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SAWADA, Hideyuki
 
Affiliation
Faculty of Science and Engineering, School of Advanced Science and Engineering
Job title
Professor
Degree
Ph.D. ( Waseda University )

Research Experience

  • 2017.04
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    Now

    Waseda University   Faculty of Science and Engineering   Professor

  • 2010.04
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    2017.03

    Kagawa University   Faculty of Engineering   Professor

  • 1999.04
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    2010.03

    Kagawa University   Faculty of Engineering   Associate Professor

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    Universite de Savoie   Polytech'Savoie   Professeur Invite

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    Universite de Savoie   Politech Savoie   Visiting Professor

  • 1998.04
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    1999.03

    Waseda University   School of Science and Engineering   Research Associate

  • 1995.04
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    1998.03

    JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientist   DC1

  • 1992.04
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    1995.03

    Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.

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Education Background

  • 1995.04
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    1998.03

    Waseda University   Graduate School of Science and Engineering   Department of Pure and Applied Physics  

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    1998

    Waseda University   Graduate School, Division of Science and Engineering   Department of Pure Physics and Applied Physics  

  • 1990.04
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    1992.03

    Waseda University   Graduate School of Science and Engineering   Department of Pure and Applied Physics  

  • 1986.04
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    1990.03

    Waseda University   School of Science and Engineering   Department of Applied Physics  

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    1990

    Waseda University   Faculty of Science and Engineering   Department of Applied Physics  

Committee Memberships

  • 2013.01
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    2014.12

    IEEE Japan Council, IEEE Japan Council Student Activities Committee (JC-SAC) Chair (議長), IEEE Student Activities (SAC) の運営と学生指導

  • 2012.04
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    2013.03

    情報処理学会, 情報処理学会 インタラクション2013 大会委員長, 情報処理学会 インタラクション2013の運営

  • 2012.01
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    2012.12

    IEEE Japan Council, IEEE Japan Council Student Activities Committee (JC-SAC) Vice Chair (副議長), IEEE Student Activities (SAC) の運営と学生指導

  • 2011.04
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    2012.12

    International Conference on Human System Interaction 2012, International Conference on Human System Interaction 2012, International Steering Committee

  • 2012.09
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    - Chiang Mai University, Editorial Advisory Board of Chiang Mai University Journal of Natural Sciences, Editorial Advisory Board

  • 2009.04
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    - International Conference on Brain Informatics, International Conference on Brain Informatics, Program Committee

  • 2009.04
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    - International Conference on Engineering Management and Service Sciences, International Conference on Engineering Management and Service Sciences, Program Committee

  • 2009.04
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    - International Conference on Fuzzy Systems and Knowledge Discovery, International Conference on Fuzzy Systems and Knowledge Discovery, Program Committee

  • 2009.04
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    - International Conference on Information and Automation, International Conference on Information and Automation, Program Committee

  • 2008.04
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    - World Congress on Intelligent Control and Automation, World Congress on Intelligent Control and Automation, Program Committee

  • 2008.04
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    - International Conference on Intelligent Systems, Modelling and Simulation, International Conference on Intelligent Systems, Modelling and Simulation, Program Committee

  • 2008.04
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    - Association of Engineering Education in Southeast and East Asia and the Pacific, Association of Engineering Education in Southeast and East Asia and the Pacific, International Programme Committee

  • 2008.04
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    - International Journal of Simulation-Systems, Science and Technology, International Journal of Simulation-Systems, Science and Technology, 編集委員

  • 2008.04
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    - IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems (Fuzz-IEEE), IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems (Fuzz-IEEE), Program Committee

  • 2008.04
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    - International Conference on Convergence and Hybrid Information Technology, International Conference on Convergence and Hybrid Information Technology, Program Committee

  • 2008.04
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    - IEEE International Conference on Automation and Logistics (iCal), IEEE International Conference on Automation and Logistics (iCal), Program Committee

  • 2008.04
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    - International Symposium on Intelligent Signal Processing and Communication Systems (ISPACS), International Symposium on Intelligent Signal Processing and Communication Systems (ISPACS), Program Committee

  • 2008.04
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    - International Conference on Computer Modelling and Simulation, International Conference on Computer Modelling and Simulation, Program Committee

  • 2008.04
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    - The Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO), The Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO), International Programme Committee

  • 2008.04
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    - International Measurement Confederation (IMEKO) TC-7, IMEKO (International Measurement Confederation) - TC-7, Member

  • 2008.04
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    - International Conference on Computer Modeling and Simulation, International Conference on Computer Modeling and Simulation, Program Committee

  • 2008
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    計測自動制御学会  SI部門 触覚部会委員

  • 2008
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    日本機械学会  情報・知能・精密機器部門 代議員

  • 2008.01
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    - 計測自動制御学会, 計測自動制御学会システムインテグレーション(SI)部門 触覚部会委員, 部会委員

  • 2008
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    The Japanese Society of Instrumentation and Control Engineers (SICE)  SI部門 触覚部会委員

  • 2008
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    The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME)  情報・知能・精密機器部門 代議員

  • 2003
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    電子情報通信学会  HCS研究会 専門委員

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    The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers (IEICE)  SIG-HCS

  • 2002
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    Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)  Student Branch Counsellor

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    情報処理学会  論文誌編集委員、SIGMUS運営委員

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    IEEE  Student Branch Counsellor

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    Information Processing Society of Japan (IPSJ)  論文誌編集委員、SIGMUS運営委員

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Professional Memberships

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    電気学会

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    ヒューマンインタフェース学会

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    日本ロボット学会

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    計測自動制御学会

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    日本機械学会

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    Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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    電子情報通信学会

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    情報処理学会

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    IEE

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    Human Interface Society (HIS)

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    The Robotics Society of Japan (RSJ)

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    The Japanese Society of Instrumentation and Control Engineers (SICE)

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    The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME)

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    IEEE

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    Information and Communication Engineers (IEICE)

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    The Institute of Electronics

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    Information Processing Society of Japan (IPSJ)

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Research Areas

  • Mechanics and mechatronics / Robotics and intelligent system / Rehabilitation science / Intelligent robotics / Perceptual information processing / Intelligent informatics

Research Interests

  • ヒューマンインタフェース

  • 情報工学

  • ロボティクス

  • Human interface

  • Information science

  • Robotics

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Awards

  • Best Paper Finalist

    2023.08   IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation   An SMA Wire-based Tendon Actuator and its Application on Robotic Fingers

    Winner: Renke Liu, Hideyuki Sawada

  • Best paper award

    2022.11   7th International Conference on Sustainable Information Engineering and Technology   An In-Depth Analysis of Cooperative Multi-Robot Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning

    Winner: Gembong Edhi Setyawan, Pitoyo Hartono, Hideyuki Sawada

  • Honorable Award

    2022.11   Japan Electronic Materials Society   An SMA-wire-driven actuator for robotic finger

    Winner: Liu Renke, Hideyuki Sawada

  • 情報処理学会 第84回全国大会 学生奨励賞

    2022.03   一般社団法人 情報処理学会   なぞり速度がSMA触覚センサに与える影響の考察

    Winner: 大矢隆晟, 澤田秀之

  • Honorable Award

    2021.11   Japan Electronic Materials Society  

    Winner: Ryusei Ohya, Hideyuki Sawada

  • Best Paper Award of IPSJ National Convention

    2021.05   Information Processing Society of Japan   4D Space Visualization System with Tactile Feedback

    Winner: Haruo Igarashi, Hideyuki Sawada

  • IBM award

    2020.08   IPSJ AAC  

  • Best Paper Award

    2020.06   International Conference on Human System Interaction   Presenting Braille Information on Two Fingers Using Vibratory Patterns from an Array of Shape-memory Alloys

    Winner: Nuttasorn Aiemsetthee, Hideyuki Sawada

  • Student Encouragement Award

    2020.03   IPSJ  

  • Student Encouragement Award

    2020.03   IPSJ  

  • Encouragement Award

    2019.04   The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine  

    Winner: Junichi Danjo, Sonoko Danjo, Hideyuki Sawada, Yu Nakamura

  • Student Encouragement Award

    2019.03   IPSJ  

    Winner: Takeshi Kobayashi, Hiroki Shigemune, Hideyuki Sawada

  • Best Paper Award

    2018.12   International Symposium on Micro-NanoMechatronics and Human Science   Intoning Speech Performance of the Talking Robot for Vietnamese Language Case

    Winner: SAWADA Hideyuki

  • The Best Paper Award

    2018.09   The 23rd Intelligent Mechatronics Workshop   Strength evaluation of a paper self-folded with an inkjet printing

    Winner: Hiroki Shigemune, Hideyuki Sawada

  • Best Paper Award

    2017.12   International Symposium on Micro-NanoMechatronics and Human Science   4-D Space Visualization with Hidden Hypersurface Removal

    Winner: SAWADA Hideyuki

  • Best Presentation Award

    2017.04   International Conference on Control, Automation and Robotics   Cerebellum-like Neural Network for Short-range Timing Function of a Robotic Speaking System

    Winner: SAWADA Hideyuki

  • Best Paper Award

    2015.06   International Conference on Human System Interaction   Tactile Pen for Presenting Texture Sensation from Touch Screen

    Winner: SAWADA Hideyuki

  • Student Paper Award

    2015.02   RISP International Workshop on Nonlinear Circuits, Communications and Signal Processing   Tactile Glove Using SMA Wires for Presenting Pseudo-tactile Sensations in VR Space

    Winner: Yoshiaki Iwatani, Hideyuki Sawada

  • Best Paper Finalist

    2011.08   IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation   Presentation of Button Repulsive Sensations on Touch Screen Using SMA Wires

    Winner: Hideyuki Sawada

  • Best Paper Award

    2011.05   International Conference on Human System Interaction   Research and Development on Portable Braille Display Using Shape Memory Alloy Wires

    Winner: SAWADA Hideyuki

  • Outstanding English Presentation Award

    2011  

  • Outstanding English Presentation Award

    2011  

  • 平成21年度 情報処理学会 論文賞

    2010.05   IPSJ  

    Winner: SAWADA Hideyuki

  • Young Author Award

    2010  

  • 優秀発表賞

    2010  

  • 学生奨励賞

    2010  

  • IEEE Best Award

    2010  

  • IEEE Best Presentation Award

    2010  

  • IEEE Best Presentation Award

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  • IEEE Best Presentation Award

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  • Best Paper Award

    2010  

  • Young Author Award

    2010  

  • Best Presentation Award

    2010  

  • Prize for Encouragement of Young Researcher

    2010  

  • IEEE Best Award

    2010  

  • IEEE Best Presentation Award

    2010  

  • IEEE Best Presentation Award

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  • IEEE Best Presentation Award

    2010  

  • Best Paper Award

    2010  

  • 2008 Outstanding Volunteer Award

    2009  

  • Best Paper Award

    2009  

  • Student Travel Grant Award

    2009  

  • IEEE Best Presentation Award

    2009  

  • 2008 Outstanding Volunteer Award

    2009  

  • Best Paper Award

    2009  

  • Student Travel Grant Award

    2009  

  • IEEE Best Presentation Award

    2009  

  • ヒューマンコミュニケーション賞

    2008  

  • IEEE Best Presentation Award

    2008  

  • Human Communication Award

    2008  

  • IEEE Best Presentation Award

    2008  

  • ヒューマンコミュニケーション賞

    2007  

  • インタラクション2007 インタラクティブ発表賞

    2007  

  • ヒューマンインタフェース学会 研究会賞

    2007  

  • IEEE Best Presentation Award

    2007  

  • New Technology Foundation Award Finalist

    2007  

  • Human Communication Award

    2007  

  • Interactive Presentation Award

    2007  

  • ヒューマンインタフェース学会 研究会賞

    2007  

  • IEEE Best Presentation Award

    2007  

  • New Technology Foundation Award Finalist

    2007  

  • IEEE Presentation Award

    2006  

  • IEEE Presentation Award

    2006  

  • IEEE Presentation Award

    2006  

  • ベストプレゼンテーション賞

    2006  

  • IEEE Presentation Award

    2006  

  • IEEE Presentation Award

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  • IEEE Presentation Award

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  • Best Presentation Award

    2006  

  • Best Presentation Award 最優秀発表賞

    2004  

  • Hyper Human Tech Award 論文賞

    2004  

  • Best Presentation Award

    2004  

  • Hyper Human Tech Award

    2004  

  • Best Presentation Prize

    2003  

  • Best Presentation Prize

    2003  

  • Best Presentation Prize

    2003  

  • Best Presentation Prize

    2003  

  • Distinguished Paper Award 論文賞

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  • Distinguished Paper Award

    1996  

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Papers

  • Anatomically-Inspired Robotic Finger with SMA Tendon Actuation for Enhanced Biomimetic Functionality

    Renke Liu, Huakai Zheng, Maroš Hliboký, Hiroki, Shuyao Zhang, Yusuke Baba, Hideyuki Sawada

    Biomimetics   9 ( 3 ) 151  2024.03  [Refereed]

    Authorship:Corresponding author

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  • Evaluation of Correlation between Cognitive Task Scores and Mental State Changes under Uncontrolled Environment

    Terumi Umematsu, Hideyuki Sawada

    The Transaction of Human Interface Society   26 ( 1 ) 159 - 168  2024.02  [Refereed]

    Authorship:Corresponding author

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  • An Inchworm Robot with Self-Healing Ability Using SMA Actuators

    Haruya Fukuchi, Hideyuki Sawada

    Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics   35 ( 6 ) 1615 - 1621  2023.12  [Refereed]

    Authorship:Corresponding author

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  • Human-Guided Transfer Learning for Autonomous Robot

    Minako Oriyama, Pitoyo Hartono, Hideyuki Sawada

    Communications in Computer and Information Science     186 - 198  2023.11  [Refereed]

    Authorship:Corresponding author

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  • A Novel Cooling Design for an Agonistic–Antagonistic SMA Tendon-Driven Actuator

    Renke Liu, Shuyao Zhang, Yusuke Baba, Hideyuki Sawada

    Actuators   12 ( 11 ) 415 - 415  2023.11  [Refereed]

    Authorship:Corresponding author

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    Shape memory alloys (SMAs) exhibit a unique property that undergoes deformation in response to temperature variation. This characteristic can be utilized via the application of a filiform SMA wire to tendon-driven robotic actuators for biomimetic joint movements. However, due to the inefficiencies in heat dissipation, conventional SMA tendon-driven actuators are characterized by their lower relaxation speeds than other actuators. This paper proposes a novel cooling design for an SMA tendon-driven actuator using thin-fin heat sinks based on a multi-layer wrapped SMA tendon design. In addition, the electric circuit and the controller are refined. Prototype devices are constructed to validate the performance of SMA-based actuators under PID control. The results indicate that the proposed design exceeds previous models in terms of relaxation performance by up to 5.8 times while also being able to stabilize at a target angle within 0.5 s under control.

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  • 4D Exploring System for Intuitive Understanding of 4D Space by Extending Familiar 3D Interfaces

    Haruo Igarashi, Hideyuki Sawada

    Proc. of International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence, Eurographics Symposium on Virtual Environments     115 - 119  2023.11  [Refereed]

    Authorship:Corresponding author

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  • A wearable assistive system for the visually impaired using object detection, distance measurement and tactile presentation

    Yiwen Chen, Junjie Shen, Hideyuki Sawada

    Intelligence & Robotics   3 ( 3 ) 420 - 435  2023.09  [Refereed]

    Authorship:Corresponding author

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    With the current development of society, ensuring traffic and walking safety for the visually impaired is becoming increasingly important. We propose a wearable system based on a system previously developed by us that uses object recognition, a distance measurement function, and the corresponding vibration pattern presentation to support the mobility of the visually impaired. The system recognizes obstacles in front of a user in real time, measures their distances, processes the information, and then presents safety actions through vibration patterns from a tactile glove woven with shape memory alloy (SMA) actuators. The deep learning model is compressed to achieve real-time recognition using a microcomputer while maintaining recognition accuracy. Measurements of the distances to multiple objects are realized using a stereo camera, and vibration patterns are presented through a tactile glove in response to these distances. Experiments are conducted to verify the system performance to provide safe navigation depending on the positions and the distances of multiple obstacles in front of the user.

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  • Deep Learning-Based System for Real-Time Face Tracking and Expression Recognition

    Shuyao Zhang, Renke Liu, Hideyuki Sawada

    2023 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation (ICMA)   ICMA ( 2023 )  2023.08  [Refereed]

    Authorship:Corresponding author

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  • An SMA Wire-based Tendon Actuator and its Application on Robotic Fingers

    Renke Liu, Hideyuki Sawada

    2023 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation (ICMA)   ICMA ( 2023 ) 681 - 686  2023.08  [Refereed]

    Authorship:Corresponding author

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  • What To Do When The Requirements Are Unknown? - Development of a Simulator for Excretory Care

    Shoko Miyagawa, Yong Ah Seong, Zebing Mao, Tatsuhiro Horii, Hiroyuki Nabae, Shingo Maeda, Toshinori Fujie, Kenjiro Tadakuma, Hideyuki Sawada, Koichi Suzumori

    Human Systems Engineering and Design (IHSED 2023): Future Trends and Applications   112 ( 2023 ) 205 - 211  2023.08  [Refereed]

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    We developed a simulator to practice the digital disimpaction technique, a kind of excretory care that is commonly performed by home-care nurses in Japan. The key point of this study is that the requirements for creating a simulation model were not known in advance, so we adopted a rapid prototyping method, in which product development is carried out by repeatedly creating and testing simple prototypes and a user-participatory design method, where feedback is obtained directly from users. We proceeded with the development of the simulator and the definition of requirements simultaneously, repeating the process of creation, trial use, and feedback from interviews with skilled nurses. Digital disimpaction is a complex procedure involving interaction with a living body, in which a finger stimulates the rectum and facilitates the excretion of feces leveraging the rectum's natural biological response. Digital disimpaction is performed primarily by a nurse. Since digital disimpaction is an embarrassing and sometimes painful procedure for the patient, a smooth and comfortable technique is desirable. On the other hand, only a limited set of circumstances are provided to learn the digital disimpaction technique. The requirement for a "procedure requiring non-visible interaction," such as digital disimpaction, is hard to acquire through a simple interview because it is performed based on subjective sensation. Further, while the movement of the finger within the body is crucial, it is essentially impossible to learn through observation of a skilled nurse as it is not visible from the outside. For this reason, we created a simple rectal model as a first prototype. We improved the model by extracting requirements from observations and feedback on actual trial use by skilled nurses. From the first user experience of the simple 3D printed model, requirements were extracted regarding the texture of the rectum, the interaction between finger movement and rectal response, and the characteristics of the feces. A rectal model with a mucosal structure and a fecal model was created based on the obtained requirements. Through the second user experience, the process was repeated, where requirements were again extracted regarding the shape of the rectal model, the characteristics of the mucosa, and the rectal response with the finger movement. We redesigned the model to meet these refined requirements and developed a buttock model covering the rectal model.The results of the third user experience confirmed that the simulator mostly reproduced the intestinal setting as perceived by the nurses during the actual digital disimpaction procedure. This study suggests that the combination of rapid prototyping and user-participatory design can be used to systemize subjects for which requirements are hard to define in advance, such as care procedures based on tacit knowledge.

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  • The Application of Micro-Vibratory Phenomena of a Shape-Memory Alloy Wire to a Novel Vibrator

    Takashi Chujo, Hideyuki Sawada

    Vibration   6 ( 3 ) 584 - 598  2023.07  [Refereed]

    Authorship:Corresponding author

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    The widespread use of smartphones and smart wearable devices has created a great demand for vibrators with complex vibration patterns driven by simple circuits. In our previous studies, we observed that a filiform shape-memory alloy (SMA) wire will shrink and then return to its initial length, perfectly synchronizing with a given pulse current. Here, we developed a novel vibrator whose structure allows the micro-vibrations of an SMA wire to be amplified up to a recognizable level without directly touching the wire. The vibrator has the advantage of independently controlling its magnitude and frequency together with a simple driving circuit since it is directly driven by a frequency-modulated pulse current with a controlled duty ratio. We measured the power consumption and the acceleration generated by the vibrator. The results showed that the vibrator consumed only 4–77 milliwatts of power with a quick vibration response within 5 milliseconds, and the acceleration increased significantly in a duty ratio range of around 1%. Furthermore, user evaluations demonstrated that differences in the magnitude and frequency of the generated vibrations were sufficiently recognized when the vibrator was driven by different duty ratios and frequencies, and the vibrator provided various tactile and haptic sensations to users.

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  • Development of Visualization System of Four-dimensional Space with Tactile Feedback

    Haruo Igarashi, Hideyuki Sawada

    IPSJ Journal   64 ( 2 ) 626 - 633  2023.02  [Refereed]

    Authorship:Corresponding author

  • Analysis of the Micro-vibration Characteristics of a Shape Memory Alloy Wire

    Hiroki IWANA, Hiroki SHIGEMUNE†, Hideyuki SAWADA

    The IEICE Transactions C   106-C ( 2 ) 79 - 85  2023.02  [Refereed]

    Authorship:Corresponding author

  • An SMA Transducer for Sensing Tactile Sensation Focusing on Stroking Motion

    Ryusei Oya, Hideyuki Sawada

    Materials   16 ( 3 ) 1016 - 1016  2023.01  [Refereed]

    Authorship:Corresponding author

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    The authors have developed a micro-vibration actuator using filiform SMA wire electrically driven by periodic electric current. While applying the SMA actuators to tactile displays, we discovered a phenomenon that the deformation caused by a given stress to an SMA wire generated a change in the electrical resistance. With this characteristic, the SMA wire works as a micro-force sensor with high sensitivity, while generating micro-vibration. In this paper, the micro-force sensing ability of an SMA transducer is described and discussed. Experiments are conducted by sliding the SMA sensor on the surface of different objects with different speeds, and the sensing ability is evaluated to be related with human tactile sensation.

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  • A wireless bionic soft robotic fish using shape-memory alloy actuators

    Kewei Ning, Hideyuki Sawada

    IAES International Journal of Robotics and Automation (IJRA)   11 ( 4 ) 278 - 278  2022.12  [Refereed]

    Authorship:Corresponding author

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    <span lang="EN-US">In this study, we present the construction of a wireless bionic soft robotic fish that has a silicone tail and uses shape-memory alloys (SMAs) as actuators. Even though there have been a lot of recent advancements in the field of soft robotics, the use of SMAs as actuators for soft robots is still not something that is investigated very often. In the course of this research, we plan to work toward the creation of a realistic bionic fish robot that possesses a high level of mobility in the water, in addition to being light enough, strong enough, and flexible enough. The purpose of this study is to expound on the process of optimizing the morphologies of the fish body, as well as the optimization of the electromechanical behavior of the SMAs, in order to generate swimming motions in the fish. Our attention will be on the optimization of these two aspects. This report also outlines some preliminary but promising physical tests that were conducted to create a robotic fish with the similar shape.</span>

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  • An In-Depth Analysis of Cooperative Multi-Robot Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning

    Gembong Edhi Setyawan, Pitoyo Hartono, Hideyuki Sawada

    7th International Conference on Sustainable Information Engineering and Technology 2022   2022   119 - 126  2022.11  [Refereed]

    Authorship:Corresponding author

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  • Cooperative Multi-Robot Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning

    Gembong Edhi Setyawan, Pitoyo Hartono, Hideyuki Sawada

    International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications   13 ( 9 )  2022.09  [Refereed]

    Authorship:Corresponding author

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  • Using inverse learning for controlling bionic robotic fish with SMA actuators

    Kewei Ning, Pitoyo Hartono, Hideyuki Sawada

    MRS Advances    2022.08  [Refereed]

    Authorship:Corresponding author

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  • A Wearable Assistive Device for Blind Pedestrians Using Real-Time Object Detection and Tactile Presentation

    Junie Shen, Yiwen Chen, Hideyuki Sawada

    Sensors   22 ( 12 ) 4537 - 4537  2022.06  [Refereed]

    Authorship:Corresponding author

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    Nowadays, improving the traffic safety of visually impaired people is a topic of widespread concern. To help avoid the risks and hazards of road traffic in their daily life, we propose a wearable device using object detection techniques and a novel tactile display made from shape-memory alloy (SMA) actuators. After detecting obstacles in real-time, the tactile display attached to a user’s hands presents different tactile sensations to show the position of the obstacles. To implement the computation-consuming object detection algorithm in a low-memory mobile device, we introduced a slimming compression method to reduce 90% of the redundant structures of the neural network. We also designed a particular driving circuit board that can efficiently drive the SMA-based tactile displays. In addition, we also conducted several experiments to verify our wearable assistive device’s performance. The results of the experiments showed that the subject was able to recognize the left or right position of a stationary obstacle with 96% accuracy and also successfully avoided collisions with moving obstacles by using the wearable assistive device.

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  • Analysis of different self-propulsion types of oil droplets based on electrostatic interaction effects

    Mika Noguchi, Masato Yamada, Hideyuki Sawada

    RSC Advances   12 ( 29 ) 18354 - 18362  2022.06  [Refereed]

    Authorship:Corresponding author

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    We found that the correlated motion of two oil droplets was classified into three self-propelled motions (follow-up motion, parallel motion, and repulsive motion) depending on the pH of the aqueous solution.

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  • Self-Actuating and Nonelectronic Machines

    Shingo Maeda, Hiroki Shigemune, Hideyuki Sawada

    Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics   34 ( 2 ) 249 - 252  2022.04

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    We here introduce three types of self-actuating and nonelectronic machines using chemical reactions and physicochemical transformations. Our strategy is to develop completely artificial and autonomous machines that do not rely on electronic components. We herein demonstrate Belousov-Zhabotinsky gel machines, active droplet machines, and paper machines.

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  • Combinations of Micro-macro States and Subgoals Discovery in Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning for Path Finding

    Gembong Edhi Setyawan, Hideyuki Sawada, Pitoyo Hartono

    International Journal of Innovative Computing, Information and Control   18 ( 2 ) 447 - 462  2022.02  [Refereed]

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  • A robotic wheel locally transforming its diameters and the reinforcement learning for robust locomotion

    Naoki Moriya, Hiroki Shigemune, Hideyuki Sawada

    International Journal of Mechatronics and Automation   9 ( 1 ) 22 - 31  2022.01  [Refereed]

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  • Behavior of active paper in different humidity conditions

    Hiroki Shigemune, Hideyuki Sawada, Shingo Maeda

    Proc. Pacifichem 2021    2021.12  [Refereed]

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  • Investigation of the behavior of Marangoni-driven oleic droplet in different humidity

    Masato Yamada, Hiroki Shigemune, Shingo Maeda, Hideyuki Sawada

    Proc. Pacifichem 2021   2021  2021.12  [Refereed]

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  • Sound Visualization and Scale Recognition Using Capillary Waves of Soap Film

    Koki Nakano, Hideyuki Sawada

    IPSJ Journal   62 ( 10 ) 1737 - 1747  2021.10  [Refereed]

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  • An untethered soft robotic fish using SMA wires and its performance analysis

    Xiaojie Chen, Kewei Ning, Hiroki Shigemune, Hideyuki Sawada

    International Journal of Mechatronics and Automation   8 ( 4 ) 229 - 240  2021.10  [Refereed]

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  • Touching 4D Objects with 3D Tactile Feedback

    Haruo Igarashi, Hideyuki Sawada

    2021 14th International Conference on Human System Interaction (HSI)   HSI2021   132 - 138  2021.07  [Refereed]

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  • Four‐dimensional collision detection and behaviour based on the physics‐based calculation

    Yuki Nakai, Takanobu Miwa, Hiroki Shigemune, Hideyuki Sawada

    Expert Systems   2021 ( e12668 )  2021.03  [Refereed]

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    In the field of 4-D space visualization, the information of 4-D space is obtained by projecting 4-D data onto 3-D space. Most of the previous research has been aimed at the recognition of 4-D space, whereas the target of the recognition has been limited to the geometrical information of 4-D objects in 4-D space or static spatial information without dynamics. Our research aims to develop a visualization system for providing the human experience of the physics-based environment in 4-D space. In this research, we mainly focus on collision detection and the behaviour of 4-D objects in 4-D space in order to construct the physics-based environment of 4-D space. Our contribution in this paper is the development of a collision detection algorithm for 4-D objects and a calculation method for physics based behaviour of 4-D objects. Our proposed collision detection algorithm is based on the intersection test of tetrahedrons in 4-D space, so that 4-D objects in our system is represented as tetrahedral meshes. The tetrahedron-based collision detection algorithm is performed by a combination of half-space tests with the use of 5-D homogeneous processing to enhance the calculation accuracy of the collision detection. Our proposed method calculates the behaviour of the 4-D objects after the collision by solving the motion equation based on the principle of physics. Consequently, the visualization system with the proposed algorithm allows us to observe the physics-based environment in 4-D space.

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  • Temperature and Humidity Dependence of Marangoni Convection and its Effect on the Self-propulsion of an Oil Droplet

    Masato Yamada, Hiroki Shigemune, Shingo Maeda, Hideyuki Sawada

    Chemistry Letters   50 ( 3 ) 493 - 496  2020.12  [Refereed]

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    This paper reports the temperature and relative humidity dependence of self-propelled oil droplets. Self-propelled oil droplets locomote by internal Marangoni convection, which is caused by gradients in the interfacial tension due to surfactant and temperature gradients at the oil/water interface. We discover the external environment dependence of the self-propulsion of a droplet and discuss the mechanism of the property. Our study will serve as an innovative foundation for practical research, such as drug delivery systems.

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  • Programming Stepwise Motility into a Sheet of Paper Using Inkjet Printing

    Hiroki Shigemune, Shingo Maeda, Eiji Iwase, Shuji Hashimoto, Shigeki Sugano, Hideyuki Sawada

    Advanced Intelligent Systems     2000153 - 2000153  2020.10  [Refereed]

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  • End-to-End Tactile Feedback Loop: From Soft Sensor Skin Over Deep GRU-Autoencoders to Tactile Stimulation

    Andreas Geier, Rawleigh Tucker, Sophon Somlor, Hideyuki Sawada, Shigeki Sugano

    IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters   5 ( 4 ) 6467 - 6474  2020.10  [Refereed]

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  • Morphological Computation of Skin Focusing on Fingerprint Structure

    Akane Musha, Manabu Daihara, Hiroki Shigemune, Hideyuki Sawada

    29th International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks   Volume 12397 ( Part II ) 470 - 481  2020.09  [Refereed]

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  • A Robotic Wheel Locally Transforming the Diameter for the Locomotion on Rough Terrain

    Naoki Moriya, Hiroki Shigemune, Hideyuki Sawada

    Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation (IEEE ICMA2020)   IEEE ICMA2020   1257 - 1262  2020.08  [Refereed]

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  • An Untethered Bionic Robotic Fish Using SMA Actuators

    Xiaojie Chen, Hiroki Shigemune, Hideyuki Sawada

    Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation (IEEE ICMA2020)   IEEE ICMA2020   1768 - 1773  2020.08  [Refereed]

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  • Speech Analysis of the Talking Robot with Human-like Artificial Vocal Tract

    Vo Nhu Thanh, Hideyuki Sawada

    Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation (IEEE ICMA2020)   IEEE ICMA2020   1912 - 1917  2020.08  [Refereed]

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  • To What Extent Could the Development of an Airborne Thermal Imaging Detection System Contribute to Enhance Detection?

    Martin Jebens, Hideyuki Sawada, Junjie Shen, Erik Tollefsen

    Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction   24 ( 1 ) 63 - 71  2020.07  [Refereed]

  • Visualization of topographical internal representation of learning robots

    Shiori Kuramoto, Hideyuki Sawada, Pitoyo Hartono

    Proc. of 2020 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN 2020)   IJCNN 2020  2020.07  [Refereed]

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  • 「意味記憶」から「エピソード記憶」へ 情報管理の大変革を促す 非構造化データ活用への挑戦

    Journal of Image and Information Management   ( 7・8 ) 10 - 15  2020.07  [Refereed]  [Invited]

  • Analysis of Marangoni convection in "tears of wine" by the visualization of inside flow

    ONODA Takumi, SHIGEMUNE Hiroki, SAWADA Hideyuki

    The Proceedings of JSME annual Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics (Robomec)   2020 ( 0 ) 1A1 - N15  2020.06

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    <p>"Tears of wine" is a physical phenomenon that appears due to the result of a liquid flow along the glass surface against the gravity. In this study, we try to visualize the convection inside droplets in "tears of wine" by using the particle image velocimetry (PIV) method. We also examine the difference of convection flow which occurs when heat is applied to a part of a droplet. From the observation results, we assume that the temperature gradient can change the Marangoni flow in "tears of wine".</p>

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  • Analysis of the convection inside a self-propelled droplet with a rigid frame using particle method simulation

    KUMASAKA Eiji, YAMADA Masato, SHIGEMUNE Hiroki, SAWADA Hideyuki

    The Proceedings of JSME annual Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics (Robomec)   2020 ( 0 ) 1A1 - N16  2020.06

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    <p>We study the motion control of a self-propelled oil droplet dropped into aqueous solution by using a rigid frame. It is well known that an oil droplet with fatty acid anhydride moves in random directions in aqueous solution. Although we have discovered that the moving direction could be controlled using a rigid boomerang-shaped frame, the mechanism of the autonomous motion in a particular direction is not understood theoretically. Since self-propelled droplets move with the effect of Marangoni convection caused by surface tension difference at the droplet surface, we focus on the directional behavior of the Marangoni convection and verify it using a SPH (Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics) method, which is a meshfree fluid simulation.</p>

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  • Presenting Braille Information on Two Fingers Using Vibratory Patterns from an Array of Shape-memory Alloys

    Nuttasorn Aiemsetthee, Hideyuki Sawada

    Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Human System Interaction   HSI2020   322 - 327  2020.06  [Refereed]

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  • Self-Assembled 3D Actuator Using the Resilience of an Elastomeric Material

    Naoki Hashimoto, Hiroki Shigemune, Ayato Minaminosono, Shingo Maeda, Hideyuki Sawada

    Frontiers in Robotics and AI   6 ( Article 152 ) 1 - 12  2020.01  [Refereed]

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    © Copyright © 2020 Hashimoto, Shigemune, Minaminosono, Maeda and Sawada. Self-folding technologies have been studied by many researchers for applications to various engineering fields. Most of the self-folding methods that use the physical properties of materials require complex preparation, and usually take time to complete. In order to solve these problems, we focus on the elasticity of a material, and propose a model for forming a 3D structure using its characteristics. Our proposed model achieves high-speed and high-precision self-folding with a simple structure, by attaching rigid frames to a stretchable elastomer. The self-folded structure is applied to introduce a self-assembled actuator by exploiting a dielectric elastomer actuator (DEA). We develop the self-assembled actuator driven with the voltage application by attaching stretchable electrodes on the both side of the elastomer. We attempt several experiments to investigate the basic characteristics of the actuator. We also propose an application of the self-assembled actuator as a gripper based on the experimental results. The gripper has three joints with the angle of 120°, and successfully grabs objects by switching the voltage.

