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KIST's Person of the Month: Dr. Jinseok Kim (2019.12.25)
- Date : 2020-02-26
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KIST's Person of the Month: Dr. Jinseok Kim
On December 24,
Dr. Jinseok Kim from KIST’s Center for Bionics received the KIST Person of the
Month Award in recognition of his outstanding research achievements.
To cope with rapid
advances in 3D motion capture, Dr. Kim and the research team from KIST’s Center
for Bionics recently developed the world’s most advanced Fiber Bragg Grating
(FBG) sensor-based 3D human motion capture technology, which is now being used
around the world in various fields, such as sports, medicine, and games. FBG
sensor technology is able to more accurately measure joint movements and
recognize the locations of three-dimensional features in real time using light
refraction within FBG fiber optic cables as opposed to fiber sensors, and
surpasses existing technology due to its ability to overcome the assortment of
errors caused by prolonged use.
The advanced
technologies developed by Dr. Kim can detect both upper/lower body and finger
movements, giving hope for overcoming the limitations of and replacing existing
motion capture technologies. The application of this technology to a full-body,
wearable suit is expected to be one of the key advances in bringing players’
virtual characters to life, and the FBG suit is expected become both a stable,
and economically efficient, tech.
KIST recently
transferred its “technology for capturing human motion in virtual reality using
FBG sensors” to an enterprise called MOIN. This led to Dr. Kim being chosen as
KIST’s “Person of the Month.”