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Automatic Control for Car Seat using Intelligence (지능을 이용한 자동차 좌석 자동조정)

  • Hong You-Sik;Seo Hyun-Gon;Lee Hyeong-Ho
    • Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea TC
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    • v.43 no.9 s.351
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    • pp.135-141
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    • 2006
  • In order to prevent traffic accident, it is very important that the driver regulates the location of rear view mirror using the automatic seat regulation system which guarantees the maximum vision of the possibility for accuracy. In order to solve this problem the paper deals with the automatic seat control system which guarantees comfortable and safe seating and good visual field. Also a automatic car seat control algorithm has been developed to regulate the back mirror. Particularly, the automatic seat control algorithm function for the air bag operation in case of an accident has been added depending on passengers weight. Moreover when the driver passes a dangerous area an algorithm has been developed which gives the driver a naming sign and has been simulated in a ubiquitous environment. The simulation result proved that the Intelligence analysis for traffic accidents can reduce franc accidents more than 25% than the currently existing methods.

Development and Operation Measure of Dynamic Traffic Signs Utilizing the Road Surface (노면을 이용한 교통정보 제공장치 개발 및 운영방안)

  • Park, Bum-Jin;Heo, Jin-Nyung;Kang, Weon-eui;Weon, Young-Su
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.12 no.9
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    • pp.489-499
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    • 2012
  • Most roads in Korea are constructed through a riverside or among the mountains due to geographical characteristics, and composed of various connection roads and complex networks, which makes it susceptible to a fog, rainfall and snowfall and causes serious negligent accidents due to misperception of network while driving. This study amis at securing original technology to provide traffic information, utilizing the road surface by grafting LED and optical technology highly recognized in terms of energy efficiency recently onto ITS, thereby developing next-generation ITS service. To support the research development, H/W was developed and field test was conducted. In addition, the customer satisfaction survey towards equipment, an end product of this research development was also carried out to find out what it means to customers potentially.

Fracture of the Second Rib: An Indirect Sign of Serious Trauma Like Fracture of the First Rib?

  • Michail Tsimpinos;Dimosthenis Chrysikos;Theano Demesticha;Maria Piagkou;Theodoros Troupis
    • Journal of Chest Surgery
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    • v.56 no.6
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    • pp.431-434
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    • 2023
  • Background: The first 3 ribs are anatomically well-protected, shielded by the large thoracic muscles, the shoulder girdle, and the arm. A significant force is required to fracture these ribs; thus, such fractures suggest a high-energy trauma and are associated with injuries to vital organs of the thorax, such as the aorta, the heart, the lungs and the great vessels. Methods: A retrospective analysis was conducted over a 10-year period at a single hospital. The study assessed patients with fractures of the second rib, including their concurrent injuries and the overall severity of their trauma. Results: Among the 76 patients included in the study, the average age was 47.35 years, 81.5% were men, and 19.5% were women. Thirteen patients (17.1%) survived their injuries. The most common causes of injury were road traffic accidents (63%) and pedestrian injuries (22%). The patients who did not survive sustained injuries to an average of 5 additional organs, while survivors had injuries to an average of 2.07 additional organs. Left rib fractures were the most frequently observed (46%). The most serious concurrent injuries reported were to the aorta (5.26%), heart (10.52%), lung (52.36%), head (57.89%), liver (30.2%), spleen (26.31%), and kidney (17.1%). Conclusion: As indicators of serious injury to vital endothoracic organs, isolated fractures of the second rib should be considered equal to first rib fractures in clinical importance.

Multi-Dimensional Hybrid Design and Construction of Skyscraper Cluster -Innovative Engineering of Raffles City Chongqing-

  • Wang, Aaron J.
    • International Journal of High-Rise Buildings
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    • v.6 no.3
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    • pp.261-269
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    • 2017
  • Designed by star architect of Moshes Safdie, Raffles City Chongqing includes a total of 6 mega high-rise towers 250 to 380 m tall, a sky conservatory, a 5-storey high shopping mall and a 3-storey basement car parking. Located at the confluence of the Yangtze and Jailing Rivers, the site for the project is imbued with a significance that is immediately symbolic, both as a sign of Chongqing's important past and as a vivid indicator of the city's thriving present and future. The design for the project to be situated at this gateway takes as its governing idea the image of powerful sails upon the water. The outer facades of the project's eight towers - the transparent surfaces that will face the water to the north - are meant to recall a fleet of ancient Chinese ships, with their huge rectangles of white canvas filled by the wind. This is a $1.13million\;m^2$ mega scale integrated project of office, retail, hotel, service residence and high-end residence with the transportation hub and traffic circulation at various levels of the project. This paper presents the multi-dimensional hybrid design, engineering and construction of this mega scale project. The innovations and the cutting-edge technology used in this project are introduced and discussed benchmarking the design and construction of the skyscraper cluster in a major city like Chongqing of China.