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  • Four-dimensional collision detection via five-dimensional homogeneous processing

    Yuki Nakai, Takanobu Miwa, Hiroki Shigemune, Shuji Hashimoto, Hideyuki Sawada

    Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering   11373  2020  [Refereed]

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    © 2019 SPIE. For the visualization of a 4-D object, information in 4-D space is obtained by projecting a 4-D space onto a 3-D space. Previous researches mainly paid attention to the geometrical information of a single 4-D object in 4-D space. Our research aims to develop a visualization system for physical phenomena in 4-D space and to study the human spatial cognition of the 4-D space through the projected 3-D space. In this research, we focus on a collision of two 4-D objects in 4-D space and develop an algorithm for the collision detection between two 4-D objects to be displayed in 3-D space. In our developed algorithm, a 4-D object is defined as a mesh data of tetrahedrons, and a tetrahedron-based collision detection algorithm is performed by a combination of half-space tests with the use of 5-D homogeneous processing to enhance the calculation accuracy of the collision detection. The results of the collision detection between the 4-D objects are presented.

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  • Stability Analysis of Self-Folding Sheets on Water Surface

    Masato Yamada, Hiroki Shigemune, Hideyuki Sawada

    Proc. of International Symposium on Micro-NanoMechatronics and Human Science   MHS2019   66 - 68  2019.12  [Refereed]

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  • A Tactile Sensor Using a Shape-memory Alloy Wire During Vibration

    Akito MIYATODA, Hiroki SHIGEMUNE, Takanobu MIWA, Hideyuki SAWADA

    IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Electronics   J102-C ( 9 ) 241 - 248  2019.09  [Refereed]

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  • EJBot-II: an optimized skid-steering propeller-type climbing robot with transition mechanism

    Mohamed G. Alkalla, Mohamed A. Fanni, Abdel. Fattah Mohamed, Shuji Hashimoto, Hideyuki Sawada, Takanobu Miwa, Amr Hamed

    Advanced Robotics   33 ( 20 ) 1042 - 1059  2019.08  [Refereed]

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  • Design of Material and Intelligence Creating Motion Matterns

    Shingo Maeda, Hideyuki Sawada, Hiroki Shigemune, Takanobu Miwa

    Journal of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers   122 ( 1205 ) 30 - 31  2019.04  [Invited]

  • Directional and velocity control of active droplets using a rigid-frame

    Masato Yamada, Hiroki Shigemune, Shingo Maeda, Hideyuki Sawada

    RSC Advances   9 ( 69 ) 40523 - 40530  2019  [Refereed]

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    © 2019 The Royal Society of Chemistry. This paper introduces a novel directional control method of self-propelled oil droplets. Oil droplets locomote spontaneously with surfactant action. This self-propulsion is caused by Marangoni convection within the oil droplet due to differences in the surfactant concentration at the droplet surface. Recent studies have reported that self-propelled oil droplets change their locomotion style depending on their shapes. We confirm that spherical oil droplets move randomly, including straight motion, bending motion, and rotation. In particular, we discover that boomerang-shaped oil droplets exhibit only straight motion. In this study, we introduce an exoskeleton for the directional and velocity control of oil droplets. A droplet shaped as a boomerang by an exoskeleton locomotes in the direction from a concave region to a convex region. Through experimental studies, we found that the stability of the velocity and locomotion direction depended on the boomerang shape. Self-propelled oil droplets with exoskeletons were then applied to a transporting robot driven only by the energy obtained from chemical reactions. We demonstrate the robot pushes and transports an object floating on water.

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  • Printed self-oscillatory mechanism inspired by an electric bell

    Hiroki Shigemune, Shingo Maeda, Akihiro Imai, Shuji Hashimoto, Shigeki Sugano, Hideyuki Sawada

    MHS 2018 - 2018 29th International Symposium on Micro-NanoMechatronics and Human Science   MHS ( 2018 ) 109 - 110  2018.12  [Refereed]

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    © 2018 IEEE. In this paper, we propose a printed self-oscillatory mechanism inspired by an electric bell. We have proposed paper mechatronics to make a robot with printing methods. In the paper mechatronics, we also aim to fabricate a controller with printing methods. We attempt to obtain a control signal from a mechanism. An electric bell generates an oscillatory signal with a coupling mechanism between a coil and a magnet. We develop a printed electric bell on a paper with printing methods. We propose the design of the electric bell which can be fabricated on a sheet of paper. The coil and the wiring were printed on the paper, and the device was fabricated by folding the paper. We demonstrate that the device oscillates for 23 min by applying a 0.5 A of constant current. The design is scalable to be applied for microsystems with using printing methods.

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  • Intoning Speech Performance of the Talking Robot for Vietnamese Language Case

    Thanh Vo Nhu, Hideyuki Sawada

    Proceedings of International Symposium on Micro-NanoMechatronics and Human Science   MHS ( 2018 ) 160 - 163  2018.12  [Refereed]

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    The authors are developing a talking robot based on the physical model of human vocal organs in order to reproduce human speech mechanically. Humans use speech in daily communication, and each different country has a different language. The complex movements of vocal organs generate different vocal sounds. This study focuses on the performance of the talking robot to reproduce Vietnamese language, which is a tonal language and contains many unvoiced sounds and fricative sounds. The mechanical system of the talking robot is modified by adding an unvoiced sound source for fricative sound generation and a new flexible vocal cords. The control of the artificial vocal cords is adjusted to give the tonal effect. The robot is programmed to speak several Vietnamese phrases, and the output speech is evaluated by questionars.

  • Development of Vietnamese Voice Chatbot with Emotion Expression

    Thanh Vo Nhu, Hideyuki Sawada

    Proceedings of International Symposium on Micro-NanoMechatronics and Human Science   MHS ( 2018 ) 22 - 27  2018.12  [Refereed]

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    Communication between machines and people is achieving dynamic relations. In fact, we can recognize this fact in a wide range of products like Google Home, Amazon Echo or Apple HomePod. They are all called voice chatbots. These chatbots, however, mainly respond to speech in English, while in Vietnam such chatbots are still not popular. This paper introduces a Vietnamese voice Chatbot, in which users can use Vietnamese to communicate with Chatbot through voice. Chatbot can complete tasks from user’s requests such as chatting with pre-written scripts; informing time and weather; searching on Google and Wikipedia or communicating and controlling other devices. In addition, the article introduces the emotion recognition from user voice for the chatbot. The project uses the Python programming language as well as the platforms built by Google.

  • Standing-Up Control of a Fallen Humanoid Robot Based on the Ground-contacting State of the Body

    Kiyohiro Araki, Takanobu Miwa, Hiroki Shigemune, Shuji Hashimoto, Hideyuki Sawada

    Proc. of Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON2018)   IEEE-IECON ( 2018 ) 3292 - 3297  2018.10  [Refereed]

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    In this paper, we propose a novel method for a humanoid robot to recover its standing posture from different fallen postures. In the proposed method, the robot estimates its posture using the ground-contacting information, which is sensed by the joint angle information and pressure sensors attached to the whole body. Then, the robot searches a motion sequence based on the estimated posture to stand up. The robot preserves every successful motion sequence into the tree structure to be reused in the next time. To verify the proposed algorithm, we conducted evaluation experiments by employing a real robot. The results show that the proposed method enables the robot to successfully search the motion sequence for standing up from the fallen posture.

  • Information display around eyes using the vibration of SMA wires and its evaluation of perceived sensation

    Chunhao Song, Hiroki Shigemune, Hideyuki Sawada

    Proceedings - 2018 11th International Conference on Human System Interaction, HSI 2018   2018   398 - 403  2018.08  [Refereed]

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    © 2018 IEEE. Shape-memory alloys (SMAs) are metal which have the shape memory effects. By forming them to thin wires, they can shrink at a certain temperature; and then extend to original length after cooling below this temperature, thus shape-memory effect is observed. When pulse current is applied to a SMA wire, Joule heat generated inside makes the wire shrink about 5% of its length, and returns to the origin length when the pulse stops, which generate vibration in accordance with the frequency of the current. A novel designed actuator using the vibration of two SMA wires is proposed in this paper. The actuator has compact size and low energy consumption of milliwatts order. Tactile sensation is one of the important ways in human's five senses, which are used to acquire information from surrounding environment. In this paper, we are trying to transmit recognized information by translating it to tactile sensation perceived by skin around eyes. We divide the skin area around eyes into 4 zones, and design two tactile display prototypes. By installing multiple actuators in prototypes and applying pulse signals with different parameters, we conduct experiments to find optimal driving parameters to generate tactile sensation in designated skin areas. The higher-level perception in these area is tested by combining different parameters and stimulation patterns. Finally, information transmission is evaluated by the feedback from subjects and it turns out the proposed system performs well. In the final part we also propose potential applications of this system.

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  • Effect of base rotation on the controllability of a redundant soft robotic arm

    Hiroki Shigemune, Vito Cacucciolo, Matteo Cianchetti, Hideyuki Sawada, Shuji Hashimoto, Cecilia Laschi

    2018 IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics, RoboSoft 2018     350 - 355  2018.07  [Refereed]

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    © 2018 IEEE. Soft robotic arms have gained popularity in the recent years because of their dexterity, robustness and safe interaction with humans. However, since these arms are subject to non-linear mechanics and are intrinsically under-actuated, their control still present many challenges. Octopus arms are one of the most popular biological models for soft robotics. It is known that the octopus reaching movement consists in two steps: (1) the rotation of the arm's base towards the target, and (2) the extension of the arm to reach the target. From a robotics point of view, the rotation of the base adds one additional degree of freedom to an already hyper-redundant system. Therefore, its role in the effectiveness of the control is ambiguous. In this work, we investigate the role of the base rotation for learning an effective reaching strategy. We conduct numerical experiments based on a mathematical model of the mechanics of the octopus arm in water and a simple neural network enabling to encode the control strategy through optimization learning. The network node corresponding to the base rotation is switched on or off for comparison. We test the reaching success rate with and without base rotation with targets in various positions. The results show that the addition of the base rotation can be highly beneficial or even detrimental, based on the position of the target. Nonetheless, globally the addition of base rotation affects the control strategy and expand the reachable regions.

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  • Quantitative Tactile Examination Using Shape Memory Alloy Actuators for the Early Detection of Diabetic Neuropathy

    SAJunichi Danjo, Sonoko Danjo, Hideyuki Sawada, Keiji Uchida, Yu Nakamura

    Actuators   6   109 - 127  2018.07  [Refereed]

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  • Swinging paper actuator driven by conduction electrohydrodynamics

    Hiroki Shigemune, Shigeki Sugano, Hideyuki Sawada, Shuji Hashimoto, Yu Kuwajima, Yuki Matsushita, Shingo Maeda, Vito Cacucciolo, Matteo Cianchetti, Cecilia Laschi

    2017 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, ROBIO 2017   2018-January   379 - 384  2018.03  [Refereed]

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    © 2017 IEEE. Paper mechatronics has been proposed as a concept to fabricate robots with printing methods in our previous studies. Actuators fabricated by printing on a sheet material can be low-cost and lightweight. In this paper, we propose a swinging paper actuator driven by conduction Electrohydrodynamics (EHD). EHD is a phenomenon that generates flow by applying voltage to a dielectric liquid. The EHD flow is generated by the applied voltage in a wiring made by silver ink printed with an inkjet printer. The silver wiring was printed on a sheet of paper, and the paper with the wiring was folded manually to form its structure. We explored the possibility to manufacture EHD actuators by using the printing techniques developed in paper mechatronics. We expected to obtain high performance from the generated actuators due to the light weight of the paper printed structures. Finally, we succeeded in activating the swinging actuator by applying the high voltage to the paper electrode. We applied sine and square inputs, and investigated several characteristics. We found conditions to obtain the largest displacement in our situation. The swinging actuator proves a new concept to incorporate two alluring researches which are printed paper actuator and EHD phenomenon.

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  • 4-D space visualization with hidden hypersurface removal

    Takanobu Miwa, Yuki Nakai, Hideyuki Sawada, Shuji Hashimoto

    MHS 2017 - 28th 2017 International Symposium on Micro-NanoMechatronics and Human Science   2018-January   1 - 5  2018.02

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    © 2017 IEEE. This paper presents the processing technique of hidden hypersurface removal for 4-D space visualization. When 4-D space and objects are visualized in 3-D space by perspective projection, if a 4-D scene includes multiple 4-D objects and intricate structures, visibility becomes a fundamental problem in 4-D space visualization. To address this problem and improve the perception of 4-D space, we extend Warnock&#039;s area-subdivision algorithm, which is used for hidden surface removal in the domain of 2-D projections of a 3-D scene, to the domain of 3-D projections of a 4-D scene. The visualization results show that our algorithm can display a 4-D scene with correct visibility, and suggest that the hidden hypersurface removal can help us understand the spatial relationship of the 4-D scene.

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  • Micro-vibration actuators driven by shape-memory alloy wires and its application to tactile displays

    Hideyuki Sawada

    MHS 2017 - 28th 2017 International Symposium on Micro-NanoMechatronics and Human Science   2018-January   1 - 5  2018.02  [Refereed]  [Invited]

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    © 2017 IEEE. The authors have been developing a novel micro-vibration actuator using a shape-memory alloy (SMA) wire for the presentation of various tactile sensations to a human skin. An SMA wire has a unique characteristic to shrink to the lengthwise direction at a certain temperature according to the transition between the martensite and austenite phases. We have found a novel and characteristic effect that, by making the SMA into a fine wire with the diameter of 30-100 μm, it accepts a short pulse-current to instantly shrink and then return to the original length in accordance with the pulse frequency up to 300 Hz. The distinctive behavior of an SMA wire has been applied to present various tactile stimuli to human skin in this study.

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  • 医工連携研究による新規定量的触覚検査法の糖尿病性神経障害(DPN)早期発見への有用性

    檀上淳一, 檀上園子, 澤田秀之, 中村祐

    日本内科学会雑誌   107   248  2018.02  [Refereed]

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  • Singing performance of the talking robot with newly redesigned artificial vocal cords

    Thanh Vo Nhu, Hideyuki Sawada

    2017 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, ICMA 2017     665 - 670  2017.08  [Refereed]

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    The authors are developing a talking robot which is a mechanical vocalization system modeling the human articulatory system. The talking robot is constructed with mechanical parts that are made by referring to human vocal organs biologically and functionally. In this study, a newly redesigned artificial vocal cords is developed for the purpose of extending the speaking capability of the talking robot. The artificial vocal cords is developed using functional approach. A thin layer of rubber band with a width of 7mm is attached on a plastic body in a sealed chamber creates an artificial sound source. The fundamental frequency of the sound source vary from 80Hz to 250 Hz depending on the pressure to the rubber band and the curving shape of the rubber band. The curving shape of the rubber band is adjustable by an innovative design mechanism driven by a servo motor. The amount of air pressure applied to the rubber band is controlled by another servo motor. The experiments to verify the speak capability of the talking robot with this newly redesigned vocal cords is conducted by letting the robot generating five vowel sounds with different combinations of 20 levels of rubber band shape and 5 levels of air pressure input. The pitch of each sound is extracted to determine the effect of the rubber band shape and the pressure input on the output sound. The result shows that this newly redesigned vocal cords greatly increase the speaking capability of the talking robot, especially its singing performance.

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  • Text-to-speech of a talking robot for interactive speech training of hearing impaired

    Thanh Vo Nhu, Hideyuki Sawada

    Proceedings - 2017 10th International Conference on Human System Interactions, HSI 2017     166 - 171  2017.08  [Refereed]

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    The authors are developing a talking robot which is a mechanical vocalization system modeling the human articulatory system. The talking robot is constructed with mechanical parts that are made by referring to human vocal organs biologically and functionally. In this study, a newly redesign artificial vocal cord is developed for the purpose of extending the speaking capability of the talking robot. The artificial vocal cord is developed using functional approach. A thin layer of rubber band with a width of 7mm is attached on a plastic body in a sealed chamber creates an artificial sound source. The fundamental frequency of the sound source vary from 80Hz to 280 Hz depending on the pressure to the rubber band and the curving shape of the rubber band. The curving shape of the rubber band is adjustable by an innovative design mechanism driven by a servo motor. The amount of air pressure applied to the rubber band is controlled by another servo motor which is referred as volume motor in this study. The experiment to verify the speak capability of the talking robot with this newly redesigned vocal cord is conducted by letting the robot generating five vowel sounds with difference combination of 20 levels of rubber band shape and 10 levels of air pressure input. The pitch and volume of each sound is extracted to determine the effect of the rubber band shape and the pressure input on the output sound. The result shows that this newly redesigned vocal cord greatly increase the speaking capability of the talking robot, especially its singing performance.

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  • Efficacy of a new microvibration sensation measurement device at detecting diabetic peripheral neuropathy using a newly devised finger method.

    Danjo J, Sawada H, Uchida K, Danjo S, Nakamura Y

    Journal of general and family medicine   18 ( 4 ) 155 - 161  2017.08  [Refereed]

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  • Application of an Easy Quantitative Tactile Examination Method for Early Detection of Diabetic Neuropathy

    Junichi Danjo, Sonoko Danjo, Hideyuki Sawada, Yu Nakamura

    DIABETES   66   A151 - A151  2017.06  [Refereed]

  • Cerebellum-Like Neural Network for Short-Range Timing Function of a Robotic Speaking System

    Thanh Vo Nhu, Hideyuki Sawada

    2017 3RD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CONTROL, AUTOMATION AND ROBOTICS (ICCAR)     184 - 187  2017  [Refereed]

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    The timing control is necessary for determining its duration, stress, and rhythm in human speech; however, little attention has been paid to these issues when building a speech synthesis system. We have developed a talking robot, which generates human-like vocal sounds. The cerebellum is an important part of human brain organ that has a significant role in the coordination, precision, and timing of motor responses. In this study, we develop a simplified cerebellum-like spiking neural network model to control the timing function for the talking robot. The model was designed using the System Generator software in Matlab, and the timing duration of trained speech was estimated using hardware cosimulated with a field programmable gate array board (FPGA). The timing information obtained from the co-simulation, together with the output motor vector, is sent to the talking robot controller to generate a sound with a short duration. The result indicates that this model can be used for short-range timing learning of the talking robot.

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  • 4-D space visualization with hidden hypersurface removal.

    Takanobu Miwa, Yuki Nakai, Hideyuki Sawada, Shuji Hashimoto

    International Symposium on Micro-NanoMechatronics and Human Science, MHS 2017, Nagoya, Japan, December 3-6, 2017     1 - 5  2017  [Refereed]

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  • Development of a virtual reality training system for endoscope-assisted submandibular gland removal

    Takehiro Miki, Toshinori Iwai, Kazunori Kotani, Jianwu Dang, Hideyuki Sawada, Minoru Miyake

    JOURNAL OF CRANIO-MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY   44 ( 11 ) 1800 - 1805  2016.11  [Refereed]

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    Purpose: Endoscope-assisted surgery has widely been adopted as a basic surgical procedure, with various training systems using virtual reality developed for this procedure. In the present study, a basic training system comprising virtual reality for the removal of submandibular glands under endoscope assistance was developed. The efficacy of the training system was verified in novice oral surgeons.
    Material and methods: A virtual reality training system was developed using existing haptic devices. Virtual reality models were constructed from computed tomography data to ensure anatomical accuracy. Novice oral surgeons were trained using the developed virtual reality training system.
    Results: The developed virtual reality training system included models of the submandibular gland and surrounding connective tissues and blood vessels entering the submandibular gland. Cutting or abrasion of the connective tissue and manipulations, such as elevation of blood vessels, were reproduced by the virtual reality system. A training program using the developed system was devised. Novice oral surgeons were trained in accordance with the devised training program.
    Conclusions: Our virtual reality training system for endoscope-assisted removal of the submandibular gland is effective in the training of novice oral surgeons in endoscope-assisted surgery. (C) 2016 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of European Association for Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery.

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  • Micro-Vibration Patterns Generated from Shape Memory Alloy Actuators and the Detection of an Asymptomatic Tactile Sensation Decrease in Diabetic Patients

    Junichi Danjo, Sonoko Danjo, Yu Nakamura, Keiji Uchida, Hideyuki Sawada

    IEICE TRANSACTIONS ON INFORMATION AND SYSTEMS   E99D ( 11 ) 2759 - 2766  2016.11  [Refereed]

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    Diabetes mellitus is a group of metabolic diseases that cause high blood sugar due to functional problems with the pancreas or metabolism. Diabetic patients have few subjective symptoms and may experience decreased sensation without being aware of it. The commonly performed tests for sensory disorders are qualitative in nature. The authors pay attention to the decline of the sensitivity of tactile sensations, and develop a non-invasive method to detect the level of tactile sensation using a novel micro-vibration actuator that employs shape-memory alloy wires. Previously, we performed a pilot study that applied the device to 15 diabetic patients and confirmed a significant reduction in the tactile sensation in diabetic patients when compared to healthy subjects. In this study, we focus on the asymptomatic development of decreased sensation associated with diabetes mellitus. The objectives are to examine diabetic patients who are unaware of abnormal or decreased sensation using the quantitative tactile sensation measurement device and to determine whether tactile sensation is decreased in patients compared to healthy controls. The finger method is used to measure the Tactile Sensation Threshold (TST) score of the index and middle fingers using the new device and the following three procedures: TST-1, TST-4, and TST-8. TST scores ranged from 1 to 30 were compared between the two groups. The TST scores were significantly higher for the diabetic patients (P &lt; 0.05). The TST scores for the left fingers of diabetic patients and healthy controls were 5.9 +/- 6.2 and 2.7 +/- 2.9 for TST-1, 15.3 +/- 7.0 and 8.7 +/- 6.4 for TST-4, and 19.3 +/- 7.8 and 12.7 +/- 9.1 for TST-8. Our data suggest that the use of the new quantitative tactile sensation measurement device enables the detection of decreased tactile sensation in diabetic patients who are unaware of abnormal or decreased sensation compared to controls.

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  • 形状記憶合金ワイヤの微振動による触覚感覚の呈示と指先感覚チェッカ

    内田啓治, 澤田秀之

    材料試験技術   61 ( 3 ) 195‐196  2016.09

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  • Tactile display using the micro-vibration of shape-memory alloy wires and its application to tactile interaction systems

    Hideyuki Sawada

    Pervasive Haptics: Science, Design, and Application     57 - 77  2016.01  [Refereed]

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    A compact device for the presentation of tactile sensation is introduced in this chapter. By employing shape-memory alloy (SMA) wires, a novel tactile information transmission device is developed for displaying various tactile sensations. A tactile actuator consists of a thin SMA wire with the diameter of 50 μm, and generates micro-vibrations with various frequencies and amplitudes in accordance with a driving pulse signal. The actuator features compactness and low energy consumption, and is applied to tactile displays and tactile interaction systems.

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  • A Communication System with a Mobile Robot by Presenting Tactile Apparent Movement Sensation

    Hideyuki Sawada, Brice Renaudeau

    PROCEEDINGS 2016 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY (ICIT)     1862 - 1865  2016  [Refereed]

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    Users are able to experience a high immersive feeling easily in a virtual environment with the widespread availability of human-machine interface devices such as head mounted displays and less expensive human motion sensors. The introduction of such electronic devices has led to more research being conducted in the area of the interaction of a human with robots and machine systems in virtual reality environment and a augmented reality space. Human-machine interface (HMI) researchers are looking for new ways to deal various information, and a variety of studies that present tactile experiences to users are being introduced by employing tactile actuators and devices. Tactile higher-level perception such as the phantom sensations and the apparent movement is known as tactile illusions, by which a user feels virtual sensation as being stimulated at different points on skin at the same time, and could be also effectively used for presenting better tactile sensations. In this study, we focus on the tactile perception of the apparent movement in a human body, and develop a system, by which a user has special tactile experience in an environment with a mobile robot to know its situation such as the moving speed and the roughness of the located ground and the wall as a feedback from the robot.

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  • Comparison of Several Acoustic Features for the Vowel Sequence Reproduction of a Talking Robot

    Vo Nhu Thanh, Hideyuki Sawada

    2016 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MECHATRONICS AND AUTOMATION     1137 - 1142  2016  [Refereed]

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    This study compares several acoustic features for developing an automatic vowel sequence reproduction system for a talking robot, which is a mechanical vocalization system modeling the human articulatory system. Matlab-based control system is used to analyze a recorded sound and drives the articulatory motors of the talking robot. A novel method based on short-time energy analysis is used to extract a human speech and translate into a sequence of sound elements for the sequence of vowels reproduction. Then, several phonemes detection methods including the direct cross-correlation analysis, the linear predictive coding (LPC) association, the partial correlation (PARCOR) coefficients analysis, and the formant frequencies comparison are applied to each sound element to give the corrected command for the talking robot to repeat the sound sequentially. Finally, experiments to compare these techniques and verify the working behavior of the robot are performed. The result of the tests indicates that the robot is able to repeat a sequence of vowels spoken by a human with a successful rate of more than 70% for the PARCOR analysis technique and the formant frequencies comparison technique. The greatest accuracy for repeating the sequence is given by the formant comparison method, while the direct cross-correlation method delivers the least accuracy.

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  • Autonomous Vowels Sequence Reproduction of a Talking Robot Using PARCOR Coefficients

    Vo Nhu Thanh, Hideyuki Sawada

    2016 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ELECTRONICS, INFORMATION, AND COMMUNICATIONS (ICEIC)    2016  [Refereed]

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    The main focus of this study is to develop an automatic vowels sequence reproduction system for a talking robot, which is built to reproduce human voice based on the working behavior of human articulatory system. The control system using Matlab software to drive the articulatory motors of the talking robot. A sound analysis system is developed to record a sentence spoken by a human (mainly vowels sequence in Japanese language) and then analyze that sentence to give the corrected command packet for the talking robot to repeat it. Partial Correlation (PARCOR) coefficients analysis is used to detect the similar voice in the talking robot's database with the spoken voice; thus, the generated vocal sound of the talking robot will be the similar vowels sequence spoken by human. Finally, two tests to verify the working behavior of the robot are performed. The result of the tests indicate that the robot can be able to repeat a sequence of vowels spoken by human with an average successful rate more than 70%

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  • A Hapto-tactile Display for Presenting Virtual Objects in Human-scale Tactual Search

    Hideyuki Sawada, Shohei Kitano, Sho Yokota

    2016 9TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HUMAN SYSTEM INTERACTIONS (HSI)     372 - 377  2016  [Refereed]

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    In the recognition of an object situated in front of us, we firstly watch it and then try to touch it to feel the tactile and haptic sensation to be perceived by our hands. Various virtual reality and augmented reality systems have been introduced with the growing computational powers, however visual and auditory information related with a virtual object is mainly presented simultaneously to a user for enhancing the reality. If we consider the real situation of a user to try to recognize an object in the living environment, tactile and haptic information is assumed to be rather important for the better interaction with the object. In this study, we develop a haptotactile display that covers the movable range of a human arm in the tactual search for presenting tactile sensation of a virtual object. We design and construct a tactile pad to be fixed at the tip of a passively-driven haptic arm, and the tactile sensation and haptic force are simultaneously displayed to a user wearing the pad in the hand. The development of the hapto-tactile display for human tactile search will be described in this paper, together with an experiment to verify the validity of the system.

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  • Development of a Non-invasive Screening Device of Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy Based on the Perception of Micro-vibration

    Hideyuki Sawada, Keiji Uchida, Junichi Danjo, Yu Nakamura

    2016 IEEE CONFERENCE ON COMPUTATIONAL INTELLIGENCE IN BIOINFORMATICS AND COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY (CIBCB)     1 - 6  2016  [Refereed]

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    An estimated number of 420 million people in the world had diabetes mellitus in 2014, which had become quadruple since 1980, and the number is estimated to be 700 million by 2025. Diabetes mellitus is a group of metabolic diseases, which causes high blood sugar to a person, due to the functional problems of the pancreas or the metabolism. Patients of untreated diabetes would be damaged by the high blood sugar in vessels, and this starts to destroy capillary vessels to lower the sensitivity of tactile sensations, then effects to various organs and nerve systems. Diabetic peripheral neuropathy is one of the complications of diabetes mellitus, and the authors pay attention to the decline of the sensitivity of tactile sensations in the early stage of diabetes. By using a novel micro-vibration actuator that employs a shape-memory alloy wire, we develop a non-invasive screening device of the level of diabetes based on the perception of micro-vibration patterns. Experiments are conducted in a medical clinic, and the relation between the tactile stimuli and the medical diagnosis of diabetes are examined.

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  • A talking robot and its autonomous learning of speech articulation for producing expressive speech

    Hideyuki Sawada

    Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing   316   93 - 102  2015  [Refereed]

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    The author is developing a talking robot by reconstructing a human vocal system mechanically based on the physical model of human vocal organs. The robotic system consists of motor-controlled vocal organs such as vocal cords, a vocal tract and a nasal cavity to generate a natural voice imitating a human vocalization. By applying the technique of the mechanical construction and its adaptive control, the robot is able to autonomously reproduce a humanlike vocal articulation using its vocal organs. In vocalization, the vibration of vocal cords generates a source sound, and then the sound wave is led to a vocal tract, which works as a resonance filter to determine the spectrum envelope. For the autonomous acquisition of the robot's vocalization skills, an adaptive learning using an auditory feed-back control is introduced. In this manuscript, a human-like expressive speech production by the talking robot is presented. The construction of the talking robot and the autonomous acquisition of the vocal articulation are firstly introduced, and then the acquired control methods for producing human-like speech with various expressions will be described.

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  • Tactile Pen for Presenting Texture Sensation from Touch Screen

    Hideyuki Sawada, Yuto Takeda

    2015 8TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HUMAN SYSTEM INTERACTIONS (HSI)     334 - 339  2015  [Refereed]

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    With the widespread availability of computers and mobile devices, we use them for daily communication by exchanging visual and verbal/non-verbal media. We obtain various information from multimedia devices, and such devices recently have a touch panel interface to allow a user to intuitively and interactively use them. A touch panel consists of a touch-sensitive panel and a graphical display, and accepts user's intuitive touch inputs together with visual and auditory feedback. With the employment of touch actions in such interface devices, tactile feedback will be expected, if we consider the manipulation of a real object. For presenting tactile feedback, some tactile actuators have been introduced recently, however these actuators require the reference from real objects to generate the appropriate tactile sensations, and the input data to be associated with the output tactile sensations should be precisely prepared in the design of such systems. This study introduces a tactile pen to work with a touch screen, together with an algorithm to automatically generate parameters from an object's picture for driving tactile actuators. A tactile presentation system with a visual display is constructed, and the validity of the texture sensations is verified by a user's experiment.

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  • Presenting Tactile Stroking Sensations from a Touch Screen Using the Cutaneous Rabbit Illusion

    Hideyuki Sawada, Guangyi Zhu

    2014 10TH FRANCE-JAPAN/ 8TH EUROPE-ASIA CONGRESS ON MECATRONICS (MECATRONICS)     377 - 382  2014  [Refereed]

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    Information presentation through tactile sensation is actively studied these days, and various tactile displays using different actuators have been introduced by many researchers so far. It is, however, still hard to assume that information presentation through tactile medium would be suitably applied to products for general public. The authors have been developing micro-vibration actuators using shape-memory alloy (SMA) wires to display various tactile sensations, and in this paper an innovative tactile presentation technique for presenting tactile stroking sensations from a touch screen will be introduced. The cutaneous rabbit illusion is introduced firstly, together with its presentation by employing the SMA wire actuators. Then, the construction of a touch screen to present tactile sensation as a feedback against touch and flicking inputs of a user is described.

  • Tactile Pad for the Presentation of Tactile Sensation from Moving Pictures

    Hideyuki Sawada, Potsawat Boonjaipetch

    2014 7TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HUMAN SYSTEM INTERACTIONS (HSI)     135 - 140  2014  [Refereed]

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    An innovative tactile pad that presents various tactile sensations synchronizing with moving pictures is presented in this paper. To display tactile/touch sensations from a pad, a tactile display panel is designed by employing 10 micro-vibration actuators that provide tactile-stimulation sources using shape memory alloy wires. With the employment of the human higher-level perception caused by appropriate micro-vibratory stimuli, the resolution of the designed tactile display panel increases more than three times, so that people perceive various tactile sensations with high resolution enough for the better reality. By employing a webcam to capture moving pictures, the tactile pad system automatically recognizes the texture information contained in the scene, which are associated with tactile information to be output from the tactile pad. In order to let people reasonably perceive the presented tactile sensations, the developed system automatically translates visual information to tactile sensation. For verifying the effectiveness of the developed vision-based tactile pad system, experiments are conducted and the results are presented.

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  • A Robotic Auditory System for Imitating Human Listening Behavior

    Hideyuki Sawada, Chika Udaka

    2013 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MECHATRONICS AND AUTOMATION (ICMA)     773 - 778  2013  [Refereed]

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    In the vocal communication, we employ not only the speech and auditory ability but also the body actions such as gestures and gaze to react to the speech. For example, a human nods to a speaker for an agreement, and makes eye contact during the conversation. The purpose of this study is to realize a human-like auditory system using a robotic arm, which listens to a human voice like a human, and interacts with human speakers. In this paper, the imitation of human listening behavior for realizing the natural communication between a human and a robot by the robotic auditory system is introduced.

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  • Mechanical Reproduction of Human-like Expressive Speech Using a Talking Robot

    Mitsuki Kitani, Hideyuki Sawada

    2013 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON BIOMETRICS AND KANSEI ENGINEERING (ICBAKE)     229 - 234  2013  [Refereed]

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    The authors have developed a talking robot by reconstructing a human vocal system mechanically based on the physical model of human vocal organs. The robotic system consists of motor-controlled vocal organs such as vocal cords, a vocal tract and a nasal cavity to generate a natural voice imitating a human vocalization. By applying the technique of the mechanical construction and its adaptive control, the robot is able to autonomously reproduce a human-like vocal articulation using its vocal organs. In vocalization, the vibration of vocal cords generates a source sound, and then the sound wave is led to a vocal tract, which works as a resonance filter to determine the spectrum envelope. For the autonomous acquisition of the robot's vocalization skills, an adaptive learning using an auditory feedback control is introduced. In this study, a human-like expressive speech production by the talking robot is introduced. A human generates speech by controlling their own vocal organs for changing the speech expressions such as the volume and the intonations. To realize the human-like expressive speech production, a control method for the mechanical organs has to be established. In the first part of the paper, the construction of the talking robot and the acquisition of the vocalization will be described, and then the control method for producing human-like speech with various expressions will be introduced.

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  • Tactile actuators using SMA micro-wires and the generation of texture sensation from images

    Yuto Takeda, Hideyuki Sawada

    IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems     2017 - 2022  2013  [Refereed]

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    Humans communicate with each other by using not only verbal media but also the five senses such as vision, audition, olfaction and tactile sensations. Various devices and systems have been introduced for supporting human communication, and most of them are based on visual and auditory media. For presenting tactile sensations, some tactile actuators have been introduced recently, however these actuators require real objects to generate the various tactile sensations and input data to be associated with output tactile sensations should be prepared manually by a user. This study introduces an algorithm to automatically generate parameters from an object's image for driving tactile actuators. A tactile presentation system is constructed, and the validity of the texture sensations is verified by a user's experiment. © 2013 IEEE.

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  • Micro-vibration array using SMA actuators for the screening of diabetes

    Hideyuki Sawada, Yu Nakamura, Yuto Takeda, Keiji Uchida

    2013 6th International Conference on Human System Interactions, HSI 2013     620 - 625  2013  [Refereed]

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    Diabetes mellitus is a group of metabolic diseases which causes high blood sugar to a person, due to the functional problems of the pancreas or the metabolism. For a person with diabetes, glucose would not be used properly in the metabolic system, and cause health problems, such as polyphagia, polyuria and polydipsia, since glucose is the main source of energy for the body cells. Symptoms of untreated diabetes would be damaged by the high blood sugar in vessels, and this starts to destroy capillary vessels to lower the sensitivity of tactile sensations, then effects to various organs and nerve systems. The authors pay attention to the decline of the sensitivity of tactile sensations associated with diabetes, and develop a non-destructive screening method of the level of diabetes using a novel micro-vibration actuator that employs a shape-memory alloy wire. The actuators are arranged in an array, and various tactile stimuli are generated by just controlling the driving current signals. The tactile stimuli are presented to symptom's, index and middle fingers., and he/she responds to the stimuli by answering how they are perceived. We made an experiment in a medical clinic., and examined the relation between the Hb Al C values and tactile stimuli. © 2013 IEEE.

