Tidy writing tool using time information (2008)
Shinji Sakai, Kazuo Misue, Jiro Tanaka
Abstract. Electronic whiteboards are capable of preserving and reusing writings on blackboards (or whiteboards) at classes. This means that many more people than before can see the writings. Making...
Interaction between small size device and large screen (2008)
Chunming Jin, Shin Takahashi, Jiro Tanaka
We propose a simple way to interact with a large screen which is situated in a public space by using a small size device. In order to get the connection information easily, we use QR-Code to provide...
Interfaces—Input devices and strategies, Interaction styles General Terms (2008)
Buntarou Shizuki, Takaomi Hisamatsu, Shin Takahashi, Jiro Tanaka
This paper presents new interaction techniques that use a laser pointer to directly manipulate applications displayed on a large screen. The techniques are based on goal crossing, and the key is that...
A Web Site Editing System based on Unfold/Fold operations (2008)
Hironobu Aoki, Motoki Miura, Jiro Tanaka
Better page structure of a Web site improves usability of contents. Though keeping the structure well-designed is important, site updating such as combining new contents may contort the consistency...
Takaomi Hisamatsu, Buntarou Shizuki, Shin Takahashi, Jiro Tanaka
novel click-free interaction technique for large-screen interfaces
On-screen Note Pad for Creative Activities (2008)
Norikazu Iwamura, Kazuo Misue, Jiro Tanaka
Abstract. We propose a system that enables users to write memos directly on a computer screen by hand. The system helps users save the screen images along with a user's handwritten strokes and...
IdeaCrepe: Creativity Support Tool With History Layers (2008)
Nagayoshi Nakazono, Kazuo Misue, Jiro Tanaka
Abstract. We developed a creativity support tool called IdeaCrepe that manages the history of ideas using a layered structure. Handling ideas with a creativity support tool that is able to record...
Framework for Interpreting Handwritten Strokes using Grammars (2008)
Buntarou Shizuki, Kazuhisa Iizuka, Jiro Tanaka
Abstract. To support the rapid development of pen-based structured diagram editors, we propose a framework for describing such editors. The framework uses grammar to describe the context, i.e., the...
Figures and Grammars: Meta-GUI Tool for Future Human-Computer Interaction (2008)
In this paper, we propose Viola, which can define CMG grammar graphically and execute a visual system on the same screen. By using Viola, the user can define various visual systems interactively. It...
Natural Storage in Human Body (2008)
Shigaku Iwabuchi, Buntarou Shizuki, Kazuo Misue, Jiro Tanaka
Abstract. We propose using the human body for “storing ” data used in devices for the imminent ubiquitous computing era. In the future, people will use information appliances as powerful...
Capturing Window Attributes for Extending Web Browsing History Records (2008)
Motoki Miura, Susumu Kunifuji, Shogo Sato, Jiro Tanaka
Abstract. We propose a method to enhance web browsing history records by considering browsing window attributes. The browsing window attributes means properties of web browser window such as size,...
ABSTRACT Translating OMT state diagrams (2008)
with concurrency into SDL diagrams Defining a complete methodology for the developing of an application is a challenge for many software engineering specialists. Although many such methodologies have...
inlineLink: Realization of Inline Expansion Link Methods on a Conventional Web Browser (2008)
Motoki Miura, Buntarou Shizuki, Jiro Tanaka
Abstract. Conventional web browsing displays a web page inside of a window. In conventional web browsing, following a link replaces the previous document entirely, and the readers tend to lose the...
Wei Lai, Xiaodi Huang, Ronald Wibowo, Jiro Tanaka
Abstract—A Web graph refers to the graph that is used to represent relationships between Web pages in cyberspace, where a node represents a URL and an edge indicates a link between two URLs. A Web...
CafePie – A Visual Programming Environment for CafeOBJ (2008)
We have implemented a visual programming system CafePie. Program editing and execution in CafePie are performed in one window. All program editing operations are handled in a uniform manner. We...
Menu-Selection-Based Japanese Input Method with Consonants for Pen-Based Computers (2008)
Daisuke Sato, Buntarou Shizuki, Motoki Miura, Jiro Tanaka
Abstract. We have developed a menu-selection-based Japanese input method for a pen device. To obtain user-input kanji-form text rapidly, the system requires sequence of consonant. Following this, the...
Information Gathering Support Interface by the Overview (2008)
Presentation Of Web, Takumi Kobayashi, Kazuo Misue, Buntarou Shizuki, Jiro Tanaka
The Internet consists of several billion documents. Choosing information from such a great number of Web pages is not easy. We do not think that the interfaces of traditional search engines that...
