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Awardings
update: July 2011
  1. Human Communication Award, IEICE (Dec 10th, 2009)
    Tomohiro Amemiya, Hisashi Sugiyama, "Haptic Compass Based on Pseudo-Attraction Force for Guiding Visually Impaired Pedestrians", May. 2009. (in Japanese)
  2. Annual Meeting Award, Human Interface Society (March 2nd, 2009)
    Tomohiro Amemiya, Hisashi Sugiyama, "Design of a Haptic Compass for Visually Impaired People in Emergency Situations with Kinesthetic Illusion", Aug. 2008. (in Japanese)
  3. R&D Award, NTT Science and Core Technology Laboratory Group (Dec. 13th, 2007)
    Tomohiro Amemiya, Hideyuki Ando, "Buru-Navi: Nongrounding Haptic Interface using Characteristics of Human Perception", Dec. 2007.
  4. Best Presentation Award, Human Interface Symposium 2007 (Sep. 5th, 2007)
    Tomohiro Amemiya, Hideyuki Ando, Taro Maeda, "Smart Serving Tray for Novice Waitstaff", In Proc. of HIS2007, pp. 685-688, Tokyo, Sep. 2007. (in Japanese)
  5. R&D Award, NTT Communication Sci. Labs. (April 25th, 2007)
    Tomohiro Amemiya, Hideyuki Ando, Taro Maeda,"Buru-Navi: Nongrounding Haptic Interface using Characteristics of Human Perception", April 2007.
  6. Grand Prix du Jury, Trophées Laval Virtual
    (Laval Virtual Award "Grand Prix" Award) (April 20th, 2007) (Report)
    Tomohiro Amemiya, Hideyuki Ando, Taro Maeda, "Buru-Navi", Laval, France, 2007.
  7. Interfaces de réalité virtuelle, Trophées Laval Virtual
    (Laval Virtual Award, VR Interfaces Award) (April 20th, 2007)
    Tomohiro Amemiya, Hideyuki Ando, Taro Maeda, "Buru-Navi", Laval, France, 2007.
  8. NTT Communication Sci. Labs. Special Award (April 25th, 2007)
    Taro Maeda, Tomohiro Amemiya, Hideyuki Ando,"Transmission of Information by Research on Human Interface using GVS", April 2006.
  9. Outstanding Paper Award, Virtual Reality Society of Japan (Sep. 28th 2005)
    Tomohiro Amemiya, Koichi Hirota, Michitaka Hirose, "Wearable Tactile Interface for Way-Finding Deaf-Blind People using Verbal and Nonverbal Mode", Trans. of VRSJ, Vol. 9, No. 3, pp. 207-216, 2004. (in Japanese)
  10. Best Presentation Award, Human Interface Symposium 2005 (Sep. 16th, 2005)
    Tomohiro Amemiya, Hideyuki Ando, Taro Maeda, "Non-grounding Force Display using Nonlinearity of Human Perception", In Proc. of HIS2005, pp. 605-608, Kanagawa, Sep. 2005. (in Japanese).
  11. Young Researchers Award, Virtual Reality Society of Japan (March 30th, 2005)
    Tomohiro Amemiya, "Development of Direction Guidance Device using Biased Acceleration in Periodic Motion", In Proc. of VRSJ 9th Annual Conf., pp. 215-218, Kyoto, Sep 2004. (in Japanese)

  1. Best Poster Nominee (March 30th, 2007)
    Tomohiro Amemiya, Hideyuki Ando, Taro Maeda, "Hand-held Force Display with Spring-Cam Mechanism for Generating Asymmetric Acceleration", In Proc. of World Haptics Conference 2007 (2nd Joint Eurohaptics Conference and Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems), pp. 572-573, Tsukuba, March 2007.
  2. Best Paper Nominee (Dec. 3rd, 2005)
    Tomohiro Amemiya, Hideyuki Ando, Taro Maeda, "Phantom-DRAWN: Direction Guidance using Rapid and Asymmetric Acceleration Weighted by Nonlinearity of Perception", In Proc. of 15th International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence (ICAT 2005), pp. 201-208, Christchurch, New Zealand, December 2005.