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  • オントロジーに対応した電子カルテ入力支援システムと医療現場での音声入力実験

    平井優司, 長井美和, 横井英人, 澤田秀之

    医療情報学   32 ( 2 ) 73 - 81  2012.06

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    This paper introduces a support system for inputting electronic medical records based on the automatic voice recognition. The system is being constructed by the combination of an electronic medical record that has the ontology-based structure, and a voice recognition engine, and is expected to work in the actual environment. In our previous study, we found that environmental noises caused the failure of the voice recognition, and resulted in the low recognition rate to some subjects. In this study, a recognition experiment was conducted to examine the influence of an acoustic noise in a real situation. Environmental noises were recorded in a medical clinic, which were used in the voice recognition experiment. We found that the noise greater than 20 [dB] in the S/N ratio caused the failure of the voice recognition. In the future work, by employing a noise reduction technique in the voice input part, we further examine the recognition ability.

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  • Report of the 11th Annual SEAAIR Conference and possible ideas for "University Social Responsibility"

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    香川大学インターナショナルオフィスジャーナル   ( 3 ) 67 - 72  2012.05

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  • Classification models of nondestructive acoustic response for predicting translucent mangosteens

    Nattapong Swangmuang, Kasemsak Uthaichana, Nipon Theera-Umpon, Hideyuki Sawada

    2012 9th International Conference on Electrical Engineering/Electronics, Computer, Telecommunications and Information Technology, ECTI-CON 2012    2012  [Refereed]

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    Mangosteen export generates large revenue
    however, translucent mangosteens, which contain undesirable internal condition, result in the shipment rejection and decrease the reliability of the export. This research investigates a novel non-destructive classification approach based on acoustic frequency response to detect mangosteens containing translucent fleshes. The set of uniform-distributed multi-frequency acoustic signal is generated and passed through each mangosteen under the test. The frequency responses, describing a feature space, for all mangosteens are computed via the discrete Fourier transform. To prevent intensive computation, a linear optimization is adopted to select relevant frequency contents, creating a compact classifying feature vector. To solve the classification problem, two proposed acoustic-based classification techniques are studied, namely linear classifier (LC), and non-linear classifier (NLC) based on an artificial neural network. Then the results from both classifiers are compared against the results from the conventional water-floating (WF) approach. Against the experimental data, it is found that the average flesh classification accuracy of good mangoteens achieved from the LC and the NLC are about 61% and 74% respectively, while the WF yields an accuracy of about 69%. It is evident that the acoustic-based approach possesses the convincing accuracy for solving the problem of export-grade translucent mangosteen classification. In addition, the paper shows that a mangosteen's physical density can possibly provide intuitive information for better classification performance in the future research study. © 2012 IEEE.

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  • A Talking Robot and Its Singing Performance by the Mimicry of Human Vocalization

    M. Kitani, T. Hara, H. Hanada, H. Sawada

    HUMAN-COMPUTER SYSTEMS INTERACTION: BACKGROUNDS AND APPLICATIONS 2, PT 2   99 ( 1 ) 57 - 73  2012

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    A talking and singing robot which adaptively learns the vocalization skill by an auditory feedback learning is being developed. The fundamental frequency and the spectrum envelope determine the principal characteristics of a sound. The former is the characteristics of a source sound generated by a vibrating object, and the latter is operated by the work of the resonance effects. In vocalization, the vibration of vocal cords generates a source sound, and then the sound wave is led to a vocal tract, which works as a resonance filter to determine the spectrum envelope. The paper describes the construction of vocal cords and a vocal tract for the realization of a talking and singing robot, together with the control algorithm for the acquisition of singing performance by mimicking human vocalization and singing voices. Generated voices were evaluated by listening experiments.

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  • TactoGlove Presenting Tactile Sensations for Intuitive Gestural Interaction

    Shinji Okumoto, Feng Zhao, Hideyuki Sawada

    2012 IEEE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS (ISIE)     1680 - 1685  2012

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    In the research of augmented reality, many experimental systems have been introduced so far by presenting CG objects into a real environment with visual and auditory information, so that a user would interact with the CG objects and the environment. To present higher reality, not only visual and auditory information but also tactile and other stimuli should be presented to users to enhance the perception. We have paid attention to the human tactile sensations, and have been constructing an interactive system, which presents a tactile sensation in addition to visual and auditory sensation. The system is constructed by a head mounted display (HMD), audio speakers, a microphone, two tactile gloves and a PC. A user wares a HMD, and a CG character is superposed on his palm wearing the tactile glove. Stepping sounds of the character are output from the speakers, and various tactile stimuli are presented from the glove according to the motion of the character. The user is also able to interact with the character using the other hand by pushing and picking the object. This paper presents the gestural interaction with a virtual character employing a tactile glove, together with the evaluation of the tactile sensations by the users' experiments.

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  • Reproduction of plosive sound vocalization by the talking robot based on the visual information

    Mitsuki Kitani, Hideyuki Sawada

    International Conference on Disability, Virtual Reality and Associated Technologies   Volume 2012   459 - 462  2012

  • A Novel Braille display using the vibration of SMA wires and the evaluation of Braille presentations

    Feng Zhao, Changan Jiang, Hideyuki Sawada

    Journal of Biomechanical Science and Engineering   7 ( 4 ) 416 - 432  2012

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    In this study, a new Braille display is constructed based on the vibration of a Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) wire. To present Braille information, a vibration actuator is used instead of conventional Braille dots. According to the temperature-dependent characteristic shrinkage and the vest ration to the initial length of an SMA wire, a vibration actuator which can be driven by several [Hz]-100 [Hz] pulse signals has been developed. A method for presenting Braille information is proposed by the application of the developed actuator to a Braille display. In this research, multiple actuators constructed by using metal pins (0.7 [mm] in diameter, 3 [mm] in length) and SMA wires (50 [um] in diameter, 3 [mm] in length), are placed as to form standard Braille. The actuators are vibrated by PWM signals with different frequencies and appropriate timings, and the effectiveness of the proposed method for Braille display is verified by experiments. From the experimental results, the highest recognition rate of 100 [%] was achieved under the conditions of 50 [Hz] vibration frequency and 500 [ms] time delay. This means the vibration patterns effectively stimulated the Meissner corpuscles, and helped the subjects properly discriminate Braille characters presented by the developed display. Good evaluations were received from the subjects who are visually-impaired. © 2012 by JSME.

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  • A Talking Robot and Its Singing Performance by the Mimicry of Human Vocalization

    M. Kitani, T. Hara, H. Hanada, H. Sawada

    HUMAN-COMPUTER SYSTEMS INTERACTION: BACKGROUNDS AND APPLICATIONS 2, PT 2   99   57 - 73  2012

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    A talking and singing robot which adaptively learns the vocalization skill by an auditory feedback learning is being developed. The fundamental frequency and the spectrum envelope determine the principal characteristics of a sound. The former is the characteristics of a source sound generated by a vibrating object, and the latter is operated by the work of the resonance effects. In vocalization, the vibration of vocal cords generates a source sound, and then the sound wave is led to a vocal tract, which works as a resonance filter to determine the spectrum envelope. The paper describes the construction of vocal cords and a vocal tract for the realization of a talking and singing robot, together with the control algorithm for the acquisition of singing performance by mimicking human vocalization and singing voices. Generated voices were evaluated by listening experiments.

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  • Displaying Braille for Mobile Use with the Micro-vibration of SMA Wires

    Hideyuki Sawada, Feng Zhao, Keiji Uchida

    2012 5TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HUMAN SYSTEM INTERACTIONS (HSI 2012)     124 - 129  2012  [Refereed]

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    A novel portable Braille display for mobile use is constructed by employing the micro-vibrations generated by small Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) wires. According to the characteristics of the shrinkage and expansion of a SMA wire formed into a diameter with 50 micro-meters, a vibration actuator which can be driven by several to 300 hertz pulse signals has been developed. To present Braille information for the blind, the vibration actuator is used instead of conventional Braille dots. A new method for presenting Braille information is proposed to apply the developed actuator into Braille display. The effectiveness of the proposed Braille display is verified by experimental results.

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  • Edge-based facial feature extraction using Gabor wavelet and convolution filters

    Rosdiyana Samad, Hideyuki Sawada

    Proceedings of the 12th IAPR Conference on Machine Vision Applications, MVA 2011   MVA2011   430 - 433  2011.12

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    Feature extraction is a crucial step for many systems of face detection and facial expression recognition. In this paper, we present edge-based feature extraction for recognizing six different expressions, which are angry, fear, happy, neutral, sadness and surprise. Edge detection is performed by using Gabor wavelet and convolution filters. In this paper we propose two convolution kernels that are specific for the edge detection of facial components in two orientations. In this study, Principal Component Analysis (PCA) is used to reduce the features dimension. To validate the performance of our proposed feature extraction, the generated features are classified using Support Vector Machine. The experimental results demonstrated that the proposed feature extraction method could generate significant facial features and these features are able to be classified into each expression.

  • Autonomous Voice Acquisition of a Talking Robot Based on Topological Structure Learning by Applying Dual-SOM

    木谷光来, 原達矢, 澤田秀之

    日本機械学会論文集 C編(Web)   77 ( 775 ) 1062-1070 (WEB ONLY) - 1070  2011.12

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    This paper presents the method of autonomous voice acquisition for a talking robot by applying a dual-SOM. We have so far developed the talking robot, which has mechanical organs as a human. By applying an auditory feedback control, the robot autonomously learns the vocalization skill. For the autonomous learning method, a Self Organizing Neural Network (SONN) by combining a Self-Organizing Map (SOM) with a Neural Network (NN) was employed. The SONN had 2-dimensional mapping space, which was used to locate phonetic features of voices generated by the robot. By choosing cells on the map, voice articulations were autonomously recreated. However, due to the spatial restriction of the map, the voice transition from one vocal sound to another was not always recreated properly. To solve the problems, a dual-SOM, the combination of a phonetic-SOM and a motor-SOM, both of which have 3 dimensional mapping spaces, is introduced. The structure of the dual-SOM is firstly described, and then acquired vocal sounds are evaluated, together with the analysis of the behavior of the SOM. © 2011 The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers.

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  • Development of vision based tactile display system using shape memory alloys

    Changan Jiang, Keiji Uchida, Hideyuki Sawada

    2011 International Conference on Advanced Mechatronic Systems, ICAMechS 2011 - Final Program   ICAMechS2012   570 - 575  2011.10

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    In this paper, an innovative vision based tactile display system is presented. Using web camera to get visual information, the developed system captures the shape of an object and transform it to tactile sensation. In order to let people sense the shape of the captured object, tactile display panel is designed with 25 pin-type actuators to provide stimulation sources by using shape memory alloys. By employing higher-level perception, tactile display panel can represent the shape of the captured object. The effectiveness of the developed vision based tactile display system is verified by experiments. © 2011 Intl Journal of Adv Mechatr.

  • Extraction of the minimum number of Gabor wavelet parameters for the recognition of natural facial expressions

    Rosdiyana Samad, Hideyuki Sawada

    Artificial Life and Robotics   16 ( 1 ) 21 - 31  2011.06

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    Facial expression recognition has recently become an important research area, and many efforts have been made in facial feature extraction and its classification to improve face recognition systems. Most researchers adopt a posed facial expression database in their experiments, but in a real-life situation the facial expressions may not be very obvious. This article describes the extraction of the minimum number of Gabor wavelet parameters for the recognition of natural facial expressions. The objective of our research was to investigate the performance of a facial expression recognition system with a minimum number of features of the Gabor wavelet. In this research, principal component analysis (PCA) is employed to compress the Gabor features. We also discuss the selection of the minimum number of Gabor features that will perform the best in a recognition task employing a multiclass support vector machine (SVM) classifier. The performance of facial expression recognition using our approach is compared with those obtained previously by other researchers using other approaches. Experimental results showed that our proposed technique is successful in recognizing natural facial expressions by using a small number of Gabor features with an 81.7% recognition rate. In addition, we identify the relationship between the human vision and computer vision in recognizing natural facial expressions. © ISAROB 2011.

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  • Report on Healthy Aging Society session : Summary of the main theme

    澤田 秀之

    香川大学インターナショナルオフィスジャーナル   ( 2 ) 49 - 51  2011.05

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  • A Texture Presentation System that Stimulates Visual and Tactile Sensations and its Evaluation

    福山 惠士, 澤田 秀之

    情報処理学会論文誌   Vol. 52 ( No. 4 ) 1562 - 1570  2011.04

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    我々はこれまでに,形状記憶合金の細線を微小振動アクチュエータとして利用した触覚ディスプレイを開発し,素材の手触り感覚を呈示できることを見い出した.呈示触覚と実素材との比較実験を行った結果,触覚刺激のみによる呈示では個人差が大きく,同じ条件の刺激を呈示しても人によって異なる素材として認識される場合があることが分かった.人間は物体のテクスチャを触覚によって認識する際,視覚情報や体性感覚も有効に活用している.そこで,視覚ディスプレイ上に表示したテクスチャ画像に対応した触覚刺激を,マウス上に実装した薄型触覚ディスプレイによってユーザの手掌部に呈示するシステムを構築した.本システムは,複数のテクスチャ画像を視覚ディスプレイに表示し,ユーザがマウス操作によって各画像上でカーソルを移動させることにより,その速度に応じた触覚刺激を呈示して,能動的に物体の表面を撫でているかのような感覚を呈示することが可能である.システムの評価実験から,視覚情報が触覚認識に有意に影響を与えていることが示され,また触覚刺激と同時に適切な視覚情報を呈示することで,よりリアリティのある触覚感覚の呈示が可能となることが分かった.The authors have developed a tactile display using shape memory alloy wires, and constructed a presentation system of various texture sensations. However, different subjects perceive different sensations by one tactile stimulus generated by certain conditions. A human recognizes a texture of an object by referring not only to the tactile sensations, but also to the visual and other physical sensations. This paper introduces a texture presentation system, which consists of the tactile display and a visual display, and describes the evaluation of the system and effects of visual stimuli to texture sensations by several experiments.

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  • 拡張現実空間における触感覚呈示による仮想キャラクタとのインタラクションシステム

    高瀬裕史, JIANG Changan, 澤田秀之

    情報処理学会シンポジウム論文集   2011 ( 3 ) 83 - 90  2011.03

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  • Voice articulatory training with a talking robot for the auditory impaired

    Mitsuki Kitani, Tatusya Hara, Hideyuki Sawada

    International Journal on Disability and Human Development   10 ( 1 ) 63 - 67  2011.03

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    The authors have developed a vocalization training system for the auditory impaired using a talking robot. The training system mainly consists of a talking robot that has mechanical organs like a human. With an adaptive learning strategy using an auditory feedback control, the robot autonomously learns the vocalization, and then reproduces the speech articulation from inputted sounds. In the previous system, the speech-learning algorithm of the robot was constructed by employing a self-organizing neural network (SONN), which consists of the combination of a self-organizing map (SOM) and a neural network (NN). However, improper maps were occasionally generated in the results of the speech articulation learning. To solve this problem, a new algorithm introducing two three-dimensional SOMs, called a dual-SOM, was employed for the autonomous learning of the robotic articulations. By applying the robot and its properties, we have constructed an interactive training system. The training is divided into two approaches
    one is to use the talking robot to show the shape and the motion of the vocal organs, and the other is to use a topological map to present the difference of phonetic features of a trainee's voices. In this study, first, the construction of the training system is described together with the autonomous learning of robotic vocalization using the dual-SOM algorithm, and then the analysis of the speech training progress is presented based on the phonetic features and the mechanical vocal articulations. © 2011 by Walter de Gruyter · Berlin · New York.

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  • 形状記憶合金糸の微小振動を利用した触覚ディスプレイ

    Hideyuki Sawada

    Chemical Engineerig   Vol. 56 ( No. 1 ) 21 - 27  2011

  • A Talking Robot and Its Human-like Expressive Speech Production

    Mitsuki Kitani, Tatsuya Hara, Hiroki Hanada, Hideyuki Sawada

    4TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HUMAN SYSTEM INTERACTION (HSI 2011)     203 - 208  2011

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    A talking robot which adaptively learns the vocalization skill by an auditory feedback learning is being developed. The talking robot is constructed by the mechanical vocal systems, which respectively correspond to human organs. In vocalization, the vibration of vocal cords generates a source sound, and then the sound wave is led to a vocal tract, which works as a resonance filter to determine the spectrum envelope. The talking robot autonomously learns the vocalization by applying auditory feedback. In this study, a human-like expressive speech production by the talking robot is introduced. A human generates speech by controlling their own vocal organs for changing the speech expressions such as the volume and the intonations. To realize the human-like expressive speech production, a control method for the mechanical organs has to be established. In the first part of the paper, the construction of the talking robot and the acquisition of the vocalization will be described, and then the control method for producing human-like speech with various expressions will be introduced.

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  • Several Approaches to Speech and Auditory Systems for Human System Interactions

    Hideyuki Sawada, Mitsuki Kitani

    4TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HUMAN SYSTEM INTERACTION (HSI 2011)     409 - 414  2011

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    In the human communication, auditory and speech functions play an important role for recognizing someone to talk to and understanding the conversations. Various vocal sounds are generated by the complex movements of speaker's vocal organs, and this mechanism contributes to generate different voices that include speech expressions and speaker's individuality. This paper introduces several approaches to speech and auditory systems for introducing flexible interactions between humans and systems, which have been constructed by the authors.

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  • Research and Development on Portable Braille Display Using Shape Memory Alloy Wires

    Changan Jiang, Feng Zhao, Keiji Uchida, Hideyuki Sawada

    4TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HUMAN SYSTEM INTERACTION (HSI 2011)     318 - 323  2011

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    In order to provide a portable Braille display for the blind and visually impaired, a novel compact device is developed by using shape memory alloy (SMA) wires. In details, according to the ability of transition between Martensite phase and the Austenite phase, SMA can expand and shrink depending on temperature. Using movement of SMA under different temperature, six compact SMA actuators which are settled in ring-like bandage and fixed on human fingers, are vibrated to stimulate human tactile sensation. Depending on optimal displacement, these actuators can present six-dot Braille and make the blind and visually impaired get information from the device. Experimental results are shown to verify the effectiveness of the developed portable Braille display.

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  • Presentation of button repulsive sensations on touch screen using SMA wires

    Muhamad Hafiz, Hideyuki Sawada

    2011 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, ICMA 2011     1 - 6  2011

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    A touch screen is an electronic visual display that can detect the presence and location of a touch within the display area surface. The term generally refers to stressing the display area of the device with a finger of a hand. A common type of touch screen only receives a user's finger stress as an input. However, the user himself is not able to feel the presence of the object displayed on the screen such as a displayed button image on the screen. This paper introduces the development of button repulsive sensations displayed by the utilization of micro-vibrations generated from a shape memory alloy wire on a touch screen interface as a tactile display actuator. © 2011 IEEE.

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  • TactoGlove: Displaying tactile sensations in tacto-gestural interaction

    Hideyuki Sawada, Chang'an Jiang, Hirofumi Takase

    Proceedings - 2011 International Conference on Biometrics and Kansei Engineering, ICBAKE 2011     216 - 221  2011

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    In the research field of augmented reality, many experimental systems have been introduced so far to provide natural interactions with a virtual character and a surrounded environment. To introduce a high level interaction, not only visual and auditory information but also other human sensations such as tactile sensations and somatosensory information should be presented to a user. In this study, we pay attention to the tactile sensation in the manipulation of a virtual character, and develop TactoGlove for presenting tactile sensations to a user. The virtual environment is manipulated by intuitive gestures, and tactile sensations corresponding with the gestural actions are presented to the user through TactoGove to establish multimodal interactions. Four subjects tried the system, and significant evaluations were obtained in the interaction between a virtual character and a user. © 2011 IEEE.

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  • A Community-driven Research Initiative: Acoustic Technology for Non-Destructive Evaluation to Increase Export Value of Mangosteens

    Hathaichanok Thavichai, Nattapong Swangmuang, Kasemsak Uthaichana, Nipon Theera-Umpon, Hideyuki Sawada, Tanachai Pankasemsuk

    11th Annual SEAAIR Conference   SEAAIR2011   75 - 79  2011

  • 形状記憶合金糸の微小振動を利用した触覚ディスプレイ (特集 新産業創出とものづくり)

    澤田 秀之

    ケミカルエンジニヤリング   56 ( 1 ) 21 - 27  2011.01

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  • 新産業創出とものづくり 形状記憶合金系の微小振動を利用した触覚ディスプレイ

    澤田秀之

    ケミカルエンジニヤリング   56 ( 1 ) 21 - 27  2011.01

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  • A study of dimension reduction of Gabor features from different facial expressions

    Rosdiyana Samad, Hideyuki Sawada

    Proceedings of the 15th International Symposium on Artificial Life and Robotics, AROB 15th'10   CD-ROM proceedings   #159 - 613  2010.12

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    Facial expressions are an important channel of nonverbal communication. Currently, many facial expression analysis or recognition systems have been proposed. In this paper, a study of dimension reduction of Gabor features from different facial expressions is presented. Principle Component Analysis (PCA) is used as dimension reduction method. The experiment is conducted by using samples of face image for eight subjects. There are six facial expressions; anger, fear, happy, neutral, sadness and surprise are used in this study. In this experiment, we use different poses and head postures of each subject. Experiment results demonstrated the reduced dimensions of Gabor features could be effectively used in the next processing for recognizing facial expressions. © 2010 ISAROB.

  • Integration of sound and image information for active tracking of particular person

    Hideyuki Sawada, Atsushi Todo

    ECTI-CON 2010 - The 2010 ECTI International Conference on Electrical Engineering/Electronics, Computer, Telecommunications and Information Technology   Volume 2010   861 - 865  2010.07

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    A human has various sensory perceptions, and effectively uses them in communication. Auditory and visual functions especially play an important role for recognizing someone to talk to and understanding the conversation. In vocal communication, we are able to detect the position of a source sound in 3D space, extract a particular sound from mixed sounds, and recognize who is talking. In addition, we are able to detect a particular person by recognizing body features and individual gestures. By realizing this mechanism using a computer, new applications will be presented, which are utilized in the flexible and intuitive communication with humans. The authors are working for the identification of a particular person using microphones and a USB camera. The paper describes the development of an information fusion system and how to deal with multiple data obtained by different sensors.

  • The Heisei 24 IPSJ Outstanding Paper Award : A Study of Displaying Tactile Sensations and Its Difficult Yet Important Perspectives for Multimodal Interface

    澤田 秀之

    情報処理   51 ( 7 ) 881 - 881  2010.07

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  • A Study of Displaying Tactile Sensations and Its Difficult Yet Important Perspectives for Multimodal Interface

    SAWADA Hideyuki

    IPSJ Magazine   Vol. 51 ( No. 7 ) p. 881 - 881  2010.07

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  • テクスチャ感覚呈示システムの試作と視覚刺激の触覚知覚への影響の評価

    福山惠士, 澤田秀之

    情報処理学会シンポジウム論文集   2010 ( 4 ) 247 - 250  2010.02

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  • A Taking Robot for the Vocal Communication by the Mimicry of Human Voice

    Mitsuki Kitani, Tatsuya Hara, Hiroki Hanada, Hideyuki Sawada

    3RD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HUMAN SYSTEM INTERACTION     728 - 733  2010

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    A talking and singing robot which adaptively learns the vocalization skill by an auditory feedback learning is being developed. The fundamental frequency and the spectrum envelope determine the principal characteristics of a sound. The former is the characteristic of a source sound generated by a vibrating object, and the latter is operated by the work of the resonance effects. In vocalization, the vibration of vocal cords generates a source sound, and then the sound wave is led to a vocal tract, which works as a resonance filter to determine the spectrum envelope. The paper describes the construction of vocal cords and a vocal tract for the realization of a talking and singing robot, together with the control algorithm for the acquisition of singing performance by mimicking human vocalization and singing voices. Generated voices were evaluated by listening experiments.

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  • Robotic Vocalization Training System for the Auditory-impaired

    Mitsuki Kitani, Tatusya Hara, Hiroki Hanada, Hideyuki Sawada

    International Conference on Disability, Virtual Reality and Associated Technologies   Volume 2010   263 - 272  2010

  • Information fusion merging for person recognition and localization

    Francois Gatto, Eric BENOIT, Hideyuki Sawada

    The 8th France-Japan and 6th Europe-Asia Congress on Mechatronics   Volume 2010   157 - 162  2010

  • A Taking Robot for the Vocal Communication by the Mimicry of Human Voice

    Mitsuki Kitani, Tatsuya Hara, Hiroki Hanada, Hideyuki Sawada

    3RD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HUMAN SYSTEM INTERACTION     728 - 733  2010  [Refereed]

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    A talking and singing robot which adaptively learns the vocalization skill by an auditory feedback learning is being developed. The fundamental frequency and the spectrum envelope determine the principal characteristics of a sound. The former is the characteristic of a source sound generated by a vibrating object, and the latter is operated by the work of the resonance effects. In vocalization, the vibration of vocal cords generates a source sound, and then the sound wave is led to a vocal tract, which works as a resonance filter to determine the spectrum envelope. The paper describes the construction of vocal cords and a vocal tract for the realization of a talking and singing robot, together with the control algorithm for the acquisition of singing performance by mimicking human vocalization and singing voices. Generated voices were evaluated by listening experiments.

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  • Gestural interface and the intuitive interaction with virtual objects

    Hirofumi Takase, Hideyuki Sawada

    ICCAS-SICE 2009 - ICROS-SICE International Joint Conference 2009, Proceedings   ICROS-SICE2009   3260 - 3263  2009.12

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    In the study of virtual reality and mixed reality, the developments of an input device and user interface are important for the interaction with virtual objects and environment. However, a mouse or a joystick is commonly used in present systems. If we could manipulate a virtual object intuitively by using natural gestures without any sensors or devices, the system would contribute to present reality. In this paper, we introduce a technique to let a user move his hand in front of a camera to manipulate a virtual object, and the gestural movements are recognized in real-time to establish an interactive communication with computational systems. © 2009 SICE.

  • A Talking Robot and the Interactive Speech Training for Hearing-Impaired

    Hideyuki Sawada, Mitsuki Kitani

    General Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America    2009

  • Tactile Display Using the Vibration of SMA Wires and the Evaluation of Perceived Sensations

    Keishi Fukuyama, Naoki Takahashi, Feng Zhao, Hideyuki Sawada

    HSI: 2009 2ND CONFERENCE ON HUMAN SYSTEM INTERACTIONS     682 - 687  2009

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    Shape-memory alloys (SMAs) are the metals which have the shape-memory effect. An alloy has peculiar temperature Tp, and the shape memory effect is observed when the body temperature is cooled to below Tp. The effect has been widely applied in different fields such as robotic muscles, medical surgeries, actuators and elastic wires. The SMA also has a unique characteristic to shrink at a certain temperature. The authors found a novel and interesting effect that, by making the SMA into a fine wire, it accepts a pulse-signal to generate a vibration in accordance with the pulse frequency of the signal, and have developed a vibration actuator for presenting tactile stimuli. By coupling the devices as a pair, a tactile display was constructed for presenting the phantom sensation and the apparent movement of the tactility, to transmit quite novel tactile sensations to a user. The information transmission by the device was tested by subjects, and was evaluated by questionnaires. The apparent movement was especially well perceived by users as a sensation of something running across fingers and a palm, or as being tapped by something, according to the well-determined signals given to the display. Several users reported that they perceived a novel rubbing sensation given by the apparent movement, and we further experimented the presentation of the sensation in detail to be used as a tactile display for the information transmission.

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  • Compact Braille display using SMA wire array

    Feng Zhao, Keishi Fukuyama, Hideyuki Sawada

    RO-MAN 2009: THE 18TH IEEE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON ROBOT AND HUMAN INTERACTIVE COMMUNICATION, VOLS 1 AND 2     312 - 317  2009

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    A novel micro-vibration actuator using a shape-memory alloy (SMA) wire is being developed for the presentation of tactile sensations to a human skin. In this study, the SMA wire is arranged two dimensionally to construct a compact Braille display for the blind. The display is driven by electric current pulse for mobile use to present Braille information. The display was evaluated in a school for the blind, and the results are presented in the paper.

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  • A Talking Robot and the Adaptive Learning of Speech Articulation Using 3D SOM

    Mitsuki Kitani, Tatsuya Hara, Hideyuki Sawada

    IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Engineering   IEEE-IEBME   CD-ROM proceedings  2009

  • Gesture Recognition based on the Probability Distribution of Arm Trajectories

    Khairunizam Wan, Hideyuki Sawada

    SICE Journal of Control, Measurement and System Integration   2 ( 5 ) 263 - 270  2009

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    The use of human motions for the interaction between humans and computers is becoming an attractive alternative to verbal media, especially through the visual interpretation of the human body motion. In particular, hand gestures are used as non-verbal media for the humans to communicate with machines that pertain to the use of the human gestures to interact with them. This paper introduces a 3D motion measurement of the human upper body for the purpose of the gesture recognition, which is based on the probability distribution of arm trajectories. In this study, by examining the characteristics of the arm trajectories given by a signer, motion features are selected and classified by using a fuzzy technique. Experimental results show that the use of the features extracted from arm trajectories effectively works on the recognition of dynamic gestures of a human, and gives a good performance to classify various gesture patterns.

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  • Tactile Display Using Shape Memory Alloy Threads and the Presentation of Tactile Sensations by the Control of Pulse-signal Density

    水上陽介, 澤田秀之

    情報処理学会論文誌ジャーナル(CD-ROM)   49 ( 12 ) 3890 - 3898  2008.12

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    本稿では,形状記憶合金糸を振動アクチュエータとして利用した新しい触覚ディスプレイを提案し,各アクチュエータを駆動するパルス信号を,その発生確率密度によって制御して触覚感覚を呈示する手法について述べる.著者らは糸状に加工した形状記憶合金が温度により伸縮する特性を利用し,数Hz~数100 Hzのパルス信号によって微小振動を発生する小型アクチュエータを開発し,これを触覚呈示に用いる手法を提案してきた.本研究では,複数個の形状記憶合金糸のアクチュエータを面状に配置した触覚ディスプレイの構築を行った.本アクチュエータは,パルス信号を与えることによってその周期に同期して微小振動を発生するが,ランダム発生パルスによって各アクチュエータを駆動することにより,様々な触覚感覚を呈示できることが分かった.さらに,パルス信号の発生確率密度を時間的に変化させることにより,面のテクスチャや,物体をなぞった感覚を生成できることを明らかにした.本稿では,まずこれらの触覚感覚の呈示手法について述べ,実験による本ディスプレイの有効性の評価について述べる.The paper introduces the development of a compact tactile display employing novel micro-vibration actuators using a shape-memory alloy, and describes the presentation of various tactile sensations to a human skin by the control of pulse-signal probability density given to the vibration actuators. The authors have paid attention to the super-elasticity characteristics of a shape-memory alloy formed into a thread, and have so far developed a thin tactile device by driving each actuator with pulse current signal for generating vibrations. In this study, we found novel tactile sensations presented by driving actuators with randomly generated pulse signals. This paper describes the generation of touch feelings such as texture information of objects and a rubbing sensation by controlling the signal probability density, which was evaluated by the users&#039; experiments.

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  • A novel micro-vibration actuator and the presentation of tactile sensations

    Keishi Fukuyama, Yohsuke Mizukami, Hideyuki Sawada

    Proceedings of the 12th IMEKO TC1 Education and Training in Measurement and Instrumentation and TC7 Measurement Science Joint Symposium on "Man, Science and Measurement" 2008   Volume 2008   141 - 146  2008.12

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    A novel micro-vibration actuator using a shape-memory alloy for the presentation of various tactile sensations to a human skin is introduced in this paper. The authors paid attention to the characteristics of a shape-memory alloy formed into a thread, which changes its length according to its temperature, and developed a vibration-generating actuator electrically driven by periodic signals generated by current control circuits. For the tactile information transmission to a human body, the human higher-level perception such as the phantom sensation and the apparent movement of the tactility is employed in consideration of presenting novel tactile sensations. By coupling the actuators as a pair, an information transmission is realized for presenting novel tactile sensations to a user. The information transmission was tested by changing various conditions of electric signals to drive actuators, and was evaluated by questionnaires. Several users reported that they perceived a novel rubbing sensation given by the apparent movement, and we further experimented the presentation of the sensation in detail to be used as a tactile display for the information transmission through our body.

  • Tactile display using micro-vibrators and its presentation of tactile sensation by the control of signal probability density

    水上陽介, 澤田秀之

    情報処理学会シンポジウム論文集   2008 ( 4 ) 195 - 202  2008.03

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  • Sensing of particular speakers for the construction of voice interface utilized in noisy environment

    Hideyuki Sawada, Minoru Ohkado

    ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING IN JAPAN   162 ( 3 ) 78 - 86  2008.02

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    A human is able to exchange information smoothly using voice under different situations such as a noisy environment in a crowd and with the existence of multiple speakers. We are able to detect the position of a source sound in three-dimensional space, extract a particular sound from mixed sounds, and recognize who is talking. By realizing this mechanism with a computer, new applications will be presented for recording a sound with high quality by reducing noise, presenting a clarified sound, and realizing microphone-free speech recognition by extracting particular sounds. The paper will introduce real-time detection and identification of a particular speaker in a noisy environment using a microphone array based on the location of a speaker and the individual voice characteristics. The study will be applied to develop an adaptive auditory system for a mobile robot which collaborates with a factory worker. (c) 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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  • Video conference smart room: an information fusion system based on distributed sensors

    Khairunizam Wan, Atsushi Todo, Hideyuki Sawada, Olivier PASSALACQUA, Eric BENOIT, Marc-Philippe HUGET, Patrice MOREAUX

    Mecatronics   Volume 2008   #212  2008

  • Dynamic Gesture Recognition Based on the Probabilistic Distribution of Arm Trajectory

    Khairunizam Wan, Hideyuki Sawada

    2008 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MECHATRONICS AND AUTOMATION: (ICMA), VOLS 1 AND 2     425 - 430  2008

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    The use of human motions for the interaction between humans and computers is becoming an attractive alternative, especially through the visual interpretation of the human body motion. In particular, hand gesture is used as a non-verbal media for the humans to communicate with machines that pertains to the use of human gesture to interact with them. Recently, many studies for recognizing the human gesture have been reported, and most of them deal with the shape and motion of hands. This paper introduces dynamic gesture recognition based on the arm trajectory and fuzzy algorithm approach. In this study, by examining the characteristics of the human upper body motions of a signer, motion features are selected and classified by using the fuzzy technique. Experimental results show that the use of the features extracted from the upper body motion effectively works on the recognition of the dynamic gesture of a human, and gives a good performance to classify various gesture patterns.

