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Improvement of user experience and service value enhancement using Smart Mirror (스마트 미러를 이용한 사용자 경험 개선과 서비스 제공가치 증진 방안)

  • Oh, Moon-seok;Han, Gyu-hoon;Choi, Hyun-Jun;Seo, Young-Ho
    • Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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    • v.21 no.4
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    • pp.394-401
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    • 2017
  • Smart Mirror is one of the representative technologies developed as a new communication method to escape the traditional technology by applying to the existing space. In this paper, we applied Smart Mirror to the beauty space to discover the service providing value needed to provide the beauty care service and to study the user experience for the value enhancement. In-depth interviews were conducted to investigate the user experience for enhancing the value of service provision. The results of analyzing the collected data using the affinity method were derived. Finally, the service value that can increase the user's satisfaction through the focus group interview was suggested, which suggested a way to improve the user's experience through the smart mirror.

Changes in the Process Efficiency and Product Properties of Pulp Mold by the Application of Oil Palm EFB (오일팜 EFB 섬유 적용에 따른 펄프몰드 공정효율 및 제품품질 변화)

  • Kim, Dong-Seop;Sung, Yong Joo;Kim, Chul-Hwan;Kim, Se-Bin
    • Journal of Korea Technical Association of The Pulp and Paper Industry
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    • v.48 no.1
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    • pp.67-74
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    • 2016
  • The demand of environmental friendly packaging materials such as pulp mold has been increased. The application of the oil palm biomass, EFB (Empty Fruit Bunch) fiber as natural raw materials to the pulp mold could increase the usability of the pulp mold by the reduced production cost brought from the relatively low cost of EFB. The effects of the EFB(Empty Fruit Bunch) fibers on the properties of pulp mold and on the process efficiency were evaluated in this study. The pulp mold samples were prepared with mixture ONP (Old news paper) and EFB by using laboratory wet pulp molder. The changes in the drying efficiency were measured with the changes in the solid contents of pulp mold samples during drying process. The efficiency of the surface coating treatment on the pulp mold depending on the condition of the pulp mold samples were also evaluated in order to improve the water resistance properties of pulp mold. The addition of EFB increased the drying efficiency by providing the bulkier structure and the higher water contact angle, which indicated the better water resistance properties. The water resistance were improved by the surface coating treatments and the application of surface coating on the pulp mold at the higher moisture contents resulted in the higher improvement in the water resistance. The bulkier structure originated from the application of EFB fiber reduced the effects of the surface coating, which could be overcome by the control of surface coating process.

A Component Modeling Tool based on AUTOSAR for Automotive Software (AUTOSAR 기반 차량용 소프트웨어의 컴포넌트 모델링 도구)

  • Park, In-Su;Lee, Jung-Sun;Cho, Sung-Rae;Jung, Woo-Young;Lee, Woo-Jin
    • The KIPS Transactions:PartA
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    • v.17A no.4
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    • pp.203-212
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    • 2010
  • Recently, in automotive industry, there have been many researches related with hardware components and embedded software which controls hardware components. Since most of embedded software is tightly dependent on car manufacturers, there were some problems in reusability and interoperability of automotive software. In order to solve these problems, AUTOSAR standardized the component-based software architecture of automotive software. In AUTOSAR, several modeling diagrams should be described and their dependencies are also checked. Currently, a few company developed the prototypes of tools supporting AUTOSAR. In this paper, a component modeling tool based on AUTOSAR 3.0 is developed for enhancing the usability of existing tools using Eclipse GMF. The tool is composed of a graphical component modeling tool and a graphical network topology tool. Since these tools are generated based on GMF without hard coding, it is relatively easy to customize the tools for adopting company‘s needs and easy to follow the improvement of the standard and development environments.