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Book
  1. Tomohiro Amemiya (Chapter), Methods of Phychology. (Edited by Tadashi Oyama, Ikuya Murakami), Seishin-shobo, 15th September 2011.(in Japanese)
  2. Tomohiro Amemiya (Chapter), "Kinesthetic Cues that Lead the Way", Advances in Vehicular Networking Technologies,(Edited by Miguel Almeida), In-Tech, ISBN 978-953-307-241-8, pp.219-224, April 2011.
    PDF [IN-TECH]
  3. Tomohiro Amemiya (Chapter), "Human interface for pedestrian with visual impairments", Science of Eyes, (Edited by Akira Negi), 30th June, 2010. (in Japanese)
    ISBN978-4-8306-5536-4
    Amazon [Publisher]
  4. Tomohiro Amemiya, Hideyuki Ando, Taro Maeda, (Chapter), "Kinesthetic Illusion of Being Pulled Sensation Enables Haptic Navigation for Broad Social Applications", Advances in Haptics, (Edited by Mehrdad Hosseini Zadeh), In-Tech, ISBN 978-953-307-093-3. pp.403-414, April 2010.
    PDF [IN-TECH]
  5. Tomohiro Amemiya (Chapter), "Haptic rendering", The Scholarship of Virtual Reality (Edited by Susumu Tachi, Makoto Sato, Michitaka Hirose), ISBN978-4-904490-05-1, 11th Jan., 2011. (in Japanese) 
    Amazon [Publisher]
  6. Tomohiro Amemiya (Chapter), "Haptic rendering", The Scholarship of Virtual Reality (Edited by Susumu Tachi, Makoto Sato, Michitaka Hirose), ISBN978-4-7963-5138-2, 25th Jan., 2010. (in Japanese)
    Amazon [Publisher]

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Methods of Phychology
I wrote a section of haptic perception and methods for haptic experiment.
VR gaku
The first textbook on virtual reality in Japan.
I wrote a section of haptic rendering.
Advances in Vehicular Networking Technologies
Online open access academic book.
Advances in Haptics
Online open access academic book.
ME NO SCIENCE
Academic book for eye clinic.
Journal papers
  1. Tomohiro Amemiya, Hisashi Sugiyama, "Orienting Kinesthetically: A Haptic Handheld Wayfinder for People with Visual Impairments", ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing, Vol. 3, No. 2, Article 6, pp. 1-23, November 2010.
    PDF ACM
  2. Junji Watanabe, Tomohiro Amemiya, Shin'ya Nishida, Alan Johnston, "Tactile Duration Compression by Vibrotactile Adaptation", NeuroReport, Vol.21, No. 13, pp. 856-860, August 2010.
    PDF
  3. Tomohiro Amemiya, Hisashi Sugiyama, "Haptic Navigation Based on Pseudo-Attraction Force for Guiding Visually Impaired Pedestrians", Transactions of Human Interface Society, Vol.11, No.4, pp. 303-310, 2009. (in Japanese)
    PDF [Publisher]
  4. Tomohiro Amemiya, Taro Maeda, Hideyuki Ando, "Location-free Haptic Interaction for Large-Area Social Applications", Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, Vol. 13, No. 5, pp. 379-386, Springer, June 2009.
    PDF [Publisher]
  5. Tomohiro Amemiya, Taro Maeda, "Directional Force Sensation by Asymmetric Oscillation from a Double-layer Slider-crank Mechanism", Transactions of the ASME Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering, Vol. 9, No. 1, 011001, March 2009.
    PDF ASME
  6. Tomohiro Amemiya, "Haptic Direction Indicator for Visually Impaired People Based on Pseudo-Attraction Force", eMinds: International Journal on Human-Computer Interaction, Vol. 1, No. 5, pp.23-34, March 2009.
    [eMinds]
  7. Tomohiro Amemiya, Taro Maeda, "Miniaturization of haptic interface utilizing sensory illusion of being pulled and its effect", Transactions of Human Interface Society, Vol. 10, No. 4, pp.125-134, 2008. (in Japanese)
    PDF [Publisher]
  8. Tomohiro Amemiya, Hideyuki Ando, Taro Maeda, "Lead-Me Interface for a Pulling Sensation from Hand-held Devices", ACM Transactions on Applied Perception, Vol. 5, No. 3, Article 15, August 2008.
