006.06a
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    • pp.927-928
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    • 2006
  • In this paper, we propose a dynamic emotion system involving the state equation and the output equation from the control theory. In our emotion system, the state equation accepts external stimulus and generates emotions. And the output equation modifies the intensity of emotions in accordance with personalities and circumstances. The validity of the proposed emotion system is shown by two simulation works which express emotions according to personalities and circumstances.

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An Analysis of Emotional and Cognitive Factors on Acupuncture (침에 대한 정서와 인지요소 분석)

  • Chae, Youn-Byoung;Park, Hi-Joon;Kang, O-Seok;Lee, Jeong-Chan;Park, Kyung-Mo;Lee, Hye-Jung
    • Journal of Acupuncture Research
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    • v.24 no.3
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    • pp.215-229
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    • 2007
  • Objectives : Placebo phenomena have been considered as a confounding factor of clinical trial. Expectancy and belief of acupuncture have not been evaluated quantitatively. The present study was performed to analyze the emotional and cognitive factor .of acupuncture and investigate whether the expectancy of acupuncture treatment is associated with the cognition of acupuncture. Methods : The expectancy and the perception of bodily sensation (PBS) of 22 participants were assessed using self-reported questionnaire. The subjects used the self assessment manikin (SAM) to rate each of the standard affective image of the international affective picture system (lAPS) and other acupuncture-related image. Based on the degree of expectancy, the high expectant (HE) and the low expectant (LE) group were classified. The thermal and pressure pain threshold was objectively evaluated using radiant-heat device and algometer. The degree of expected pain of acupuncture and the actual pain of painful stimulation was subjectively evaluated using facial pain scales (FPS). Results : Using SAlVI analysis, we identified the negative correlation between hedonic valence and arousal dimension on acupuncture-related visual cue. The degree of the PBS and general pain threshold did not show any significant difference between the HE and the LE group. The HE group rated the acupuncture images as more pleasant, more arousing, than the LE group. In addition, we also found that the higher expectancy marked the lower FPS of the expected pain of acupuncture, but not of the actual pain of painful stimulation. Conclusions : Our preliminary study identified the psychological dimensions of acupuncture-related visual cue. These findings indicate that the expectancy of acupuncture could affect the cognition of acupuncture.

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Effect of Work Intensity on Fit Factor and Affecive Quality of Dustproof Mask (작업 강도가 방진 마스크의 밀착도와 감성품질에 미치는 영향)

  • Lee, Jinsil;Cho, Sunhee;Yun, Jungmin;Kim, Min-Sun;Park, Jaekyu;Choe, Jaeho
    • Journal of Korean Society for Quality Management
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    • v.46 no.2
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    • pp.301-310
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    • 2018
  • Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of work intensity on fit factor and affective quality of the dustproof Background: Among the victims who suffer pneumoconiosis due to the inhalation of toxic substances or the lack of oxygen during the work, the proportion of the victims is larger than the other causes. Wearing a respirator may prevent pneumoconiosis, but it can be hazardous to workers because of the leakage through filters, cartridges, exhaust valves, broken parts, and face-to-face contact. Despite leakage through the contact area between the mask and the face has various causes such as the wearer's activity, sweat accumulation, facial shape, etc., There is a lack of relevant research and regulation compared to developed countries that have already institutionalized the law 30 years ago and give the right to sell through a test Method: The work intensity was adjusted by walking or running at 6km/h and 11km/h on the treadmill, and tasks were defined with reference to the test procedure and the exercise sequence applied in the face leakage test of the dustproof mask. And fit factor was measured objectively using 'Respirator Fit Tester 8038' which measures fit factor calculated by dividing the number of dust present outside the mask by inside the mask. In addition, affective quality was classified by the ease of use, ease of breathing, and ease of wearing, and was measured using the 5-point likert scale questionnaire. Results: There was a significant difference in fit factor, ease of breathing, and wearing convenience according to work intensity and no significant difference in ease of use(${\alpha}=0.01$). And when the work intensity was high, fit factor, ease of breathing, and wearing convenience were all lower than when the work intensity was low. Conclusion: In Korea, it is necessary to consider consideration of the work intensity when testing the leakage rate of the face part for safety certification of the respiratory protective equipment, When developing a mask, it should be possible to maintain high adhesion even under intense, active situation and high temperature conditions by selecting materials, improving the wearing style, and expanding the adjustable range.