Accuracy Assessment of Supervised Classification using Training Samples Acquired by a Field Spectroradiometer: A Case Study for Kumnam-myun, Sejong City (지상 분광반사자료를 훈련샘플로 이용한 감독분류의 정확도 평가: 세종시 금남면을 사례로)

  • Shin, Jung Il;Kim, Ik Jae;Kim, Dong Wook
    • Journal of Korean Society for Geospatial Information Science
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    • v.24 no.1
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    • pp.121-128
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    • 2016
  • Many studies are focused on image data and classifier for comparison or improvement of classification accuracy. Therefore studies are needed aspect of the training samples on supervised classification which depend on reference data or skill of analyst. This study tries to assess usability of field spectra as training samples on supervised classification. Classification accuracies of hyperspectral and multispectral images were assessed using training samples from image itself and field spectra, respectively. The results shown about 90% accuracy with training sample collected from image. Using field spectra as training sample, accuracy was decreased 10%p for hyperspectral image, and 20%p for multispectral image. Especially, some classes shown very low accuracies due to similar spectral characteristics on multispectral image. Therefore, field spectra might be used as training samples on classification of hyperspectral image, although it has limitation for multispectral image.

Activation of Knowledge Exchange in the Researcher Community (과학기술자 지식 교류 서비스 활성화 요소 비교 연구)

  • Kim, Jay-Hoon;Yoon, Jung-Sun
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.11 no.12
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    • pp.950-957
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    • 2011
  • With the convergence of disciplines in progress and Web 2.0 online collaborative environment, online knowledge exchange activities of researchers are increasing. Quickness of acquiring knowledge highly impacts on research productivity in the global era. Online knowledge exchange is critical service for researchers. In this study, knowledge exchange service model was presented from the perspective of activate participation, knowledge quality improvement, quickness of exchanges. A variety of domestic and international knowledge exchange services were analyzed, particularly Korean domestic service KOSEN What is? as for operational practice. It is confirmed that in order to stimulate researcher knowledge exchange the quality of the knowledges exchanged is essential and variety of operating activities are needed such as expert matching systems, enhancement of speed in knowledge exchange, ease of usability, and elements of fun.

A Comparative Evaluation of User Experience Design on Virtual Reality Indoor Bikes (가상현실 실내자전거에 관한 사용자경험설계의 비교 평가)

  • Kim, Sun-Uk
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.19 no.1
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    • pp.48-55
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    • 2018
  • A framework has recently been developed to evaluate the user experience (UX) design for a virtual reality (VR) indoor bike. However, no comparative evaluation has been performed for an actual product using this framework. This paper investigates the effectiveness of the framework and identifies some problems when applying it. To validate the framework, we applied the proposed framework to a Korean VR indoor bike (KoVIB) prototype and VirZOOM, a commercial VR bike. The evaluation criteria consist of usability, emotional aspects, user values, and sense of reality. These four criteria were interpreted to evaluate prototypes and include 13, 6, 8, and 16 sub-elements, respectively. The results revealed the strengths and weakness between the Korean prototype and the commercial product, which are valuable for promotion and improvement. The framework helps to identify some problems when applied to real domains. As a result, we recommend a revised framework to compare prototypes with existing VR bikes.

A Study on the Improvement of Safety Management of Plan/Order, Design, and Construction Business Management (기획·발주, 설계, 건설사업관리 부분의 건설안전관리 향상에 대한 연구)

  • Yoon, H.K.;Kwon, Y.J.;Oh, B.H.;Gwon, Y.I.;Yoon, Y.G.;Oh, Tae Keun
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.35 no.4
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    • pp.56-63
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    • 2020
  • The government has established various policies focusing on accident prevention to reduce the accident rate in the construction industry, but the effect is still insignificant. These results allude that there are still many problems in terms of usability. Although construction safety accidents usually have characteristics that occur during construction, the laws and systems should include the pre-construction cycle (plan/order - design - construction business management- construction) to eliminate risk factors in advance. The purpose of this study is to analyze the performance evaluation of the construction safety system before construction rather than during construction. In the pre-construction phase (plan/ order-design-constuction business management), we intend to investigate and analyze measures to prevent safety accidents and identify a system that lacks the ability to implement. Specifically, we analyzed what to focus on as precautionary measures in the planning, ordering, designing, and supervising. To improve them, we made a questionnaire based on the role related to construction safety for each subject, and seek implications for lack of performance through interviews. Based on the results, some ways to improve the safety system were proposed.