    [Cover] [ACM]
  9. Tomohiro Amemiya, Taro Maeda, "Asymmetric Oscillation Distorts the Perceived Heaviness of Handheld Objects", IEEE Transactions on Haptics, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 9-18, Jan-Jun, 2008.
    PDF IEEE
  10. Tomohiro Amemiya, Taro Maeda, "Heaviness Perception by Hand-held Object Vibrating with Asymmetric Acceleration", Trans. of VRSJ, Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 59-68, 2008. (in Japanese)
    [Publisher]
  11. Tomohiro Amemiya, Taro Maeda, Hideyuki Ando, "Haptic Interaction Based on Perceptual Attraction Force without Constraint of Location", Trans. of VRSJ, Vol. 12, No. 3, pp. 409-412, 2007. (in Japanese)
    [Publisher]
  12. Tomohiro Amemiya, Hideyuki Ando, Taro Maeda, "Effective Perception Method for Directed Force When Holding a Nongrounding Force Display in the Air", Trans. of VRSJ, Vol. 11, No. 4, pp. 545-556, 2006. (in Japanese)
    [Publisher]
  13. Tomohiro Amemiya, Hideyuki Ando, Taro Maeda, "Non-grounding Force Display Utilizing Nonlinearity of Human Perception", Trans. of VRSJ, Vol. 11, No. 1, pp. 47-58, 2006. (in Japanese)
    [Publisher]
  14. Hideyuki Ando, Junji Watanabe, Tomohiro Amemiya, Taro Maeda, "The Study of Selective Visual Information Display using Wearable Saccade Detection Device", Trans. of VRSJ, Vol. 10, No. 4, pp. 505-512, 2005. (in Japanese)
    [Publisher]
  15. Tomohiro Amemiya, Koichi Hirota, Michitaka Hirose, "Development and Evaluation of Oboe-like Braille Input Interface for Wearable Computing", Trans. of IPSJ, Vol. 46, No. 7, pp. 1701-1710, 2005. (in Japanese)
    PDF [Publisher]
  16. Hideyuki Ando, Tomohiro Amemiya, Taro Maeda, "A Wearable Scanning Laser Projector for augmenting annotation information", Trans. of VRSJ, Vol. 10, No. 2, pp. 191-200, 2005. (in Japanese)
    [Publisher]
  17. Tomohiro Amemiya, Koichi Hirota, Michitaka Hirose, "Wearable Tactile Interface for Way-Finding Deaf-Blind People using Verbal and Nonverbal Mode", Trans. of VRSJ, Vol. 9, No. 3, pp. 207-216, 2004. (in Japanese)
    [Outstanding paper award, VRSJ]
    [Publisher]

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International conferences (reviewed, oral presentations)
    2011
  1. Tomohiro Amemiya, Koichi Hirota, Yasushi Ikei, "Concave-convex Surface Perception by Visuo-vestibular Stimuli for Five Senses Theater", In Proc. of 14th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI International 2011), Virtual Reality, Part I, LNCS 6773, pp. 225-233, Orlando, FL, July 2011.
    PDF Springer
  2. Masahiro Urano, Yasushi Ikei, Koichi Hirota, Tomohiro Amemiya, "FiveStar: Ultra-realistic Space Experience System", In Proc. of 14th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI International 2011), Virtual Reality, Part II, LNCS 6774, pp. 407-414, Orlando, FL, July 2011.
    PDF Springer
  3. Koichi Hirota, Seichiro Ebisawa, Tomohiro Amemiya, Yasushi Ikei, "A System of Creating the Content for a Multi-sensory Theater", In Proc. of 14th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI International 2011), Virtual Reality, Part II, LNCS 6774, pp. 151-157, Orlando, FL, July 2011.
    PDF Springer
  4. Koichi Hirota, Seichiro Ebisawa, Tomohiro Amemiya, Yasushi Ikei, "A Theater for Viewing and Editing Multi-sensory Content", In Proc. of IEEE International Symposium on VR innovation (ISVRI) 2011, pp. 239-244, Singapore, March 2011.
    PDF IEEE
    5. 2010
  5. Tomohiro Amemiya, Koichi Hirota, Yasushi Ikei, Development of Preliminary System for Presenting Visuo-vestibular Sensations for Five Senses Theater, In Proc. of ASIAGRAPH in Tokyo, Vol.4, No.2, pp.19-23,Tokyo, October 2010.
