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Chapter and Conference Paper
Visual Data Mining in Immersive Virtual Environment Based on 4K Stereo Images
In this study, super high-definition immersive visual data mining environment using 4K stereo projector was developed. In this system, data can be represented with high accuracy in the three-dimensional space ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
A Novel Approach to On-Site Camera Calibration and Tracking for MR Pre-visualization Procedure
This paper presents camera calibration and tracking method for mixed reality based pre-visualization system for filmmaking. The proposed calibration method collects environmental information required for track...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Fundamental Study for Relationship between Cognitive Task and Brain Activity During Car Driving
For a long period, many researches about the human spatial recognition are being carried on. They are needed to make robot and automatic driving system for a car or wheelchair and with functions as high as tho...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Social Robot Design
The purpose of this study is to describe the network of human and non human as the personal robot in the community. We designed an original program for the personal robot and took it to the nursery school. We ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Expertise Modeling for Automated Planning of Acetabular Cup in Total Hip Arthroplasty Using Combined Bone and Implant Statistical Atlases
Intraoperative robotic and computer-guided assistances are now commonly used in total hip arthroplasty (THA) for accurate execution of the preoperative plan. Although the preoperative plan to be accurately exe...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
MR-Mirror: A Complex of Real and Virtual Mirrors
MR-mirror is a novel Mixed-Reality (MR) display system created by using real and virtual mirrors. It merges real visual information reflected on a real mirror and a virtual one displayed on an electronic monit...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Measurement of Olfactory Characteristics for Two Kinds of Scent in a Single Breath
This study describes a presentation technique of scent designed for users to recognize multiple scents during a very short time period. We measured the olfactory characteristics of subjects when two kinds of s...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Automated Segmentation of the Femur and Pelvis from 3D CT Data of Diseased Hip Using Hierarchical Statistical Shape Model of Joint Structure
Segmentation of the femur and pelvis from 3D data is prerequisite of patient specific planning and simulation for hip surgery. Separation of the femoral head and acetabulum is one of main difficulties in the d...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
What’s Next? A Visual Editor for Correcting Reading Order
The reading order, i.e. the serialized form, of the webpage should be a meaningful order for alternative representations such as the audible forms needed for visually impaired users. However, the serialized fo...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Effects of Touch Screen Response Time on Psychological State and Task Performance
The purpose of this study was to investigate how touch screen response time affected user’s psychological state and task performance. Ten male participants performed numeric entry task on the touch screen unde...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Research on the Role of the Sketch in Design Idea Generation
The purpose of this research is to solve the function achieved in the design idea generation of idea sketches. We conducted the comparative-analysis experiment on the relation between the sketch and an idea ge...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
A Design-Supporting Tool for Implementing the Learning-Based Approach: Accommodating Users’ Domain Knowledge into Design Processes
In the current interactive product/system design, while users’ acquisition of sufficient knowledge for operating a product or system is increasingly considered important, their acquisition of problem-solving k...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Automatic Classification of Eye Blink Types Using a Frame-Splitting Method
Human eye blinks include voluntary (conscious) blinks and involuntary (unconscious) blinks. If voluntary blinks can be detected automatically, then input decisions can be made when voluntary blinks occur. Prev...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Characteristics of Elderly User Behavior on Mobile Multi-touch Devices
Smartphones and tablet devices have been rapidly proliferating, and multi-touch interaction, powerful processors and rich array of sensors make these devices an attractive service platform for older users. Whi...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Lessons Learned from Crowd Accessibility Services
Crowd accessibility services for people with disabilities, driven by crowd-sourcing methods, are gaining traction as a viable means of realizing innovative services by leveraging both human and machine intelli...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Tourist Evacuation Guidance Support System for Use in Disasters
Japan is a country that is affected by many disasters such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and typhoons. The Japanese populace fears the occurrence of a major earthquake, such as an earthquake caused by th...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
From Image Inpainting to Diminished Reality
Image inpainting, which removes undesired objects in a static image and fills in the missing regions with plausible textures, has been developed in the research fields of image processing. On the other hand, D...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Collaborative Digital Sports Systems That Encourage Exercise
Although the importance of health and exercising as a way to maintain fitness and physical wellbeing is widely recognized, it is often difficult for people to persist with a regular workout schedule. In this p...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
“Make Your Own Planet”: Workshop for Digital Expression and Physical Creation
We propose the “Make Your Own Planet” workshop, which combines handicraft and digital representation tools (3DCG effects). In this workshop, a child uses a USB camera to select textures freely in the process o...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Automatic Classification Between Involuntary and Two Types of Voluntary Blinks Based on an Image Analysis
Several input systems using eye blinking for communication with the severely disabled have been proposed. Eye blinking is either voluntary or involuntary. Previously, we developed an image analysis method yiel...