FindFlow: Visual Interface for Information Search based on (2008)
Intermediate Results Tomoyuki, Tomoyuki Hansaki, Buntarou Shizuki, Kazuo Misue, Jiro Tanaka
FindFlow is a search interface that enables users to construct queries visually on the screen. Because the constructed queries show the process of the search, the user can take a step forward in the...
Developing a Graphical Definition System for a Spatial Parser Generator (2008)
Hiroaki Kameyama Buntarou, Hiroaki Kameyama, Buntarou Shizuki, Jiro Tanaka
Spatial parser generators automatically generate a parser of visual languages by providing grammars. The grammar is specified using text. The grammar would be easier to understand if we used a figure...
Pen-Based Interface Using Hand Motions in the Air (2008)
SUZUKI, Yu, MISUE, Kazuo, TANAKA, Jiro
A system which employs a stylus as an input device is suitable for creative activities like writing and painting. However, such a system does not always provide the user with a GUI that is easy to...
1 Visual Parsing and 3D Visual Interface (2007)
We are working for visual paring in these years. We have developed the series of visual parser generators, such as Eviss, VIC and Rainbow. They generate a spatial parser by defining the grammars of...
Claymore: Augmented Direct Manipulation of Three-Dimensional Objects (2007)
Hideki Mitsunobu, Takashi Oshiba, Jiro Tanaka
This paper describes a method for manipulating a threedimensional object without considering conventional three independent orthogonal views. We apply the direct manipulation to operate the...
"The direct manipulation" has already become a popular keyword in the field of visual programming. In many visual programming system(VPS), the user can manipulate the program from its...
"3D-PP": Visual Programming System with Three-Dimensional Representation (2007)
Takashi Oshiba Doctoral, Takashi Oshiba, Jiro Tanaka
This paper describes a method to manage a large scale visual program for a visual programming system. The conventional two-dimensional visual programming systems have a limitation on their expression...
Icon-based Animation from the Object and Dynamic Models based on OMT (2007)
We propose the icon-based animation of the software requirement specifications by using the object and dynamic models of the OMT methodology. In order to produce the icon-based animation, we use...
A Web Site Editing System based on Unfold/Fold Operations (2007)
Hironobu Aoki, Motoki Miura, Jiro Tanaka
Abstract A better page structure for a web site improves the usability of its contents. Though ensuring a well-designed structure is important, site updating, such as adding new contents, may contort...
Hiroya Itoga, Yoshiyuki Yamashita, Jiro Tanaka
Abstract The framework of the Spiral Graph is proposed to allocate registers for software pipelining in register-renaming architectures. This will a result in an allocation with the least number of...
Yasutaka Sakayori, Buntarou Shizuki, Jiro Tanaka
Abstract In this paper, we propose the GRIX system, which is a visual programming system specified for interprocessor communications in parallel computing. We will outline the system and explain its...
ABSTRACT VNC-BASED ACCESS TO REMOTE COMPUTERS FROM CELLULAR PHONES (2007)
Buntarou Shizuki, Masato Nakasu, Jiro Tanaka
We propose a virtual network computing (VNC) based architecture for accessing the desktops of remote computers from a cellular phone. A viewer is provided on the cellular phone that enables the user...
CafePie-- A Visual Programming Environment for CafeOBJ (2007)
We have implemented a visual programming system CafePie. Program editing and execution in CafePie are performed in one window. All program editing operations are handled in a uniform manner. We...
e-mail: { ohshiba, jiro} @ softlab.is.tsukuba.ac.jp I Augmented Manipulation (2007)
Direct manipulation is the operation in which users ' operations directly invoke the reaction of the system (Shneiderman 1986). We apply the direct manipulation technique to operate a...
An Animated Demonstration Authoring System for Java applets (2007)
Recently, many companies often provide some trial versions of their systems to the web users. The main purpose for this is to present the usability of their systems. There are
Koji Miyagi, Motoki Miura, Jiro Tanaka
graph layout and a multi-focus perspective display in the
Providing Interactive Site Ma ps for Web Navigation (2007)
Abstract One-dimensional linear navigation method is commonly used in current Web browsers. That is, a Web page may include some highlighted text strings that are linked to other Web pages. This kind...
A Unified Approach for Interpreting Handwritten Strokes using Constraint Multiset Grammars (2007)
Buntarou Shizuki, Hideto Yamada, Kazuhisa Iizuka, Jiro Tanaka
A unified approach is proposed to support the rapid development of editors such as pen-based structured diagrams. This approach uses Constraint Multiset Grammars to describe the context or positional...