    Publisher
  6. Taira Yoshioka, Kanako Nishimura, Wataru Yamamoto, Taiki Saito, Yasushi Ikei, Koichi Hirota, Tomohiro Amemiya, FiveStar: Development of the Five Senses Theater for Ultrareality ~Multiple-modality Display for Ultra realistic Space Experience, In Proc. of ASIAGRAPH in Tokyo, Vol.4, No.2, pp.13-18, Tokyo, October 2010.
    Publisher
  7. Koichi Hirota, Yasushi Ikei, Tomohiro Amemiya, Olfactory Display for Multi-sensory Theater, In Proc. of ASIAGRAPH in Tokyo, Vol.4, No.2, pp. 24-28, Tokyo, October 2010.
    Publisher
  8. Hidenori Hamaguchi, Tomohiro Amemiya, Taro Maeda, Hideyuki Ando, "Design of Repetitive Knocking Force Display for Being Pulled Illusion", In Proc. of 19th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN), pp.33-37, Italy, September 2010.(acceptance rate　80/150=53%)
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  9. Taira Yoshioka, Kanako Nishimura, Wataru Yamamoto, Taiki Saito, Yasushi Ikei, Koichi Hirota, Tomohiro Amemiya, "Development of Basic Techniques for Five Senses Theater - Multiple Modality Display for Ultra Realistic Experience", In Proc. of ASIAGRAPH in Shanghai, p.89-94, Shanghai, June 2010.
    [Publisher]
    10. 2009
  10. Tomohiro Amemiya, Hisashi Sugiyama, "Haptic Handheld Wayfinder with Pseudo-Attraction Force for Pedestrians with Visual Impairments", In Proc. of 11th ACM Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS 2009), pp. 107-114, Pittsburgh, PA, October 2009.(acceptance rate=31%)
    PDF [ACM]
  11. Tomohiro Amemiya, Hisashi Sugiyama, "Navigation in Eight Cardinal Directions with Pseudo-Attraction Force for the Visually Impaired", In Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC 2009), pp. 33-38, San Antonio, TX, October 2009.
    PDF IEEE
  12. Tomohiro Amemiya, Taro Maeda, "Impact of Pulse Width and Pulse Oscillation Interval on Perception of Pseudo-Attraction Force", In Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC 2009), pp. 1724-1729, San Antonio, TX, October 2009.
    PDF IEEE
  13. Tomohiro Amemiya, "Visualizing Thermal Traces to Reveal Histories of Human-Object Interactions", In Proc. of 13th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI International 2009), Universal Access in Human Computer Interaction, Part II, HCII 2009, LNCS 5615, pp. 477-482, San Diego, CA, July 2009.
    PDF Springer
    14. 2008
  14. Tomohiro Amemiya, Hideyuki Ando, Taro Maeda, "Bear's Beer and Smart Platter -Handheld Interactive Haptic Display-", In Proc. of ACM SIGGRAPH ASIA 2008 Sketches, Singapore, December 2008.
    PDF SIGGRAPH ACM
  15. Junji Watanabe, Tomohiro Amemiya, Shin'ya Nishida, Alan Johnston, "Independent local adaptation of tactile frequency and duration", Perception, Vol. 37, European Conference on Visual Perception (ECVP 2008) Abstract Supplement, p. 87, Utrecht, Netherlands, August 2008.
    [Publisher]
  16. Tomohiro Amemiya, Hisashi Sugiyama, "Design of a Haptic Direction Indicator for Visually Impaired People in Emergency Situations", In Proc. of 11th International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs (ICCHP 2008), pp.1141-1144, Linz, Austria, July 2008. (acceptance rate: 190/360=53%)
    PDF Springer
    17. 2007
  17. Tomohiro Amemiya, Hideyuki Ando, Taro Maeda, "Haptic Navigation for Broad Social Applications by Kinesthetic Illusion of Pulling Sensation", In Proc. of 17th International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence (ICAT 2007), pp.129-134, Esbjerg, Denmark, December 2007.
