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1. Topics in Culture Technology Project Planning : Mid-term Presentation
Health-Belt
Health management belt for office workers
Ahn Hong-Seon
Hong Jeong-Kyu
Shin In-Geon

2. Motivation.
Nowadays, many people works on a
chair all days but do a little exercise.
We target these people especially for
male because they always wear a belt.

3. Differences from other smart objects.
Heart rate
Posture
Burned calories
Laughter
GPS
Length of waist
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4. What is the benefit of H-Belt.
Posture is important part of our health. H-Belt checks wearer’s posture. If wearer is in
poor posture for long time, it warns via smartphone.
Laughter makes people healthy. We can know that how long did we laugh today.
Length of waist is one of adult disease indicators. And It is related with
appearance.
It can be helpful to self management.

5. Features.
Measurement
Providing Services
• Walking time
• Posture
• Announcing burned calories
• Breath
• Posture correction
• Laughter
• Warning about waist length
• Motion
• Alarm
• Waist length
You can see these data in your Smart Phone

6. Scenario.
1.
김모씨는 요즘 늘어나는 뱃살에 고민이 많은 사무직 직원입니다.
Mr. Kim is a office worker who is concerned about gaining weight
착용과 동시에 허리둘레, 호흡 등의 측정을 시작
Start measure waist, breathing right after wearing H-belt
아침에 일어나서 출근 준비를 마친 김씨는 출근하기 전에
H-벨트(가명)를 착용합니다.
Mr. Kim wear H-belt(tentative name) before going to work.

7. Scenario.
데이터들은 실시간으로 앱으로 전송
Data is sent to the application in real time
2.
출근 길에 걸어가는 동안 김모씨가 착용한 H-벨트에서 만보기가
작동해서 걸음 수와 소모된 칼로리를 측정합니다.
H-belt count steps and measure calorie while Mr. Kim go to work.
벨트에 내장된 만보기를 통해 걸음 수를 측정
Included pedometer counts steps

8. Scenario.
3-1.
사무실에 도착해서 자리에 앉은 김모씨.
H-벨트는 김모씨가 앉아있는 시간을 측정하기 시작합니다.
Mr. Kim sat down his seat, and H-belt start to measure sitting time.

9. Scenario.
3-2.
자리에 오래 앉아 있는 것은 건강에 좋지 않습니다.
H-벨트는 김모씨의 스마트폰으로 앋람을 전송합니다.
Sitting for a long time is not good for health.
H-belt send message to Mr. Kim’s smartphone.

10. Scenario.
압력 센서로 호흡의 변화를 감지
Sensing breathing through pressure sensors
4.
잠깐의 휴식 동안 동료와 농담을 주고 받는 김모씨.
H-벨트에서는 사용자의 웃음 횟수도 감지합니다.
Mr. Kim make a joke and laugh during breaking time.
H-belt also count user’s laughs.
급격한 호흡을 통해 웃음을 인식
Recognizing through rapid breathing

11. Scenario.
5.
일이 끝난 뒤 김모씨는 동료들과 회식을 갑니다.
H-벨트는 회식으로 늘어나는 김모씨의 허리둘레도 놓치지 않습니다.
After work, Mr. Kim dine with his colleagues.
H-belt doesn’t miss increasing waist size.
허리둘레의 증가를 감지
Detecting increase of waist size

12. Scenario.
블루투스로 데이터들을 전송
Sending data through Bluetooth
6.
집으로 돌아온 김모씨는 H-벨트를 푸르고,
오늘 하루 동안의 자싞의 건강 상태를 점검합니다.
Mr. Kim take off H-belt and check his health status.
축적된 데이터로 건강의 변화를 볼 수 있음
User can check health change using application

13. Implementation Issue.
Posture
Breath
Laughter
1. Pressure
sensing
size of one’s meals
Functions of the Belt
Waist length
2. Length
of the belt
Quantity of motion
3. Pedometer
+ GPS

14. Implementation Issue.
1. Pressure
sensing
Tactilus: commercial products
Flexible, Accurate, Expensive
Set of simple pressure sensors
Less accurate, Less expensive

15. Implementation Issue.
2. Length
of the belt
At the end of the belt, different type of magnetic sensors are attached.
Using sensors in buckle, size of waist can be measured.
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16. Implementation Issue.
3. Pedometer
+ GPS
Pedometer: Count number of steps
Accurate (positioned on waist)
GPS: Estimate total amount of movement of the day
Using both information, quantity of daily motion
and consumed calories can be estimated.

17. Thank You :)