IEICE Technical Report

Print edition: ISSN 0913-5685 Online edition: ISSN 2432-6380

Welfare Information Technology

Workshop Date : 2008-03-22 - 2008-03-23 / Issue Date : 2008-03-15

WIT2007-90
Research on distance display method by voice in order to navigate the blind
Chikamune Wada, Yuji Nagashima (KIT)
pp. 1 - 4

WIT2007-91
A Study on Phonetic Alphabet of Screen Readers -- Words Selection for Junior High School Students --
Tetsuya Watanabe (NISE), Tomomi Sasaki, Shigeyoshi Aoki, Nobuyuki Nagai (Miyagi Univ. Edu.)
pp. 5 - 12

WIT2007-92
Eye-mark Tracking Experiments under Simulated Tunnel Vision
Kimikazu Sugimori, Tsuyoshi Kimura, Hiroyuki Kawabe, Yuko Shimomura (Kinjo Univ.)
pp. 13 - 16

WIT2007-93
Development of Digital Broadcast Presentation System for Visually Impaired People and Accessibility Evaluation
Tadahiro Sakai, Takuya Handa, Kinji Matsumura, Kazuhiro Otsuki, Masamitsu Misono, Toshiya Morita, Yoshiaki Shishikui, Takayuki Ito (NHK STRL), Tohru Ifukube (RCAST, The University of Tokyo)
pp. 17 - 22

WIT2007-94
BraillePresentation Method for Tactile Display
Takuya Handa, Tadahiro Sakai, Masamitsu Misono, Toshiya Morita, Takayuki Ito (NHK STRL)
pp. 23 - 26

WIT2007-95
Learning Support System of Physical Gymnastic Exercises for Blind
Ritsuko Izuhara, Takafumi Ito, Yusuke Osugi, Yudai Takai, Takashi Aoki, Hiroshi Nagase (KIT)
pp. 27 - 30

WIT2007-96
Context-oriented Layout Optimization for Large Print Textbooks
Itaru Tatsumi, Hitoshi Habe, Masatsugu Kidode (NAIST)
pp. 31 - 36

WIT2007-97
Behavior Recognition using an Image Sequence Captured from Different View Points for Healthcare of Ageing People.
Hisashi Nishimaki, Norimichi Ukita, Masatsugu Kidode (NAIST)
pp. 37 - 42

WIT2007-98
Nursing care measurement in eldely nursing home based on video shots -- measurement support system --
Naomi Matsumura (Fukui Univ), Isamu Takahashi (Kitazato Univ), Haruhiko Shirai, Hisakazu Ogura, Jousuke Kuroiwa, Tomohiro Odaka (Fukui Univ)
pp. 43 - 50

WIT2007-99
Evaluation of User-interface of Rehabilitation Support System for Elder person
Makoto Fujimura, Tomomi Kiname, Hidenori Maruta, Hidetoshi Takashima, Hiroki Imamura, Hideo Kuroda (Nagasaki Univ.)
pp. 51 - 56

WIT2007-100
Effects of Cameras and Monitors on Caregivers' Work Stress in the Group Home
Taro Sugihara, Tsutomu Fujinami (JAIST), Kennichi Nakagawa (freelance programmer)
pp. 57 - 62

WIT2007-101
A Study on the Sitting-support-device Based on the Interactive Motion Control -- The Load Reduction Ratio of a Care Worker --
Tomohiro Ikemoto, Hideaki Furui, Shozo Uchitomi (Kyushu Kyoritu Univ.)
pp. 63 - 66

WIT2007-102
Basic study of an attention-drawing devices for manual wheelchair users to the proper operating instruction -- using visual and auditory stimulation --
Takashi Izumi (Hokkaido Tokai University), Hidehito Matsushita, Takao Kojima, Syunichi Sugihara (Shuyukai Hospital), Toshiaki Tanaka, Shuichi Ino, Tohru Ifukube (UTYO)
pp. 67 - 72

WIT2007-103
Development and Evaluation of Pointing Support Method using Recursive Screen Partitioning for Physically Disabled Persons
Hikaru Endo, Hisayoshi Ito, Kenzo Itoh (Iwate Pref. Univ.)
pp. 73 - 78

WIT2007-104
Development of speech training systems based on a real-time speech visualization
Yuichi Ueda, Takafumi Matsuyuki, Tatsuro Yonekura, Tadashi Sakata (Kumamoto Univ.)
pp. 79 - 84

WIT2007-105
Proposal of a Weighted-SPEAK method for cochlear implant system and design of its evaluation simulator
Masayuki Satou (Kumamoto PCT), Masato Ikiyama, Dan Nishikido, Hiroki Toyoshima, Tadashi Sakata, Yuichi Ueda (Kumamoto Univ.)
pp. 85 - 90

WIT2007-106
A System Helping Hard-of-Hearing People Catch Speeches in a Meeting
Tomoaki Sasaki, Tetsuya Matsumoto, Yoshinori Takeuchi, Hiroaki Kudo, Noboru Ohnishi (Nagoya Univ.)
pp. 91 - 96

WIT2007-107
Computer Graphics of Mouth movements for a Pronunciation Practice CAI System Based on Lip Reading Techniques
Mariko Oda, Shun Ichinose (K.I.T), Seio Oda (F.J.C.T)
pp. 97 - 102

WIT2007-108
Analysis of Mental Workload of Hearing-Impaired People When Using aAutomatic Speech Recognition for Information Assurance System
Shuhei Orita, Masahide Mizushima, Ken'ichi Furuya, Akitoshi Kataoka (NTT)
pp. 103 - 108

WIT2007-109
Handshapes of the JSL type III signs
Daisuke Hara (AMU), Kazuyuki Kanda (Chyukyo Univ.), Tsutomu Kimura (TNCT)
pp. 109 - 114

Note: Each article is a technical report without peer review, and its polished version will be published elsewhere.

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