    PDF IEEE
  18. Tomohiro Amemiya, Ichiro Kawabuchi, Hideyuki Ando, Taro Maeda, "Double-Layer Slider-Crank Mechanism to Generate Pulling or Pushing Sensation without an External Ground", In Proc. of IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2007), pp. 2101-2106, San Diego, CA, October 2007. (acceptance rate: 49%)
    PDF IEEE
  19. Hideyuki Ando, Junji Watanabe, Tomohiro Amemiya, Taro Maeda, "Full-Scale Saccade-Based Display: Public/Private Image Presentation Based on Gaze-Contingent Visual Illusion", In Proc. of Workshop on Emerging Display Technologies 2007, San Diego, CA, August 2007.
    PDF ACM
  20. Hideyuki Ando, Junji Watanabe, Tomohiro Amemiya, Taro Maeda, "Full-Scale Saccade-Based Display: Public/Private Image Presentation Based on Gaze-Contingent Visual Illusion", In Proc. of ACM SIGGRAPH 2007 Emerging Technologies, San Diego, CA, August 2007.
    PDF SIGGRAPH ACM
  21. Tomohiro Amemiya, "Handheld Haptic Display with Braille I/O", In Proc. of 12th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI International 2007), Universal Access in Human Computer Interaction, Part II, HCII 2007, LNCS 4555, pp. 730-739, Beijing, China, July 2007.
    PDF Springer
    22. 2006
  22. Tomohiro Amemiya, Hideyuki Ando, Taro Maeda, "Perceptual Attraction Force: Exploit the Nonlinearity of Human Haptic Perception", In Proc. of ACM SIGGRAPH 2006 Sketches, p. 40, Boston, MA, July 2006.
    PDF SIGGRAPH ACM
  23. Tomohiro Amemiya, Hideyuki Ando, Taro Maeda, "Perceptual Attraction Force: The Sixth Force", In Proc. of ACM SIGGRAPH 2006 Emerging Technologies, p. 26, Boston, MA, July 2006.
    PDF SIGGRAPH ACM
  24. Hideyuki Ando, Junji Watanabe, Masashi Nakatani, Tomohiro Amemiya, Taro Maeda, "Novel Tactile Contour Presentation: Embossed Touch Display", In Proc. of ACM SIGGRAPH 2006 Sketches, p. 40, Boston, MA, July 2006.
    PDF SIGGRAPH ACM
  25. Hideyuki Ando, Tomohiro Amemiya, Taro Maeda, Masashi Nakatani, Junji Watanabe, "Embossed Touch Display -illusory elongation and shrinking of tactile objects-", In Proc. of ACM SIGGRAPH 2006 Emerging Technologies, p. 8, Boston, MA, July 2006.
    PDF SIGGRAPH ACM
  26. Tomohiro Amemiya, Hideyuki Ando, Taro Maeda, "Directed Force Perception When Holding a Nongrounding Force Display in the Air", In Proc. of EuroHaptics 2006, pp. 317-324, Paris, France, July 2006.
    27. 2005
  27. Tomohiro Amemiya, Hideyuki Ando, Taro Maeda, "Phantom-DRAWN: Direction Guidance using Rapid and Asymmetric Acceleration Weighted by Nonlinearity of Perception", In Proc. of 15th International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence (ICAT 2005), pp. 201-208, Christchurch, New Zealand, December 2005.
    [Best Paper Nominee]
    PDF ACM
  28. Hideyuki Ando, Junji Watanabe, Tomohiro Amemiya, Taro Maeda, "Study of Saccade-incident Information Display using Saccade Detection Device", In Proc. of 15th International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence (ICAT 2005), pp. 119-124, Christchurch, New Zealand, December 2005.
    PDF ACM
  29. Taro Maeda, Hideyuki Ando, Tomohiro Amemiya, Naohisa Nagaya, Maki Sugimoto, Masahiko Inami, "Shaking The World: Galvanic Vestibular Stimulation As A Novel Sensation Interface", In Proc. of ACM SIGGRAPH 2005 Emerging Technologies, p.17, L.A., CA, August 2005.
