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| Committee | Date Time | Place | Paper Title / Authors | Abstract | Paper # | |
| WIT, IPSJ-AAC | 2020-03-13 16:25 |
Ibaraki | Tsukuba University of Technology | A Study of Programming Educational Tools for Children with Visual Impairment Makoto Kobayashi (NTUT), Hotaka Takizawa, Akihisa Ohya (Univ. of Tsukuba)  WIT2019-49 |
In Japan, the programming education in elementary school will be compulsory from fiscal year 2020. It can be said that t... [more] | WIT2019-49 pp.57-62 |
| WIT, IPSJ-AAC | 2020-03-13 17:15 |
Ibaraki | Tsukuba University of Technology | Comparison of CNN-based recognition methods of upward staircases for the visually impaired Genki Sekita, Hotaka Takizawa, Akihisa Ohya (Univ. of Tsukuba), Makoto kobayashi (Tsukuba Univ. of Tech.), Mayumi Aoyagi (Aichi Univ. of Edu.) WIT2019-51 |
[more] | WIT2019-51 pp.69-71 |
| ICTSSL, CAS | 2020-01-31 12:00 |
Tokyo | Study on Propagation Characteristics of 920 MHz Band Radio Waves in Mountainous Region for Landslide Sensing Network Takuya Usui, Makoto Kobayashi, Koichi Shin, Masahiro Nishi (Hiroshima City Univ.) CAS2019-85 ICTSSL2019-54 |
In Hiroshima, human damage caused by landslides is a serious problem. It is important to evacuate residents early in ord... [more] | CAS2019-85 ICTSSL2019-54 pp.115-120 |
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| ET | 2019-11-09 14:40 |
Hiroshima | Hiroshima City University | Pseudo-shape Understanding by Virtual Haptic Senses aimed at Object Recognition Support for the Visually Impaired Hisayuki Tatsumi (Tsukuba Univ. of Tech.), Yasuyuki Murai (Nihon Pharmaceutical Univ.), Makoto Kobayashi, Iwao Sekita, Masahiro Miyakawa (Tsukuba Univ. of Tech.) ET2019-53 |
This research aims to provide information accessibility support for visually impaired individuals perform actions and be... [more] | ET2019-53 pp.33-38 |
| WIT, SP | 2019-10-26 14:10 |
Kagoshima | Daiichi Institute of Technology | Detection and tracking of white-cane users from surveillance camera images by using line segment tracking Kazusa Sanada, Hotaka Takizawa (Univ. of Tsukuba), Mayumi Aoyagi (Aichi Univ. of Edu.), Akihisa Ohya (Univ. of Tsukuba), Makoto Kobayashi (Tsukuba Univ. of Tech.) SP2019-19 WIT2019-18 |
Accidents caused by visually impaired individuals in public spaces are becoming social problems. In this study, we devel... [more] | SP2019-19 WIT2019-18 pp.13-16 |
| ET | 2019-09-06 14:20 |
Ibaraki | Tsukuba University of Technology | A Machine Learning-based Character Identification System for the Visually Impaired to Enjoy Broadcast Animations Yu Yoshino, Kazuki Nakada, Makoto Kobayashi, Iwao Sekita, Hisayuki Tatsumi (NTUT) ET2019-31 |
This study aims to assist visually impaired individuals by focusing on the following problems that arise at the time of ... [more] | ET2019-31 pp.35-40 |
| WIT | 2019-06-16 13:45 |
Tokyo | Waseda University, Waseda Campus | Preliminary study on seat recognition in environments with people by the Xtion PRO LIVE cane system Chi Zhang, Hotaka Takizawa, Akihisa Ohya (Univ. of Tsukuba), Makoto Kobayashi (Tsukuba Univ. of Tech.), Mayumi Aoyagi (Aichi Univ. of Education) WIT2019-4 |
We proposed an Xtion PRO LIVE cane system to help visually impaired individuals recognize seats and so forth. In this re... [more] | WIT2019-4 pp.19-22 |
| WIT | 2019-06-16 14:10 |
Tokyo | Waseda University, Waseda Campus | Preliminary study on CNN-based recognition of upward staircases for the visually impaired Genki Sekita, Hotaka Takizawa, Akihisa Ohya (Univ. of Tsukuba), Makoto Kobayashi (Tsukuba Univ. of Tech.), Mayumi Aoyagi (Aichi Univ. of Education) WIT2019-5 |
In this study, we propose a CNN-based recognition method of upward staircases for the visually impaired. Environmental i... [more] | WIT2019-5 pp.23-24 |
| WIT, IPSJ-AAC | 2019-03-09 15:25 |
Ibaraki | Tsukuba University of Technology | [Special Talk]
Visually Impaired People and Presentation Skills Makoto Kobayashi (NTUT) WIT2018-73 |
“Presentation to visually impaired people” and “Presentation by a visually impaired person” are provided as main topics ... [more] | WIT2018-73 pp.95-98 |
| WIT, HI-SIGACI | 2018-12-06 10:25 |
Tokyo | AIST Tokyo Waterfront | Preliminary study on line drawing aid with Lensen Drawing Kit for the visually impaired Yilin Li, Hotaka Takizawa (Univ. of Tsukuba), Makoto Kobayashi (Tsukuba University of Technology) WIT2018-44 |
There are needs for visually impaired teachers and researches to make line drawings to be attached to textbooks or artic... [more] | WIT2018-44 pp.69-72 |