An on-line web visualization system with filtering and clustering graph layout (2005)
Lai, Wei., Huang, XiaodiLa., Wibowo, Ronald, Tanaka, Jiro
A Web graph refers to the graph that is used to represent relationships between Web pages in cyberspace, where a node represents a URL and an edge indicates a link between two URLs. A Web graph is a...
Using image contour recognition in GIS navigation (2005)
Fei, C., Lai, Wei, Tanaka, Jiro, Yu, Donggang
This paper presents an approach of using image contour recognition in the navigation for enterprise geographic information systems (GIS). The extraction of object mark images is based on some...
An on-line web visualization system with filtering and clustering graph layout (2005)
Lai, Wei, Huang, XiaodiLa, Wibowo, Ronald, Tanaka, Jiro
A Web graph refers to the graph that is used to represent relationships between Web pages in cyberspace, where a node represents a URL and an edge indicates a link between two URLs. A Web graph is a...
Using image contour recognition in GIS navigation (2005)
Fei, C., Lai, Wei, Tanaka, Jiro, Yu, Donggang
This paper presents an approach of using image contour recognition in the navigation for enterprise geographic information systems (GIS). The extraction of object mark images is based on some...
An on-line web visualization system with filtering and clustering graph layout (2005)
Lai, Wei., Huang, XiaodiLa., Wibowo, Ronald, Tanaka, Jiro
A Web graph refers to the graph that is used to represent relationships between Web pages in cyberspace, where a node represents a URL and an edge indicates a link between two URLs. A Web graph is a...
Using image contour recognition in GIS navigation (2005)
Fei, C., Lai, Wei, Tanaka, Jiro, Yu, Donggang
This paper presents an approach of using image contour recognition in the navigation for enterprise geographic information systems (GIS). The extraction of object mark images is based on some...
An on-line web visualization system with filtering and clustering graph layout (2005)
Lai, Wei., Huang, XiaodiLa., Wibowo, Ronald, Tanaka, Jiro
A Web graph refers to the graph that is used to represent relationships between Web pages in cyberspace, where a node represents a URL and an edge indicates a link between two URLs. A Web graph is a...
Using image contour recognition in GIS navigation (2005)
Fei, C., Lai, Wei, Tanaka, Jiro, Yu, Donggang
This paper presents an approach of using image contour recognition in the navigation for enterprise geographic information systems (GIS). The extraction of object mark images is based on some...
AirTransNote: Augmenting Classrooms with Digital Pen Devices and RFID Tags (2005)
Motoki Miura, Susumu Kunifuji, Buntarou Shizuki, Jiro Tanaka
AirTransNote augments activities in classrooms by sharing student notes written on regular paper using wireless communications. AirTransNote uses digital pens to free students from the need to use...
AirTransNote: Augmenting Classrooms with Digital Pen Devices and RFID Tags (2005)
Motoki Miura, Susumu Kunifuji, Buntarou Shizuki, Jiro Tanaka
AirTransNote augments activities in classrooms by sharing student notes written on regular paper using wireless communications. AirTransNote uses digital pens to free students from the need to use...
A Handwriting Tool to Support Creative Activities (2005)
Abstract. Handwriting in computer environments satisfies many requirements that are necessary to support creative activities, as it is easy to use, natural, flexible, and informal. This article...
An on-line web visualization system with filtering and clustering graph layout (2005)
Lai, Wei, Huang, XiaodiLa, Wibowo, Ronald, Tanaka, Jiro
A Web graph refers to the graph that is used to represent relationships between Web pages in cyberspace, where a node represents a URL and an edge indicates a link between two URLs. A Web graph is a...
Using image contour recognition in GIS navigation (2005)
Fei, C., Lai, Wei, Tanaka, Jiro, Yu, Donggang
This paper presents an approach of using image contour recognition in the navigation for enterprise geographic information systems (GIS). The extraction of object mark images is based on some...
Content-based image retrieval combining shape recognition, color and text (2004)
Lai, Wei, Tanaka, Jiro, Yu, Donggang
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Content-based image retrieval combining shape recognition, color and text (2004)
Lai, Wei, Tanaka, Jiro, Yu, Donggang
Not available.