    PDF SIGGRAPH ACM
    30. 2004
  30. Tomohiro Amemiya, Koichi Hirota, Michitaka Hirose, "OBOE: Oboe-like Braille interface for Outdoor Environment", In Proc. of 9th International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs (ICCHP 2004), pp. 498-505, Paris, France, July 2004.(acceptance rate: 140/250 = 56%)
    PDF Springer
  31. Tomohiro Amemiya, Jun Yamashita, Koichi Hirota, Michitaka Hirose, "Virtual Leading Blocks for the Deaf-Blind: A Real-Time Way-Finder by Verbal-Nonverbal Hybrid Interface and High-Density RFID Tag Space", In Proc. of IEEE Virtual Reality Conference 2004 (VR 2004), pp. 165-172, Chicago, IL, March 2004. (acceptance rate: 26/128 = 20%)
    PDF IEEE
    32. 2003
  32. Michitaka Hirose, Tomohiro Amemiya, "Wearable Finger-Braille Interface for Navigation of Deaf-Blind in Ubiquitous Barrier-Free Space", In Proc. of 10th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI International 2003), Universal Access in Human Computer Interaction, Vol. 4, HCII 2003, pp. 1417-1421, Crete, Greece, June 2003.(invited)

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    International conference (reviewed, poster presentation)
    2010
  33. Yasushi Ikei, Taiki Saito, Tomohiro Amemiya, Koichi Hirota, "Sound and vibration integrated cues for presenting a virtual motion", In Proc. of 20th International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence (ICAT 2010), Australia, December 2010.(accepted)
  34. Yasushi Ikei, Kanako Nishimura, Taira Yoshioka, Wataru Yamamoto,Taiki Saito, Masahiro Urano, Koichi Hirota, Tomohiro Amemiya, "FiveStar: Ultra-ordinary Experience through Five Senses Media", In Proc. of ASIAGRAPH 2010 in Tokyo, Vol. 4, No.2, p. 123, Tokyo, October 2010.
    Publisher
    35. 2009
  35. Ken Ishigaki, Yasuhiro Kamo, Shuhei Takemoto, Taiki Saitou, Kanako Nishimura, Taira Yoshioka, Tomoyuki Yamaguchi, Wataru Yamamoto, Yasushi Ikei, Koichi Hirota, Tomohiro Amemiya, "Ultra-Realistic Experience in Haptics and Memory", In Proc. of ASIAGRAPH 2009, Tokyo, October 2009.
    36. 2008
  36. Tomohiro Amemiya, Taro Maeda, "NOBUNAGA: Multicylinder-like Pulse Generator for Kinesthetic Illusion of Being Pulled Smoothly", In Proc. of EuroHaptics 2008, pp. 580-585, Madrid, Spain, June 2008. (acceptance rate: 36%)
    PDF Springer
    37. 2007
  37. Junji Watanabe, Tomohiro Amemiya, Shin'ya Nishida, Alan Johnston, "Distortion of tactile duration perception", In Proc. of NEUROSCIENCE 2007, Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA, Nov. 2007.
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  38. Hsin-Ni Ho, Tomohiro Amemiya, Hideyuki Ando, "Revealing Invisible Traces of Hand-Object Interactions with Thermal Vision", In Proc. of the 2007 InfraMation Conference, pp. 431-438, Las Vegas, NV, Oct. 2007.
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  39. Tomohiro Amemiya, Hideyuki Ando, Taro Maeda, "Hand-held Force Display with Spring-Cam Mechanism for Generating Asymmetric Acceleration", In Proc. of World Haptics Conference 2007 (2nd Joint Eurohaptics Conference and Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems), pp. 572-573, Tsukuba, March 2007. (acceptance rate: 30%)
    [Best Poster Nominee]
    PDF IEEE
    40. 2006
  40. Tomohiro Amemiya, Hideyuki Ando, Taro Maeda, "Palm-sized Attraction Force Display Exploiting the Nonlinearity of Perception", In Proc. of the Tenth IEEE International Symposium on Wearable Computers (ISWC 2006), pp. 115-116, Montreux, Switzerland, October 2006. (acceptance rate: 8+9+18/85=41%)
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    41. 2005
  41. Tomohiro Amemiya, Hideyuki Ando, Taro Maeda, "Virtual Force Display:Direction Guidance using Asymmetric Acceleration via Periodic Translational Motion", In Proc. of World Haptics Conference 2005 (1st Joint Eurohaptics Conference and Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems), pp. 619-622, Pisa, Italy, March 2005. (acceptance rate: 40%)
    [Best Poster Nominee]
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  42. Hideyuki Ando, Tomohiro Amemiya, Junji Watanabe, Masahiko Inami, Taro Maeda, "The Evaluation of Nail-Mounted Tactile Display", In Proc. of World Haptics Conference 2005 (1st Joint Eurohaptics Conference and Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems), Pisa, Italy, March 2005.(poster presentation)
    43. International Conferences (no reviewing process)
  43. Hideyuki Ando, Junji Watanabe, Tomohiro Amemiya, Taro Maeda, "The two dimension outline shape display device using active touch", In Proc. of 16th International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence (ICAT 2006) Special Workshop, China, December 2006.(demo in workshop)

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    Invited talks (International only)
  1. Tomohiro Amemiya, (tutorial) "Haptic Interface using Sensory Illusion", Tutorial in IEEE Virtual Reality 2008 (VR 2008), Integration of Haptics in Virtual Environments: from Perception to Rendering, Reno, NV, March, 2008.