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  • Interactive training of speech articulation for hearing impaired using a talking robot

    Mitsuki Kitani, Yasumori Hayashi, Hideyuki Sawada

    International Conference on Disability, Virtual Reality and Associated Technologies   Volume 2008   293 - 301  2008

  • A robotic voice simulator and the interactive training for hearing-impaired people

    Hideyuki Sawada, Mitsuki Kitani, Yasumori Hayashi

    JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICINE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   2008 ( Frontiers in the Convergence of Bioscience and Information Technology ) 1 - 7  2008

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    A talking and singing robot which adaptively learns the vocalization skill by means of an auditory feedback learning algorithm is being developed. The robot consists of motor-controlled vocal organs such as vocal cords, a vocal tract and a nasal cavity to generate a natural voice imitating a human vocalization. In this study, the robot is applied to the training system of speech articulation for the hearing-impaired, because the robot is able to reproduce their vocalization and to teach them how it is to be improved to generate clear speech. The paper briefly introduces the mechanical construction of the robot and how it autonomously acquires the vocalization skill in the auditory feedback learning by listening to human speech. Then the training system is described, together with the evaluation of the speech training by auditory impaired people. Copyright (C) 2008 Hideyuki Sawada et al.

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  • Tactile Transmission by Higher-level Perception Using Vibration of Shape Memory Alloy Thread

    水上陽介, 内田啓治, 澤田秀之

    情報処理学会論文誌   48 ( 12 ) 3739 - 3749  2007.12

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    The paper introduces the development of a tactile device using a shape-memory alloy, and describes the information transmission by the higher-level perception such as the phantom sensation and the apparent movement of the tactility. The authors paid attention to the characteristic of a shape-memory alloy formed into a thread, which changes its length according to its temperature, and developed a vibration-generating actuator electrically driven by periodic signals generated by current control circuits, for the tactile information transmission. By coupling the devices as a pair, an information transmission system was constructed for presenting the phantom sensation and the apparent movement of the tactility, to transmit quite novel sensation to a user. The information transmission by the device was tested by subjects, and was evaluated by questionnaires. The apparent movement was especially well perceived by users as a sensation of something running across fingers or as being tapped by something, according to the well-determined signals given to the devices. Several users reported that they perceived a novel rubbing sensation given by the apparent movement, and we further experimented the presentation of the sensation in detail to be used as a tactile display for the information transmission.

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  • A Tactile device using Shape-memory Alloys for the Information Transmission by Higher-level Perception

    水上陽介, 澤田秀之

    情報処理学会シンポジウム論文集   2007 ( 4 ) 121 - 128  2007.03

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  • Estimation of musical pitch by using comb filters for the identification of musical instruments

    Atsushi Todo, Hideyuki Sawada

    PROCEEDINGS OF SICE ANNUAL CONFERENCE, VOLS 1-8     657 - 660  2007  [Refereed]

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    In the vocal communication, we are able to detect the position of a source sound in 3D space, extract particular sound from mixed sounds, and recognize what the sound is. An ability that extracts and recognizes particular sound in noisy environment is called cocktail party effect. By realizing this mechanism with a computer, new applications will be presented to be utilized in the communication with humans. In this study, musical sounds are dealt for the tracking of sounds generated by musical instruments. Musical sounds have different features from human voice. For example, instrumental sounds have variety of spectra distributed in wide frequency range. In this study, a system that can deal with various kinds of sounds will be developed. For the estimation of musical pitch, this study focuses on musical sounds with different pitches generated from musical instruments, and a filtering technique using comb filters is being developed. A recorder, harmonica and keyboard-harmonica were selected as target musical instruments in the experiment and the result showed this technique was effective for the estimation of musical pitches.

  • Transmission of stroking sensation on a skin by higher-psychological perception

    Yohsuke Mizukami, Keiji Uchida, Hideyuki Sawada

    PROCEEDINGS OF SICE ANNUAL CONFERENCE, VOLS 1-8     1868 - +  2007  [Refereed]

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    Humans are able to communicate with each other by using not only verbal media but also the five senses such as vision, audition, olfaction and tactility. Our emotions and feelings are directly transmitted through non-verbal media, especially tactile sensation senses the physical information about an object or an environment. We have paid attention to the information transmission through the higher-psychological perception of tactility, and are now constructing a tactile transmission system for presenting stroking sensation. This paper introduces the development of a tactile display using a shape-memory alloy, and describes the transmission of stroking sensation by the higher-psychological perception such as the phantom sensation (PS) and the apparent movement (AM) of the tactility.

  • Articulatory reproduction of voices of hearing-impaired by a talking robot

    Hideyuki Sawada, Mitsuki Kitani, Yasumori Hayashi

    PROCEEDINGS OF THE FRONTIERS IN THE CONVERGENCE OF BIOSCIENCE AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES     603 - 608  2007

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    A talking and singing robot which adaptively learns the vocalization skill by an auditory feedback learning is being developed. The robot consists of motor-controlled vocal organs such as vocal cords, a vocal tract and a nasal cavity to generate a natural voice imitating a human vocalization. The robot is applied to the training system of speech articulation for the hearing-impaired people, because the robot is able to reproduce their vocalization and to teach them how it is improved to generate clear speech. The paper briefly introduces the mechanical construction of the robot and how it autonomously acquires the vocalization skill in the auditory feedback learning by listening to human speech. Then the training system is described, together with the evaluation of the speech training by auditory impaired people.

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  • Tactile devices and the tactile communication

    Hideyuki Sawada

    International Workshop on Tactile and Haptic Interaction     8 - 19  2007

  • 3D measurement of human upper body for gesture recognition - art. no. 671801

    Khalrunizam Wan, Hideyuki Sawada

    OPTOMECHATRONIC COMPUTER-VISION SYSTEMS II   6718   71801 - 71801  2007

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    Measurement of human motion is widely required for various applications, and a significant part of this task is to identify motion in the process of human motion recognition. There are several application purposes of doing this research such as in surveillance, entertainment, medical treatment and traffic applications as user interfaces that require the recognition of different parts of human body to identify an action or a motion. The most challenging task in human motion recognition is to achieve the ability and reliability of a motion capture system for tracking and recognizing dynamic movements, because human body structure has many degrees of freedom. Many attempts for recognizing body actions have been reported so far, in which gestural motions have to be measured by some sensors first, and the obtained data are processed in a computer. This paper introduces the 3D motion analysis of human upper body using an optical motion capture system for the purpose of gesture recognition. In this study, the image processing technique to track optical markers attached at feature points of human body is introduced for constructing a human upper body model and estimating its three dimensional motion.

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  • Optical Tracking for the Estimation of Human Upper Body Model and Its 3D Motion

    Khairunizam Wan, Hideyuki Sawada

    Proceedings of 13th Microoptics Conference   MOC'07   284 - 285  2007

  • 3D Motion prediction of human upper body by tracking reflective markers on a moving body

    Khairunizam Wan, Hideyuki Sawada

    Malaysia Japan International Symposium on Advanced Technology   MJISAT2007   MJISAT-172  2007

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  • Interactive user interface for visual inspection system

    Takashi Anezaki, Seiji Hata, Hideyuki Sawada

    IECON 2007: 33RD ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE IEEE INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS SOCIETY, VOLS 1-3, CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS   33rd Vol.1   222 - +  2007

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    Full automation featured many problems, such as the difficulty of production changes, etc. Eventually, cell production, a human based production system, was introduced in the 1990s. The cell production System, however, features similar problems. Beginning in 2000. advanced cell production systems have been pursued, whereby production is accomplished through the harmonization of human operators and automatic machines. The aim of this study is to take the know-how that inspectors have unconsciously acquired on a daily basis and, transition the inspectors themselves to automated systems. To achieve this aim we established ROI macro commands and developed the ROI macro command system. About 80% of requests from manufacturing sites were fulfilled by using, those 8 types of ROI macro commands. Moreover, 488 sites used it oil an actual basis. As a result, we have concluded that the inspectors' know-how was passed on to external configuration inspections across a wide-range of fields.

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  • A Robotic Mechanical Voice Simulator to Train Auditory Impaired People

    Hideyuki Sawada, Yasumori Hayash, Mitsuki Kitani

    Malaysia Japan International Symposium on Advanced Technology   MJISAT2007   MJISAT- 319_SS  2007

  • An information fusion system of sensors for human-machine communication

    Khairunizam Wan, Atsushi Todo, Eric Benoit, Hideyuki Sawada

    IECON 2007: 33RD ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE IEEE INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS SOCIETY, VOLS 1-3, CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS   33rd Vol.1   239 - +  2007

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    The purpose of this study is to develop an information fusion system for the application of human-machine Communication. The information fusion system bundles and controls sensing units distributed in a space. One sensing unit consists of several sensors, whose data are given to a computer and are transformed into significant information. This information is fed to other sensing units, to be fused with other significant information. All the information are integrated in a main computer to recognize and identify a particular person. The main computer is responsible for managing all the information in a distributed fusion system. For a large and complex system, it may consist of several communities of sensors that are Controlled by several main computers to manage the different fusions of the systems. This paper introduces a methodology, oil how to group a several functions from different sensors that share a same environment for the purpose of recognizing a particular person.

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  • A Robotic Auditory System that Interacts with Musical Sounds and Human Voices

    Hideyuki Sawada, Toshiya Takechi

    Journal of Advanced Computational Intelligence and Intelligent Informatics   Vol.11 ( No.10 ) 1177 - 1183  2007

  • Sensing of particular speakers for the construction of voice interface utilized in noisy environment

    Hideyuki Sawada, Hideyuki Sawada, Minoru Ohkado, Minoru Ohkado

    IEEJ Transactions on Industry Applications   126 ( 11 ) 1446 - 1453  2006.11

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    Human is able to exchange information smoothly using voice under different situations such as noisy environment in a crowd and with the existence of plural speakers. We are able to detect the position of a source sound in 3D space, extract a particular sound from mixed sounds, and recognize who is talking. By realizing this mechanism with a computer, new applications will be presented for recording a sound with high quality by reducing noise, presenting a clarified sound, and realizing a microphone-free speech recognition by extracting particular sound. The paper will introduce a realtime detection and identification of particular speaker in noisy environment using a microphone array based on the location of a speaker and the individual voice characteristics. The study will be applied to develop an adaptive auditory system of a mobile robot which collaborates with a factory worker.

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  • Sensing of Particular Speakers for the Construction of Voice Interface Utilized in Noisy Environment

    SAWADA Hideyuki, OHKADO Minoru

    IEEJ Transactions on Industry Applications   126 ( 11 ) 1446 - 1453  2006.11

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    Human is able to exchange information smoothly using voice under different situations such as noisy environment in a crowd and with the existence of plural speakers. We are able to detect the position of a source sound in 3D space, extract a particular sound from mixed sounds, and recognize who is talking. By realizing this mechanism with a computer, new applications will be presented for recording a sound with high quality by reducing noise, presenting a clarified sound, and realizing a microphone-free speech recognition by extracting particular sound. The paper will introduce a realtime detection and identification of particular speaker in noisy environment using a microphone array based on the location of a speaker and the individual voice characteristics. The study will be applied to develop an adaptive auditory system of a mobile robot which collaborates with a factory worker.

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  • Gestures Recognition Based on the Fusion of Hand Positioning and Arm Gestures

    Didier Coquin, Eric Benoit, Hideyuki Sawada, Bogdan Ionescu

    Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics   18 ( 6 ) 751 - 759  2006

  • Tactile information transmission by apparent movement phenomenon using shape-memory alloy device

    Yosuke Mizukami, Hideyuki Sawada

    International Journal on Disability and Human Development   5 ( 3 ) 277 - 284  2006

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    This paper introduces the development of a tactile device using a shape-memory alloy and describes the information transmission by the higher psychological perception, such as the phantom sensation and the apparent movement of the tactility. The authors paid attention to the characteristic of a shape-memory alloy formed into a thread, which changes its length according to its body temperature, and developed a vibration-generating actuator electrically driven by periodic signals generated by current control circuits, for the tactile information transmissioa The size of the actuator is quite compact, and the energy consumption is only 20mW. By coupling the actuators as a pair, an information-transmission system was constructed for presenting the apparent movement of the tactility to transmit a quite novel sensation to a user. Based on the preliminary experiment, the parameters for the tactile information transmission were examined. Then the information transmission by the device was tested by 10 subjects and evaluated by questionnaires. The apparent movement was especially well perceived by users as a sensation of a small object running on the skin surface or as being tapped by something, according to the well-determined signals given to the actuators. Several users reported that they perceived a novel rubbing sensation given by the AM, and we further experimented the presentation of the sensation in detail to be used as a sensory-aids tactile display for handicapped and elderly people. © 2006, by Walter de Gruyter GmbH &amp
    Co. All rights reserved.

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  • Talking robot and the analysis of autonomous voice acquisition

    Mitsuhiro Nakamura, Hideyuki Sawada

    2006 IEEE/RSJ INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INTELLIGENT ROBOTS AND SYSTEMS, VOLS 1-12     4684 - +  2006

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    A talking and singing robot which adaptively learns the vocalization skill by an auditory feedback learning is being developed. In vocalization, the vibration of vocal cords generates a source sound, and then the sound wave is led to a vocal tract, which works as a resonance filter to determine the spectrum envelope. The robot consists of motor-controlled vocal organs such as vocal cords, a vocal tract and a nasal cavity to generate a natural voice imitating a human vocalization. The paper briefly introduces the construction of vocal cords and vocal tract for the realization of the talking robot, and then describes how the robot autonomously acquires the vocalization skill in the auditory feedback learning by listening to human talking and singing voices. The acquired voices were evaluated by listening experiments.

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  • Realtime speaker tracking for robotic auditory system

    Hideyuki Sawada, Atsushi Todo, Toshiya Takechi

    IECON 2006 - 32ND ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON IEEE INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS, VOLS 1-11   32nd Vol.6   2783 - +  2006

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    Voice and sounds are the primary media employed for the human communication. Human is able to exchange information smoothly using voice under different situations such as noisy environment in a crowd and with the existence of plural speakers. We are surrounded by various sounds, and are able to detect the position of a source sound in 31) space, extract a particular sound from mixed sounds, and recognize what makes the sounds. The paper will introduce a realtime detection and identification of particular sound among plural sound sources using a microphone array based on the location of a speaker and the tonal characteristics. The algorithm is applied to an adaptive auditory system of a robotic arm for the interaction with humans.

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  • A realtime clarification filter of dysphonic speech and its evaluation by listening experiments

    Hideyuki Sawada, Hideyuki Sawada, Norio Takeuchi, Akihiro Hisada

    Journal of Endocrine Genetics   4 ( 3 ) 183 - 189  2005.07

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    This paper presents a digital filtering algorithm that clarifies dysphonic speech with the speaker&#039;s individuality preserved. The study deals with the clarification of esophageal speech and the speech of patients with cerebral palsy. The filtering ability is evaluated by listening experiments. Over 20,000 patients currently suffer from laryngeal cancer in Japan, and the only treatment for the terminal symptoms requires the removal of the larynx, including vocal cords. The authors are developing a clarification filtering algorithm of esophageal speech, and the primal algorithm of software clarification and its effectiveness was reported in the previous ICDVRAT. Several algorithms for the clarification have been newly developed and implemented and are being evaluated by questionnaires. The algorithms were extended and applied for the clarification of the speech by the patients of cerebral palsy. Copyright © Freund Publishing House Limited.

  • A grasping device to sense hand gesture for expressive sound generation

    S Hashimoto, H Sawada

    JOURNAL OF NEW MUSIC RESEARCH   34 ( 1 ) 115 - 123  2005.03

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    This article introduces a new device driven by emotional human twiddling gestures, and its application as a musical instrument. In traditional musical instruments, the relationship between the action and the generated sound is determined by the physical structures of the instruments. Although various computerized musical instruments have been actively developed and reported, the development of a human-computer interface is not sufficient for the translation of emotional feelings into sounds. We have so far paid attention to emotional feelings presented in gestures and music, and have developed a gesture acquisition device that measures grasping forces caused by user's twiddling actions by using compact pressure sensors and acceleration sensors. For the association of gesture patterns with sound parameters, a SOM algorithm is applied. The approach is considered to provide not only a new sound generation technique in the music scene, but also a flexible human-computer interface.

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  • Distributed data fusion applied to human gesture measurement

    Eric Benoit, Didier Coquin, Hideyuki Sawada

    Proc. International Workshop on Research and Education in Mechatronics     92 - 96  2005

  • Fusion of hand and arm gestures

    D. Coquin, E. Benoit, H. Sawada, B. Ionescu

    Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering   6051  2005

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    In order to improve the link between an operator and its machine, some human oriented communication systems are now using natural languages like speech or gesture. The goal of this paper is to present a gesture recognition system based on the fusion of measurements issued from different kind of sources. It is necessary to have some sensors that are able to capture at least the position and the orientation of the hand such as Dataglove and a video camera. Datagloge gives a measure of the hand posture and a video camera gives a measure of the general arm gesture which represents the physical and spatial properties of the gesture, and based on the 2D skeleton representation of the arm. The measurements used are partially complementary and partially redundant. The application is distributed on intelligent cooperating sensors. The paper presents the measurement of the hand and the arm gestures, the fusion processes, and the implementation solution.

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  • A talking robot and us singing skill acquisition

    M Nakamura, H Sawada

    KNOWLEDGE-BASED INTELLIGENT INFORMATION AND ENGINEERING SYSTEMS, PT 3, PROCEEDINGS   3683   898 - 907  2005

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    A talking and singing robot which has equivalent mechanical organs to human vocal system is being developed based on a mechatronics technology under a feedback control. While various ways of vocal sound production have been actively studied so far, a mechanical construction of the vocal system is considered to advantageously realize natural vocalization with its fluid dynamics. Motors are employed for the manipulation of the mechanical system. The robot adaptively learns the relations between motor control parameters and the generated vocal sounds using an auditory feedback learning with neural networks, and sings a song by mimicking a human vocalization. This paper presents the construction of the talking robot and its singing performance, together with the adaptive control for the pitch and phoneme learning. The robot generates vowel and consonant sounds of different pitches by dynamically controlling the vocal cords, vocal tract and nasal cavity.

  • A Robotic Auditory System which Interacts with Musical Sounds

    Hideyuki Sawada, Toshiya Takechi

    Proc. International Conference on Intelligent Technologies     362 - 367  2005

  • Realtime Speaker Identification Technique in Noisy Environment

    Hideyuki Sawada, Minoru Ohkado

    Proc. International Workshop on Research and Education in Mechatronics     124 - 129  2005

  • A Talking Robot which Mimics Human Vocalization

    Hideyuki Sawada, Mitsuhiro Nakamura

    Proc. International Workshop on Research and Education in Mechatronics     130 - 135  2005

  • Extraction of Individuality in Emotional Gestures Based on Acceleration

    Hideyuki Sawada, Shigenori Takata, Eric Benoit

    Proc. International Workshop on Research and Education in Mechatronics     75 - 80  2005

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  • A realtime clarification filter of dysphonic speech and its evaluation by listening experiments

    Hideyuki Sawada, Norio Takeuchi, Akihiro Hisada, Hideyuki Sawada

    International Journal on Disability and Human Development   4 ( 3 ) 183 - 190  2005

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    This paper presents a digital filtering algorithm that clarifies dysphonic speech with the speaker's individuality preserved. The study deals with the clarification of esophageal speech and the speech of patients with cerebral palsy. The filtering ability is evaluated by listening experiments. Over 20,000 patients currently suffer from laryngeal cancer in Japan, and the only treatment for the terminal symptoms requires the removal of the larynx, including vocal cords. The authors are developing a clarification filtering algorithm of esophageal speech, and the primal algorithm of software clarification and its effectiveness was reported in the previous ICDVRAT. Several algorithms for the clarification have been newly developed and implemented and are being evaluated by questionnaires. The algorithms were extended and applied for the clarification of the speech by the patients of cerebral palsy. © 2005, by Walter de Gruyter GmbH &amp
    Co. All rights reserved.

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  • Mechanical voice system and its singing performance

    Hideyuki Sawada, Mitsuhiro Nakamura, Toshio Higashimoto

    2004 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)   2   1920 - 1925  2004.12

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    A mechanical model of the human vocal system is I being developed based on a mechatronics technology under a feedback control. While various ways of vocal sound production have been actively studied so far, a mechanical construction of the vocal system is considered to advantageously realize natural vocalization with its fluid dynamics. Motors are employed for the manipulation of the mechanical system. The system is able to adaptively learn the relations between motor control parameters and the produced vocal sounds using an auditory feedback with neural networks, by mimicking a human vocalization. This paper presents the construction of a talking robot and its singing performance, together with the adaptive control for the pitch learning. The talking robot generates vowel and consonant sounds of different pitches by dynamically controlling the vocal cords, vocal tract and nasal cavity.

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  • Towards Manufacturing/Distribution Systems in the Next Generation-A Proposal of Human Centred KANSEI Manufacturing Systems-

    Hiroyasu Koshimizu, Toshiya Kaihara, Hideyuki Sawada

    IEEJ Transactions on Industry Applications   124 ( 1 ) 1 - 7  2004.09

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    Nowadays agile market is in common, and the fundamental technology supporting next-generation production system requires further development of machine and information technologies to establish “human technology” and a bridging of these technologies together. IMS-HUTOP project proposes a new product life cycle that respects the human nature of individuals, and establishes the elemental technologies necessary for acquiring, modelling and evaluating various human factors in an effort to achieve the HUTOP cycle. In this paper we propose a human centred KANSEI manufacturing system, which has been proposed in the IMS-HUTOP project with 5 work packages. © 2004, The Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan. All rights reserved.

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  • Automobile identification based on the measurement of car sounds

    Toshiya Takechi, Koichi Sugimoto, Takashi Mandono, Hideyuki Sawada

    IECON 2004: 30TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF IEEE INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS SOCIETY, VOL 2   30th Vol.2   1784 - 1789  2004

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    A system to detect a car by measuring an automobile sound is Introduced. The time difference between the signals taken from plural microphones is measured by using a specially-designed microphone array. The sound source location is estimated based on the calculation of the cross-correlation, and a particular car is identified. The measurement was tested la different noisy environments far the practical use, and fair results were obtained.

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  • Identification and tracking of particular speaker in noisy environment

    H Sawada, M Ohkado

    MACHINE VISION AND ITS OPTOMECHATRONIC APPLICATIONS   5603   138 - 145  2004

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    Human is able to exchange information smoothly using voice under different situations such as noisy environment in a crowd and with the existence of plural speakers. We are able to detect the position of a source sound in 3D space, extract a particular sound from mixed sounds, and recognize who is talking. By realizing this mechanism with a computer, new applications will be presented for recording a sound with high quality by reducing noise, presenting a clarified sound. and realizing a microphone-free speech recognition by extracting particular sound. The paper will introduce a realtime detection and identification of particular speaker in noisy environment using a microphone array based on the location of a speaker and the individual voice characteristics. The study will be applied to develop an adaptive auditory system of a mobile robot which collaborates with a factory worker.

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  • A Real-time Clarification Filter of a Dysphonic Speech and Its Evaluation by Listening Experiments

    SAWADA,Hideyuki, TAKEUCHI,Norio, HISADA,Akihiro

    Proceedings of International Conference on Disability, Virtual Reality and Associated Technologies     239 - 246  2004

  • A talking and singing robot based on the mechanical construction of human vocal system

    H Sawada, M Nakamura

    PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2004 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INTELLIGENT MECHATRONICS AND AUTOMATION     89 - 94  2004

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    A talking and singing robot is being developed based on the mechanical model of the human vocal system by using mechatronics and feedback control technologies. While various ways of vocal sound production have been actively studied so far, a mechanical construction of the vocal system is considered to advantageously realize natural vocalization with its fluid dynamics. Motors are employed for the manipulation of the mechanical system. The robot is able to adaptively learn the relations between motor control parameters and the produced vocal sounds using an auditory feedback with neural networks, by mimicking a human vocalization. This paper presents the construction of the robot and its taking and singing performance, together with the adaptive control for the pitch and phoneme learning. The robot generates vowel and consonant sounds of different pitches by dynamically controlling the vocal cords, vocal tract and nasal cavity.

  • Robust Gesture Recognition by Possibilistic Approach based on Data Resampling

    SAWADA,Hideyuki, UKEGAWA,Takumi, BENOIT,Eric

    Proceedings of International Workshop on Fuzzy Systems and Innovational Computing     168 - 173  2004

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  • Gesture-Based Communication in Human-Computer Interaction

    SAWADA Hideyuki

    Springer-Verlag, ISBN 3-540-21072-5     386 - 398  2004

  • 人工音声~声道物理モデルの聴覚フィードバック制御に基づく音声生成

    澤田 秀之

    日本機械学会誌   107 ( 1033 ) 33 - 35  2004

  • Talking and Singing Robot - Mechanical Construction of Human Vocal System and Its Auditory Feedback Control for Voice Generation

    Hideyuki Sawada

    JSME   107 ( 1033 ) 949 - 951  2004

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  • Realtime Clarification of Esophageal Speech based on the Peak Emphasis of Spectrum Envelope and Pitch Components

    HISADA Akihiro, SAWADA Hideyuki

    Human interface   Vol.5, No.4, pp.447- ( 4 ) 447 - 454  2003.11

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  • Realtime Clarification of Esophageal Speech based on the Peak Emphasis of Spectrum Envelope and Pitch Components

    Hideyuki Sawada

    Journal of Human Interface Society   Vol.5 ( No.4, ) 447 - 454  2003

  • (1) スペクトル包絡と調波構造の強調処理による食道発声音声の実時間明瞭化

    SAWADA Hideyuki

    ヒューマンインタフェース学会論文誌   Vol.5 ( No.4 ) 447 - 454  2003

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  • Intuitive manipulation of a haptic monitor for the gestural human-computer interaction

    H Moritani, Y Kawai, H Sawada

    GESTURE-BASED COMMUNICATION IN HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION   2915   386 - 398  2003

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    A display device called intuition-driven monitor will be introduced. The device has been developed by combining a LCD, a flexible arm suspending the display, angle sensors and a CCD camera, and is directly manipulated by a user with his direct operations by hands, eye-gaze and facial expressions. A user is able to explore virtual space and manipulate virtual environment with gestures and the sense of haptics.

  • Realtime detection and identification of plural speakers using a microphone array

    M Ohkado, H Sawada

    VECIMS'03: 2003 IEEE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS, HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERFACES AND MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS     151 - 156  2003  [Refereed]

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    Voices are used as primary media in human communication. A human voice is a sound generated by the complex movements of the vocal organs, and is the most important media employed for the communication in the day life to logical discussions. A human is able to detect the position of a source sound in 3D space by perceiving the time difference reaching to the both ears. Furthermore we can selectively listen to an objective voice in the crowds. This paper presents a realtime detection and identification of a particular person among plural speakers using a microphone array. The system identifies the position of a particular speaker, and enhances the voice signal selectively.

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  • Fuzzy sensor for gesture recognition based on motion and shape recognition of hand

    E Benoit, T Allevard, T Ukegawa, H Sawada

    VECIMS'03: 2003 IEEE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS, HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERFACES AND MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS     63 - 67  2003  [Refereed]

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    The gesture recognition needs to take into account very the fusion of hand shape different information. It needs toper and motion information. This paper presents a solution using a fuzzy sensor approach for the aggregation of such measurement information. The motion recognition is based on a measurement represented by numerical fuzzy subsets, and the shape recognition is based on measurements represented by lexical fuzzy subsets.

    DOI

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  • Intuitive manipulation of a haptic monitor for the gestural human-computer interaction

    H Moritani, Y Kawai, H Sawada

    GESTURE-BASED COMMUNICATION IN HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION   2915   386 - 398  2003  [Refereed]

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    A display device called intuition-driven monitor will be introduced. The device has been developed by combining a LCD, a flexible arm suspending the display, angle sensors and a CCD camera, and is directly manipulated by a user with his direct operations by hands, eye-gaze and facial expressions. A user is able to explore virtual space and manipulate virtual environment with gestures and the sense of haptics.

    DOI

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  • A mechanical voice system and its adaptive learning for the mimicry of human vocalization

    T Higashimoto, H Sawada

    2003 IEEE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON COMPUTATIONAL INTELLIGENCE IN ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION, VOLS I-III, PROCEEDINGS     1040 - 1045  2003  [Refereed]

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    A mechanical model of a human vocal system is being developed based on mechatronics technology. Although various ways of vocal sound production have been actively studied, mechanical construction is considered to advantageously realize natural vocalization with its fluid dynamics. The mechanical vocal system has several motors to manipulate the vocal tract and the vocal cords. It became possible to learn the relations between motor positions and the produced vocal sounds by an auditory feedback, and produce Japanese five vowels (a, i, u, e, o) by mimicking a human speech. In addition, the mechanical model could produce some consonant sounds by attaching a nasal cavity with the dynamic control. This paper introduces an adaptive learning algorithm for the mimicry of human vocalization, and presents a listening experiment of generated sounds for the evaluation.

    DOI

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  • Intuition-driven monitor: A monitor device driven by user's haptic manipulation

    Yuki Kawai, Hideyuki Sawada

    Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics   2   332 - 337  2002.12

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    In the human to human communication, we are able to communicate with each other by using not only verbal media but also the five senses. With the widespread availability of computers, the media which directly affect our emotions will be effectively utilized together with the audio and images. In this paper a display device called intuition-driven monitor will be introduced together with two application systems, in which a user is able to directly manipulate a virtual 3D object with the haptic senses.

    CiNii

  • Multi-model Sign language Database and Its Retrieval by Gesture Inputs

    NOTSU Takuto, HASHIMOTO Shuji, SAWADA Hideyuki

    Human interface   4(1) ( 1 ) 51 - 58  2002.02

    CiNii

  • Realtime Clarification of Esophageal Speech Using a Comb Filter

    SAWADA Hideyuki

    Proc. International Conf. on Disability, Virtual Reality and Associated Technologies   39-46   39 - 46  2002

    CiNii

  • 声道物理モデルによる音響生成

    SAWADA Hideyuki

    情報処理学会インタラクション論文集     125 - 132  2002

    CiNii

  • Vocalization Control of a Mechanical Vocal System under the Auditory Feedback

    SAWADA Hideyuki

    Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics   14(5) ( 5 ) 453 - 461  2002

    CiNii

  • Gestural manipulation of intuition-driven monitor with the detection of human sensory factors

    H Sawada, Y Kawai, H Moritani

    IECON-2002: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2002 28TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE IEEE INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS SOCIETY, VOLS 1-4   4   3019 - 3024  2002

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    Humans are able to communicate with each other by using not only verbal media but also the five senses. A display device called intuition-driven monitor has been developed by combining a LCD display, flexible arm, angle sensors and a CCD camera. The display is manipulated by a user with his direct operations by hands and gaze. The joint angles are measured by angle sensors, and the three dimensional position and posture of the display are calculated in real time by the computation of the system geometry. A user is able to. explore virtual space and manipulate virtual environment with the sense of haptics.

    DOI

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    2
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  • Speech production by a mechanical model: Construction of a vocal tract and its control by neural network

    T Higashimoto, H Sawada

    2002 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION, VOLS I-IV, PROCEEDINGS     3858 - 3863  2002  [Refereed]

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    We are developing a mechanical model of a human vocal system based on a mechatronics technology. Although various ways of vocal sound production have been actively studied so far, a mechanical construction is considered to advantageously realize natural vocalization with its fluid dynamics. In the voice generation, the analysis of the behaviors of the vocal cords and the vocal tract are required to be employed in the mechanical system. Furthermore, the fluid mechanics is less stable to make the control difficult. Several motors are employed to manipulate the mechanical vocal system. A neural network works to establish the relations between motor positions and the produced vocal sounds by an auditory feedback in the learning phase. In the speech performance, the mechanical system is able to utter while vocal pitches and phonemes are adaptively controlled by an auditory feedback control. This paper presents the construction of a vocal tract part and its adaptive control by the neural networks.

    DOI

  • Vocalization Control of a Mechanical Vocal System under Auditory Feedback.

    Toshio Higashimoto, Hideyuki Sawada

    JRM   14 ( 5 ) 453 - 461  2002  [Refereed]

    DOI

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    8
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  • Humanoid robots in Waseda University - Hadaly-2 and WABIAN

    S Hashimoto, S Narita, H Kasahara, K Shirai, T Kobayashi, A Takanishi, S Sugano, J Yamaguchi, H Sawada, H Takanobu, K Shibuya, T Morita, T Kurata, N Onoe, K Ouchi, T Noguchi, Y Niwa, S Nagayama, H Tabayashi, Matsui, I, M Obata, H Matsuzaki, A Murasugi, T Kobayashi, S Haruyama, T Okada, Y Hidaki, Y Taguchi, K Hoashi, E Morikawa, Y Iwano, D Araki, J Suzuki, M Yokoyama, Dawa, I, D Nishino, S Inoue, T Hirano, E Soga, S Gen, T Yanada, K Kato, S Sakamoto, Y Ishii, S Matsuo, Y Yamamoto, K Sato, T Hagiwara, T Ueda, N Honda, K Hashimoto, T Hanamoto, S Kayaba, T Kojima, H Iwata, H Kubodera, R Matsuki, T Nakajima, K Nitto, D Yamamoto, Y Kamizaki, S Nagaike, Y Kunitake, S Morita

    AUTONOMOUS ROBOTS   12 ( 1 ) 25 - 38  2002.01  [Refereed]

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    This paper describes two humanoid robots developed in the Humanoid Robotics Institute, Waseda University. Hadaly-2 is intended to realize information interaction with humans by integrating environmental recognition with vision, conversation capability (voice recognition, voice synthesis), and gesture behaviors. It also possesses physical interaction functions for direct contact with humans and behaviors that are gentle and safe for humans. WABIAN is a robot with a complete human configuration that is capable of walking on two legs and carrying things as with humans. Furthermore, it has functions for information interactions suite for uses at home.

    DOI

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  • Mechanical model of human vocal system and its control with auditory feedback

    H Sawada, S Hashimoto

    JSME INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL SERIES C-MECHANICAL SYSTEMS MACHINE ELEMENTS AND MANUFACTURING   43 ( 3 ) 645 - 652  2000.09  [Refereed]

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    This paper introduces a mechanical model of human vocal system to realize human-like speech under an auditory feedback control. While various ways of vocal sound production have been actively studied so far, we are constructing a phonetic machine having a vocal chord and a vocal tract with an auditory system. By imitating the human learning procedure of voice acquisition, a mechanical construction of a human vocal system is considered to generate natural voice so that it can be advantageously applied to a singing voice production.

  • 声道モデルの機械系による構築と歌声の生成

    SAWADA Hideyuki

    日本ロボット学会 国際論文誌   13/7,647-661  2000

  • Mechanical model of human vocal system and its control with auditory feedback

    Hideyuki Sawada, Shuji Hashimoto

    JSME International Journal, Series C: Mechanical Systems, Machine Elements and Manufacturing   43 ( 3 ) 645 - 652  2000

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    This paper introduces a mechanical model of human vocal system to realize human-like speech under an auditory feedback control. While various ways of vocal sound production have been actively studied so far, we are constructing a phonetic machine having a vocal chord and a vocal tract with an auditory system. By imitating the human learning procedure of voice acquisition, a mechanical construction of a human vocal system is considered to generate natural voice so that it can be advantageously applied to a singing voice production.

