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Chapter and Conference Paper
Recent Advancements in Continuous Wheel Slip Control
The paper presents an overview of continuous wheel slip control (WSC) methods as the part of anti-lock braking system (ABS) for the several vehicles configurations with friction brakes and electric motors. Per...
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Range Extension Autonomous Driving for Electric Vehicles Based on Optimization of Velocity Profile Considering Traffic Signal Information
Electric vehicles (EVs) have been recognized as a practical solution to several environmental and energy conservation problems. The mileage per charge of EVs, however, is lower than the mileage of internal com...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
The Development of Sensor-Based Gait Training System for Locomotive Syndrome: The Effect of Real-Time Gait Feature Feedback on Gait Pattern During Treadmill Walking
The concept of locomotive syndrome was proposed by the Japanese Orthopedic Association; it typifies the condition of reduced mobility resulting from a locomotive organ disorder related to aging. Although sever...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
GPS Based Estimation of Vehicle Sideslip Angle Using Multi-Rate Kalman Filter with Prediction of Course Angle Measurement Residual
In this paper, a new vehicle sideslip angle estimation based on GPS is proposed. Course angle obtained from GPS receiver can be utilized as one measurement for estimation design, together with the yaw rate fro...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Relationship between Surface Property and Operability of Tablet Terminal with Touch-Sensitive Screen
Intuitively operated touch-sensitive screens are becoming more prevalent in our daily lives. Particularly, the rapidly growing demand for tablets, which are beginning to be used in the educational and medical ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Topic Analysis of Web User Behavior Using LDA Model on Proxy Logs
We propose a web user profiling and clustering framework based on LDA-based topic modeling with an analogy to document analysis in which documents and words represent users and their actions. The main technica...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Web User Profiling on Proxy Logs and Its Evaluation in Personalization
We propose a web user profiling and clustering framework based on LDA-based topic modeling with an analogy to document analysis in which documents and words represent users and their actions. The main technica...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Shape Recognition and Optimal Gras** of Unknown Objects by Soft-Fingered Robotic Hands with Camera
In this paper a method is proposed for shape recognition and gras** of unknown objects using a robotic hand with two soft fingers and one omnidirectional camera. For shape recognition, we propose to use a si...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Influence of Base Material of TRUCT Braille on Readability of TRUCT Braille
When they are printed together with visual characters, recently transparent-resinous-ultraviolet-curing-type (TRUCT) Braille signs are becoming more and more popular in Japan. These signs are made by screen pr...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Research on the Perceptual Size of Tactile Dots and Bars
Many countries today have rapidly aging populations, and so it becomes increasingly important that standards developers design consumer products that address the accessibility needs of older persons as well as...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Polyester Non-woven Fabric Finger Cover as a TRUCT Braille Reading Assistance Tool for Braille Learners
Recently, transparent-resinous-ultravioletcuring- type (TRUCT) Braille signs are becoming more and more popular in Japan, especially when they are printed together with visual characters. These signs are made ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
A System for End-to-End Authentication of Adaptive Multimedia Content
We present a multimedia content delivery system that preserves the end-to-end authenticity of original content while allowing content adaptation by intermediaries. Our system utilizes a novel multi-hop signatu...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
The Surface Characterizations of 80K-Phase Bi(Pb)-Sr-Ca-Cu-O Bulk Single Crystals and Thin Films
The 80K-phase Bi-system superconducting bulk single crystals and thin films were studied by SEM, LEED, RHEED, AES, XPS and SAM. The clean surfaces of the bulk single crystals were obtained by cleaving them in ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
An Aspect of Electron Delocalization in Chemical Reactions
A method of creating the orbitals that participate actively in electron delocalization is illustrated taking several simple models. The canonical molecular orbitals of the reagent and reactant molecules are re...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
The Theoretical Research on the Stress Relaxation of Clay by Thermo-Dynamics and Statistical Mechanics
In order to introduce the thermo-dynamics and the statistical mechanics to the system of soil mechanics, in this paper the author has established the original assumptions on a sectional pattern of clay network...
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The Theoretical Research on the Stress Relaxation of Clay by Thermo-Dynamics and Statistical Mechanics
In order to introduce the thermo-dynamics and the statistical mechanics to the system of soil mechanics, in this paper the author has established the original assumptions on a sectional pattern of clay network...