  2. Tomohiro Amemiya, Hideyuki Ando, Taro Maeda, "Perceptual Attraction Force: The Sixth Force", SIGGRAPH 2006 HIGHLIGHT, Walt Disney New Technology Forum, Burbank, CA, Sep. 2006.

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Press Release (international only)
  1. "GPS device guides you by pulling your hand",
    CNET News, June 21, 2011.
  2. Hong Kong Economic Times, A39, 28 July 2010.
  3. Ming Pao Daily News, A19, 19 July 2010.
  4. "MDA, Science Centre to promote interactive & digital media",
    Channel NewsAsia, Media Corp News, Singapore, Dec. 5th, 2007.
  5. "NTT Brings "Lead-Me" Interface to Mobile Phone",
    Nikkei Electronics Asia, Nov. 2006.
  6. "Holding hands"
    textually.org, August 3, 2006.
  7. "Sensory illusions dazzle at graphics conference"
    NewScientist.com, August 2, 2006.
  8. "Gadgets get the feel of the tactile world"
    NewScientist, No. 2560, July 15, 2006.
  9. "Pioneering Leaps in Technology: From Heart Surgery to Virtual Reality"
    DCC Cafe.com, Apr 26, 2006.

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Hong Kong Economics 2010年7月28日
July 2010
Asahi Shinbun be 17th Oct. 2009.
Oct. 2009
WBS Toretama
WBS Toretama
WBS Toretama
Feb 2007
Asahi Shinbun
June 2006
Exhibition
  1. NTT Atsugi R&D Center Exhibition Hall, 2009-.
  2. NTT Musashino R&D Center Exhibition Hall, 2007-
  3. "Bear's Beer", DAT, Singapore Science Center, Singapore, Dec. 2007.
  4. "Full-Scale Saccade-Based Display: Public/Private Image Presentation Based on Gaze-Contingent Visual Illusion", ACM SIGGRAPH 2007 Emerging Technologies, San Diego, CA, August 2007.
  5. "Come Over Here, or Catch You", Laval Virtual ReVolution, Laval, France, April 2007.
    "Buru-Navi"
    [Laval Virtual Award, "Grand Prix" Award]
    [Laval Virtual Award, Interfaces de realite virtuelle Award]
  6. "Perceptual Attraction Force: The Sixth Force", Walt Disney New Technology Forum, Burbank, CA, Sep. 2006.
  7. "Perceptual Attraction Force: The Sixth Force", ACM SIGGRAPH 2006 Emerging Technologies, Boston, MA, July-Aug. 2006.
  8. "Embossed Touch Display -illusory elongation and shrinking of tactile objects-", ACM SIGGRAPH 2006 Emerging Technologies, Boston, MA, July-Aug. 2006.
  9. "Shaking The World: Galvanic Vestibular Stimulation As A Novel Sensation Interface", ACM SIGGRAPH 2005 Emerging Technologies, L.A., CA, July-Aug. 2005.
    etc..

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Others
  • Vincent Hayward, "A Brief Taxonomy of Tactile Illusions and Demonstrations That Can Be Done In a Hardware Store", Brain Research Bulletin (special issue on Robotics and Neuroscience), Vol. 75, pp. 742-752, 2008.
    Publisher
  • Doris Carver, "Computer Recognizes Expert Reviewers", IEEE Computer, pp. 77-79, Dec. 2005.
    PDF

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