Committee |
Date Time |
Place |
Paper Title / Authors |
Abstract |
Paper # |
SP, WIT |
2012-09-28 13:30 |
Tokyo |
Shibaura Institute of Technology |
Evaluation of the factor to affect the spatial recognition of enlarged presentation on a tactile display
-- To convey a figure/graph information to the visually impaired people -- Tadahiro Sakai, Takuya Handa, Toshihiro Shimizu (NHK) SP2012-58 WIT2012-10 |
We report a trial to assess users' ability to quickly and accurately grasp patterns such as figures and menus presented ... [more] |
SP2012-58 WIT2012-10 pp.1-6 |
SP, WIT |
2012-09-28 14:00 |
Tokyo |
Shibaura Institute of Technology |
Recognition of Upward Stairs Using a Kinect Cane and Its Performance Evaluation Shotaro Yamaguchi, Hotaka Takizawa, Mayumi Aoyagi (Univ. of Tsukuba), Nobuo Ezaki (Toba National College of Maritime Technology), Shinji Mizuno (Aichi Institute of Technology) SP2012-59 WIT2012-11 |
In this report, we propose a recognition method for upward stairs using a Kinect-equipped white cane. The proposed metho... [more] |
SP2012-59 WIT2012-11 pp.7-11 |
SP, WIT |
2012-09-28 14:30 |
Tokyo |
Shibaura Institute of Technology |
Development of a DAISY player that utilizes a Braille display for document structure presentation and navigation Kazunori Minatani (National Center for University Entrance Examinations) SP2012-60 WIT2012-12 |
[more] |
SP2012-60 WIT2012-12 pp.13-16 |
SP, WIT |
2012-09-28 15:15 |
Tokyo |
Shibaura Institute of Technology |
A case survey on care facility staff's daily attempts
-- Toward technology introduction into care facilities -- Isamu Kajitani, Tamio Tanikawa, Takanori Shibata, Tetsuo Kotoku (AIST) SP2012-61 WIT2012-13 |
[more] |
SP2012-61 WIT2012-13 pp.17-22 |
SP, WIT |
2012-09-28 15:45 |
Tokyo |
Shibaura Institute of Technology |
IT-based arithmetic learning method for children with difficulty in linguistic and attention skills. Kimito Takamaru, Kouhei Yamada, Hiroyuki Inoue, Masahiko Nawate (Shimane Univ.) SP2012-62 WIT2012-14 |
Arithmetic disabilities mainly classified into four subtypes of linguistic skill, perceptual skill, attention skill and ... [more] |
SP2012-62 WIT2012-14 pp.23-28 |
SP, WIT |
2012-09-28 16:15 |
Tokyo |
Shibaura Institute of Technology |
Improvement of interactive system to assist rehabilitation of upper extremity Tomohiko Miki (Shibaura Institute of Technology), Fumihito Kasai (Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Showa University School o), Michiko Ohkura (Shibaura Institute of Technology) SP2012-63 WIT2012-15 |
We have developed an interactive system to assist rehabilitation of upper extremity. This system has such functions ... [more] |
SP2012-63 WIT2012-15 pp.29-31 |
SP, WIT |
2012-09-29 10:30 |
Tokyo |
Shibaura Institute of Technology |
A Preliminary Study on Text Input Method using Statistical Model of Cerebral Blood Flow Change Yoshiyuki Tazawa, Hiroki Mori (Utsunomiya Univ.) SP2012-64 WIT2012-16 |
For realizing communication aids for physically handicapped patients such as ALS, a character input method, which doesn'... [more] |
SP2012-64 WIT2012-16 pp.33-38 |
SP, WIT |
2012-09-29 11:00 |
Tokyo |
Shibaura Institute of Technology |
Visualization system for a log of versatile communication aid "VCAN/1A" Chihiro Ueno, Toyohiko Hayashi, Maiko Iriyama (Niigata Univ.), Satsuki Aoki (Meirin College) SP2012-65 WIT2012-17 |
Language ability of children with communication disabilities is usually assessed by means of language tests. These clini... [more] |
SP2012-65 WIT2012-17 pp.39-44 |
SP, WIT |
2012-09-29 11:30 |
Tokyo |
Shibaura Institute of Technology |
A Proposal for Improvement of Supporting for Communication Aids Fumihito Ito (Hitotsubashi Univ.), Keiji Imai, Emiko Nishina, Hiroki Okabe (ICT RT), Kentaro Ishijima (Tokyo Univ.), Yumiko Kawaguchi (Sakura Kai) SP2012-66 WIT2012-18 |
[more] |
SP2012-66 WIT2012-18 pp.45-49 |
SP, WIT |
2012-09-29 13:30 |
Tokyo |
Shibaura Institute of Technology |
[Invited Talk]
When the near future sound study affects assistive technology, what happens? Eiichi Ono (NRCD) SP2012-67 WIT2012-19 |
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SP2012-67 WIT2012-19 pp.51-52 |
SP, WIT |
2012-09-29 14:30 |
Tokyo |
Shibaura Institute of Technology |
[Invited Talk]
Assistive Technology for Aged and Person with Disabilities Takuro Hatakeyama (Waseda Univ.) SP2012-68 WIT2012-20 |
It is important to know user needs in order to succeed in development project regarding assistive technology for aged an... [more] |
SP2012-68 WIT2012-20 pp.53-56 |
SP, WIT |
2012-09-29 15:45 |
Tokyo |
Shibaura Institute of Technology |
A fast speech rate conversion technology to assist efficient information acquisition for visually impaired persons Naoyuki Tazawa (NHK-ES), Atsushi Imai (NHK STRL), Yukio Iwahana, Tohru Takagi (NHK-ES), Shinichi Torihara (Keio Research Institute at SFC) SP2012-69 WIT2012-21 |
We have performed studies and evaluation experiments of more acceptable rapid speech, aimed at implementation in applica... [more] |
SP2012-69 WIT2012-21 pp.57-61 |
SP, WIT |
2012-09-29 16:15 |
Tokyo |
Shibaura Institute of Technology |
The Development and Evaluation of Bandwidth Extension of Speech for Mobile Device
-- The Proposal of Adaptive Low-Frequency Bandwidth Extending Method and an Objective Evaluation Method -- Takashi Sudo (TOSHIBA/YNU), Masataka Osada, Yusaku Kikugawa, Hirokazu Tanaka, Shigenobu Minami (TOSHIBA), Ryuji Kohno (YNU) SP2012-70 WIT2012-22 |
We evaluate and examine the new development process when applying speech bandwidth extension which is a technique for im... [more] |
SP2012-70 WIT2012-22 pp.63-68 |
SP, WIT |
2012-09-29 16:45 |
Tokyo |
Shibaura Institute of Technology |
Detection of Phoneme Boundary in Serial Inaudible Utterance Based on Center-of-Balance Transition by Wavelet Factors with Consideration of Muscle Activity Kazushi Miyatake, Hidetoshi Nagai, Teigo Nakamura (KIT) SP2012-71 WIT2012-23 |
We are working on inaudible speech recognition based on surface EMG. In our previous work, we proposed a method for extr... [more] |
SP2012-71 WIT2012-23 pp.69-74 |