Fast Recognition Algorithm of Traffic Light Sign by Color and Shape Feature (색상 및 형태 특징을 고려한 교통신호 고속 인식 알고리즘)

  • Kim, Jin-San;Kwon, Tae-Ho;Kim, Jai-Eun;Jung, Kyeong-Hoon
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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    • 2016.06a
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    • pp.200-203
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    • 2016
  • 최근 자율주행자동차에 대한 관심이 증가함에 따라 교통 상황을 인식하는 방법에 대한 연구도 활발하게 진행되고 있다. 특히 교통신호등의 인식은 치명적인 결과를 야기하는 교통사고와 밀접하게 연관된다는 점에서 중요성이 더욱 부각되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 컴퓨터 비전 시스템을 기반으로 한 교통신호등 인식 방법을 제안한다. 차선, 표지판 등과는 다르게 교통신호등은 빛을 발하는 특징이 있으며 그 모양과 형태 또한 규격화 되어 있다. 이러한 특징 중 색상과 형태 특징을 이용하여 두 단계의 추출과정을 거쳐 교통신호등을 인식한다. 먼저 HSV 색 공간에서 적색, 녹색, 주황색의 빛을 발하는 영역을 찾아낸 뒤, 신호의 원형 특징을 이용해 가로, 세로 사이즈와 크기로 신호의 후보를 추출한다. 다음, 신호등의 검은 박스 영역을 찾기 위해 추출한 신호 후보군의 주변부가 검정색인지를 확인한다. 최종적으로 신호등의 박스 부분을 검출하여 신호를 발하는 위치를 기반으로 신호를 인식한다. 실험결과 많은 계산량을 요구하는 기계학습을 사용하지 않고도 실시간 처리와 높은 인식률로 교통 신호를 인식할 수 있음을 확인하였다.

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Design Development of Street Furniture for Improvement of Urban Environment - Focusing on "Y" District, a part of the Seoul Design Street Project -

  • Kim, Kook-Sun
    • Journal of the Korea Furniture Society
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    • v.20 no.6
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    • pp.581-589
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    • 2009
  • Under 'The Design Street' Project, one of the urban environment improvement projects of Seoul, the facilities on the street have been greatly varied in terms of design. In addition, the municipal authority has pushed each district to develop its own identity based on the integrated design of the city. This study was aimed to propose a design which could solve the current problem in street furniture in terms of environmental improvement through an analysis on current street conditions in "Y" District as a part of Seoul Design Street Project. It has attempted to propose 11 street furnitures based on the basic strategy of 'Soft City' which has been promoted by Seoul City in accordance with the Seoul Public Facility Guidelines as 1. Airy Design, 2. Integrated Design, 3. Collaborative Design and 4. Sustainable Design. Among them, for the total design in Seoul six facilities - kiosk, manhole, traffic signal controller, public phone, road sign and waste receptacle were proposed by Seoul City have been accepted. For local differentiation, on the contrary, five items - planter bench, bollard, lifter, bike rack and fence have been newly designed and proposed. Furthermore, it is essential to carry out systematic supervision and continuous management on the detail design and construction of current regional design development projects.

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Influence to give to a performance evaluation and sunlight reflection properties of the building crustal material (건물외피 재료의 성능평가와 일사반사 특성에 미치는 영향)

  • Sang, Hie-Sun;Kwak, Sung-Gun;Lee, Jeung-Seok;Yoshida, Atsumada
    • 한국태양에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2011.11a
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    • pp.177-186
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    • 2011
  • We can expect reduction of the sunlight absorption quantity to a structure and an earth surface, a decline of the surface temperature and a decline of the heat transport volume in what there is a method I give the sunlight reflectance in the aspect to the surface of the building by painting sunlight high reflectance paint, and to reduce the sunlight absorption quantity to a structure and an earth surface and does so, and, in addition, a method high water retentivity of tree planting and the road surface of the city space uses evaporation latent heat of the water by making it, and to restrain a rise in temperature is thought about. and It is thought that I reduce the sunlight absorption quantity to not only the structure but also other structures and attention gathers to the reflexive reflector reflecting in the direction again and it is wide as a marker of a board and the clothing of the traffic sign and is used the incidence energy from a source of light for this reflexive reflector now by there is it and devises surface structure again, and controlling reflection directivity for the sunlight for the purpose of raising night visibility.