    DOI J-GLOBAL

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  • Mechanical construction of a human vocal system for singing voice production

    H Sawada, S Hashimoto

    ADVANCED ROBOTICS   13 ( 7 ) 647 - 661  2000

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    Various ways of vocal sound production are being actively studied. We are constructing a phonetic machine with a vocal chord and a vocal tract based on mechatronics technology. Mechanical construction of a human vocal system is considered to generate natural voice so that it can be advantageously applied to singing voice production. In voice generation, analysis and mechanical realization of the behaviors of the vocal chords and vocal tract are required. Furthermore. the fluid mechanical system is less stable, thus making control more difficult. Several motors are employed to manipulate the mechanical vocal system. Mappings between motor positions and the produced vocal sounds are automatically established in the learning phase. In the singing performance, the system is able to sing while vocal pitches and phonemes are adaptively controlled by an auditory feedback process. This paper presents the latest mechanisms of our mechanical vocal system together with adaptive tuning algorithms of the physical mechanism with an auditory system.

  • Mechanical construction of a human vocal system for singing voice production

    H Sawada, S Hashimoto

    ADVANCED ROBOTICS   13 ( 7 ) 647 - 661  2000  [Refereed]

     View Summary

    Various ways of vocal sound production are being actively studied. We are constructing a phonetic machine with a vocal chord and a vocal tract based on mechatronics technology. Mechanical construction of a human vocal system is considered to generate natural voice so that it can be advantageously applied to singing voice production. In voice generation, analysis and mechanical realization of the behaviors of the vocal chords and vocal tract are required. Furthermore. the fluid mechanical system is less stable, thus making control more difficult. Several motors are employed to manipulate the mechanical vocal system. Mappings between motor positions and the produced vocal sounds are automatically established in the learning phase. In the singing performance, the system is able to sing while vocal pitches and phonemes are adaptively controlled by an auditory feedback process. This paper presents the latest mechanisms of our mechanical vocal system together with adaptive tuning algorithms of the physical mechanism with an auditory system.

    DOI

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  • Haptic device driven by grasping force for hand gesture tele-communication

    Hideyuki Sawada, Shuji Hashimoto

    American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Dynamic Systems and Control Division (Publication) DSC   67   437 - 444  1999.12

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    The importance of human-machine interface is widely acknowledged in accordance with the increase of the computer powers. In human to human communication, we communicate with each other by using not only verbal media but also non-verbal media. Especially information transmitted through the five senses is able to affect our emotions and feelings directly making for smooth communication. This paper introduces the development of a new haptic device driven by hand gestures. Since the device is molded with silicon-rubber with the softness of human skin, a user is able to make hand gestures with his &#039;sense of force&#039; by the transforming manipulations. The device is able not only to sense user&#039;s twiddling gestures but also to display reactions against the hand gestures by vibration patterns. As an experimental trial of a tele-communication system, the device was employed for terminal devices, and questionnaires were conducted to evaluate the device in the haptic communication.

  • Personal room modeling system and gesture recognition system for customer-oriented design system

    Seiji Hata, Katsuhiko Tsuboi, Hideyuki Sawada, Akira Ishii

    IECON Proceedings (Industrial Electronics Conference)   2   979 - 984  1999.12

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    In the fully customer-oriented design system, design candidates should be evaluated if they reflect appropriately the ambiguous preferences and demands intended by customers and designers or not. The researches in the total human-oriented design system have come up with prototype systems that have functions capable not only of providing an environment for products, but for displaying and evaluating products as well. There are many researches in this field. Here, the technologies to extract the personal room environment models and to control the display system by users&#039; gesture have been introduced.

  • Gesture recognition for human-friendly interface in designer-consumer cooperate design system

    H Sawada, S Hata, S Hashimoto

    RO-MAN'99: 8TH IEEE INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON ROBOT AND HUMAN INTERACTION   /,400-405   400 - 405  1999

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    A future system for flexible manufacturing must be a sensor-complex for multi-modality with high intelligence, since such system should work with human who has a variety of expression ways and acceptance channels. This paper describes three topics from our recent researches on gesture and haptic interfaces which can he introduced for human-friendly interface in designer-consumer cooperative production system. The first one is a gesture information acquisition method by using image processing technique. The second one is another gesture recognition system by employing accelerometers to measure the forces applied to the body. A new haptic-communication device is introduced as the third topic of the paper It is able not only to detect grasping force and the device orientation but also to display the tactile sensation using the vibration motors to realize human-machine and human-human haptic communications.

  • A Haptic Device Driven by Grasping Force for Hand Gesture Tele-Communication.

    SAWADA Hideyuki

    Proceedings of ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division     437 - 444  1999

  • Music Creation from Moving Image and Environmental Sound.

    Shogo Takahashi, Kenji Suzuki, Hideyuki Sawada, Shuji Hashimoto

    Proceedings of the 1999 International Computer Music Conference, ICMC 1999, Beijing, China, October 22-27, 1999    1999  [Refereed]

  • A Study of Gesture Recognition Based on Motion and Hand Figure Primitives and Its Application to Sign Language Recognition (Special Issue on Next Generation Human Interface and Interaction)

    SAWADA Hideyuki, HASHIMOTO Shuji, MATSUSHIMA Toshiaki

    Transactions of Information Processing Society of Japan   39 ( 5 ) 1325 - 1333  1998.05

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    Gesture plays an important role in our daily life as nonverbal media for emotional human communication. And the gesticulation is a necessary method of communication among the people who are hearing impaired as sign language. The arm motion and the hand figure are considered to be the primitive information in understanding gestures. This paper proposes a gesture recognition algorithm based on motion primitives and hand figure primitives extracted from acceleration sensors, position sensors and datagloves, to understand human dynamic movements and hand postures. The sensor integration method realized the robust gesture recognition in spite of the simple algorithm. The algorithm is applied to a sign-language recognition system for the realization of new human-machine interface through gestures. We also propose a sign language database based on the motion primitives and hand figure primitives.

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  • Sound Generation by a Hand-Gesture Sensing Device

    SAWADA Hideyuki, ONOE Naoyuki, HASHIMOTO Shuji

    The Transactions of the Institute of Electronics,Information and Communication Engineers.   Vol.J81-DII ( No.5 ) 795 - 803  1998.05

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    ジェスチャと音響, 音声は, 人間同士のコミュニケーションにおいて深いかかわりをもっている.音響の合成にはこれまでさまざまな手法が提案され実用化されてきたが, 合成のためのパラメータの扱いの煩雑さや, 波形計算時間に起因するレスポンスの悪さなどの問題点も見られる.またジェスチャは音楽演奏や音楽パフォーマンスにおいて特によく利用されており, これまでにも人間の動作により音楽演奏を制御するシステムの試みも多く見られる.ここではハンドジェスチャに着目し, ハンドジェスチャセンシングデバイスの開発とそれを用いた音響生成システムについて報告する.音響の生成には, 音源と共鳴フィルタ特性が大きくかかわっているが, これらを自由なジェスチャによってコントロールすることが可能である.ジェスチャの計測量と音響生成パラメータの対応付けには, 自己組織化マップを用いている.提案したジェスチャセンシングデバイスは, 音響生成, 制御への応用ばかりではなく, 柔軟で感性的なマン・マシンインタフェースとしての利用が期待できる.

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  • Introducing GraspMIDI, the Virtural Musical Instrument using Grasping Force Interface

    尾上 直之, 澤田 秀之, 橋本 周司

    全国大会講演論文集   56 ( 0 ) 27 - 28  1998.03

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  • Grasp MIDI-a Virtual Musical Instrument using Grasping-force Interface Device

    SAWADA Hideyuki

    Proceedings of IPSJ Interaction '98     27 - 28  1998

  • Sound Generation by a Hand-Gesture Sensing Device

    SAWADA Hideyuki, ONOE Naoyuki, HASHIMOTO Shuji

    The Transactions of the Institute of Electronics,Information and Communication Engineers.   J81-D(]G0002[)/5,795 ( 5 ) 795 - 803  1998

    CiNii

  • A Study of Gesture Recognition Based on Motion and Hand Figure Primitives and Its Application to Sign-Language Recognition

    SAWADA Hideyuki

    Transactions of Information Processing Society of Japan   39/5,1325-1333  1998

  • Sound generation using twiddle interface

    Hideyuki Sawada, Naoyuki Onoe, Shuji Hashimoto

    IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, AIM     32  1997.12

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    Although algorithmic sound syntheses, such as a granular synthesis and a physical model based synthesis, have been studied actively and has come in practical use, the development of human-machine interface is not sufficient for the translation of emotional feelings into sound. This paper presents two sound generation systems in which sounds are generated by the direct manipulations of interface devices. A pair of Datagloves and a specially designed equipment which measures grasping forces are employed in the systems. The approach is considered to provide a new sound generation techniques in music scene together with the flexible man-machine interface.

    CiNii

  • Sounds in Hands -A Sound Modifier Using Datagloves and Twiddling Interface-

    SAWADA Hideyuki

    Proceedings of International Computer Music Conference '97   /,309-312  1997

  • Gesture recognition using an acceleration sensor and its application to musical performance control

    Hideyuki Sawada, Shuji Hashimoto

    Electronics and Communications in Japan, Part III: Fundamental Electronic Science (English translation of Denshi Tsushin Gakkai Ronbunshi)   80 ( 5 ) 9 - 17  1997

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    It is understood that nonverbal means of communication are more important than verbal communication in the transmission of intention or emotion. Gestures using body or hand are typical nonverbal means of communication. Human intention or emotion appears to be expressed to a greater extent by the force applied to the body than by the position of the hand. The authors noted that the force acting during motion can be sensed as an acceleration and therefore attempted recognition of gestures with a three-dimensional acceleration sensor. In the experiments using this system, the changes of the acceleration, the rotational force, and the directional distribution of the acceleration are determined from the sequential three-dimensional acceleration data, as features of the motion. By examining the extent of matching to standard patterns, ten kinds of gestures can be discriminated with a nearly 100 percent recognition rate. A real-time music control system is also constructed by applying the proposed method. Compared to the conventional methods using image processing or the data gloves, in the new system the delay in tempo detection is shorter and the mechanism is simpler. The system gives a clue to the design of flexible and sensitive man-machine interfaces based on gesture. © 1997 Scripta Technica, Inc.

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  • Sounds in Hands: A Sound Modifier Using Datagloves and Twiddle Interface.

    Hideyuki Sawada, Naoyuki Onoe, Shuji Hashimoto

    Proceedings of the 1997 International Computer Music Conference, ICMC 1997, Thessaloniki, Greece, September 25-30, 1997     309 - 312  1997  [Refereed]

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  • Gesture Recognition Using Acceleration Sensor and Its Application for Musical Performance Control

    SAWADA Hideyuki, HASHIMOTO Shuji

    The Transactions of the Institute of Electronics,Information and Communication Engineers. A   J79-A/2 ( 2 ) 452 - 459  1996.02

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    意志や感情の伝達においては, 言語以上に非言語的手段によるところが大きいと言われる. 身振り手振りなどのジェスチャーはその代表的なものである. ジェスチャーにおいて人間の意志や感情は, 手などの位置よりもむしろ身体に加えられる力に顕著に現れると考えられる. ここでは運動中に働く力は加速度によって検出することができることに注目し, 3次元加速度センサによるジェスチャー認識を試みた. 試作システムでの実験では, 一連の3次元加速度データから運動の特徴量として, 加速度の変化, 回転力, 加速方向の分布などを求め, 標準パターンとのマッチングを行うことによって10種類程度のジェスチャーをほぼ100%の識別率で認識できることがわかった. また, 提案手法を適用して試作したジェスチャーによる実時間音楽制御システムについても述べる. 試作システムは, 従来の画像処理やデータグローブを用いた場合に比べて, テンポ検出の遅れも少なく構成も簡単であり, ジェスチャーによる柔軟で感性的なマン・マシンインタフェースの実現への手掛りが得られた.

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  • Gesture Recognition Using Acceleration Sensor and Its Application for Musical Performance Control

    SAWADA Hideyuki

    The Transactions of IEICE A   J79-A ( 2 ) 452 - 459  1996

  • Acceleration Sensor as an Input Device for Musical Environment.

    Hideyuki Sawada, Naoyuki Onoe, Shuji Hashimoto

    Proceedings of the 1996 International Computer Music Conference, ICMC 1996, Hong Kong, August 19-24, 1996     421 - 424  1996  [Refereed]

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  • Adaptive Control of a Vocal Cord and Vocal Tract for Computerized Mechanical Singing Instruments.

    Hideyuki Sawada, Shuji Hashimoto

    Proceedings of the 1996 International Computer Music Conference, ICMC 1996, Hong Kong, August 19-24, 1996     444 - 447  1996  [Refereed]

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  • Gesture Analysis Using 3D Acceleration Sensor for Music Control.

    Hideyuki Sawada, Shin'Ya Ohkura, Shuji Hashimoto

    Proceedings of the 1995 International Computer Music Conference, ICMC 1995, Banff, AB, Canada, September 3-7, 1995     257 - 260  1995  [Refereed]

    CiNii

  • 楽譜の自動点訳

    SAWADA Hideyuki

    リハビリテーション・エンジニアリング   5/2,22-30  1991

  • Automated Translation System between Printed Music and Braille

    SAWADA Hideyuki

    Rehabilitation Engineering   5/2,22-30  1991

  • [8] Hideyuki Sawada et.al., Gesture Recognition Using an Acceleration Sensor and Its Application to Musical Performance Control, Transactions of Electronics and Communications in Japan, Vol.80, No.5, pp.9-17, 1997

    SAWADA Hideyuki

     

  • (8) Gesture Recognition Using an Acceleration Sensor and Its Application to Musical Performance Control,Transactions of Electronics and Communications in Japan, Vol.80, No.5, pp.9-17, 1997

    SAWADA Hideyuki

     

  • [7] Hideyuki Sawada et.al., "Mechanical Construction of a Human Vocal System for Singing Voice Production", Advanced Robotics, International Journal of Robotics Society of Japan, Vol.13, No.7, pp.647-661, 2000

    SAWADA Hideyuki

     

  • (7) 運動特徴と形状特徴に基づいたジェスチャー認識と手話認識への応用, 情報処理学会論文誌, Vol.39, No.5, pp.1325-1333,1998

    SAWADA Hideyuki

     

  • [6] Hideyuki Sawada et.al., "Multi-modal Sign language Database and Its Retrieval by Gesture Inputs", Journal of Human Interface Society, Vol.4, No.1, pp.51-58, 2002

    SAWADA Hideyuki

     

  • (6) ハンドジェスチャ入力デバイスによる音響生成, 電子情報通信学会論文誌DII, Vol.J81-D-II, No.5, pp.795-803, 1998

    SAWADA Hideyuki

     

  • (5) Mechanical Model of Human Vocal System and Its Control with Auditory Feedback, JSME International Journal, Series C, Vol.43, No.3, pp.645-652, 2000

    SAWADA Hideyuki

     

  • [5] Hideyuki Sawada et.al., "Vocalization Control of a Mechanical Vocal System under the Auditory Feedback", Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics, Vol.14, No.5, pp.453-461, 2002

    SAWADA Hideyuki

     

  • (4) マルチモーダル手話データベースとジェスチャを入力としたデータ検索, ヒューマンインタフェース学会誌, Vol.4, No.1, pp.51-58, 2002

    SAWADA Hideyuki

     

  • [4] Hideyuki Sawada et.al., "Intuitive Manipulation of a Haptic Monitor for the Gestural Human-computer Interaction", in "Gesture-Based Communication in Human-Computer Interaction", pp. 386-398, Springer-Verlag, 2004, ISBN 3-540-21072-5

    SAWADA Hideyuki

     

  • [3] Hideyuki Sawada et.al., "Realtime Detection and Identification of Plural Speakers Using a Microphone Array", IEEE International Symposium on Virtual Environments, Human-Computer Interfaces and Measurement Systems, pp.151-156, 2003

    SAWADA Hideyuki

     

  • (3) Vocalization Control of a Mechanical Vocal System under the Auditory Feedback, Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics, Vol. 14, No.5, pp.453-461, 2002

    SAWADA Hideyuki

     

  • "Mechanical Voice System and its Singing Performance", IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS2004), pp.1920-1925, 2004

    SAWADA Hideyuki

     

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  • Gesture-Based Communication in Human-Computer Interaction

    Springer-Verlag  2004

  • 日本を元気にする!基礎科学

    宝島社  2004

  • Gesture-Based Communication in Human-Computer Interaction

    Springer-Verlag  2004

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Works

  • 形状記憶合金を振動体とする薄型触覚呈示デバイスの製作方法の開発

    2006
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    2007

  • 形状記憶合金を振動体とする薄型触覚呈示デバイスの製作方法の開発

    2006
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    2007

  • マルチモーダルI/Fのための音響センシング技術の開発

    2003
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    2006

  • マルチモーダルI/Fのための音響センシング技術の開発

    2003
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    2006

  • エンジン音計測に関する研究

    2002
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    2006

  • エンジン音計測に関する研究

    2002
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    2006

  • 生産における新しいヒューマンインタフェース技術に関する研究

    2001
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    2006

  • A study of Flexible Human-Interface in Production Process

    2001
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    2006

  • 生産における新しいヒューマンインタフェース技術に関する研究

    2001
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    2006

  • A study of Flexible Human-Interface in Production Process

    2001
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    2006

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Presentations

  • A shape-memory alloy wire that generates micro-vibration while sensing force

    Hideyuki Sawada  [Invited]

    2021 International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies (Pacifichem 2021) 

    Presentation date: 2021.12

    Event date:
    2021.12
     
     
  • Displaying Tactile Sensation using SMA Actuators and Sensors

    Hideyuki Sawada  [Invited]

    28th International Display Workshops 

    Presentation date: 2021.12

    Event date:
    2021.12
     
     
  • Socio-Economic Changes with AI and Robots

    Hideyuki Sawada  [Invited]

    Keynote Speech, 7th KKU International Engineering Conference 2021 

    Presentation date: 2021.05

    Event date:
    2021.05
     
     
  • ソフトロボット学が切り拓く新しい世界 ~機能的マテリアルとソフトロボットへの展開~

    澤田秀之  [Invited]

    TECHNO-FRONTIER 2021冬 

    Presentation date: 2021.02

    Event date:
    2021.02
     
     
  • New physical properties of a shape-memory alloy and their applications to sensors and actuators

    Hideyuki Sawada  [Invited]

    FILKOM Tech Talk webinar 

    Presentation date: 2020.11

    Event date:
    2020.11
     
     
  • 人工知能入門・実践講座

    五十嵐治雄, 小枝潤樹, 天野創太, 澤田秀之  [Invited]

    かがわ産業支援財団 

    Presentation date: 2023.08

    Event date:
    2023.08
     
     
  • アルコール液滴内のマランゴニ対流と自走に関する考察

    鈴木琳子, 澤田秀之

    ROBOMECH 2023 

    Presentation date: 2023.06

    Event date:
    2023.06
    -
    2023.07
  • SMAワイヤを用いたエイ型ロボットのためのヒレ構造の開発

    後藤舟, 澤田秀之

    ROBOMECH 2023 

    Presentation date: 2023.06

    Event date:
    2023.06
    -
    2023.07
  • 自在な巻き付き動作によって物体を把持する腱駆動連続体ロボットの開発

    小野瀨亮, 澤田秀之

    ROBOMECH 2023 

    Presentation date: 2023.06

    Event date:
    2023.06
    -
    2023.07
  • 3次元動作の拡張による直感的な4次元空間操作システムの構築

    五十嵐治雄, 澤田秀之

    情報処理学会 第85回全国大会 

    Presentation date: 2023.03

    Event date:
    2023.03
     
     
  • 形状記憶合金の微小振動現象を利用したバイブレータの開発

    中條崇, 澤田秀之

    情報処理学会 第85回全国大会 

    Presentation date: 2023.03

    Event date:
    2023.03
     
     
  • 振動と温度のマルチモーダルディスプレイを用いた皮膚の触覚感覚の評価

    野澤朋広, 澤田秀之

    情報処理学会 第85回全国大会 

    Presentation date: 2023.03

    Event date:
    2023.03
     
     
  • An SMA-wire-driven actuator for robotic finger

    Liu Renke, Hideyuki Sawada

    Presentation date: 2022.11

    Event date:
    2022.11
     
     
  • 粘膜を持つ摘便練習用直腸モデルの開発

    宮川祥子, ソン・ヨンア, マオ・ゼエアビン, 難波江裕之, 前田真吾, 藤枝俊宣, 多田隈建二郎, 澤田秀之, 𠮷岡純希, 鈴森康一

    第10回看護理工学会学術集会 

    Presentation date: 2022.10

    Event date:
    2022.10
     
     
  • 人工知能入門・実践講座

    五十嵐治雄, 大矢隆晟, 陳毅文, 澤田秀之

    かがわ産業支援財団 

    Presentation date: 2022.08

    Event date:
    2022.08
     
     
  • スポーク伸縮により回転移動するロボット車輪の開発

    小枝潤樹, 澤田秀之

    ROBOMECH2022 

    Presentation date: 2022.06

    Event date:
    2022.06
     
     
  • 自己修復ゲルを用いたイモムシ型ロボットの尺取り動作の再現

    福地晴也, 澤田秀之

    ROBOMECH2022 

    Presentation date: 2022.06

    Event date:
    2022.06
     
     
  • ピエゾアクチュエータを用いた昆虫のはばたき模倣に関する一考察

    西子のあ, 澤田秀之

    ROBOMECH 2022 

    Presentation date: 2022.06

    Event date:
    2022.06
     
     
  • Using Inverse Learning for Controlling Bionic Soft Robot Fish with SMA Actuators

    Kewei Ning, Pitoyo Hartono, Hideyuki Sawada

    2022 Materials Research Society (MRS) Spring Meeting & Exhibit 

    Presentation date: 2022.05

    Event date:
    2022.05
     
     
  • 形状記憶合金ワイヤの振動特性の計測

    岩名紘基, 重宗宏毅, 澤田秀之

    2022年電子情報通信学会総合大会 

    Presentation date: 2022.03

    Event date:
    2022.03
     
     
  • Visualization of the performance of Rainbow DQN in playing Atari games

    Liu Renke, Hideyuki Sawada

    Presentation date: 2022.03

    Event date:
    2022.03
     
     
  • なぞり速度がSMA触覚センサに与える影響の考察

    大矢隆晟, 澤田秀之

    情報処理学会 第84回全国大会 

    Presentation date: 2022.03

    Event date:
    2022.03
     
     
  • マーカートラッキングを用いた切り紙レザバーコンピューティングの検討 -データ取得幅と切り紙動作速度による学習性能差の評価-

    星野大地, 武者茜, 澤田秀之, 重宗宏毅

    情報処理学会 第84回全国大会 

    Presentation date: 2022.03

    Event date:
    2022.03
     
     
  • SMAワイヤを用いたピンアレイ型ウェアラブル触覚ディスプレイ

    馬場悠輔, 澤田秀之

    情報処理学会 第84回全国大会 

    Presentation date: 2022.03

    Event date:
    2022.03
     
     
  • 振動モータアレイを用いた触覚グローブによる多様な幾何形状の提示

    五十嵐治雄, 澤田秀之

    情報処理学会 第84回全国大会 

    Presentation date: 2022.03

    Event date:
    2022.03
     
     
  • Behavior of active paper in different humidity conditions

    Hiroki Shigemune, Hideyuki Sawada, Shingo Maeda

    2021 International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies (Pacifichem 2021) 

    Presentation date: 2021.12

    Event date:
    2021.12
     
     
  • Investigation of the behavior of Marangoni-driven oleic droplet in different humidity

    Masato Yamada, Hiroki Shigemune, Shingo Maeda, Hideyuki Sawada

    2021 International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies (Pacifichem 2021) 

    Presentation date: 2021.12

    Event date:
    2021.12
     
     
  • SMAワイヤを用いたなぞり動作による触覚センシングに関する考察

    大矢隆晟, 澤田秀之

    日本電子材料技術協会 第58回秋期講演大会 

    Presentation date: 2021.11

    Event date:
    2021.11
     
     
  • A Wireless Soft Robotic Fish for the Natural Swimming Behavior

    Kewei Ning, Hideyuki Sawada

    Presentation date: 2021.11

    Event date:
    2021.11
     
     
  • Introduction to Artificial Intelligence

    Yiwen Chen, Haruya Fukuchi, Takuya Yamakura, Hideyuki Sawada  [Invited]

    Presentation date: 2021.08

    Event date:
    2021.08
     
     
  • 揮発性液体を用いた水滴内のマランゴニ対流の生成と制御

    斧田拓海, 澤田秀之

    ROBOMECH 2021 

    Presentation date: 2021.06

    Event date:
    2021.06
     
     
  • 外骨格で形状固定した自走油滴の3次元内部対流シミュレーション

    熊坂叡士, 澤田秀之

    ROBOMECH2021 

    Presentation date: 2021.06

    Event date:
    2021.06
     
     
  • 静電相互作用を利用した複数自走油滴の挙動制御

    野口実香, 山田賢杜, 澤田秀之

    ROBOMECH 2021 

    Presentation date: 2021.06

    Event date:
    2021.06
     
     
  • 機械学習とMCTSによるどうぶつしょうぎの棋譜の逆順予測

    内田順也, 澤田秀之

    動的システムの状態推定とデータからの学習およびその応用研究会 

    Presentation date: 2021.03

  • 物理学の視点から Science を味わう

    澤田秀之  [Invited]

    スキー科学セミナー2021 

    Presentation date: 2021.03

    Event date:
    2021.03
     
     
  • 触覚フィードバックを伴う4次元空間可視化システム

    五十嵐治雄, 澤田秀之

    情報処理学会第83回全国大会 講演論文集1, No.4, pp.275-276 

    Presentation date: 2021.03

  • 動作認識を目的とした帯電物体表面電位と人体表面電位の関係調査

    上野聡司, 平野夢得, 澤田秀之, 重宗宏毅

    情報処理学会第83回全国大会 講演論文集1, No.4, pp.263-264 

    Presentation date: 2021.03

  • カラーセンシングと SMA アクチュエータを用いた 色-触覚変換デバイス

    碓井宏和, 澤田秀之

    情報処理学会第83回全国大会 講演論文集1, No.4, pp.259-260 

    Presentation date: 2021.03

  • SMA センサを用いた深層学習による触覚パターンの分類

    大矢隆晟, 澤田秀之

    情報処理学会第83回全国大会 講演論文集1, No.2, pp.359-360 

    Presentation date: 2021.03

  • 敵対的VAEによる音楽のスタイル変換

    陳毅文, 澤田秀之

    情報処理学会第83回全国大会 講演論文集1, No.2, pp.257-258 

    Presentation date: 2021.03

  • 磁場の視覚・触覚化による磁場体験システム

    小林剛史, 重宗宏毅, 澤田秀之

    情報処理学会インタラクション2020 

    Presentation date: 2021.03

  • 形状記憶合金ワイヤの振動現象の解析とアクチュエータ応用について

    岩名紘基, 澤田秀之

    日本電子材料技術協会 第57回 秋期講演大会 

    Presentation date: 2020.12

  • insightful Patient Journey Mapの作成を通じて「患者さんの声」を一緒に見て、感じてみませんか?そして何ができるか考えましょう!

    岡田史彦, 山田夏子, 澤田秀之, 澤田純, 井上円加

    第17回DIA (Drug Information Association) 日本年会 

    Presentation date: 2020.11

    Event date:
    2020.11
     
     
  • 人工知能入門・実践講座

    光武弘輝, 大矢隆晟, 陳毅文, 澤田秀之  [Invited]

    かがわ産業支援財団 高度産業人材育成事業 

    Presentation date: 2020.09

    Event date:
    2020.09
     
     
  • ワインの涙の液滴内部流の可視化によるマランゴニ対流に関する一考察

    斧田拓海, 重宗宏毅, 澤田秀之

    ROBOMECH 2020 

    Presentation date: 2020.06

  • 架空? 現実? 仮想世界でもっと便利な世の中に

    澤田秀之

    月刊 NHKラジオ深夜便 2020年5月号 

    Presentation date: 2020.05

  • 粒子法シミュレーションによるフレーム付き自走油滴の内部対流の考察

    熊坂叡士, 山田賢杜, 重宗宏毅, 澤田秀之

    ROBOMECH 2020 

    Presentation date: 2020.05

  • ポリ塩化ビニル板とトナー印刷による接触帯電を用いた腕動作認識システム

    平野夢得, 重宗宏毅, 澤田秀之

    第82回 情報処理学会 全国大会 

    Presentation date: 2020.03

  • 形状記憶合金ワイヤを用いた音響センシングシステムの構築と周波数特性評価

    光武弘輝, 澤田秀之

    第82回 情報処理学会 全国大会 

    Presentation date: 2020.03

  • 触覚の提示・センシングを同時に行うSMAトランスデューサ

    宮戸田顕音, 澤田秀之

    2020年電子情報通信学会総合大会 

    Presentation date: 2020.03

  • シャボン膜の表面張力波を利用した音の可視化表現

    中野航基, 澤田秀之

    情報処理学会 第126回音楽情報科学研究会(SIGMUS) 

    Presentation date: 2020.02

  • 局所的な径可変機構を持つ車輪変形ロボットの開発

    守屋直樹, 重宗宏毅, 澤田秀之

    ROBOMECH 2019 

    Presentation date: 2019.06

  • 誘電エラストマを用いた自動組立アクチュエータ

    橋本尚輝, 重宗宏毅, 南之園彩人, 前田真吾, 澤田秀之

    ROBOMECH 2019 

    Presentation date: 2019.06

  • 形状に着目した自走油滴の方向制御

    山田賢杜, 重宗宏毅, 前田真吾, 澤田秀之

    ROBOMECH 2019 

    Presentation date: 2019.06

  • A Shape-memory Alloy Wire and Its Physical Properties as Soft Actuators and Sensors

    SAWADA Hideyuki  [Invited]

    The 1st Workshop on Active Matter for Soft Robotics 

    Presentation date: 2019.03

  • 古典籍自動翻刻のための変体仮名切り出し手法

    臺原学, 三輪貴信, 澤田秀之, 橋本周司

    情報処理学会全国大会講演論文集 

    Presentation date: 2018.03

  • 塵埃の分布傾向を考慮した掃除ロボットの経路計画

    佐々木貴裕, ENRIQUEZ Guillermo, 三輪貴信, 澤田秀之, 橋本周司

    電子情報通信学会大会講演論文集(CD-ROM) 

    Presentation date: 2018.03

  • 4次元積み木のための四面体同士の干渉判定

    中井悠貴, 三輪貴信, 橋本周司, 澤田秀之

    電子情報通信学会大会講演論文集(CD-ROM) 

    Presentation date: 2018.03

  • 形状記憶合金ワイヤを用いた触覚センサ

    宮戸田顕音, 三輪貴信, 橋本周司, 澤田秀之

    電子情報通信学会大会講演論文集(CD-ROM) 

    Presentation date: 2018.03

  • 形状記憶合金の微小振動を利用した小型移動ロボット

    西村穣, 三輪貴信, 橋本周司, 澤田秀之

    電子情報通信学会大会講演論文集(CD-ROM) 

    Presentation date: 2018.03

  • 形状記憶合金の微小振動を利用した物体移動

    西村穣, 三輪貴信, 橋本周司, 澤田秀之

    計測自動制御学会システムインテグレーション部門講演会(CD-ROM) 

    Presentation date: 2017.12

  • ファイバレーザを用いたTi‐Ni細線とCu細線の微細溶接

    宮内創, 山下雅弘, 内田啓治, 澤田秀之

    精密工学会大会学術講演会講演論文集 

    Presentation date: 2017.09

  • SMAアクチュエータによる触感呈示とタッチインタフェースへの応用

    澤田秀之

    日本機械学会年次大会講演論文集(CD-ROM) 

    Presentation date: 2015.09

  • F111004 Displaying Tactile Sensation Using SMA actuators and Its Application to Touch Interface

    SAWADA Hideyuki

    The Proceedings of Mechanical Engineering Congress, Japan 

    Presentation date: 2015

     View Summary

    A novel micro-vibration actuator using a shape-memory alloy (SMA) for the presentation of various tactile sensations to human skin will be introduced in this paper. A tactile actuator consists of a thin SMA wire with the diameter of 50μm, and generates micro-vibrations with various frequencies and amplitudes synchronizing with a driving pulse signal. By coupling the actuators as a pair, an information transmission system is created for presenting higher-level tactile perceptions such as the phantom sensation and the apparent movement to transmit novel tactile sensations to human skin. The apparent movement was especially well perceived by users as a sensation of something running across their fingers, or as being tapped by an object, according to well-determined signals given to the devices. The actuator features compactness and low energy consumption, and is applied to tactile displays and tactile interaction systems.