Comparison on the recognition characteristic of the designer and consumer about the formative elements (디자이너와 소비자의 조형요소 인지특성 비교)

  • Min, Kyung-Taek;Heo, Seong-Cheol
    • Science of Emotion and Sensibility
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.97-108
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    • 2009
  • In the process of product design, shaping is the process of making a substantive existence, and ultimately it generates the outcome. The process of shaping is generally led by designer's initiative work, and in this process, various formative elements are used to generate the outcome. In this research, the basic purposes are to figure out the differences of elements which generated by the differences of consumer's and designer's view in the process of shaping of the product, and the characteristics of the affective responses caused by those differences. Also, it will examine how the consumers can directly participate in the process of the shaping of the consumer-participated product, and the feasible guidelines of design in which consumers' needs can be reflected more efficiently to the process of shaping. As a result, consumers and designers have certain degree of difference of view-point about the formative element of the shape. The difference was due to subjective common ideas of design in case of designers, and in case of consumers, it was due to their immature visual understanding. There is another experiment of affective response about the shape of the product. First, I established the sensible image vocabulary based on the shape of the product. And based on the vocabulary, I carried out the same experiments to the consumers and designers.

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A Study on Image Evaluation consequent on Lighting Environment in time of reading in Learning Space (학습공간에서의 독서 행위 시 조명환경에 따른 이미지평가 연구)

  • Lee, Jin-Sook;Park, Ji-Young;Seo, Eun-Ji
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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    • v.29 no.9
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    • pp.1-9
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    • 2015
  • The aim of this study is to deduce color temperature and illuminance by conducting the preference & affective evaluation consequent on illuminance change of ambient light in case of the lighting method of ambient light mixed with task light in time of reading which is visual work action among the action in learning space. As a result of the prior survey on preferred lighting method in time of the act of reading targeting 20 experts before doing evaluation, the method of lighting mixed with ambient light and task light was found to be the highest. Such a result is analyzed to be attributable to the fact that the less the difference in illuminance of nearby space and work surface because of the mixed method of lighting, the less the glare, which makes a reader feels easy and concentrate on reading. On the basis of descriptive statistics of evaluation results and impact analysis by category, this study recommends the application of combinations of ambient light illuminance ranging from 40lx to 100lx with color temperature of 5500~6000K in case of the method of lighting mixed with general light and task light.

Building a Sustainable Community in Social Low-rent High-rise Housing: the Case of the Chongqing Model in China

  • Peng, Xueni;Baek, Jin
    • Architectural research
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    • v.17 no.4
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    • pp.139-146
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    • 2015
  • In 2007, in the city of Chongqing, the city government announced a plan to meet the basic needs of its lower-to-middle class residents, namely those of providing a shelter and urban infrastructure. In one respect, the effort to attain such goals has achieved good quantitative results; however, a more critical examination reveals that little consideration has been given to analyzing the qualitative aspects of such a policy, namely the physical and emotional effects on tenants. The results of the research in this paper have implications on the need to focus on building a 'sustainable' and 'healthy' community, with the awareness that for people in low-rent areas, sociability and community spirit are more closely related to their neighborhood contentment. Although attention to scale and type of area-planning are both important, the immediate surroundings and services are often neglected, but as we shall show they are key considerations for residents in this new type of housing. While attempting to comprehend the role of community in the quality of a neighborhood, in this research, we attempt to document the physical appearance of the problem and explore its underlying causes in order to shed more light on residents' individual evaluations of quality in their local living conditions and include the affective dimensions of such perceptions.