| WIT, IPSJ-AAC | 2018-03-09 13:15 |
Ibaraki | Tsukuba University of Technology | Preliminary study on Image recognition of triangles drawn with Lensen Drawing Kit Yilin Li, Hotaka Takizawa (Univ. of Tsukuba), Makoto Kobayashi (NTUT), Mayumi Aoyagi (Aichi Univ. of Edu.) WIT2017-66 |
The primary education of graphics for visually impaired students is important. However, the students do not have suffici... [more] | WIT2017-66 pp.39-42 |
| WIT, IPSJ-AAC | 2018-03-09 14:15 |
Ibaraki | Tsukuba University of Technology | Handwriting support for the visually impaired by pen-point tracking using pseudo-acoustic sound Hisayuki Tatsumi (Tsukuba Univ. of Tech.), Yasuyuki Murai (Nihon Pharma. Univ.), Makoto Kobayashi, Masahiro Miyakawa (Tsukuba Univ. of Tech.) WIT2017-69 |
In this research, we consider an acoustic digital pen for the visually impaired individuals that will allow them to reco... [more] | WIT2017-69 pp.53-58 |
| WIT, IPSJ-AAC | 2018-03-09 17:45 |
Ibaraki | Tsukuba University of Technology | A Study on Information Support for Hearing Impaired People Using Sport Game Timeline Daisuke Wakatsuki, Rumi Hiraga, Makoto Kobayashi, Yuhki Shiraishi (NTUT), Takeaki Shionome, Jianwei Zhang (Iwate Univ.), Yoshiki Fukunaga, Manabi Miyagi, Atsuyuki Morishima (NTUT) WIT2017-78 |
We have promoted a project which aims to realize ``Information Support of Everyone, by Everyone, for Everyone (ISeee).''... [more] | WIT2017-78 pp.109-114 |
| WIT, IPSJ-AAC | 2018-03-10 13:55 |
Ibaraki | Tsukuba University of Technology | Estimation of lighting equipment positions for indoor navigation by visible light communications Keisuke Katsuki, Mamoru Sasaki (Niigata Univ.), Yohei Nakazawa (Gakushuin Univ.), Daisuke Wakatsuki, Makoto Kobayashi (Tsukuba Univ. Tech), Kentaro Nishimori, YOshinobu Maeda, Hideo Makino (Niigata Univ.) WIT2017-85 |
When using existing lighting equipment as landmarks for indoor positioning, it is necessary to determine the equipment’s... [more] | WIT2017-85 pp.163-168 |
| HCGSYMPO (2nd) |
2017-12-13 - 2017-12-15 |
Ishikawa | THE KANAZAWA THEATRE | A User Survey on Personal Computers and the Internet by Blind and Visually Impaired People 2017 Tetsuya Watanabe, Hirotsugu Kaga (Niigata Univ.), Makoto Kobayashi (NTUT), Kazunori Miantani (DNC) |
A survey was conducted on the use of personal computers and the Internet by blind and visually impaired people. Among 30... [more] | |
| WIT, HI-SIGACI | 2017-12-07 14:50 |
Tokyo | AIST Tokyo Waterfront | BLE beacon-based dynamic controls for guidance systems used by the visually-impaired Takumi Nakazawa (Niigata Univ.), Daisuke Wakatsuki, Makoto Kobayashi (Tsukuba Univ of Technology), Kentaro Nishimori, Yoshinobu Maeda, Hideo Makino (Niigata Univ.) WIT2017-61 |
This paper describes a method of dynamically controlling BLE beacons, and an indoor BLE beacon-based guidance system tha... [more] | WIT2017-61 pp.121-126 |
| WIT, SP | 2017-10-19 17:30 |
Fukuoka | Tobata Library of Kyutech (Kitakyushu) | A Survey of Smartphone and Tablet Usage by Blind People 2017 Tetsuya Watanabe, Hirotsugu Kaga (Niigata Univ.), Makoto Kobayashi (NTUT), Kazunori Minatani (DNC) SP2017-46 WIT2017-42 |
A survey was conducted on the use of ICT by visually impaired people. Of the 305 respondents, 180 (59.0%） used mobile ph... [more] | SP2017-46 WIT2017-42 pp.69-74 |
| WIT | 2017-08-28 13:50 |
Akita | Faculty of Engineering Science, Akita Univ. | A User Survey of the Tactile Graphics Conversion Service for the Blind Tetsuya Watanabe (Niigata Univ.), Makoto Kobayashi (Tsukuba Univ. of Tech.), Kazunori Minatani (DNC) WIT2017-14 |
Visual graphics can be accessible by raising the lines of the graphics and converting printed letters into Braille. When... [more] | WIT2017-14 pp.1-5 |
| WIT, ASJ-H | 2017-05-28 12:00 |
Tokyo | RION Co., LTD. | A preliminary study on drawing aid for the visually impaired by use of a Lensen drawing kit Hotaka Takizawa, Ikunobu Komoriyama (Univ. of Tsukuba), Makoto Kobayashi (Tsukuba Univ. of Tech.) WIT2017-13 |
[more] | WIT2017-13 pp.63-66 |
| HCS, HIP, HI-SIGCE [detail] | 2017-05-16 13:30 |
Okinawa | Okinawa Industry Support Center | A User Survey on the Reading and Writing Services for the Blind Tetsuya Watanabe (Niigata Univ.), Makoto Kobayashi (Tsukuba Univ. Tech.), Kazunori Minatani (DNC) HCS2017-7 HIP2017-7 |
A nation-wide user survey was conducted on reading and writing for the blind. Among 202 respondents, 147 people (73%) we... [more] | HCS2017-7 HIP2017-7 pp.49-54 |
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