  • 発話ロボットによる人の発話表現の表出

    木谷光来, 澤田秀之

    日本ロボット学会学術講演会予稿集(CD-ROM) 

    Presentation date: 2013.09

  • 触覚呈示を備えた没入型エアギターシステム

    岩谷亮明, 澤田秀之

    情報処理学会シンポジウムシリーズ(CD-ROM) 

    Presentation date: 2013.02

  • 触覚呈示技術から見た次世代インタフェースと人間支援

    技術セミナー 

    Presentation date: 2012

  • A talking and singing robot: Mechanical construction of a human vocal system for the face-to-face vocal communication

    ROBOTIC EXPERIENCE in Italy and Japan, JAPAN DAYS 2012 

    Presentation date: 2012

  • The air guitar system with tactile presentation

    電気関係学会四国支部大会 

    Presentation date: 2012

  • A Tactile Pen and the Presentation of Tactile Sensations from a Touch Screen

    電気関係学会四国支部大会 

    Presentation date: 2012

  • Presenting the Sequential "Cutaneous Rabbit" Illusion on Palm

    電気関係学会四国支部大会 

    Presentation date: 2012

  • Imitating Human Listening Behavior by Using a Robotic Auditory System

    電気関係学会四国支部大会 

    Presentation date: 2012

  • Human-like Expressive Speech Production by a Talking Robot

    電気関係学会四国支部大会 

    Presentation date: 2012

  • Towards the Non-destructive Inspection of Translucent Mangosteens: First Trial by Employing Acoustic Signal Response and SOM Classification

    4th Kagawa University - Chiang Mai University Joint Symposium 2012 

    Presentation date: 2012

  • Development of Translucent Mangosteen Classification by Acoustic-based Sensing

    4th Kagawa University - Chiang Mai University Joint Symposium 2012 

    Presentation date: 2012

  • 形状記憶合金を利用した触覚呈示と指先感覚検査装置

    JST イノベーション・ジャパン2012-大学見本市 JSTショートプレゼンテーション 

    Presentation date: 2012

  • ファイバレーザを用いたTi-Ni細線とCu細線の微細溶接

    2012年度精密工学会中国四国支部 -島根地方学術講演会- 

    Presentation date: 2012

  • ファイバレーザを用いたTi-Ni細線とCu細線の微細溶接

    産業技術連携推進会議 製造プロセス部会 精密微細加工分科会 平成24年度金型・材料研究会 

    Presentation date: 2012

  • 人の機能をロボット技術で再現する

    いしかわ"夢"未来博 

    Presentation date: 2012

  • 人間の振る舞いを模倣した音響聴取ロボットの構築

    計測自動制御学会 第13回システムインテグレーション部門講演会(SI2012) 

    Presentation date: 2012

  • 画像特徴の自動抽出による触覚感覚の呈示

    計測自動制御学会 第13回システムインテグレーション部門講演会(SI2012) 

    Presentation date: 2012

  • 手掌へのCutaneous Rabbit現象の呈示

    計測自動制御学会 第13回システムインテグレーション部門講演会(SI2012) 

    Presentation date: 2012

  • ランダム時間遅延フィルタを用いたハウリングキャンセラの構築

    計測自動制御学会 第13回システムインテグレーション部門講演会(SI2012) 

    Presentation date: 2012

  • 触覚呈示技術から見た次世代インタフェースと人間支援

    技術セミナー 

    Presentation date: 2012

  • A talking and singing robot: Mechanical construction of a human vocal system for the face-to-face vocal communication

    ROBOTIC EXPERIENCE in Italy and Japan, JAPAN DAYS 2012 

    Presentation date: 2012

  • The air guitar system with tactile presentation

    電気関係学会四国支部大会 

    Presentation date: 2012

  • A Tactile Pen and the Presentation of Tactile Sensations from a Touch Screen

    電気関係学会四国支部大会 

    Presentation date: 2012

  • Presenting the Sequential "Cutaneous Rabbit" Illusion on Palm

    電気関係学会四国支部大会 

    Presentation date: 2012

  • Imitating Human Listening Behavior by Using a Robotic Auditory System

    電気関係学会四国支部大会 

    Presentation date: 2012

  • Human-like Expressive Speech Production by a Talking Robot

    電気関係学会四国支部大会 

    Presentation date: 2012

  • Towards the Non-destructive Inspection of Translucent Mangosteens: First Trial by Employing Acoustic Signal Response and SOM Classification

    4th Kagawa University - Chiang Mai University Joint Symposium 2012 

    Presentation date: 2012

  • Development of Translucent Mangosteen Classification by Acoustic-based Sensing

    4th Kagawa University - Chiang Mai University Joint Symposium 2012 

    Presentation date: 2012

  • 形状記憶合金を利用した触覚呈示と指先感覚検査装置

    JST イノベーション・ジャパン2012-大学見本市 JSTショートプレゼンテーション 

    Presentation date: 2012

  • Welding of micro-wires of Ti-Ni and Cu using Fiber-Laser

    2012年度精密工学会中国四国支部 -島根地方学術講演会- 

    Presentation date: 2012

  • Welding of micro-wires of Ti-Ni and Cu using Fiber-Laser

    産業技術連携推進会議 製造プロセス部会 精密微細加工分科会 平成24年度金型・材料研究会 

    Presentation date: 2012

  • Reproduction of Human Functions based on the Robotic Technologies

    いしかわ"夢"未来博 

    Presentation date: 2012

  • Development of Robotic Auditory System Imitating Human listening behavior

    計測自動制御学会 第13回システムインテグレーション部門講演会(SI2012) 

    Presentation date: 2012

  • Presentation of Tactile Sensations Based on The Automatically-Detected Image Characteristics

    計測自動制御学会 第13回システムインテグレーション部門講演会(SI2012) 

    Presentation date: 2012

  • Presenting the “Cutaneous Rabbit” Illusion on Palm

    計測自動制御学会 第13回システムインテグレーション部門講演会(SI2012) 

    Presentation date: 2012

  • Realtime Howling Canceller Using a Random Time Delay Filter

    計測自動制御学会 第13回システムインテグレーション部門講演会(SI2012) 

    Presentation date: 2012

  • 形状記憶合金ワイヤの微小振動を利用した触覚呈示

    科学技術振興機構(JST)つなぐしくみ新技術説明会 

    Presentation date: 2011

  • オントロジーに対応した電子カルテ入力支援システムと医療現場での音声入力実験

    第15回日本医療情報学会春季学術大会 

    Presentation date: 2011

  • 人とロボットの音声コミュニケーションと発話ロボット

    ROBOTECH 次世代ロボット製造技術展 

    Presentation date: 2011

  • 視覚・聴覚・触覚を通した人とロボットのコミュニケーション技術

    MEMSイノベーションワークショップ 

    Presentation date: 2011

  • Howling Canceller Based on Travelling Time Difference between Two Microphones

    電気関係学会四国支部大会 

    Presentation date: 2011

  • Estimating and Tracking Different Sounds by a Robotic Auditory System

    電気関係学会四国支部大会 

    Presentation date: 2011

  • Speech Communication with a Taking Robot employing a Chatter Robot

    電気関係学会四国支部大会 

    Presentation date: 2011

  • Compressed Gabor Features and KNN Classification for Facial Expression Recognition

    電気関係学会四国支部大会 

    Presentation date: 2011

  • Analysis of Robotic Speech employing the Vocal Tract Area Function

    電気関係学会四国支部大会 

    Presentation date: 2011

  • 触覚フィードバック技術の開発とタッチパネル・ディスプレイへの応用

    情報機構講演会 

    Presentation date: 2011

  • 視覚・聴覚・触覚を通した人とロボットのコミュニケーション技術

    2011国際ロボット展 

    Presentation date: 2011

  • 触覚グローブによる仮想キャラクタとのジェスチインタラクション

    計測自動制御学会 第12回システムインテグレーション部門講演会(SI2011) 

    Presentation date: 2011

  • 人の音響聴取を模倣した特定音響の能動的センシング

    計測自動制御学会 第12回システムインテグレーション部門講演会(SI2011) 

    Presentation date: 2011

  • ロボットによる聴覚障がい者の発話動作の再現

    電子情報通信学会 HCGシンポジウム2011 

    Presentation date: 2011

  • 形状記憶合金ワイヤの微小振動を利用した触覚呈示

    科学技術振興機構(JST)つなぐしくみ新技術説明会 

    Presentation date: 2011

  • Voice entry system for electronic medical records based on ontology and the voice input experiments

    第15回日本医療情報学会春季学術大会 

    Presentation date: 2011

  • Vocal communication between human and robots

    ROBOTECH 次世代ロボット製造技術展 

    Presentation date: 2011

  • Human-machine communication technology emplyoing visual, auditory and tactile sensations

    MEMSイノベーションワークショップ 

    Presentation date: 2011

  • Howling Canceller Based on Travelling Time Difference between Two Microphones

    電気関係学会四国支部大会 

    Presentation date: 2011

  • Estimating and Tracking Different Sounds by a Robotic Auditory System

    電気関係学会四国支部大会 

    Presentation date: 2011

  • Speech Communication with a Taking Robot employing a Chatter Robot

    電気関係学会四国支部大会 

    Presentation date: 2011

  • Compressed Gabor Features and KNN Classification for Facial Expression Recognition

    電気関係学会四国支部大会 

    Presentation date: 2011

  • Analysis of Robotic Speech employing the Vocal Tract Area Function

    電気関係学会四国支部大会 

    Presentation date: 2011

  • 触覚フィードバック技術の開発とタッチパネル・ディスプレイへの応用

    情報機構講演会 

    Presentation date: 2011

  • Human-machine communication technology emplyoing visual, auditory and tactile sensations

    2011国際ロボット展 

    Presentation date: 2011

  • TactoGlove and the Gestural Interaction with a Virtual Character

    計測自動制御学会 第12回システムインテグレーション部門講演会(SI2011) 

    Presentation date: 2011

  • Active Sensing of Particular Sounds by Imitating Human Listening Behaviors

    計測自動制御学会 第12回システムインテグレーション部門講演会(SI2011) 

    Presentation date: 2011

  • Reproduction of speech articulations of auditory impaired people using a talking robot

    電子情報通信学会 HCGシンポジウム2011 

    Presentation date: 2011

  • オントロジーに対応した音声認識による電子カルテ入力支援システム

    平井優司, 長井美和, 横井英人, 澤田秀之

    医療情報学連合大会論文集 

    Presentation date: 2010.11

  • System intelligence and the applications to human-system interaction

    Kagawa University-University of British Columbia Joint Workshop on Human-Machine Interactive System 

    Presentation date: 2010

  • Displaying Tactile sensations and the perspectives of multimodal interface

    International Conference on Human System Interaction 

    Presentation date: 2010

  • Computational intelligence and the applications to human-robot interactions

    Chiang Mai Univeristy 

    Presentation date: 2010

  • 微小振動子アレイによる触覚の幻覚生起と高次知覚に関する諸現象

    講習会「触覚技術の基礎と応用 ~ヒトの触覚理解からヒューマンマシンインタフェースやロボットへの応用まで~」 

    Presentation date: 2010

  • Mechatronics technologies for supporting handicapped and aged people

    3nd Joint Symposium between Chiang Mai University and Kagawa University 

    Presentation date: 2010

  • Acoustic-based signal transmission for mangosteen internal quality measures

    3nd Joint Symposium between Chiang Mai University and Kagawa University 

    Presentation date: 2010

  • Comparison of Two Classifiers on Simple Gabor Features for Facial Expression Recognition

    電気関係学会四国支部大会 

    Presentation date: 2010

  • 形状記憶合金ワイヤの微小振動を利用した触覚ディスプレイ

    JST イノベーション・ジャパン2010-大学見本市 新技術説明会 

    Presentation date: 2010

  • Estimation of Sound Source Direction using a Robotic Arm

    電気関係学会四国支部大会 

    Presentation date: 2010

  • A Tactile Glove for Gestural Interface with Tactile Feedback

    電気関係学会四国支部大会 

    Presentation date: 2010

  • Construction of an Interactive Training System Using a Talking Robot

    電気関係学会四国支部大会 

    Presentation date: 2010

  • Empirical Study of Button Pressing Feedback Sensation Display on Touch Screen

    電気関係学会四国支部大会 

    Presentation date: 2010

  • A Talking Robot and the Auditory Feedback Learning for Natural Vocalization

    The 7th IEEE Tokyo Young Researchers Workshop 

    Presentation date: 2010

  • Combination of Edge Operators in the Feature Extraction for Facial Expression Recognition

    The 7th IEEE Tokyo Young Researchers Workshop 

    Presentation date: 2010

  • 形状記憶合金ワイヤを用いた携帯型点字ディスプレイの開発

    第4回大学等の研究シーズ発表会-香川の最先端ものづくり技術- 

    Presentation date: 2010

  • System intelligence and the applications to human-system interaction

    Kagawa University-University of British Columbia Joint Workshop on Human-Machine Interactive System 

    Presentation date: 2010

  • Displaying Tactile sensations and the perspectives of multimodal interface

    International Conference on Human System Interaction 

    Presentation date: 2010

  • Computational intelligence and the applications to human-robot interactions

    Chiang Mai Univeristy 

    Presentation date: 2010

  • 微小振動子アレイによる触覚の幻覚生起と高次知覚に関する諸現象

    講習会「触覚技術の基礎と応用 ~ヒトの触覚理解からヒューマンマシンインタフェースやロボットへの応用まで~」 

    Presentation date: 2010

  • Mechatronics technologies for supporting handicapped and aged people

    3nd Joint Symposium between Chiang Mai University and Kagawa University 

    Presentation date: 2010

  • Acoustic-based signal transmission for mangosteen internal quality measures

    3nd Joint Symposium between Chiang Mai University and Kagawa University 

    Presentation date: 2010

  • Comparison of Two Classifiers on Simple Gabor Features for Facial Expression Recognition

    電気関係学会四国支部大会 

    Presentation date: 2010

  • 形状記憶合金ワイヤの微小振動を利用した触覚ディスプレイ

    JST イノベーション・ジャパン2010-大学見本市 新技術説明会 

    Presentation date: 2010

  • Estimation of Sound Source Direction using a Robotic Arm

    電気関係学会四国支部大会 

    Presentation date: 2010

  • A Tactile Glove for Gestural Interface with Tactile Feedback

    電気関係学会四国支部大会 

    Presentation date: 2010

  • Construction of an Interactive Training System Using a Talking Robot

    電気関係学会四国支部大会 

    Presentation date: 2010

  • Empirical Study of Button Pressing Feedback Sensation Display on Touch Screen

    電気関係学会四国支部大会 

    Presentation date: 2010

  • A Talking Robot and the Auditory Feedback Learning for Natural Vocalization

    The 7th IEEE Tokyo Young Researchers Workshop 

    Presentation date: 2010

  • Data entry system for electronic medical records using voice recognition based on ontology

    第30回医療情報学連合大会 

    Presentation date: 2010

  • Combination of Edge Operators in the Feature Extraction for Facial Expression Recognition

    The 7th IEEE Tokyo Young Researchers Workshop 

    Presentation date: 2010

  • 形状記憶合金ワイヤを用いた携帯型点字ディスプレイの開発

    第4回大学等の研究シーズ発表会-香川の最先端ものづくり技術- 

    Presentation date: 2010

  • Evaluation of the Texture Presentation Using Micro-vibrator array

    福山惠士, 疋田章博, ZHAO Feng, 澤田秀之

    電気学会情報処理研究会資料 

    Presentation date: 2009.10

  • ロボット工学と次世代メディア統合技術の展望 ~ニッポンの科学・技術を担う次の若者たちへ~

    学習塾クセジュ講演会 

    Presentation date: 2009

  • 形状記憶合金糸の微小振動を利用した触覚ディスプレイ

    JST 四国地区 四大学 新技術説明会 

    Presentation date: 2009

  • 微小振動子アレイを用いた触覚ディスプレイと触感覚呈示

    専門技術セミナー「触覚技術とその応用」 

    Presentation date: 2009

  • A Talking Robot and the Interactive Speech Training for Hearing-Impaired

    General Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America 

    Presentation date: 2009

  • 微小振動子アレイを用いた触覚ディスプレイと触感覚呈示

    講習会「触覚技術の基礎と応用-ヒトの触覚理解からヒューマンマシンインタフェースやロボットへの応用まで-」 

    Presentation date: 2009

  • 微小振動子アレイを用いた触覚ディスプレイと触感覚呈示

    講習会「触覚技術の基礎と応用-ヒトの触覚理解からヒューマンマシンインタフェースやロボットへの応用まで-」 

    Presentation date: 2009

  • Gestural Interface with Visual and Tactile Feedback in VR Space

    電気関係学会四国支部大会 

    Presentation date: 2009

  • Experimental Study of Texture Presentation by the Tactile and Visual Stimuli

    電気関係学会四国支部大会 

    Presentation date: 2009

  • Extraction of Insects and Their Faces in a Nature Photo

    電気関係学会四国支部大会 

    Presentation date: 2009

  • Voice Recognition Tool to Input Electronic Medical Records having Ontological Structure

    電気関係学会四国支部大会 

    Presentation date: 2009

  • Adaptive Learning of the Speech Articulation of a Talking Robot Using 3D SOM

    電気関係学会四国支部大会 

    Presentation date: 2009

  • Observation of the micro-vibration of a SMA wire on a human skin

    電気関係学会四国支部大会 

    Presentation date: 2009

  • Sensing and monitoring technologies for agricultural applications

    CMU/KU Symposium on Food Safety Technologies in South East Asia, The 2nd International Meeting for Development of International Network for Reduction of Agrochemical Use 

    Presentation date: 2009

  • 形状記憶合金ワイヤの微小振動を利用した触覚ディスプレイ

    JST イノベーション・ジャパン2009-大学見本市 新技術説明会 

    Presentation date: 2009

  • 微小振動子アレイを用いた触覚ディスプレイと触感覚呈示

    技術セミナー「触覚センサ・フィードバック技術における各種ディスプレイへの応用展開」 

    Presentation date: 2009

  • 視覚と触覚の同時刺激による能動触時のテクスチャ感覚呈示システムの試作と評価

    計測自動制御学会 第10回システムインテグレーション部門講演会(SI2009) 

    Presentation date: 2009

  • 音響信号と画像信号の統合処理による特定音響の能動的センシング

    計測自動制御学会 第10回システムインテグレーション部門講演会(SI2009) 

    Presentation date: 2009

  • ロボット工学と次世代メディア統合技術の展望 ~ニッポンの科学・技術を担う次の若者たちへ~

    学習塾クセジュ講演会 

    Presentation date: 2009

  • 形状記憶合金糸の微小振動を利用した触覚ディスプレイ

    JST 四国地区 四大学 新技術説明会 

    Presentation date: 2009

  • 微小振動子アレイを用いた触覚ディスプレイと触感覚呈示

    専門技術セミナー「触覚技術とその応用」 

    Presentation date: 2009

  • A Talking Robot and the Interactive Speech Training for Hearing-Impaired

    General Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America 

    Presentation date: 2009

  • 微小振動子アレイを用いた触覚ディスプレイと触感覚呈示

    講習会「触覚技術の基礎と応用-ヒトの触覚理解からヒューマンマシンインタフェースやロボットへの応用まで-」 

    Presentation date: 2009

  • 微小振動子アレイを用いた触覚ディスプレイと触感覚呈示

    講習会「触覚技術の基礎と応用-ヒトの触覚理解からヒューマンマシンインタフェースやロボットへの応用まで-」 

    Presentation date: 2009

  • Gestural Interface with Visual and Tactile Feedback in VR Space

    電気関係学会四国支部大会 

    Presentation date: 2009

  • Experimental Study of Texture Presentation by the Tactile and Visual Stimuli

    電気関係学会四国支部大会 

    Presentation date: 2009

  • Extraction of Insects and Their Faces in a Nature Photo

    電気関係学会四国支部大会 

    Presentation date: 2009

  • Voice Recognition Tool to Input Electronic Medical Records having Ontological Structure

    電気関係学会四国支部大会 

    Presentation date: 2009

  • Adaptive Learning of the Speech Articulation of a Talking Robot Using 3D SOM

    電気関係学会四国支部大会 

    Presentation date: 2009

  • Observation of the micro-vibration of a SMA wire on a human skin

    電気関係学会四国支部大会 

    Presentation date: 2009

  • Sensing and monitoring technologies for agricultural applications

    CMU/KU Symposium on Food Safety Technologies in South East Asia, The 2nd International Meeting for Development of International Network for Reduction of Agrochemical Use 

    Presentation date: 2009

  • 形状記憶合金ワイヤの微小振動を利用した触覚ディスプレイ

    JST イノベーション・ジャパン2009-大学見本市 新技術説明会 

    Presentation date: 2009

  • 微小振動子アレイを用いた触覚ディスプレイと触感覚呈示

    技術セミナー「触覚センサ・フィードバック技術における各種ディスプレイへの応用展開」 

    Presentation date: 2009

  • Texture Presentation by Visual and Tactile Stimuli in Active Touch and Its Evaluation

    計測自動制御学会 第10回システムインテグレーション部門講演会(SI2009) 

    Presentation date: 2009

  • Active Tracking of a Particular Sound by the Integration of Sound and Image Information

    計測自動制御学会 第10回システムインテグレーション部門講演会(SI2009) 

    Presentation date: 2009

  • Haptic Device for Contact Exploration

    International Workshop on Tactile and Haptic Interaction 

    Presentation date: 2008

  • 微小振動刺激の錯覚を用いた触覚呈示システムとその展望~開発競争激しい明日のタッチディスプレイ技術~

    (財)関西情報・産業活性化センター「情報家電ビジネスシーズ研究会」 

    Presentation date: 2008

  • 形状記憶合金糸の微小振動子アレイによる触覚感覚呈示

    日本機械学会 機素潤滑設計部門 講習会 「触覚技術の基礎と応用 ~ヒトの触覚理解からヒューマンマシンインタフェースやロボットへの応用まで~」 

    Presentation date: 2008

  • Proposal of 3D SOM for Autonomous Voice Acquisition of a Talking Robot

    電気関係学会四国支部大会 

    Presentation date: 2008

  • Micro-vibration Actuators and the Presentation of Tactile Sensation to Human Skin

    電気関係学会四国支部大会 

    Presentation date: 2008

  • Image-based Gesture Recognition for Intuitive User Interface

    電気関係学会四国支部大会 

    Presentation date: 2008

  • 形状記憶合金の振動を利用した点字ディスプレイ

    電気関係学会四国支部大会 

    Presentation date: 2008

  • Development of a tactile display and the presentation of alphabetic characters

    電気関係学会四国支部大会 

    Presentation date: 2008

  • Human Motion Detection using Optical Flow

    電気関係学会四国支部大会 

    Presentation date: 2008

  • Active sensing of sound location using a robotic arm

    電気関係学会四国支部大会 

    Presentation date: 2008

  • Active Tracking of Particular Person Using Visual and Auditory Information

    2nd Kagawa University -Chiang Mai University Joint Symposium 

    Presentation date: 2008

  • ロボットアームを用いた音場の能動センシング

    計測自動制御学会 第9回システムインテグレーション部門講演会(SI2008) 

    Presentation date: 2008

  • 形状記憶合金糸アクチュエータにより生起される微小振動によるテクスチャ感覚呈示

    計測自動制御学会 第9回システムインテグレーション部門講演会(SI2008) 

    Presentation date: 2008

  • 視覚・聴覚・触覚によるコミュニケーションと統合メディア技術

    大阪電気通信大学 視覚情報基礎研究施設(VIRI)学術講演会 -視覚から五感へと広がるインタラクション技術- 

    Presentation date: 2008

  • 知的情報処理・知能ロボティクスの現状と将来展望

    四国総合研究所 総研セミナー 

    Presentation date: 2008

  • Haptic Device for Contact Exploration

    International Workshop on Tactile and Haptic Interaction 

    Presentation date: 2008

  • Tactile display and its applications

    (財)関西情報・産業活性化センター「情報家電ビジネスシーズ研究会」 

    Presentation date: 2008

  • Presentation of Tactile Sensations using a Shape-memory Alloy

    日本機械学会 機素潤滑設計部門 講習会 「触覚技術の基礎と応用 ~ヒトの触覚理解からヒューマンマシンインタフェースやロボットへの応用まで~」 

    Presentation date: 2008

  • Proposal of 3D SOM for Autonomous Voice Acquisition of a Talking Robot

    電気関係学会四国支部大会 

    Presentation date: 2008

  • Micro-vibration Actuators and the Presentation of Tactile Sensation to Human Skin

    電気関係学会四国支部大会 

    Presentation date: 2008

  • Image-based Gesture Recognition for Intuitive User Interface

    電気関係学会四国支部大会 

    Presentation date: 2008

  • Braille display using the vibration of SMA threads

    電気関係学会四国支部大会 

    Presentation date: 2008

  • Development of a tactile display and the presentation of alphabetic characters

    電気関係学会四国支部大会 

    Presentation date: 2008

  • Human Motion Detection using Optical Flow

    電気関係学会四国支部大会 

    Presentation date: 2008

  • Active sensing of sound location using a robotic arm

    電気関係学会四国支部大会 

    Presentation date: 2008

  • Active Tracking of Particular Person Using Visual and Auditory Information

    2nd Kagawa University -Chiang Mai University Joint Symposium 

    Presentation date: 2008

  • Active Sensing of Acoustic Signals Using Robotic Arm

    計測自動制御学会 第9回システムインテグレーション部門講演会(SI2008) 

    Presentation date: 2008

  • Texture Presentation Using Micro-vibrations Generated by SMA Wire and its Evaluation

    計測自動制御学会 第9回システムインテグレーション部門講演会(SI2008) 

    Presentation date: 2008

  • Human Interface Studies for the Communication between Human and Systems

    大阪電気通信大学 視覚情報基礎研究施設(VIRI)学術講演会 -視覚から五感へと広がるインタラクション技術- 

    Presentation date: 2008

  • 知的情報処理・知能ロボティクスの現状と将来展望

    四国総合研究所 総研セミナー 

    Presentation date: 2008

  • Transmission of stroking sensation on a skin by higher-psychological perception

    Yohsuke Mizukami, Keiji Uchida, Hideyuki Sawada

    Proceedings of the SICE Annual Conference 

    Presentation date: 2007.12

     View Summary

    Humans are able to communicate with each other by using not only verbal media but also the five senses such as vision, audition, olfaction and tactility. Our emotions and feelings are directly transmitted through non-verbal media, especially tactile sensation senses the physical information about an object or an environment. We have paid attention to the information transmission through the higher-psychological perception of tactility, and are now constructing a tactile transmission system for presenting stroking sensation. This paper introduces the development of a tactile display using a shape-memory alloy, and describes the transmission of stroking sensation by the higher-psychological perception such as the phantom sensation (PS) and the apparent movement (AM) of the tactility. © 2007 SICE.

  • Training of speech articulation using a talking robot for the auditory impaired

    SAWADA Hideyuki, NAKAMURA Mitsuhiro, HAYASHI Yasumori, KITANI Mitsuki

    Human Interface 

    Presentation date: 2007.05

  • Training of speech articulation using a talking robot for the auditory impaired

    SAWADA Hideyuki, NAKAMURA Mitsuhiro, HAYASHI Yasumori, KITANI Mitsuki

    IEICE technical report 

    Presentation date: 2007.05

     View Summary

    A talking and singing robot which adaptively learns the vocalization skill by an auditory feedback learning is being developed. In vocalization, the vibration of vocal cords generates a source sound, and then the sound wave is led to a vocal tract, which works as a resonance filter to determine the spectrum envelope. The robot consists of motor-controlled vocal organs such as vocal cords, a vocal tract and a nasal cavity to generate a natural voice imitating a human vocalization. An adaptive learning algorithm using a neural network is introduced for the achievement of the autonomous acquisition of vocalization skill. In the learning phase, the robot vocalizes 150 patterns of voices by ramdomly giving the motor-control parameters, and the generated voice characteristics and the corresponding motor-control parameters are associated with each other by using a self-ornanizing neural network. After the learning, the neural network is connected in series into the vocal tract model. By inputting sound parameters of desired sounds to the NN, the corresponding form of the vocal tract is obtained to vocalize desired sounds. The robot is applied to the training system of speech articulation for the auditory impaired people, because the robot is able to reproduce their vocalization and to teach how they are improved to generate clear speech. The paper briefly introduces the mechanical construction of the robot and how it autonomously acquires the vocalization skill in the auditory feedback learning by listening to human speech. Then the training system is described, together with the evaluation of the speech training by auditory impaired people.

  • Training of speech articulation using a talking robot for the auditory impaired

    澤田秀之, 中村光宏, 林恭守, 木谷光来

    電子情報通信学会技術研究報告 

    Presentation date: 2007.05

     View Summary

    A talking and singing robot which adaptively learns the vocalization skill by an auditory feedback learning is being developed. In vocalization, the vibration of vocal cords generates a source sound, and then the sound wave is led to a vocal tract, which works as a resonance filter to determine the spectrum envelope. The robot consists of motor-controlled vocal organs such as vocal cords, a vocal tract and a nasal cavity to generate a natural voice imitating a human vocalization. An adaptive learning algorithm using a neural network is introduced for the achievement of the autonomous acquisition of vocalization skill. In the learning phase, the robot vocalizes 150 patterns of voices by ramdomly giving the motor-control parameters, and the generated voice characteristics and the corresponding motor-control parameters are associated with each other by using a self-ornanizing neural network. After the learning, the neural network is connected in series into the vocal tract model. By inputting sound parameters of desired sounds to the NN, the corresponding form of the vocal tract is obtained to vocalize desired sounds. The robot is applied to the training system of speech articulation for the auditory impaired people, because the robot is able to reproduce their vocalization and to teach how they are improved to generate clear speech. The paper briefly introduces the mechanical construction of the robot and how it autonomously acquires the vocalization skill in the auditory feedback learning by listening to human speech. Then the training system is described, together with the evaluation of the speech training by auditory impaired people.

  • TACTILE DEVICES AND THE TACTILE COMMUNICATION

    International Workshop on Tactile and Haptic Interaction 

    Presentation date: 2007

  • Extraction of voice characteristics for speech training of auditory impaired people

    電気関係学会四国支部大会 

    Presentation date: 2007

  • 発話ロボットによる発話動作の再現と肢体不自由児の発話訓練への応用

    第52回西日本肢体不自由児施設運営研究会 

    Presentation date: 2007

  • Analysis of Acquired Vocal Sounds by a Talking Robot

    電気関係学会四国支部大会 

    Presentation date: 2007

  • Presentation of tactile sensations using the vibration of SMA thread

    電気関係学会四国支部大会 

    Presentation date: 2007

  • Sensor Fusion Technique for Human Tracking

    電気関係学会四国支部大会 

    Presentation date: 2007

  • 3D Motion prediction of human upper body by tracking reflective markers on a moving body

    Malaysia Japan International Symposium on Advanced Technology 

    Presentation date: 2007

  • Evolution of Talking Robot

    Invited Lecture in Universiti Teknologi Malaysia 

    Presentation date: 2007

  • Presentation of Tactile Sensation Using the Micro Vibration of Shape Memory Alloy

    Educational Research Exchange Joint Symposium 

    Presentation date: 2007

  • Presentation of Tactile Sensation Using the Micro Vibration of Shape Memory Alloy

    Educational Research Exchange Joint Symposium (EDUREJS) 

    Presentation date: 2007

  • Human Interface Studies for the Communication between Human and Systems

    Educational Research Exchange Joint Symposium (EDUREJS) 

    Presentation date: 2007

  • 形状記憶合金糸による微少振動子アレイと触覚呈示

    計測自動制御学会 第8回システムインテグレーション部門講演会(SI2007) 

    Presentation date: 2007

  • 形状記憶合金糸を利用した微少振動アクチュエータとその特性解析

    計測自動制御学会 第8回システムインテグレーション部門講演会(SI2007) 

    Presentation date: 2007

  • Human Interface Studies for the Communication between Human and Systems

    Educational Research Exchange Joint Symposium 

    Presentation date: 2007

  • TACTILE DEVICES AND THE TACTILE COMMUNICATION

    International Workshop on Tactile and Haptic Interaction 

    Presentation date: 2007

  • Extraction of voice characteristics for speech training of auditory impaired people

    電気関係学会四国支部大会 

    Presentation date: 2007

  • A talking robot and its application to the vocalization training of disabled children

    第52回西日本肢体不自由児施設運営研究会 

    Presentation date: 2007

  • Analysis of Acquired Vocal Sounds by a Talking Robot

    電気関係学会四国支部大会 

    Presentation date: 2007

  • Presentation of tactile sensations using the vibration of SMA thread

    電気関係学会四国支部大会 

    Presentation date: 2007

  • Sensor Fusion Technique for Human Tracking

    電気関係学会四国支部大会 

    Presentation date: 2007

  • 3D Motion prediction of human upper body by tracking reflective markers on a moving body

    Malaysia Japan International Symposium on Advanced Technology 

    Presentation date: 2007

  • Evolution of Talking Robot

    Invited Lecture in Universiti Teknologi Malaysia 

    Presentation date: 2007

  • Presentation of Tactile Sensation Using the Micro Vibration of Shape Memory Alloy

    Educational Research Exchange Joint Symposium 

    Presentation date: 2007

  • Presentation of Tactile Sensation Using the Micro Vibration of Shape Memory Alloy

    Educational Research Exchange Joint Symposium (EDUREJS) 

    Presentation date: 2007

  • Human Interface Studies for the Communication between Human and Systems

    Educational Research Exchange Joint Symposium (EDUREJS) 

    Presentation date: 2007

  • Micro vibration array using shape-memory alloys and its tactile presentation

    計測自動制御学会 第8回システムインテグレーション部門講演会(SI2007) 

    Presentation date: 2007

  • Micro vibration actuator using a shape-memory alloy and its characteristics analysis

    計測自動制御学会 第8回システムインテグレーション部門講演会(SI2007) 

    Presentation date: 2007

  • Human Interface Studies for the Communication between Human and Systems

    Educational Research Exchange Joint Symposium 

    Presentation date: 2007

  • Estimation of musical pitch by using comb filters for the identification of musical instruments

    Atsushi Todo, Hideyuki Sawada

    Proceedings of the SICE Annual Conference 

    Presentation date: 2007.01

     View Summary

    In the vocal communication, we are able to detect the position of a source sound in 3D space, extract particular sound from mixed sounds, and recognize what the sound is. An ability that extracts and recognizes particular sound in noisy environment is called cocktail party effect. By realizing this mechanism with a computer, new applications will be presented to be utilized in the communication with humans. In this study, musical sounds are dealt for the tracking of sounds generated by musical instruments. Musical sounds have different features from human voice. For example, instrumental sounds have variety of spectra distributed in wide frequency range. In this study, a system that can deal with various kinds of sounds will be developed. For the estimation of musical pitch, this study focuses on musical sounds with different pitches generated from musical instruments, and a filtering technique using comb filters is being developed. A recorder, harmonica and keyboard-harmonica were selected as target musical instruments in the experiment and the result showed this technique was effective for the estimation of musical pitches. © 2007 SICE.

  • Tactile Information Transmission by Apparent Movement Phenomenon Using Shape-memory Alloy Device

    澤田秀之, 水上陽介

    電気学会産業システム情報化研究会資料 

    Presentation date: 2006.11

  • Autonomous speech acquisition of a talking robot and its singing performance

    NAKAMURA Mitsuhiro, HAYASHI Yasumori, SAWADA Hideyuki

    IPSJ SIG Notes 

    Presentation date: 2006.08

     View Summary

    A talking and singing robot which has been constructed by referring to the human vocal system will be introduced in this paper. Although various ways of vocal sound production have been actively studied so far, mechanical construction of human vocal system is considered to advantageously realize natural vocalization with its fluid dynamics. The robot has several motors to manipulate the vocal tract and the vocal cords. The robot autonomously learns the relations between motor control parameters and the generated vocal sounds using an auditory feedback learning with neural networks, and sings a song by mimicking a human vocalization. This paper presents the construction of the talking robot and its singing performance, together with the adaptive control for the pitch and phoneme learning.

  • Autonomous speech acquisition of a talking robot and its singing performance

    中村光宏, 林恭守, 澤田秀之

    情報処理学会研究報告 

    Presentation date: 2006.08

  • Extraction of Intention from Gestures

    TAKATA Shigenori, SAWADA Hideyuki

    Human Interface 

    Presentation date: 2006.05

  • Presentation of rubbing sensation by a tactile display

    MIZUKAMI Yohsuke, UCHIDA Keiji, SAWADA Hideyuki

    Human Interface 

    Presentation date: 2006.05

  • Presentation of rubbing sensation by a tactile display

    MIZUKAMI Yohsuke, UCHIDA Keiji, SAWADA Hideyuki

    IEICE technical report 

    Presentation date: 2006.05

     View Summary

    The paper introduces the development of a tactile device using a shape-memory alloy, and describes the information transmission by the higher-level perception such as the apparent movement and phantom sensation of the tactility. The authors paid attention to the characteristic of a shape-memory alloy formed into a thread, which changes its length according to its temperature, and developed a vibration-generating actuator electrically driven by periodic signals generated by current control circuits, for the tactile information transmission. By coupling the devices as a pair, an information transmission system was constructed for presenting the apparent movement of the tactility, to transmit quite novel sensation to a user. The information transmission by the device was tested by 10 subjects, and evaluated by questionnaires. The apparent movement was especially well perceived by users as a sensation of something running across fingers or as being tapped by something, according to the difference of signals given to the devices. Several users reported the rubbing sensation given by the AM, and we further experimented the presentation of the sensation in detail.

  • Extraction of Intention from Gestures

    TAKATA Shigenori, SAWADA Hideyuki

    IEICE technical report 

    Presentation date: 2006.05

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    Gestures play one of the most important rolls for the expression of intention such as emotion and feelings in nonverbal human communication. When human gives an intention to a gesture, it could be obtained as the difference of force. The force applied to the body is measured as the acceleration derived from gestural trajectory. Therefore, the intention of gesture is considered to appear in the velocity and acceleration. This paper presents the extraction of intention from gestures based on the resampling algorithm applied to the gestural trajectory. By comparing the temporal trajectory with the resampled trajectory, an intention given to the gesture could be extracted and assessed. The proposed method was applied to the evaluation of intentions given to Japanese sign-language words.