An Empirical Analysis of the Effects of Information Technology on Knowledge Management Activity and Performance (정보기술이 지식경영활동과 성과에 미치는 효과에 대한 실증분석)

  • Choi, Eunsoo;Lee, Yooncheol
    • Knowledge Management Research
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    • v.10 no.3
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    • pp.51-80
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    • 2009
  • The purpose of this study is to empirically analyze the impact that occurs when Korean organizations make practical use of various information technology tools and systems in the knowledge management process, such as sharing, learning and creating knowledge. Such a process is usually made through online and offline knowledge management activities. This paper also verifies how the externalization of tacit knowledge, and the internalization of explicit knowledge via the Internet and offline socialization activities have altered the mechanisms of knowledge transfers inside organizations. For the research, a survey was conducted on the satisfaction and usability levels of information technology, and the impact of IT usage on the results of knowledge management activities and knowledge transfers. 622 Korean organizations were surveyed, including major listed firms and public organizations. The results were examined as an online/offline integration process using SECI's Model proposed by Nonaka (1994, 1995). The analysis shows that information technology satisfaction and the usage of information technology help accelerate the pace of the knowledge flow and amplify the volume of the knowledge transfer by boosting the externalization and internalization processes-also known as knowledge management activities. However. there is no distinct correlation between information technology and socialization, an offline knowledge transferal activity. In particular, the quality of knowledge-an end result of knowledge transfer-does not improve merely by the externalization of online knowledge and instead requires the internalization of knowledge processes. Above all, the research reveals that offline socialization processes vastly contribute to the improvement of knowledge quality. This paper suggests that in order to ensure a transfer of quality knowledge, an organization or a company should focus on the use of information technology rather than the satisfaction level of information technology, and that knowledge transfers via the Internet has limitations in creating high quality of knowledge. For an organization to ensure the transfer of high-quality knowledge, the organization should not entirely hinge the transfer of knowledge online, as it is essential to have an offline method-a form of socialization such as a 'community of practice.'

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An Analysis of Publication Information Dissemination Guidance of Central Government Organizations in Korea (행정기관의 행정정보공표 현황 및 기준 분석)

  • Lim, Jin-Su
    • Journal of Korean Society of Archives and Records Management
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    • v.6 no.2
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    • pp.87-111
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    • 2006
  • Publication Information Dissemination Guidance(P.I.D.G.), in which a public organization opens it's information to the public in advance of requests, could be an appropriate medium to support the good governance. In other words, good governance could be established by adopting P.I.D.G. to guarantee the accessibility and usability of information to a public organization, to arrange an opportunity for conversation with the people, and eventually promote the participation of people in administration. However, the P.I.D.G. is not well-known among people due to lack of nation-wide advertisement, and a number of multi-laterally found flaws in the system operation, suggesting an urgent need of improvement. Disorders are found in the operation of P.I.D.G. due to un-standardized categories among the standards of Publication Information Dissemination, set by administrative organizations. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the P.I.D.G. and suggest the ways to improve it based on the criteria indicated above.

Software Teaching.Learning Strategy for Improvement of Software Adaptability (SW 적응력 향상을 위한 SW 교수.학습 전략)

  • Yoo, In-Hwan;Koo, Duk-Hoi
    • Journal of The Korean Association of Information Education
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    • v.8 no.4
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    • pp.501-510
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    • 2004
  • The activation of the latest ICT(Information and Communication Technology)education has been putting more importance on the education of the application SW(software). By the way, the geometric progression of knowledge and the fast development of computer technology have continuously created new SW. Accordingly, the previous traditional SW learning paradigm runs into various problems. This study starts from the recognition of such problems. In this study, the SW adaptability is defined as the ability that learners can efficiently find and apply the suitable functions of SW to those problems in the problematic circumstances as well as promote retention and metastasis. With these premises, this paper makes an inquiry into the teaching-learning method. Besides, This paper explores the SW usability and the principles of UI(User Interface) design and deduces the SW learning strategy. Furthermore, it probes problems of the SW teaching-learning of the demonstration practice method and proposes the inquiring master for SW adaptability teaching-learning model.

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