Content-based image retrieval combining shape recognition, color and text (2004)
Lai, Wei, Tanaka, Jiro, Yu, Donggang
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Content-based image retrieval combining shape recognition, color and text (2004)
Lai, Wei, Tanaka, Jiro, Yu, Donggang
Not available.
comDesk: A Cooperative Assistance Tool Based on P2P Techniques (2004)
Motoki Miura, Buntarou Shizuki, Jiro Tanaka
We have designed and implemented a desktop sharing system based on P2P (peer-to-peer) techniques, named "comDesk," which enables users to exchange the desktop images as well as to control...
Augmented Classroom: A Paper-Centric Approach for Collaborative Learning System (2004)
Motoki Miura, Susumu Kunifuji, Buntarou Shizuki, Jiro Tanaka
We developed AirTransNote, a computer-mediated classroom collaboration system. The system enables real-time note-sharing. AirTransNote manages notes written by students on paper and enables the...
Mapping Uml Statecharts To Java Code (2004)
Iftikhar Azim Niaz, Jiro Tanaka, Key Words
The Unified Modeling Language (UML) statechart diagram is used for modeling the dynamic aspects of systems. The UML statechart diagrams include many concepts that are not present in most popular...
Content-based image retrieval combining shape recognition, color and text (2004)
Lai, Wei, Tanaka, Jiro, Yu, Donggang
Not available.
Motoki Miura, Buntarou Shizuki, Jiro Tanaka
A remote display system, which allows users to view a desktop image and to control a remote machine, can be valuable for small group communication in which each member is operating several machines....
Code Generation From Uml Statecharts (2003)
Iftikhar Azim Niaz, Jiro Tanaka
The Unified Modeling Language (UML) statechart diagram is a powerful tool for specifying the dynamic behavior of reactive objects. Generating code from statechart diagrams is a challenging task due...
Fitting web graphs in a display area with no overlaps for web navigation (2002)
Huang, Mao L., Lai, Wei, Tanaka, Jiro
No abstract available.
Fitting web graphs in a display area with no overlaps for web navigation (2002)
Huang, Mao L., Lai, Wei, Tanaka, Jiro
No abstract available.
Fitting web graphs in a display area with no overlaps for web navigation (2002)
Huang, Mao L., Lai, Wei, Tanaka, Jiro
No abstract available.
Fitting web graphs in a display area with no overlaps for web navigation (2002)
Huang, Mao L., Lai, Wei, Tanaka, Jiro
No abstract available.
Fitting web graphs in a display area with no overlaps for web navigation (2002)
Huang, Mao L., Lai, Wei, Tanaka, Jiro
No abstract available.
Designing effective user interfaces for web courseware (2001)
Lai, Wei, Li, D., Jia, Xiaohua, Tanaka, Jiro
Abstract not available.
Designing effective user interfaces for web courseware (2001)
Lai, Wei, Li, D., Jia, Xiaohua, Tanaka, Jiro
Abstract not available.
Designing effective user interfaces for web courseware (2001)
Lai, Wei, Li, D., Jia, Xiaohua, Tanaka, Jiro
Abstract not available.
Designing effective user interfaces for web courseware (2001)
Lai, Wei, Li, D., Jia, Xiaohua, Tanaka, Jiro
Abstract not available.
Synthesizing statecharts from multiple interrelated scenarios (2001)
In dening the behaviour of a system, requirement speci-cations make use of a number of scenarios that are interrelated in many ways. Current approaches, even though giving directions on how to...
2001) Describing a drawing editor by using constraint multiset grammars (2001)
Kazuhisa Iizuka, Jiro Tanaka, Buntarou Shizuki
Systems that can handle visual languages such as Penguins and Eviss use a generalized editor for handling figures of the visual language. However, these editors have limited editing operations. We...
Dynamic Parameter Spring Modeling Algorithm for Graph Drawing (2001)
Xuejun Liu, Buntarou Shizuki, Jiro Tanaka
This paper proposes a modified spring modeling algorithm for drawing undirected graphs, that is an extension of the forceddirected placement method of spring modeling algorithm by Eades. We call it...
inlineLink: Inline Expansion Link Methods in Hypertext Browsing (2001)
Motoki Miura, Buntarou Shizuki, Jiro Tanaka
Conventional web browsers are designed to display a single web page for each window. A reader who wants to follow a link to a new web page while continuing to display the previous web page must do so...
2001) Describing a drawing editor by using constraint multiset grammars (2001)
Kazuhisa Iizuka, Jiro Tanaka, Buntarou Shizuki
Systems that can handle visual languages such as Penguins and Eviss use a generalized editor for handling figures of the visual language. However, these editors have limited editing operations. We...
Designing effective user interfaces for web courseware (2001)
Lai, Wei, Li, D., Jia, Xiaohua, Tanaka, Jiro
Abstract not available.