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Studies on the Improvement and Analysis of Data Entry Error to the AIS System for the Traffic Ships in the Korean Coastal Area (우리나라 연안해역을 통항하는 선박에 대한 AIS 데이터 입력 오류의 분석 및 개선 방안 연구)

  • JEON, Jae-Ho;JEONG, Tae-Gweon
    • Journal of Fisheries and Marine Sciences Education
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    • v.28 no.6
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    • pp.1812-1821
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    • 2016
  • The purpose of this study is to survey input data error of ship automatic identification system (AIS) and suggest its improvement. The effects of AIS were observed. Input data error of AIS was investigated by dividing it into dynamic data, static data by targeting actual ships and its improvement method was suggested. The findings are as follows. Looking into accidents before and after AIS is enforced to install on the ship, total collision were decreased after AIS installed. Static data error of AIS took place mainly in the case that ship name, call sign, MMSI, IMO number, ship type, location of antenna (ship length and width) were wrongly input or those data were not input initially. Dynamic data error of AIS was represented by input error of ship's heading. As errors of voyage related data take place as well, confusion is made in sailing or ship condition. Counter measures against the above are as follows. First, reliability of AIS data information should be improved. Second, incessant concern and management should be made on the navigation officers.

Fatigue Field Test of Variable Message Sign Structure and Evaluation of AASHTO Specifications (가변정보판이 설치된 지주구조물에 대한 피로 시험 및 AASHTO설계기준 적용성 평가)

  • Park, Jong Sup
    • Journal of Korean Society of Steel Construction
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    • v.18 no.1
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    • pp.11-22
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    • 2006
  • Message Signs (VMS) structures offer an increase in traffic safety through their ability to relay massages to motorists for warnings of hazards ahead, traffic congestion, accidents, and lane closings. The geometry of these signs sometimes results in the significant cyclic loading of the supports structure due to wind gusts, which can result from passing trucks or from natural wind. This study presents the results of analytical and experimental investigations of VMS structures. The commercially available softwareGTSTRUDL (2003) was used to perform space-frame structural analyses of these welded tubular structures. Fatigue evaluations were performed using stress ranges from field measurements and from structural analyses. Based on the results of the structural analyses that were conducted, where fatigue design loadings that had been derived from AASHTO Specifications for Structural Supports for Highway Signs, Luminaries, and Traffic Signals (2001) were used, the structures that had been studied were found not to have infinite fatigue life. According to the limited measurements that were made in this study, the fatigue design loadings derived from AASHTO Specifications (2001) appear to be conservative, but they are not overly conservative. The results of this study should be used to make a reasonable design of VMS structures, and to maintain their standards.

Pedestrian Accident Rate Models of Circular Intersection Near Schools (학교와 인접한 원형교차로의 보행자 사고율 모형)

  • SON, Seul Ki;LEE, Min Yeong;PARK, Byung Ho
    • Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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    • v.35 no.4
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    • pp.321-331
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    • 2017
  • The objective of this study is to analyze the factors affecting the pedestrian accidents of roundabout near schools. To this end, this study has focus on the comparative analysis of pedestrian accidents across different school areas. The traffic accident data from 2007 to 2014 are collected from TAAS data set of Road Traffic Authority. To develop the pedestrian accident rate model, the linear regression model has been utilized in this study. 28 explanatory variables such as geometry and traffic volume factors are used. The main results are summarized as follows. First, the null hypotheses that the number of pedestrian accidents are the same are rejected. Second, 5 multiple linear regression accident models with higher statistical significance (adjusted $R^2$ of 0.651~0.788) have been developed. Third, while the common variables of 3 models (model I~III) related to school location are evaluated to be the pedestrian island, crosswalk, types of roundabout, elementary school and bus stop. Fourth, while the common variable of 3 models (model III~V) related to near school area or not is evaluated to be pedestrian island, type of roundabout, sidewalk, elementary school, speed hump, speed limit sign and number of entry lane. As a result, the installation of pedestrian islands and crosswalk might be expected to decrease the number of pedestrian accidents near schools.