  • Presentation of rubbing sensation by a tactile display

    MIZUKAMI Yohsuke, UCHIDA Keiji, SAWADA Hideyuki

    IEICE technical report 

    Presentation date: 2006.05

     View Summary

    The paper introduces the development of a tactile device using a shape-memory alloy, and describes the information transmission by the higher-level perception such as the apparent movement and phantom sensation of the tactility. The authors paid attention to the characteristic of a shape-memory alloy formed into a thread, which changes its length according to its temperature, and developed a vibration-generating actuator electrically driven by periodic signals generated by current control circuits, for the tactile information transmission. By coupling the devices as a pair, an information transmission system was constructed for presenting the apparent movement of the tactility, to transmit quite novel sensation to a user. The information transmission by the device was tested by 10 subjects, and evaluated by questionnaires. The apparent movement was especially well perceived by users as a sensation of something running across fingers or as being tapped by something, according to the difference of signals given to the devices. Several users reported the rubbing sensation given by the AM, and we further experimented the presentation of the sensation in detail.

  • Extraction of Intention from Gestures

    TAKATA Shigenori, SAWADA Hideyuki

    IEICE technical report 

    Presentation date: 2006.05

     View Summary

    Gestures play one of the most important rolls for the expression of intention such as emotion and feelings in nonverbal human communication. When human gives an intention to a gesture, it could be obtained as the difference of force. The force applied to the body is measured as the acceleration derived from gestural trajectory. Therefore, the intention of gesture is considered to appear in the velocity and acceleration. This paper presents the extraction of intention from gestures based on the resampling algorithm applied to the gestural trajectory. By comparing the temporal trajectory with the resampled trajectory, an intention given to the gesture could be extracted and assessed. The proposed method was applied to the evaluation of intentions given to Japanese sign-language words.

  • Human Interface Techniquesfor the Human Communication

    Seminar in Chiang Mai University 

    Presentation date: 2006

  • Human Interface Techniquesfor the Human Communication

    Seminar in Chiang Mai University 

    Presentation date: 2006

  • Sensing of Particular Sound in Noisy Environment

    SAWADA Hideyuki

    電気学会研究会資料. IIS, 産業システム情報化研究会 

    Presentation date: 2005.11

  • 顔部品の動きに基づく個人性の抽出

    動的画像処理実利用化ワ-クショップ2005 

    Presentation date: 2005

  • Human Interface Techniques for the Communication between Human and Systems

    Seminar in LISTIC, ESIA, Savoie University 

    Presentation date: 2005

  • Personal Identification based on the Motion of Facial ) Parts

    動的画像処理実利用化ワ-クショップ2005 

    Presentation date: 2005

  • Human Interface Techniques for the Communication between Human and Systems

    Seminar in LISTIC, ESIA, Savoie University 

    Presentation date: 2005

  • 聴覚フィードバックによる発話ロボットの声真似動作の生成

    澤田 秀之, 中村 光宏

    電子情報通信学会 

    Presentation date: 2004.11

  • Talking Robot and Its Mimicry of Human Vocalization by Auditory Feedback Learning

    SAWADA Hideyuki, NAKAMURA Mitsuhiro

    電子情報通信学会 

    Presentation date: 2004.11

     View Summary

    A talking and singing robot which has been constructed by referring to the human vocal system will be introduced in this paper. Although various ways of vocal sound production have been actively studied so far, mechanical construction of human vocal system is considered to advantageously realize natural vocalization with its fluid dynamics. The robot has several motors to manipulate the vocal tract and the vocal cords. It became possible to adaptively learn the relations between motor positions and the produced vocal sounds by an auditory feedback, and produce Japanese five vowels and consonants by mimicking a human speech. In addition, the robot generates vowel and consonant sounds of different pitches by dynamically controlling the vocal cords, vocal tract and nasal cavity using its auditory system.

  • Recognition of gaze and facial parts and its application for the face interface

    MORITANI Hidefumi, SAWADA Hideyuki

    Technical report of IEICE. HCS 

    Presentation date: 2004.06

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    Humans communicate with each other by using not only verbal media but also five senses effectively using their body parts. This paper describes the recognition of gaze and facial parts for the construction of the face interface. The extraction of individuality based on the facial parts motion is also discussed. The face interface is considered to be effectively and easily used by elderly persons and physically challenged who have difficulties in using the conventional interface devices.

  • A Real-time Clarification Filter of a Dysphonic Speech and Its Evaluation by Listening Experiments

    SAWADA,Hideyuki, TAKEUCHI,Norio, HISADA,Akihiro

    Proceedings of International Conference on Disability, Virtual Reality and Associated Technologies 

    Presentation date: 2004.06

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    Although almost all the animals have voices, only human beings are able to employ speech to make verbal communication. The vocal sound is produced by the relevant operations of the vocal organs such as a lung, trachea, vocal cords, vocal tract, tongue and muscles. If any part of the vocal organs is injured or disabled, we may be involved in the impediment in the vocalization and, in case of the worst, we may lose our voices. The paper presents a digital filtering algorithm which clarifies dysphonic speech with the speaker's individuality preserved. The study deals with the clarification of esophageal speech and the speech of patients with cerebral palsy, and the filtering ability is being evaluated by listening experiments.

  • 自動車音の計測にもとづく自動車の音源同定に関する研究

    IEEE広島支部学生シンポジウム 

    Presentation date: 2004

  • Size and Speed-independent Gesture Recognition based on Possibilistic Approach

    電気関係学会四国支部大会 

    Presentation date: 2004

  • Identification of a particular person by facial parts extraction

    電気関係学会四国支部大会 

    Presentation date: 2004

  • Singing Performance by a Mechanical Voice System

    電気関係学会四国支部大会 

    Presentation date: 2004

  • Estimation of car location based on the measurement of automobile sounds

    電気関係学会四国支部大会 

    Presentation date: 2004

  • Detection and Identification of Particular Speaker in Noisy Environment

    電気関係学会四国支部大会 

    Presentation date: 2004

  • 音源位置推定技術の開発

    IMS研究成果報告会 

    Presentation date: 2004

  • Talking and Singing Robot based on the Mechanical Construction of Human Vocal System

    IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Mechatronics and Automation 

    Presentation date: 2004

  • Intelligent Sensing based on Image and Sound Processing

    Seminar in the University of Rome Tor Vergata 

    Presentation date: 2004

  • The measurement of automobile sounds for Automobile Identification

    IEEE広島支部学生シンポジウム 

    Presentation date: 2004

  • Size and Speed-independent Gesture Recognition based on Possibilistic Approach

    電気関係学会四国支部大会 

    Presentation date: 2004

  • Identification of a particular person by facial parts extraction

    電気関係学会四国支部大会 

    Presentation date: 2004

  • Singing Performance by a Mechanical Voice System

    電気関係学会四国支部大会 

    Presentation date: 2004

  • Estimation of car location based on the measurement of automobile sounds

    電気関係学会四国支部大会 

    Presentation date: 2004

  • Detection and Identification of Particular Speaker in Noisy Environment

    電気関係学会四国支部大会 

    Presentation date: 2004

  • A Realtime Clarification Filter of a Dysphonic Speech and Its Realization in DSP

    電子情報通信学会 

    Presentation date: 2004

  • 音源位置推定技術の開発

    IMS研究成果報告会 

    Presentation date: 2004

  • Talking and Singing Robot based on the Mechanical Construction of Human Vocal System

    IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Mechatronics and Automation 

    Presentation date: 2004

  • Intelligent Sensing based on Image and Sound Processing

    Seminar in the University of Rome Tor Vergata 

    Presentation date: 2004

  • Human interface technologies and their applications for computer intelligence and human-robot communication

    Tutorial of Advanced Topics in Computational Intelligence 

    Presentation date: 2003

  • Human interface technologies and their applications for computer intelligence and human-robot communication

    Tutorial of Advanced Topics in Computational Intelligence 

    Presentation date: 2003

  • Image Processing and Associated Technologies for the Assists of Disabled and Aged Persons

    SAWADA Hideyuki

    電気学会研究会資料. IP, 情報処理研究会 

    Presentation date: 2002.08

  • Development of a Monitor Device driven by Gaze and Haptic Manipulation

    河合 有記, 森谷 秀文, 澤田 秀之

    情報処理学会研究報告ヒューマンコンピュータインタラクション(HCI) 

    Presentation date: 2002.08

     View Summary

    近年の画像処理技術の発達により、様々な画像や仮想空間を計算機で作り出すことができる。しかし既存のマウスとGUIによるインタフェースでは、直接的、直感的な操作が困難であるという問題点があげられる。本研究では、3段のアームと5つの角度センサによって保持されたモニタデバイスを制作し、角度センサからの入力情報を利用することでモニタへの力覚操作によって計算機を扱うことのできるインタフェースを開発した。またモニタ上部にカメラを装着してユーザの視線を認識することにより、視線と力覚によりモニタ内の仮想オブジェクトあるいは仮想空間を操作できるシステムを構築したので報告する。In the human to human communication, we are able to communicate with each other by using not only verbal media but also the five senses. With the widespread availability of computers, the media which directly affect our emotions will be effectively utilized together with the audio and images. In this paper a monitor device driven by gaze and haptic manipulation will be introduced together with two application systems, in which a user is able to directly manipulate a virtual 3D object with the gaze and haptic senses.

  • Development of a Monitor Device driven by Gaze and Haptic Manipulation

    KAWAI Yuki, MORITANI Hidefumi, SAWADA Hideyuki

    情報処理学会研究報告. HI,ヒューマンインタフェース研究会報告 

    Presentation date: 2002.08

     View Summary

    In the human to human communication, we are able to communicate with each other by using not only verbal media but also the five senses. With the widespread availability of computers, the media which directly affect our emotions will be effectively utilized together with the audio and images. In this paper a monitor device driven by gaze and haptic manipulation will be introduced together with two application systems, in which a user is able to directly manipulate a virtual 3D object with the gaze and haptic senses.

  • Realtime Filtering for Clarification of Esophageal Speech Using a Comb Filter

    HISADA Akihiro, SAWADA Hideyuki

    IEICE technical report. Welfare Information technology 

    Presentation date: 2002.03

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    Over 20,000 patients are currently suffered from laryngeal cancer in Japan, and the only treatment for the terminal symptoms is to remove the larynx including vocal cords, which means that he loses his voice. Esophageal speech is a method of speech production using an esophagus. In the speech air is inhaled and caught in the upper esophagus instead of being swallowed, and then the released air generates the esophagus vibration to produce a "belch-like" sound that can be shaped into speech. This method, however, has difficulties to be mastered (over 5 years practice is ordinary required), the voice is able to keep his individuality since the speech is generated by his own vocal organs. This paper introduces a software filtering algorithm which clarifies esophageal speech with his individuality preserved, together with user's evaluations by questionnaires.

  • Gesture Recognition Algorithm for Haptic Monitor driven by Intuition

    Kawai Yuki, Sawada Hideyuki

    The Proceedings of JSME annual Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics (Robomec) 

    Presentation date: 2002

     View Summary

    現在, VR技術の発達により樣々な仮想空間を計算機内で作り出すことができる。しかし, 既存のインタフェースではVR空間への直感的な操作が困難であるという問題点があげられる。本研究では, アームと5つの角度センサによって保持されたモニタデバイスを作成し, ユーザの力覚による直接的でかつ直感的操作が可能なインタフェースデバイスを開発した。またモニタの位置, 姿勢データを実時間で計算可能な点に注目し, モニタの力覚動作に基づくジェスチャ認識アルゴリズムを提案する。

  • ヒューマンファクターに基づく設計評価のためのマシンビジョンとVRの応用

    秦清治, 澤田秀之, 奥村里美

    電気学会全国大会講演論文集 

    Presentation date: 2001.03

  • 声道物理モデルのニューラルネットワークによる制御

    佐治裕一朗, HARTONO Pitoyo, 橋本周司, 澤田秀之

    情報処理学会全国大会講演論文集 

    Presentation date: 2001.03

  • 2A1-G7 Mechanical Model of Human Vocal System and Its Voice Production with Auditory Feedback Control(26. Computational Intelligence)

    Higashimoto T, Sawada H

    The Proceedings of JSME annual Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics (Robomec) 

    Presentation date: 2001

  • Sound Synthesis by Physical Model of Vocal Tract

    SAJI Yuichiro, HARTONO Pitoyo, HASHIMOTO Shuji, SAWADA Hideyuki

    IPSJ SIG Notes 

    Presentation date: 2000.08

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    Human is required to perform a complex operation of physical apparatus such as lung, trachea, vocal cord, vocal tract, tongue and muscle in producing a particular sound. In this research, we are constructing a model of human's phonetic system that is equipped with air pump as a substitute for human's lung, artifical vocal cord and artificial vocal tract, that is expected to produce natural biological sound. The aim of the model is to mimic a particular sound spectrum that is given as an input. For controlling the model, we apply a neural network that is trained on input-output relation of the individual model, rather than calculating PARCOR coefficients.

  • 手話単語データベースと手話を入力とした検索の最適化

    野津拓人, 橋本周司, 澤田秀之

    情報処理学会全国大会講演論文集 

    Presentation date: 2000.03

  • Multimodal JSL Database and Application for Sign Language Recognition

    NOTSU Takuto, SAWADA Hideyuki, HASHIMOTO Shuji

    Technical report of IEICE. HIP 

    Presentation date: 1999.03

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    Recently, there are many researches for sign language which is the most important means of communication for a person with auditory disability. The principal aim of these research is recognition and synthesis of sign language, and the system which can search and store sign words is necessarily required. The sign language databases are mostly consist of motion pictures and index words, which makes it difficult that we search meaning from gesture. This paper describes the multimodal database which have information obtained from not only movie but also acceleration sensor, position sensor and dataglove. We are constructing a bi-directtional data retrieval system to use key words and gestures.

  • HMM Based Gesture Recognition Using Acceleration Sensor

    野津 拓人, 澤田 秀之, 橋本 周司

    全国大会講演論文集 

    Presentation date: 1998.03

  • Sound Modification by a Virtual Resonance Tube

    澤田 秀之, 橋本 周司

    全国大会講演論文集 

    Presentation date: 1998.03

  • A Mechanical Model of Vocal Tract and its Adaptive Control

    SAWADA Hideyuki, HASHIMOTO Shuji

    IPSJ SIG Notes 

    Presentation date: 1996.07

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    We are constructing a phonetic machine having a vocal chord and a vocal tract based on mechatronics technology, and have so far developed a pitch generation part as a subsystem for melody synthesis to sing in humming. In the pitch generation, the analysis and mechanical simulation of the behavior of the vocal chords are required. The fluid mechanical system is, however, less stable to make the control difficult. This paper presents a singing instrument system together with an adaptive tuning algorithm of the physical mechanism using an auditory feedback. The mechanical method is considered to be promising to generate more natural voice than algorithmic sound synthesis methods.

  • A Singing Voice Generation Using Computer-Controlled Mechanical Vocal System

    荷本 優子, 澤田 秀之, 橋本 周司

    全国大会講演論文集 

    Presentation date: 1996.03

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    計算機を用いた音声合成はアルゴリズムによる手法が主流となっているが、その合成音は自然な歌声の生成に適当なものとは言えない。一方、人間の発声機構を物理的に構成することにより、より人間らしい音声を生成できると考えられる。また、このような機械系に聴覚フィードバックをつけて計算機によりダイナミカルに制御することによって、人間が発声技術を獲得したり、或いは練習によって声色をまねる過程をシミュレートすることも可能であろう。我々は現在、計算機制御された力学系による歌声生成システムの製作を試みている。音声生成に必要なピッチ、ホルマント等を生成するためのパラメータと機械系の動作を対応付け、計算機で実時間制御することにより自然な歌声を生成することが目的である。本報告では、声帯部に人工声帯を用いて声の高さ及び音量を適応的に制御することにより、ハミングの歌声を生成するシステムについて述べる。

  • Real-Time Gesture Analysis and Sound Control Using 3D Acceleration Sensor

    大倉 新也, 澤田 秀之, 橋本 周司

    全国大会講演論文集 

    Presentation date: 1995.03

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    我々の日常生活における情報伝達、中でも意志や感情の伝達においては、言語以上に非言語的手段(ノンバーバルコミュニケーション)によるところが大きいと言われる。何気なく用いているジェスチャーが機械によって理解できれば、伝達者の感情や情緒などの微妙な表現にも対応できる自然な入力デバイスが実現できる。ジェスチャー情報は障害者用のコミュニケーションエイドに用いられている一方で、音楽にも良く利用されている。これは楽器が、動作から音響への感性的な変換器であるためである。筆者らもデータグローブや画像処理を応用して動作によって音楽を制御する試みを行ってきたが、システムが複雑で高価になるという問題があった。本研究ではジェスチャーの中でも特に、「手振り」の加速度センサによる認識を取り上げた。手振りにおいて、人間の意志や感情は、その空間的な位置よりも、手に加えられる力に、より顕著に現れると考えられる。力の測定法は種々あるが、運動中に働く力は加速度によって検出することができる。加速度センサには構造が簡単であるという利点もある。また、身体にセンサあるいはマーカーなどを取り付けることによって得られる軌跡から力を算出する従来の方法では、時間的遅れが問題となる。ここでは、3次元加速度センサを用いた手振りの認識と、実時間サウンド制御システムの試作について報告する。

  • Man-Machine Interaction in Musical Accompaniment System

    澤田 秀之, 磯貝 昌幸, 橋本 周司, 大照 完

    全国大会講演論文集 

    Presentation date: 1992.02

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    コンピュータを用いた実時間音楽制御システムの開発は従来、機械が人間の過去の動作を解析して次の動作を予想し決めていくという、あくまでも人間への機械追従形モデルとして進められてきた。しかし人間と機械が実時間で同期演奏を行う場合、機械の動作に対する人間の反応を考慮に入れる必要がある。筆者らはすでに人間も機械に影響せ受けるという相互作用を考慮した自動伴奏システムについて報告したが、そこではテンポ(速度)の追従を主として扱ってきた。本論では、さらに位相(位置)の追従も陽に含めた一般的なモデルを考え、音楽演奏における人間と機械の協調動作について検討した。

  • Assistant System To Learn Braille Music Score

    若山 京子, 澤田 秀之, 橋本 周司, 大照 完

    全国大会講演論文集 

    Presentation date: 1992.02

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    筆者らはこれまでに、計算機を用いた墨字楽譜・点字楽譜の自動認識、相互変換システムの構築、さらに実用化実験などを行ってきた。今回、初心者のための点字楽譜の学習ツールとして、楽譜記号と点字楽譜記号との個々の記号対応を、計算機を用いて容易に学べる学習支援システムを作成したので報告する。

  • An Automated Score Making System Considering A Potential Field of Notes

    村本 貴英, 澤田 秀之, 大照 完, 橋本 周司

    全国大会講演論文集 

    Presentation date: 1991.02

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    近年、楽譜の自動作成システムが実用化されてきている。楽譜は、本来、曲を綴るものであるが、一方では、見た目に美しく且つ演奏し易いことが要求される。楽譜の作成には、種々、微妙な配慮が必要であるが、基本的には楽譜記号、五線幅あるいは五線長などは譜面の大きさにより一定の書式があり、また五線上の音符の上下の位置、即ち音高は既に曲により与えられているので、残された大きな自由度は音符の横方向の配置である。ここで、最も基本となる原則は、「音符間隔は音長に比例し、同種音符から成る場合は等間隔とする」というものである。しかし、その等間隔の長さも異種音符相互の音符間隔及び音符とそれ以外の記号との間隔も特別な規定はない。この不確定な部分を規定する一つの法則を見出すため、楽譜を、音符をはじめとする楽譜記号で構成される一つのポテンシャル場で表現する。この目的は、楽譜の自動作成への応用と同時に、楽譜の演奏のし易さ見た目の美しさという音楽・芸術のもつ感性的な面と論理的なポテンシャル場との対応を考えることにある.ここでは、簡略化のため1パートからなる単純な楽譜を対象とする。

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Research Projects

  • A Study of Spatial Cognition in High-dimensional Geometric Space through Touch and Tactile Interaction

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Exploratory)

    Project Year :

    2022.06
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    2025.03
     

  • A study of the fast phase transformation of Shape-memory alloy wires and its application to tactile display and bidirectional tactile communication

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

    Project Year :

    2020.04
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    2024.03
     

  • A quest for Soft robotics through creation of stochastic machines

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas (Research in a proposed research area)

    Project Year :

    2018.06
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    2023.03
     

  • 化学反応に基づく油滴の内部対流を使った自走制御と水上物体搬送への適用

    日本学術振興会  科学研究費助成事業 挑戦的研究(萌芽)

    Project Year :

    2019.06
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    2022.03
     

    澤田 秀之, 前田 真吾, 重宗 宏毅

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    油滴を界面活性剤の水溶液に滴下すると、油滴の溶液との界面に界面活性剤の濃度差が生じて、油滴内部にマランゴニ対流が発生する。溶液中の油滴は球状であるため、マランゴニ対流がランダムに発生し、油滴が水溶液内をランダムに自走することが知られている。電気などの外部エネルギーを必要としない化学反応に起因する自律的現象は、ミリ・マイクロスケールにおける有力な物体移動法となり得る。油滴の自走機序は流体力学的現象に基づくものであるが、未だ詳細に解析された報告は見当たらず、またこの原理に基づく油滴の自走制御は前例がない。本研究では、微細な形状記憶合金(SMA: Shape memory alloy)ワイヤアクチュエータを油滴の外骨格として与えることで、油滴の自走方向および速度の動的制御を実現することを目的としている。
    最終年度となる2021年は、各種形状のブーメラン型にくり抜いた外骨格を用いて、界面活性剤の水溶液中に無水オレイン酸を主成分とする油滴を滴下した際の、自走方向および速度制御に関する考察をおこなった。ブーメラン型にくり抜いた外骨格は、溶液中の自走油滴の形状固定に作用する。ブーメランの左右形状を非対称にすることで、油滴内部に発生するマランゴニ対流が変化し、自走速度ならびに方向が変化することを示した。様々な左右非対称形状を持つ外骨格を用意し、実実験による内部対流の観察と自走結果について、内部対流の物理シミュレーションを元に考察を行った。その結果、右側が太いブーメラン形状の外骨格の場合には、油滴は右向きの回転運動をし、左側が太い場合には、左向きの回転運動を行うことが解った。また、左右形状の差は、自走の角速度に反映することも解った。外骨格の形状をSMAアクチュエータによって変化させることにより、油滴の自走方向および速度を制御できることを示し、溶液中での物体搬送アクチュエータを実現した。

  • A talking robot having human-like brain functions for autonomous voice learning and its application to a vocal articulation simulator

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

    Project Year :

    2015.04
    -
    2019.03
     

    Sawada Hideyuki, Thanh Vo Nhu

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    We have developed a talking robot, which is a mechanical vocalization system by modeling the human vocal articulatory system. The robot is constructed with mechanical parts that are made by referring to human vocal organs biologically and functionally. In this project, newly redesigned organs were developed for extending the speaking capability.
    In human speech, the timing function is important for determining its duration, stress and rhythm. The cerebellum plays a key role in the coordination, precision and timing of motor responses. We have developed a robotic brain, which generates human-like vocal sounds using a simplified cerebellum-like neural network model as the timing function. The brain model was designed using the System Generator software, and implemented in a hardware co-simulated with a FPGA. We verified that the learning capability of the cerebellar-like neural network was applicable to speaking for generating a human-like utterance with prosodic features.

  • Tactile display using micro-vibration array and the development of a quantitative measuring method of Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

    Project Year :

    2012.04
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    2015.03
     

    SAWADA Hideyuki, YU Nakamura

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    Diabetes mellitus is a group of metabolic diseases, which causes high blood sugar to a person, due to the functional problems of the pancreas or the metabolism. Patients of untreated diabetes would be damaged by the high blood sugar in vessels, and this starts to destroy capillary vessels to lower the sensitivity of tactile sensations, then effects to various organs and nerve systems. We pay attention to the decline of the sensitivity of tactile sensations, and develop a non-invasive screening method of the level of diabetes using a novel micro-vibration actuator that employs a shape-memory alloy wire. The actuators are arranged in an array, and various tactile stimuli are generated by just controlling the driving current signals. The tactile stimuli are presented to subject’s index and middle fingers, and he/she responds to the stimuli by answering how they are perceived. We made an experiment in a medical clinic, and evaluated the validity of the developed system.

  • 生理学的モデルに基づいたバーチャルリアリティによる舌癌手術訓練装置の構築

    日本学術振興会  科学研究費助成事業 基盤研究(C)

    Project Year :

    2012.04
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    2015.03
     

    松井 義郎, 小谷 一孔, 三宅 実, 三木 武寛, 党 建武, 澤田 秀之

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    平成25年度までに舌部分切除術を表現したバーチャルリアリティ(VR)シミュレーションのプロトタイプソフトウェアを開発した。これまでにどの分野においても作製されたことのないVR舌モデルが作られたことにより、以前は実際の手術において経験と訓練を積むことしかできなかった舌部分切除術において、模擬訓練を行うことが可能となった。舌モデルは一辺25個のバーチャルボールで表現された立方体の範囲内で表現されている。ボールとボールの結合に関する力(引張、摩擦など)の値を変化させることにより、舌の硬さや癒着度などの性状を細かく表現することが可能である。この技術により、VR舌の表面または内部に硬度の異なる組織、すなわち悪性腫瘍(癌)を表現することが可能となった。範囲や硬さを調節することで、舌癌の進展度を変化させ、診断や切除における難易度を設定した。今後、口腔外科医がこのシミュレーションを使用して訓練を行った場合、口腔外科医の技術力にどのような進化が生ずるか、また舌癌手術経験者と未経験者における技術力変化量の違いなどについて評価を行う予定としていた。
    また、現時点において手術に用いるツール(摂子やメス、電気メス)について、VR上での形態表現が不十分であったため、ソフトウェア制作を依頼している日本バイナリー株式会社に対し、バージョンアップの依頼を行っている。今後も、性状だけでなく、視覚的にもより現実的なシミュレーションを目指し、評価を行う予定である。

  • 触覚ディスプレイに関する研究と開発

    医療福祉機器技術研究開発制度

    Project Year :

    2006
    -
    2015
     

  • Development of Tactile display

    Development Program for Medical and Welfare Apparatus

    Project Year :

    2006
    -
    2015
     

  • Speech recognition system based on clinical ontology

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

    Project Year :

    2011
    -
    2013
     

    YOKOI Hideto, SAWADA Hideyuki, HIRAI Yuji, NAGAI Miwa

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    We developed a speech recognition system based on clinical ontology. The system is a custom version made from free speech recognition software "Julius". Some clinical ontologies (e.g. gastro-intestinal endoscopy findings, abdominal ultrasonography findings) are prepared for the system. The system has a function to import ontology and can recognize sentences with a dictionary made from imported ontology. The system is also able to fill fields of database because he has knowledge of clinical context from the ontologies. The feature will be useful to record vital signs in clinical scene.

  • 音源位置同定と音声の個人性に基づく発話者および特定音響の認識に関する研究

    Project Year :

    2002
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    2013
     

  • A Study of Realtime Detection and Identification of Plural Speakers and Particular Sounds Using a Microphone Array

    Project Year :

    2002
    -
    2013
     

  • 発話ロボットの開発と聴覚フィードバック学習による音声獲得に関する研究

    科学研究費補助金

    Project Year :

    2000
    -
    2013
     

  • Construction of a Talking Robot and its Adaptive Learning of Vocalization Skill based on the Auditory Feedback Control

    Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research

    Project Year :

    2000
    -
    2013
     

  • ジェスチャ、表情、力覚を積極的に利用できる双方向コミュニケーションシステムの構築に関する研究

    Project Year :

    2003
    -
    2012
     

  • A Study of Bi-directional Communication System Driven by Gestures, Facial Expressions and Haptics

    Project Year :

    2003
    -
    2012
     

  • 運動特徴と形状特徴に基づいたジェスチャ認識に関する研究

    Project Year :

    1996
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    2012
     

  • Study of Gesture Recognition Based on Motion and Hand-figure Primitives

    Project Year :

    1996
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    2012
     

  • The analysis of unclear vocal articulations of auditory-impaired and the construction of an interactive training system using a talking robot

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

    Project Year :

    2009
    -
    2011
     

    SAWADA Hideyuki

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    In this study, a vocalization training system for the auditory-impaired was constructed by applying a talking robot, which has mechanical organs like a human. With an adaptive learning strategy using an auditory feedback control, the robot autonomously learned the human vocalizations, and then reproduced the speech articulations from inputted vocal sounds. By analyzing the acquired relations between vocal articulations and the generated vocal sounds stored in the robot, unclear vocal sounds given by auditory-impaired people were classified, and then particular features were extracted, which were associated with vocal articulations reproduced by the robot. The robot was employed in the speech training for auditory-impaired, and the training results verified the effectiveness of the interactive training employing the robot.

  • 発声障害者音声の明瞭化フィルタリング

    Project Year :

    2000
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    2009
     

  • Clarification Filtering of a Speech with Vocalization Disorders

    Project Year :

    2000
    -
    2009
     

  • The development of a talking robot that estimates speech articulation from voice and the proposal of an interactive speech training system

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

    Project Year :

    2006
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    2008
     

    SAWADA Hideyuki

  • 自動車音に基づく動作状態の推定と無人駐車場管理システム

    共同研究

    Project Year :

    2002
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    2006
     

  • Identification of Automobile Sounds for the Automatic Parking System

    Cooperative Research

    Project Year :

    2002
    -
    2006
     

  • 機械式発話ロボットの開発と構音障碍患者の発声訓練支援システムの構築

    日本学術振興会  科学研究費助成事業 若手研究(B)

    Project Year :

    2003
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    2004
     

    澤田 秀之

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    人間は言葉を有効に利用して、コミュニケーションをおこなっている。これは音声が特別な道具なしに情報を伝え合うことができる、最も容易な手段であるためと考えられる。人間の発声器官は主に、肺、声帯、声道、舌、口蓋とそれらを動かす筋肉などから成り、互いに適当な位置や形状を形成することにより言葉が生成される。最近のマン・マシンインタフェース技術には、人間らしい音声による情報の提示や、音声による入力デバイスが不可欠な要素となっている。本研究では、発話動作をおこなう器官をエアポンプ、人工声帯、声道共鳴管などを用いて機械的に構成し、計算機による聴覚フィードバック制御によって自らが音声を獲得、生成することができる発話ロボットの開発をおこなった。更に、聴覚障碍や発話障碍を持った患者が、対話的に発声訓練できるシステムの構築を目指した。
    本年度は、前年度から構築してきた人間の発声器官に対応する各機械部および制御機構の見直しを図った。シリコーンゴムで成形した共鳴管の形状とその制御機構を見直すことにより、共鳴特性が向上した。また二枚振動声帯とその起振機構を開発し、人間と同様の声帯振動を実現した。発話ロボットから生成される音声をマイクロフォンから入力し、音響解析部で解析を行う聴覚フィードバック機構に、自己組織化ニューラルネットワーク(SONN)のオンライン学習を適用した。これにより、人間が目標となる音声を与えることにより、機械系が自ら音声および発話動作を獲得できる適応学習が可能となった。またピッチを適応的に学習、獲得することにより、発声練習から歌声を生成することも可能とした。
    更に、聴覚障碍、発話障碍患者のための発声訓練システムの構築をおこなった。発話障碍者の不明瞭な発声からその発話動作を再現し、これを明瞭化する発話動作を提示するシステムを構築した。今後、実証実験をおこないシステムの有効性を検証していくと共に、新しい対話型発話訓練装置の実用化を目指していく。

  • 発声障碍者音声の明瞭化フィルタリングに関する研究

    日本学術振興会  科学研究費助成事業 若手研究(B)

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    2001
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    2002
     

    澤田 秀之

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    喉頭摘出患者の食道発声音声、老化や脳性麻痺にともなう不明瞭音声を、発声原理に基づいて明瞭化するフィルタを構成することが本研究の目的である。最終年度は、これら不明瞭音声の特徴抽出、および音声の個人性を保持した明瞭化フィルタの構築をおこなった。更にここで得られた音声の特徴と発声器官の動作の関係をもとに、発声された音声の特徴から口内の動きを推定して提示することにより、発声障碍患者が自律的に発声訓練をおこなえるシステムに関する研究をおこなった。
    喉頭発声音声との比較・分析から、食道発声音声については、雑音性が高い、基本周波数が低い、倍音構造が不明瞭、スペクトル包絡が平坦、発声が不安定であるといった特徴がみられた。一方の脳性麻痺患者の音声は、基本周波数が高く(男女共に300〜400Hz)、パワースペクトルのエネルギーが2kHzまでの低域に集中しており、フォルマントが不明瞭かつ独特の共鳴特性を持ち、更に発声が不安定であることがわかった。これらをもとに発声原理に基づいたリアルタイム明瞭化フィルタを構成した。
    マイクからの入力音声に対してまず母音/子音の判別を行う。母音であれば基本周波数を抽出し、ピッチを喉頭発声音声の帯域へシフトした上で、櫛形フィルタにより倍音構造を明瞭化する。一方、子音に対しては振幅の増幅をおこなう。更に時間軸上では、子音の立ち上がりおよび母音発声時の定常状態を安定化させるための包絡処理をおこない、出力音声を生成する。
    本手法の有効性を調べるため、アンケートによる聴取実験を行った。フィルタリング前後の音声の対を合計12対作成し、ランダムな順でスピーカーから呈示した。成人健聴者に対し、11の評価項目について5段階評価でアンケートに答えてもらった結果、本提案フィルタの有効性が示された。
    今後は、基本周波数の高精度抽出と音声の自然性、個人性保持に関する検討を更に進めるとともに、発声障碍音声フィルタリング機器の実用化を目指していく。

  • 発声器官の機械系による構成と音声獲得メカニズムの解明

    日本学術振興会  科学研究費助成事業 奨励研究(A)

    Project Year :

    1999
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    2000
     

    澤田 秀之

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    人間の発声器官は主に、肺、声帯、声道、舌、口蓋とそれらを動かす筋肉などから成り、互いに適当な位置や形状を形成することにより音声が生成される。本研究は、人間と同等の発声器官を機械系によって構成し、聴覚フィードバックと自己学習によって人間の音声学習過程を再現し、また人間らしい発声手法を獲得させることを目的としてきた。
    人間の発声機構は大きく分けて、声帯振動による音源の生成と、声道部共鳴によるホルマントの付加という二つの働きによって構成されている。主として顎や舌の非定常な動作によって引き起こされる変化から子音が生成され、母音は定常的な声道形状を形成することによって生成される。この発声機構を、エアコンプレッサ、圧力調節弁、流量調節弁、人工声帯、調音用共鳴管、マイクロホン、音声解析用計算機から成る機械系モデルによって構築した。7つのモータ(流量操作:1、声帯操作:1、共鳴管操作:5)によって機械系をダイナミックに制御することにより、聴覚フィードバックを用いた学習によって人間のように機械系が自ら音声を獲得できることを示した。
    特に本年は、音声から発声動作を逆推定する処理にニューラルネットワーク(NN)を適用した。学習時において、NNはシステムが生成した音響の音響パラメータを入力とし、そのときの制御パラメータを教師信号とすることで、ある音響を生成するために必要な声道の形状を学習する。学習後、NNを声道モデルに対し直列につなぐ。NNに生成したい音響の音響パラメータを入力し、出力された制御パラメータから求められる声道の形状に変化させることによって、望む音響を生成することが可能となった。今後は、機械モデルによる音声獲得と人間の学習機構の解明を通して、新しいヒューマンインタフェース実現に向けての検討をおこなっていく。

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  • 触覚を物理的に再現する今までにないロボット

    澤田秀之

    Dream Navi   2020年 ( 4月号 ) 110 - 111  2020.04  [Invited]

    Authorship:Lead author, Corresponding author

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  • 触覚の科学的理解を通じて未知のロボットへ応用

    澤田秀之

    Dream Navi   2020年 ( 3月号 ) 34 - 35  2020.03  [Invited]

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  • ポリ塩化ビニル板とトナー印刷による接触帯電を用いた腕動作認識システム

    平野 夢得, 重宗 宏毅, 澤田 秀之

    情報処理学会第82回全国大会講演論文集   2020 ( 1 ) 83 - 84  2020.02

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    様々なセンサやカメラを用いて、高精度に人体動作の検出と認識を行う手法が提案されている。我々はこれまでに接触帯電に着目し、PTFE板周辺にマイナス電位を形成させ、これを用いてシンプルなシステム構成で腕動作の認識ができることを示した。しかし本手法で認識できる動作は、PTFE板が単一極性にのみ帯電することから2パターン程度に限られていた。本研究では、両極性の電位を板上に形成させるため、印刷に使われるトナー中の電荷制御剤に着目する。ここでは、トナーを用いて特定のパターンをポリ塩化ビニル板に印刷し、これに接触帯電を行うことでプラス電位も容易に形成できることを示す。両極性電位の形成によってより多くのジェスチャが認識可能となり、様々なインタラクションへ応用可能であることを報告する。

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  • Adaptive System based on Probabilistic Information Processing and Its Application to Soft Robotics

      63 ( 12 ) 512 - 517  2019.12

    Article, review, commentary, editorial, etc. (scientific journal)  

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  • 機能的マテリアルとソフトロボットの知能化への展開

    重宗宏毅, 前田真吾, 澤田秀之

    応用物理学会秋季学術講演会講演予稿集(CD-ROM)   80th   20p‐B01‐7  2019.09  [Invited]

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  • Self-folded Actuator using Dielectric Elastomer

    HASHIMOTO Naoki, SHIGEMUNE Hiroki, Minaminosono AYATO, MAEDA Shingo, SAWADA Hideyuki

    The Proceedings of JSME annual Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics (Robomec)   2019 ( 0 ) 1P2 - K03  2019.06

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    <p>We focused on the high elasticity of elastomer, and proposed a model for forming a three-dimensional structure using its characteristics. Furthermore, by exploiting elastomer as a dielectric elastomer actuator (DEA), we developed prototypes of a self-assembled actuator which can be driven by voltage application. We attempted several experiments to investigate basic characteristics of the actuator. Finally, we propose applications of the proposed actuator to the robots based on the experimental results.</p>

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  • 触覚認知における皮膚の形態計算のためのモデル化

    武者 茜, 重宗 宏毅, 臺原 学, 澤田 秀之

    情報処理学会第81回全国大会講演論文集   2019 ( 1 ) 321 - 322  2019.02

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    人間は接触面の微小な凹凸を認識して触覚を得ているが,この機能を工学的に再現することは未だ難しい.そこで我々は,人間の皮膚構造が持つ形態計算に着目した. 人間の皮膚は,硬さの異なる3層の組織からなり,応答性の異なる4種の受容体と相互作用する構造を持つ.この皮膚構造をバネ定数の異なるバネの連結によってモデル化する.冗長な力学モデルでは入力が力学系内に保持され,次の入力に影響を与えることが知られている.この履歴情報を利用することで,皮膚の力学モデルが時系列データにおける学習性能に寄与することを確認した.実験結果をもとに,皮膚構造が触覚のセンシングにおいて果たす役割と,その情報処理能力について議論する.

