It is a general phenomenon for manufacturers to provide vertically differentiated product line for more profit through improved market coverage. For such manufacturers, the compatibility between vertically differentiated products is an important decision issue. Some manufacturers provide full compatibility between high and low version products, whereas some provide only downward compatibility for the purpose of recommending high version product. In this study, the two representative compatibility strategies, full or downward, between vertically differentiated products produced by a single manufacturer are analyzed, especially under network externality and in the viewpoint of profit maximization. To do this we used a market model which captures the basic essence of vertical differentiation and network externality. Based on the proposed market model, the profit maximizing solutions are derived and numerically analyzed. The results can be summarized as follows : (1) Regardless of compatibility strategy, under network externality, vertical differentiation is always advantageous in terms of profit. (2) The full compatibility strategy is shown to be the most advantageous in terms of profit. In addition, it is necessary to make quality difference between differentiated products as wide as possible to maximize profit. (3) To gradually drive low version product out of the market and shift the weight pendulum of market to high version product, it is shown that the downward compatibility strategy is essential. Unlike intuition, however, it is also shown that in order to drive low version product out of market, it is necessary to raise the quality of the low version product rather than to lower it.

This paper deals with researching and designing the fastening parts to be used in order to assemble various Teaching Aids Robots (or Hands-on Robots) with originally incompatible parts supplied by different manufacturers. The suggested fastening parts provide the compatibility among Teaching Aids Robots even though the educational robot customers use incompatible parts from different companies. The designed fastening parts are classified into four set groups such as frame set, sliding-bar set, connector set, and set of chuck and rivet/bolt. Each set of the fastening parts reflects the needs collected from the users, and then some portion of new idea has been added to implement the needs. In this paper, the examples of the Teaching Aids Robots which are assembled with both commercial parts and the designed parts are presented in order to evaluate the compatibility and usability of the suggested fastening parts. As a result, both compatibility and usability of the fastening parts suggested in this paper were proved. The designed fastening parts have been distributed to more than 100 elementary schools nationwide.

메타데이터는 핵심 정보의 재사용, 유통 및 관리, 저작권 보호, 중복 투자의 방지 등을 위해 사용된다. 기능성게임은 다계층 멀티미디어 데이터로 구성되어 있다. 또한 이용목적에 따른 선택을 위해 품질정보가 중요하다. 본 논문에서는 멀티미디어 특성정보와 영역별 계량적인 품질 정보를 포함한 기능성게임의 메타데이터 스키마를 설계하였다. 이 연구는 기능성게임 이용자들 에게 품질정보를 통해 신뢰도를 제공하고 멀티미디어 특성정보를 통해 관련분야 메타데이터와 호환성을 제공할 수 있는 메타데이터 시스템 개발의 토대가 될 것이다. 나아가 기능성게임 산업의 안정적 발전에 기여할 것으로 기대한다.

최근 열 치료법은 종양을 효율적으로 제거하는 방법으로 높은 해부학적 영상 대조도와 온도영상이 가능한 MRI와 결합하여 사용되고 있다. 본 연구는 2.45GHz에서 동작하도록 개발된 MR 호환 가능한 초고주파 평판 가열 안테나를 개발 및 성능평가에 대한 연구이다. 컴퓨터 모의실험을 통하여 평판 가열 안테나의 특성 및 전자파 인체 흡수율(SAR) 을 확인하고, 가열실험을 수행함으로써 제작된 안테나의 열 치료 적용 가능성을 확인할 수 있었다.