Jedemo: Demonstrational Authoring Tool for Java Applets (2000)
We propose applying demonstration-authoring facilities for applet-based systems. In this paper, we describe a system, which assists applet developers to prepare animated help contents for the web...
Translating OMT state diagrams with concurrency into SDL diagrams (2000)
Defining a complete methodology for the developing of an application is a challenge for many software engineering specialists. Although many such methodologies have been developed, few of them take...
Generating a Visual System with Soft Layout Constraints (2000)
We developed a visual system generator called "Rainbow" which can handle layout constraints. The system can interactively layout figures while parsing them and make the parsed figures more...
Yasutaka Sakayori, Motoki Miura, Jiro Tanaka
Abstract GRIX system, which is a visual programming system specified for interprocessor communications in parallel computing, is proposed in this paper. In general, the scheduling of interprocessor...
"3D-PP": Three-Dimensional Visual Programming System (1999)
This paper proposes a new pragmatic three-dimensional visual programming system "3D-PP" to solve the problem. 2 Programming Paradigm of "3D-PP" "3D-PP" is based on the...
Realistic Program Visualization in CafePie (1999)
CafePie is a visual programming environment for CafeOBJ, an algebraic specification language based on term rewriting. CafePie shows term rewriting directly by using two types of visualizations:...
Realistic Program Visualization in CafePie (1999)
CafePie is a visual programming environment for CafeOBJ, an algebraic specification language based on term rewriting. CafePie shows term rewriting directly by using two types of visualizations:...
Claymore: Three-Dimensional Modeling Tool (1998)
Jiro Tanaka, Hideki Mitsunobu, Takashi Oshiba, Tsukuba Ibaraki, Tsukuba Ibaraki, Tsukuba Ibaraki
We describes a method for manipulating a threedimensional object without considering conventional three independent orthogonal views. We apply the direct manipulation method to operate the...
An Object Oriented Approach to Generate Executable Code from the OMT-based Dynamic Model (1998)
The Dynamic model, which is the most important model after the object model in Object Modeling Technique (OMT), represents the dynamic behavior of a system. This paper describes a new method to...
Implementation of the Dynamic Behavior of Object Oriented System (1998)
Object oriented methodologies such as Object Modeling Technique (OMT), suggest to create di#erent models of a system indicative of its static structure and dynamic behavior. Converting the static...
A Framework for Event-driven Demonstration based on the Java Toolkit (1998)
An event-driven demonstration is to show the behavior of an application by re-executing the captured events. It is used to provide help regarding how an application works because it can show typical...
PP: Visual Programming System for Parallel Logic Programming Language GHC (1997)
Though parallel logic languages have lots of good features, the readability of those languages are not good enough. Therefore, we have developed visual programming system PP for parallel logic...
Generating Executable Code From The Dynamic Model Of Omt With Concurrency (1997)
Dynamic model is one of the three basic models of Object Modeling Technique (OMT). It is represented by a set of state transition diagrams showing the behavior of a system. This paper introduces a...
The World of Animals Viewed by the San Hunter-Gatherers in Kalahari (1996)
This paper aims to clarify a part of the African hunter-gatherer perception of nature, by describing the San's perception, classification, utilization of and attitudes toward animals, based on field...
Automatic Code Generation from the OMT-based Dynamic Model (1996)
The OMT object-oriented software development methodology suggests creating three models of the system, i.e., object model, dynamic model and functional model. We have developed a system that...
Social Integration of the San Society from the Viewpoint of Sexual Relationships (1989)
The Central Kalahari San, living in the central part of Botswana, practice divorce and remarriage frequently. Most people have experienced marriage more than twice in their lives. The rate of...
The Recent Changes in the Life and Society of the Central Kalahari San (1987)
Sedentarization of the Central Kalahari San, a hunting-gathering people, is in progress following the introduction of school, medical clinic, stable water supply, etc. to their habitat. This paper...
Optimized concurrent execution of an applicative language /--by Jiro Tanaka. (1984)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Dept. of Computer Science, 1984.
The author compares two modes of living in African continent, hunting-gathering and pastoralism, and discusses man's adaptation to arid environment. First, the author deals with the San,...
The Central Kalahari Bushmen : A Study of Ecological Anthropology (1974)
Kyoto University (京都大学)
THE POLARIZED ABSORPTION SPECTRUM OF SINGLE CRYSTAL $4,4^{1}$-DICHLOROBENZOPHENONE (1968)
Author Institution: Department of Chemistry, University of Florida; Department of Chemistry, Nagoya University