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  • ワイヤレス給電を用いた触覚提示システムの提案

    小林 剛史, 重宗 宏毅, 澤田 秀之

    情報処理学会第81回全国大会講演論文集   2019 ( 1 ) 217 - 218  2019.02

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    近年,様々なアクチュエータを応用した触覚提示システムが提案されている.これまで我々は,システムの小型化や省電力化を目的として,糸状形状記憶合金を用いた触覚提示システムを構築してきた.本研究では,触覚提示システムのユーザビリティを向上するために,ワイヤレス電力伝送を新たに取り入れる。非接触での電力伝送の手法として,伝送距離の長い磁界共振方式を採用する.この方式ではコイル間の距離や位置関係の変化に伴い,共振周波数が変化するため,電力の送受電特性も変化する.本稿ではワイヤレス触覚提示システムのプロトタイプと,その性能評価並びに送受電特性について報告する.

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  • 形状記憶合金ワイヤを用いた音響センシングの特性評価

    光武 弘輝, 重宗 宏毅, 澤田 秀之

    情報処理学会第81回全国大会講演論文集   2019 ( 1 ) 227 - 228  2019.02

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    形状記憶合金(Shape memory alloy: SMA)は,応力に応じて結晶構造が変化する性質を有し,これにより通常の金属とは異なる電気抵抗変化が生じる.この性質を利用し,振動を応力としてSMAに伝えることにより,電気抵抗変化による振動の計測が可能となる.しかし,SMAワイヤの微小な応力に対する電気抵抗変化の特性については,未だ詳しい研究はなされていない.本研究では,音の微小振動をSMAワイヤに伝えることで,新しい音響センシングシステムを構築した.本稿では,SMAワイヤへの音響入力条件を変化させて周波数応答を計測することで,音響センシング特性の評価と考察を行う.

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  • 人体と物体との接触帯電により空間に生じる電位分布を利用した腕動作検出

    平野 夢得, 重宗 宏毅, 臺原 学, 澤田 秀之

    情報処理学会第81回全国大会講演論文集   2019 ( 1 ) 265 - 266  2019.02

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    様々なセンサを用いて,高い精度で人体動作の検出を行う手法が提案されてきた.しかしながら,これらセンサの多くは,大規模な光学システムや複雑な電子回路を要する.動作検出システムがより日常生活の中に溶け込むためには,シンプルなセンシングシステムが必要となる.我々は,簡易な回路構成で身体動作の検出が可能なシステムの構築を目的として,人体と物体との接触帯電現象に着目した.人体に直接電極を貼り付け,帯電物体周りで動作を行うことによって変化する人体電位を測定する.測定した人体電位を学習信号としてサポートベクターマシンにかけることで,初期位置や速度の異なる6種類の腕部動作を良好に識別することに成功した.

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  • Development of a Wheel Robot which Locally Transforms a Diameter

    MORIYA Naoki, SHIGEMUNE Hiroki, SAWADA Hideyuki

    The Proceedings of JSME annual Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics (Robomec)   2019 ( 0 ) 2P1 - B04  2019

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    <p>We have developed a wheel robot which locally transforms its diameter to improve mobility of a wheel on uneven terrain. Our wheel robot locomotes on a flat road with high mobility of a wheel and on rough terrains by changing its diameters. We developed a variable diameter wheel as a prototype of the wheel robot and investigated its availability. In this paper、the wheel robot did not have an axle motor, however the robot could locomote by utilizing expansion and contraction of diameters with moving a center of gravity. We tested its mobility through the two experiments.</p>

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  • Direction control of self-propelled oil droplet focused on shape

    Yamada Masato, Shigemune Hiroki, Maeda Shingo, Sawada Hideyuki

    The Proceedings of JSME annual Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics (Robomec)   2019 ( 0 ) 1A1 - U01  2019

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    <p>In this research, we focus on a self-propelled phenomenon of an oil droplet due to surface activation reaction. It is known that the behavior of a self-propelled oil droplet varies depending on its shape. When an oil droplet is spherical shape, the droplet shows stochastic behavior such as curvilinear motion and direction change, and when the oil droplet is boomerang shape, the droplet moves steadily in linear locomotion. Therefore, we focused on the shape of the oil droplet running straightly, and attempt the direction control by deforming the oil droplet into the boomerang shape using the exoskeleton frame. Furthermore, we exploit a method to transport an overwater object.</p>

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  • 糖尿病性神経障害の早期発見:香川大学発の新規定量的触覚検査法の医工連携研究

    檀上淳一, 檀上園子, 澤田秀之, 内田啓治, 中村祐

    香川大学生涯学習教育研究センター研究報告   ( 23 ) 43‐64  2018.03

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  • Early Detection of Diabetic Neuropathy: Medical engineering cooperative studies for new quantitative tactile examination methods from Kagawa University

    檀上 淳一, 檀上 園子, 澤田 秀之, 内田 啓治, 中村 祐

    香川大学生涯学習教育研究センター研究報告   ( 23 ) 43 - 64  2018.03

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  • 触覚感覚をディスプレイする : テレビや電話の向こう側を「触る」技術

    澤田 秀之

    調査月報   ( 347 ) 2 - 9  2016.02

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  • F111004 Displaying Tactile Sensation Using SMA actuators and Its Application to Touch Interface

    SAWADA Hideyuki

    Mechanical Engineering Congress, Japan   2015   "F111004 - 1"-"F111004-3"  2015.09

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    A novel micro-vibration actuator using a shape-memory alloy (SMA) for the presentation of various tactile sensations to human skin will be introduced in this paper. A tactile actuator consists of a thin SMA wire with the diameter of 50μm, and generates micro-vibrations with various frequencies and amplitudes synchronizing with a driving pulse signal. By coupling the actuators as a pair, an information transmission system is created for presenting higher-level tactile perceptions such as the phantom sensation and the apparent movement to transmit novel tactile sensations to human skin. The apparent movement was especially well perceived by users as a sensation of something running across their fingers, or as being tapped by an object, according to well-determined signals given to the devices. The actuator features compactness and low energy consumption, and is applied to tactile displays and tactile interaction systems.

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  • Preface

    Hideyuki Sawada

    4th International Conference on Human System Interaction, HSI 2011     2  2011.08

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  • Interaction with a Virtual Character by Displaying Tactile Sensations in Augmented Reality

    Hirofumi Takase, Changan Jiang, Hideyuki Sawada

    Interaction 2011   Vol. 2011 ( No. 3 ) 83 - 90  2011

  • A Texture Presentation System and the Evaluation of Effects of Visual Stimuli to the Perception of Tactile sensations

    Keishi Fukuyama, Hideyuki Sawada

    Interaction 2010   Vol. 2010 ( No. 4 ) 247 - 250  2010

  • 触覚呈示研究を通して見えた触覚の難しさと将来性

    Hideyuki Sawada

    IPSJ magazine   Vol. 51 ( No. 7 ) p. 881  2010

  • Data entry system for electronic medical records using voice recognition based on ontology

    平井優司, 長井美和, 横井英人, 澤田秀之

    Japan Association for Medical Informatics   30 ( Suppl. ) 346 - 349  2010

  • Evaluation of the Texture Presentation Using Micro-vibrator array

    FUKUYAMA Keishi, HIKIDA Akihiro, ZHAO Feng, SAWADA Hideyuki

      2009 ( 13 ) 7 - 11  2009.10

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  • Tactile Display Using Shape Memory Alloy Threads and the Presentation of Tactile Sensations by the Control of Pulse-signal Density

    MIZUKAMI Y.

    Information Processing Society of Japan   49 ( 12 ) 3890 - 3898  2008.12

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  • Tactile Transmission by Higher-level Perception Using Vibration of Shape Memory Alloy Thread

    MIZUKAMI YOHSUKE, UCHIDA KEIJI, SAWADA HIDEYUKI

    IPSJ journal   48 ( 12 ) 3739 - 3749  2007.12

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    The paper introduces the development of a tactile device using a shape-memory alloy, and describes the information transmission by the higher-level perception such as the phantom sensation and the apparent movement of the tactility. The authors paid attention to the characteristic of a shape-memory alloy formed into a thread, which changes its length according to its temperature, and developed a vibration-generating actuator electrically driven by periodic signals generated by current control circuits, for the tactile information transmission. By coupling the devices as a pair, an information transmission system was constructed for presenting the phantom sensation and the apparent movement of the tactility, to transmit quite novel sensation to a user. The information transmission by the device was tested by subjects, and was evaluated by questionnaires. The apparent movement was especially well perceived by users as a sensation of something running across fingers or as being tapped by something, according to the well-determined signals given to the devices. Several users reported that they perceived a novel rubbing sensation given by the apparent movement, and we further experimented the presentation of the sensation in detail to be used as a tactile display for the information transmission.

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  • Training of speech articulation using a talking robot for the auditory impaired

    SAWADA Hideyuki, NAKAMURA Mitsuhiro, HAYASHI Yasumori, KITANI Mitsuki

    Human Interface   9 ( 2 ) 125 - 130  2007.05

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  • Training of speech articulation using a talking robot for the auditory impaired

    SAWADA Hideyuki, NAKAMURA Mitsuhiro, HAYASHI Yasumori, KITANI Mitsuki

    IEICE technical report   107 ( 60 ) 125 - 130  2007.05

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    A talking and singing robot which adaptively learns the vocalization skill by an auditory feedback learning is being developed. In vocalization, the vibration of vocal cords generates a source sound, and then the sound wave is led to a vocal tract, which works as a resonance filter to determine the spectrum envelope. The robot consists of motor-controlled vocal organs such as vocal cords, a vocal tract and a nasal cavity to generate a natural voice imitating a human vocalization. An adaptive learning algorithm using a neural network is introduced for the achievement of the autonomous acquisition of vocalization skill. In the learning phase, the robot vocalizes 150 patterns of voices by ramdomly giving the motor-control parameters, and the generated voice characteristics and the corresponding motor-control parameters are associated with each other by using a self-ornanizing neural network. After the learning, the neural network is connected in series into the vocal tract model. By inputting sound parameters of desired sounds to the NN, the corresponding form of the vocal tract is obtained to vocalize desired sounds. The robot is applied to the training system of speech articulation for the auditory impaired people, because the robot is able to reproduce their vocalization and to teach how they are improved to generate clear speech. The paper briefly introduces the mechanical construction of the robot and how it autonomously acquires the vocalization skill in the auditory feedback learning by listening to human speech. Then the training system is described, together with the evaluation of the speech training by auditory impaired people.

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  • A Talking Robot and the Reproduction of Human Voice

    Mitsuki Kitani, Hideyuki Sawada

    14th Tri-University International Joint Seminar and Symposium     347 - 352  2007

  • A Talking Robot and the Reproduction of Human Voice

    Mitsuki Kitani, Hideyuki Sawada

    14th Tri-University International Joint Seminar and Symposium     347 - 352  2007

  • Tactile Information Transmission by Apparent Movement Phenomenon Using Shape-memory Alloy Device

    SAWADA Hideyuki, MIZUKAMI Yohsuke

      2006 ( 45 ) 23 - 28  2006.11

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  • Autonomous speech acquisition of a talking robot and its singing performance

    NAKAMURA Mitsuhiro, HAYASHI Yasumori, SAWADA Hideyuki

    IPSJ SIG Notes   2006 ( 90 ) 135 - 140  2006.08

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    A talking and singing robot which has been constructed by referring to the human vocal system will be introduced in this paper. Although various ways of vocal sound production have been actively studied so far, mechanical construction of human vocal system is considered to advantageously realize natural vocalization with its fluid dynamics. The robot has several motors to manipulate the vocal tract and the vocal cords. The robot autonomously learns the relations between motor control parameters and the generated vocal sounds using an auditory feedback learning with neural networks, and sings a song by mimicking a human vocalization. This paper presents the construction of the talking robot and its singing performance, together with the adaptive control for the pitch and phoneme learning.

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  • Presentation of rubbing sensation by a tactile display

    MIZUKAMI Yohsuke, UCHIDA Keiji, SAWADA Hideyuki

    Human Interface   8 ( 2 ) 67 - 72  2006.05

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  • Extraction of Intention from Gestures

    TAKATA Shigenori, SAWADA Hideyuki

    Human Interface   8 ( 2 ) 37 - 42  2006.05

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  • Presentation of rubbing sensation by a tactile display

    MIZUKAMI Yohsuke, UCHIDA Keiji, SAWADA Hideyuki

    IEICE technical report   106 ( 84 ) 67 - 72  2006.05

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    The paper introduces the development of a tactile device using a shape-memory alloy, and describes the information transmission by the higher-level perception such as the apparent movement and phantom sensation of the tactility. The authors paid attention to the characteristic of a shape-memory alloy formed into a thread, which changes its length according to its temperature, and developed a vibration-generating actuator electrically driven by periodic signals generated by current control circuits, for the tactile information transmission. By coupling the devices as a pair, an information transmission system was constructed for presenting the apparent movement of the tactility, to transmit quite novel sensation to a user. The information transmission by the device was tested by 10 subjects, and evaluated by questionnaires. The apparent movement was especially well perceived by users as a sensation of something running across fingers or as being tapped by something, according to the difference of signals given to the devices. Several users reported the rubbing sensation given by the AM, and we further experimented the presentation of the sensation in detail.

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  • Extraction of Intention from Gestures

    TAKATA Shigenori, SAWADA Hideyuki

    IEICE technical report   106 ( 83 ) 37 - 42  2006.05

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    Gestures play one of the most important rolls for the expression of intention such as emotion and feelings in nonverbal human communication. When human gives an intention to a gesture, it could be obtained as the difference of force. The force applied to the body is measured as the acceleration derived from gestural trajectory. Therefore, the intention of gesture is considered to appear in the velocity and acceleration. This paper presents the extraction of intention from gestures based on the resampling algorithm applied to the gestural trajectory. By comparing the temporal trajectory with the resampled trajectory, an intention given to the gesture could be extracted and assessed. The proposed method was applied to the evaluation of intentions given to Japanese sign-language words.

    CiNii

  • Extraction of Intention from Gestures

    TAKATA Shigenori, SAWADA Hideyuki

    IEICE technical report   106 ( 84 ) 37 - 42  2006.05

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    Gestures play one of the most important rolls for the expression of intention such as emotion and feelings in nonverbal human communication. When human gives an intention to a gesture, it could be obtained as the difference of force. The force applied to the body is measured as the acceleration derived from gestural trajectory. Therefore, the intention of gesture is considered to appear in the velocity and acceleration. This paper presents the extraction of intention from gestures based on the resampling algorithm applied to the gestural trajectory. By comparing the temporal trajectory with the resampled trajectory, an intention given to the gesture could be extracted and assessed. The proposed method was applied to the evaluation of intentions given to Japanese sign-language words.

    CiNii

  • Sensing of Particular Sound in Noisy Environment

    SAWADA Hideyuki

      2005 ( 11 ) 37 - 42  2005.11

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  • 聴覚フィードバックによる発話ロボットの声真似動作の生成

    澤田 秀之, 中村 光宏

    言語・音声理解と対話処理研究会   42   19 - 24  2004.11

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  • Talking Robot and Its Mimicry of Human Vocalization by Auditory Feedback Learning

    SAWADA Hideyuki, NAKAMURA Mitsuhiro

    Technical report of IEICE. HCS   104 ( 445 ) 19 - 24  2004.11

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    A talking and singing robot which has been constructed by referring to the human vocal system will be introduced in this paper. Although various ways of vocal sound production have been actively studied so far, mechanical construction of human vocal system is considered to advantageously realize natural vocalization with its fluid dynamics. The robot has several motors to manipulate the vocal tract and the vocal cords. It became possible to adaptively learn the relations between motor positions and the produced vocal sounds by an auditory feedback, and produce Japanese five vowels and consonants by mimicking a human speech. In addition, the robot generates vowel and consonant sounds of different pitches by dynamically controlling the vocal cords, vocal tract and nasal cavity using its auditory system.

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  • Recognition of gaze and facial parts and its application for the face interface

    MORITANI Hidefumi, SAWADA Hideyuki

    Technical report of IEICE. HCS   104 ( 109 ) 23 - 28  2004.06

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    Humans communicate with each other by using not only verbal media but also five senses effectively using their body parts. This paper describes the recognition of gaze and facial parts for the construction of the face interface. The extraction of individuality based on the facial parts motion is also discussed. The face interface is considered to be effectively and easily used by elderly persons and physically challenged who have difficulties in using the conventional interface devices.

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  • A Realtime Clarification Filter of a Dysphonic Speech and Its Evaluation by Listening Experiments

    SAWADA Hideyuki, TAKEUCHI Norio, HISADA Akihiro

    Technical report of IEICE. HCS   104 ( 109 ) 17 - 22  2004.06

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    Although almost all the animals have voices, only human beings are able to employ speech to make verbal communication. The vocal sound is produced by the relevant operations of the vocal organs such as a lung, trachea, vocal cords, vocal tract, tongue and muscles. If any part of the vocal organs is injured or disabled, we may be involved in the impediment in the vocalization and, in case of the worst, we may lose our voices. The paper presents a digital filtering algorithm which clarifies dysphonic speech with the speaker's individuality preserved. The study deals with the clarification of esophageal speech and the speech of patients with cerebral palsy, and the filtering ability is being evaluated by listening experiments.

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  • スペクトル包絡と調波構造の強調処理による食道発声音声の実時間明瞭化

    SAWADA Hideyuki

    ヒューマンインタフェース学会論文誌   Vol.5, No.4, pp.447-  2003

  • Image Processing and Associated Technologies for the Assists of Disabled and Aged Persons

    SAWADA Hideyuki

      2002 ( 1 ) 7 - 12  2002.08

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  • Gesture Recognition Algorithm for Haptic Monitor driven by Intuition

    Kawai Yuki, Sawada Hideyuki

      2002   96 - 96  2002

    CiNii

  • マルチモーダル手話データベースとジェスチャを入力としたデータ検索

    SAWADA Hideyuki

    ヒューマンインタフェース学会誌   4(1)   51 - 58  2002

  • 2A1-G7 Mechanical Model of Human Vocal System and Its Voice Production with Auditory Feedback Control(26. Computational Intelligence)

    Higashimoto T., Sawada H.

      2001   47 - 47  2001.06

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  • Sound Synthesis by Physical Model of Vocal Tract

    SAJI Yuichiro, HARTONO Pitoyo, HASHIMOTO Shuji, SAWADA Hideyuki

    IPSJ SIG Notes   2000 ( 76 ) 13 - 18  2000.08

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    Human is required to perform a complex operation of physical apparatus such as lung, trachea, vocal cord, vocal tract, tongue and muscle in producing a particular sound. In this research, we are constructing a model of human's phonetic system that is equipped with air pump as a substitute for human's lung, artifical vocal cord and artificial vocal tract, that is expected to produce natural biological sound. The aim of the model is to mimic a particular sound spectrum that is given as an input. For controlling the model, we apply a neural network that is trained on input-output relation of the individual model, rather than calculating PARCOR coefficients.

    CiNii

  • インタラクション'99報告

    澤田 秀之

    日本バーチャルリアリティ学会誌 = Journal of the Virtual Reality Society of Japan   4 ( 1 ) 96 - 97  1999.06

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  • Multimodal JSL Database and Application for Sign Language Recognition

    NOTSU Takuto, SAWADA Hideyuki, HASHIMOTO Shuji

    Technical report of IEICE. HIP   98 ( 683 ) 33 - 38  1999.03

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    Recently, there are many researches for sign language which is the most important means of communication for a person with auditory disability. The principal aim of these research is recognition and synthesis of sign language, and the system which can search and store sign words is necessarily required. The sign language databases are mostly consist of motion pictures and index words, which makes it difficult that we search meaning from gesture. This paper describes the multimodal database which have information obtained from not only movie but also acceleration sensor, position sensor and dataglove. We are constructing a bi-directtional data retrieval system to use key words and gestures.

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  • 握力インタフェースを用いた仮想楽器-Grasp MIDI-の試作

    SAWADA Hideyuki

    情報処理学会インタラクション'98論文集     27 - 28  1998

  • ハンドジェスチャ入力デバイスによる音響生成

    SAWADA Hideyuki

    電子情報通信学会 論文誌DII   Vol.J81-DII ( No.5 ) 795 - 803  1998

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  • 運動特徴と形状特徴に基づいたジェスチャー認識と手話認識への応用

    SAWADA Hideyuki

    情報処理学会 論文誌   39 ( 5 ) 1325 - 1333  1998

  • A Mechanical Model of Vocal Tract and its Adaptive Control

    SAWADA Hideyuki, HASHIMOTO Shuji

    IPSJ SIG Notes   1996 ( 75 ) 7 - 12  1996.07

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    We are constructing a phonetic machine having a vocal chord and a vocal tract based on mechatronics technology, and have so far developed a pitch generation part as a subsystem for melody synthesis to sing in humming. In the pitch generation, the analysis and mechanical simulation of the behavior of the vocal chords are required. The fluid mechanical system is, however, less stable to make the control difficult. This paper presents a singing instrument system together with an adaptive tuning algorithm of the physical mechanism using an auditory feedback. The mechanical method is considered to be promising to generate more natural voice than algorithmic sound synthesis methods.

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  • 加速度センサを用いたジェスチャー認識と音楽制御への応用

    SAWADA Hideyuki

    電子情報通信学会論文誌A   J79-A/2   452 - 459  1996

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  • 車両検出方法、車両検出装置及びこれを用いた駐車場管理システム

    Patent

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    公開番号:特開2005-115813

  • 自動車の音響同定方法

    Patent

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    公開番号:特開2007-033397

  • 形状記憶合金の機械振動を情報伝達手段とする触覚による情報伝達装置

    Patent

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    公開番号:特開2007-048268 / 登録番号:特許4291830

  • 形状記憶合金の機械振動を情報伝達手段とする触覚による情報伝達装置

    Patent

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    公開番号:特開2008-262478 / 登録番号:特許4395572

  • 末梢神経検査装置

    Patent

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    登録番号:特許5118777号

  • 車両検出方法、車両検出装置及びこれを用いた駐車場管理システム

    Patent

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    公開番号:特開2005-115813

  • 自動車の音響同定方法

    Patent

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    公開番号:特開2007-033397

  • 形状記憶合金の機械振動を情報伝達手段とする触覚による情報伝達装置

    Patent

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    公開番号:特開2007-048268 / 登録番号:特許4291830

  • 形状記憶合金の機械振動を情報伝達手段とする触覚による情報伝達装置

    Patent

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    公開番号:特開2008-262478 / 登録番号:特許4395572

  • 末梢神経検査装置

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    登録番号:特許5118777号

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  • Fundamental Physics

    Waseda University  

    2020.04
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  • Measurement and Information Technology

    Waseda University  

    2017.04
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  • Dynamical Systems

    Waseda University  

    2017.04
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  • Stochastic process

    Waseda University  

    2017.04
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  • Classical mechanics

    Kagawa University  

    1999.04
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  • Industrial Image Processing

    Kagawa University  

    1999.04
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    2017.03
     

  • Electromagnetism

    Kagawa University  

    1999.04
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  • Food quality control engineering

    Kagawa University  

    1999.04
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  • Optimization in Manufacturing Systems

    Kagawa University  

    1999.04
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  • Exercise on Mathematics and Science

    Kagawa University  

    1999.04
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  • Management of Technological Development

    Kagawa University  

    1999.04
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  • Human Support Robotics

    Kagawa University  

    1999.04
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  • Mechatronics Exercise

    Kagawa University  

    1999.04
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  • Strategies for Technologies and International Deployment

    Kagawa University  

    1999.04
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    Kagawa University  

    1999.04
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    Kagawa University  

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    Kagawa University  

    1999.04
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    Kagawa University  

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    Waseda Research Institute for Science and Engineering   Concurrent Researcher

  • 2022
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    Waseda Center for a Carbon Neutral Society   Concurrent Researcher

Internal Special Research Projects

  • 自己修復素材を用いたソフトロボットと自己修復機能の実装に関する研究

    2022  

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    近年、身体にシリコーンゴムやポリマー等の柔軟性をもつ素材を使ったソフトロボットの研究が進められている。ソフトロボットは身体形状を環境に合わせて柔軟に変化させることができるため、従来のハード型ロボットと比較して高い環境適応能力を持つ。身体素材の柔軟性を利用し、生物模倣ロボットへの展開も進められている。本研究では、生物模倣の観点から、自己修復機能と自己再生機能の実装の研究をおこなった。特に化学反応により得られるエネルギーに着目し、ボディに自己修復素材を応用してイモムシ型ロボットを開発した。アクチュエータとして形状記憶合金ワイヤを用い、尺取り動作を実現した。

  • 4次元幾何空間における接触インタラクションを通した空間認知に関する基礎的研究

    2021  

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    数学,物理,情報等の研究分野において,4次元をはじめとする高次元空間の対象を可視化する技術の研究が進められている.本研究では,4次元空間の情報を視覚と触覚の双方でユーザが知覚できるシステムを構築した.4次元空間における触覚を,4次元物体が持つ3次元表面に触れることによる,皮膚への3次元的刺激によって創り出す.4次元空間の映像は,VR空間内の3Dスクリーンに投影される.ユーザが映像内の4次元物体に手を重ねると,3D投影された物体に触れた際の物理刺激が,ユーザの手に振動パターンとして提示される.これにより,4次元空間に置かれた物体と接触を伴うインタラクションが可能となった.

  • 触覚提示のための微小振動センサ・アクチュエータに関する研究

    2020  

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    形状記憶合金(SMA)の相変態は熱の移動によって引き起こされるため、これまでは高速動作が要求されるようなアクチュエーションとその制御には不向きであると考えられていた。申請者らはこれまでの研究で、パルス電流を流すことで、その周波数に同期して300Hzを超える周波数までの振動が発生することを見だした。本研究では、Ti-Ni-Cu系SMAワイヤについて、その高速伸縮動作と時間応答を精密に測定することで、高速変態の特性解析と考察をおこなった。更に、SMAの変態動作のダイナミクスならびに変態量を正確に制御する手法を確立し、ソフトアクチュエータ、フレキシブルセンサへの応用を見出した。

  • SMAワイヤの⾼速変形ダイナミクスの解析とソフトアクチュエータ・センサへの展開

    2019  

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     申請者らは、形状記憶合金の微細ワイヤにパルス電流を流すと、その周波数に同期して300Hzを超える周波数まで、触知覚が可能な振動が発生することを見だした。マルテンサイト変態の温度域を超える0℃や100℃の環境においても、パルス電流を流すと即座に微小振動が発生する。本研究では、Ti-Ni-Cu系SMAワイヤを中心とし、その高速伸縮動作と時間応答を精密に測定して、物性的特性の考察をおこなった。SMAの変態動作のダイナミクスならびに変態量を正確に制御する手法を提案し、実測値と物理シミュレーションとの比較検討をおこなった。更に、微小振動パターンによって触覚感覚を人工的に創り出すシステムの構築を進めた。

  • 化学反応に基づく油滴の内部対流を使った自走制御と水上物体搬送への適用

    2019  

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     界面活性剤を含んだ水溶液中で、油滴が自走する現象が知られている。電気などの外部エネルギーを必要としない化学反応に起因する自律的現象は、ミリ・マイクロスケールにおける物体移動法となり得る。本研究では、微細な形状記憶合金ワイヤを用いたアクチュエータを油滴の外骨格として与えることで、油滴の自走方向および速度をダイナミックに制御することを目的とした。本年度の研究により、外骨格による油滴の自律的変形は、マランゴニ対流発生の境界条件を変化させ、結果的に油滴の自走制御へ繋がることを示した。今後は、油滴の自走制御を、スタンドアローンで移動して注入まで行うドラッグデリバリーシステムの確立へと展開していく。

  • 形状記憶合金ワイヤの高速変形ダイナミクスの解析

    2018   重宗宏毅

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    形状記憶合金(SMA)の相変態は熱の移動によって引き起こされるため、これまでは高速動作が要求されるようなアクチュエーションには不向きであると考えられていた。申請者らはこれまでの研究で、SMAワイヤにパルス電流を流すと、その周波数に同期して300Hzを超える周波数まで、十分に触知が可能な振動が発生することを見だした。本研究では、その高速伸縮動作と時間応答を精密に測定し、物理シミュレーションと共にその物性的特性を考察した。更に、SMAの変態動作のダイナミクスならびに変態量を正確に制御する手法を提案し、これを人の皮膚に対して様々な触覚感覚を提示するデバイスおよびシステムへと応用した。

  • 形状記憶合金ワイヤの高速変形ダイナミクスの解析とソフトアクチュエータへの応用研究

    2018   重宗宏毅

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    形状記憶合金(SMA)の相変態は熱の移動によって引き起こされるため、これまでは高速動作が要求されるようなアクチュエーションには不向きであると考えられていた。申請者らはこれまでに、SMAワイヤにパルス電流を流すと、その周波数に同期して300Hzを超える周波数まで、十分に触知が可能な振動が発生することを見だした。本研究では、Ti-Ni-Cu系SMAワイヤを中心とし、その高速伸縮動作と時間応答を精密に測定し、物理シミュレーションと共にその物性的特性を考察した。更に、SMAの変態動作のダイナミクスならびに変態量を正確に制御する手法を提案し、微小振動や微小変位の提示が可能なソフトアクチュエータへの応用展開を行った。

  • 形状記憶合金ワイヤの微小振動を用いた触覚感覚の呈示に関する研究

    2017   橋本周司, 三輪貴信

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    申請者らはこれまでに、形状記憶合金(ShapeMemory Alloy: SMA)の細線がパルス電流により高速に振動を起こす現象を発見した。本研究では、SMAワイヤの微小振動を高速度カメラで撮影、観測することにより、振動形態のダイナミクスの解析をおこなった。また、パルス電流の周波数、デューティ比、振幅などを制御することにより、様々な振動と触覚刺激が得られることを見出した。超小型・低消費電力駆動が可能な微小振動アクチュエータとしての特性の調査をおこない、微小振動を利用して手指に様々な触覚感覚を提示可能な触覚ディスプレイを構築した。更に、新しい触覚インタフェース装置として実装と評価をおこなった。

  • ジェスチャによるマン・マシンインタフェースに関する研究

    1998  

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     ジェスチャは音声とともに、人間どうしのコミュニケーションにおいて重要な役割を果たしている。特に言語では表せない感情や感覚の表現には、身振り手振りが多様に用いられている。ジェスチャにおける人間の意志や感情は、手腕部などの位置よりもむしろ身体に加えられる力に顕著に現れることに着目し、腕部運動の計測には小型加速度センサを用いた。さらにハンドジェスチャセンシングデバイスGraspComの開発を行った。これらをもとに、日本語手話認識システムの構築および、力覚による双方向コミュニケーションシステムの試作を行い、新しいヒューマン・マシンインタフェースについて検討した。 身体のダイナミックな動きを計測するために小型3次元加速度センサを、手指の静的な位置や形状の測定には位置センサ及びデータグローブを用いることにより、運動特徴に基づいた、手話の実時間認識システムを構築した。約3000単語ある日本語手話の多くは、いくつかの単純なジェスチャーの組み合わせで表すことができる。そこで11個の動作方向を基本動作として取り上げ、各手話単語を基本動作の列として記述し、これをHMM(隠れマルコフモデル)を用いて参照することにより認識を行った。自己紹介や日常生活でよく使われる30程度の単語に対し、90%以上の認識率を得た。 また、力覚入出力デバイスの開発を行った。本デバイスは人体の皮膚感覚を実現するためにシリコンで整形され、デバイスの変形量の測定には内圧測定センサを、姿勢の計測には小型加速度センサを用いている。更に、ハンドジェスチャ入力に対してリアクションを提示するために、小型振動モータを内蔵している。把持力にともなうデバイスの変形を、内部に埋め込んだ各センサにより計測すると同時に、人間が「もっともらしい」と感じるリアクションを力覚出力として生成することが可能である。GraspComをターミナルデバイスに用いることにより、遠隔地におかれた人どうしの力覚による双方向コミュニケーションシステムを試作し、アンケート結果から好意的な評価を得ることができた。 今後は、手話動作及びハンドジェスチャに含まれるより細かい感性的表現の解析をおこなっていくと共に、ジェスチャー入出力に基づく新しいマン・マシンインタフェースへの可能性を検討して行きたい。

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