A Study on the Heat Release Characteristics of Gel Type Micro Size Latent Heat Storage Material Slurry with Direct Contact Heat Exchange Method (겔 상태의 미세 잠열 축열재 혼합수의 기액직접접촉식 열교환법에 의한 방열 특성)

  • 김명준
    • Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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    • v.28 no.4
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    • pp.618-623
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    • 2004
  • This paper has dealt with the heat storage characteristics of gel type micro size latent heat storage material slurry. The heat release operation to the gel type micro size latent heat storage material slurry was carried out using hot air bubbles by direct contact heat exchange. This experiment was carried out using phase change material of n-paraffin so the heat release amount is higher than cold water system. The parameters of this experiment were concentration of latent heat phase change material, height of heat release bath and inlet velocity of hot air. The main results obtained are as follows : (1) The effect of concentration of latent heat phase change material dispersed with water is very affective to the direct contact heat exchange between hot air and gel type micro size latent heat storage material slurry. (2) It is clarified that the most effective concentration of latent heat phase change material dispersed with water exists around 20mass% at this type of direct heat exchange model experiment.

A Study or the Analysis of EEG Evoked by Visual Stimulation using Wavelet Transformation. (Wavelet변환을 이용한 시각자극에 의해 유발되는 뇌파의 분석에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, J.H.;Whang, M.C.;Im, J.J.
    • Proceedings of the KOSOMBE Conference
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    • v.1997 no.11
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    • pp.455-458
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    • 1997
  • We are exposed to the various external stimuli input from the environment, which cause emotional changes based on the characteristics of the stimuli. Unfortunately, there are no quantitative results on relationship between human sensibility and the characteristics of physiological signals. The objective of this study was to quantify EEG signals evoked by visual stimulation based on the assumption that the analysis of the variability on the characteristics of the EEG waveform may provide the significant information regarding changes in psychological states of the subject. Seven university students were participated in this study. The experiment was devised with eleven experimental conditions, which are control and ten different types of visual stimulation based on IAPS (International Affective Picture Systems). Wavelet transformation was employed to analyze the EEG signals. Most positive and negative emotional response were compared in pairs. The results showed that the reconstructed signals at the decomposition level revealed the different energy value on the EEG signals. Also, general patterns of EEG signals in rest state compare with positive and negative stimulus were found. This study could be extended to establish an algorithm which distinguishes psychophysiological states of the subjects exposed to the visual stimulation.

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The Effects of the Robot Based Instruction for Promotion of Students' Interaction (로봇활용수업이 학생의 상호작용 촉진에 미치는 효과)

  • Kim, Kyung-Hyun
    • Journal of Engineering Education Research
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    • v.13 no.6
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    • pp.164-170
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    • 2010
  • This article explores the effects of the RBI(Robot Based Instruction) for promotion of students' interaction in elementary school. It was found that Cognitive Affective Metacognitive interaction is evenly spread in RBI. It was particularly high the ratio of metacognitive interaction. According to the analysis result of learner's activity by the detailing, it was observed that robot media promoted students' interaction. Also, metacognitive interaction about clarification and elaboration was promoted lively in the RBI situation. Therefore, RBI was helpful to promote of students' interaction in elementary school.

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An Empirical Study on the Effect of Military Foodservice Satisfaction on Soldiers' Morale (군 급식 만족도가 병사 사기에 미치는 영향에 대한 실증적 연구)

  • Lee, Donghee;Bae, Byung Yun;Choi, Sungyong
    • Journal of Korean Society of Industrial and Systems Engineering
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    • v.43 no.3
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    • pp.228-242
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    • 2020
  • In recent years, interest in the welfare of soldiers is increasing. More specifically, soldiers enlisted to fulfill their military service obligations live a group life that is controlled by group life, unlike military officers selected by their will. Therefore, this study aims to verify whether there is an effect of improving the morale of soldiers by increasing the satisfaction of military service meals along with the trend of increasing morale through enhancement of soldier welfare. In order to achieve the purpose of this study, we surveyed 145 army soldiers working in the front and rear areas and used 137 valid samples for analysis. The results of this study are as follows. First, both SERVQUAL (Responsiveness·Assurance, Tangibles) and Servicescape (Spatial Environment, Spatial Design) had a positive (+) effect on military meal satisfaction. Second, military service satisfaction and emotional commitment have a positive (+) effect on morale. Third, satisfaction with military meals has a positive effect on emotional commitment. This research has also shown that improvements in SERVQUAL (Responsiveness·Assurance, Tangibles) and Servicescape (Spatial Environment, Spatial Design) improve military service satisfaction and emotional engagement. Military food service SERVQUAL (Responsiveness·Assurance, Tangibles) and Servicescape (Spatial Environment, Space Design) must pay attention to increase military morale.