BASED SIGN LANGUAGE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM (2009)
Tomohiro Kuroda, Kosuke Sato, Kunihiro Chihara
Although modern telecommunication has drastically our daily lives, the audibly challenged cannot benefit from such telecommunication because it is based on phonetic media. This paper introduces a new...
A Haptic Navigation System for Supporting Master-Slave Robotic Surgery (2008)
Megumi Nakao, Tomohiro Kuroda, Hiroshi Oyama
Conventional display in robotic surgery such as flat displays or stereoscopic displays decreases obtainable information around target tissue. For supporting manipulation and performing safe surgery,...
Experts Peter Antoniac, Tomohiro Kuroda, Petri Pulli
Separation between application and the User Interface when using mobile devices. There is a need of structured information for mobile devices. They are small and they have many side applications that...
HAND-MENU SYSTEM: A DEVICELESS VIRTUAL INPUT INTERFACE FOR WEARABLE COMPUTERS (2008)
Hiroshi Sasaki, Tomohiro Kuroda, Peter Antoniac, Yoshitsugu Manabe, Kunihiro Chihara
Abstract: Although research on wearable computing is in fashion, few researches pay attentions on interface of wearable computers. This paper presents “Hand-Menu ” System”, an innovative input...
HandSmart Mediaphone, Advanced Interface for Mobile Services (2007)
Peter Antoniac, Petri Pulli J, Tomohiro Kuroda, Dan Bendas, Seamus Hickey, Hiroshi Sasaki
Evolutions in technology have provided a variety of new opportunities for exploring and discovering virtual 3D worlds. Head-mounted displays (HMD) and data gloves enable us to interact and immerse...
Peter Antoniac, Petri Pulli, Tomohiro Kuroda, Dan Bendas, Seamus Hickey
Abstract. HandSmart is one example of wearable device that can be used as a user interface for advanced mediaphones and it is based on MARISIL a Mobile Augmented Reality Interface Sign Interpretation...
FEM-based interaction model between elastic objects for indirect palpa simulator (2004)
Yoshihiro Kuroda, Megumi Nakao, Tomohiro Kuroda, Hiroshi Oyama, Masaru Komori, Tetsuya Matsuda
The simulation of organ-organ interaction is indispensable for practical and advanced medical VR simulator such as open surgery and indirect palpation. This paper gives a method to represent...
Megumi Nakao, Tomohiro Kuroda, Masaru Komori, Hiroshi Oyama
This study presents a haptic simulator for learning palpation of aorta in cardiovascular surgery and performs quantitative evaluation in educational use through some user study. The simulator...
Yoshihiro Kuroda, Megumi Nakao, Silke Hacker, Tomohiro Kuroda, Hiroshi Oyama, Masaru Komori, ...
This paper proposes an interaction model between multiple physically-based deformable objects. The model enables both accurate force feedback and visualization of surgical manipulations (like hold,...
Minami, Koichi, Korpipää, Tomi, Shuzui, Tatsuya, Kuroda, Tomohiro, Manabe, Yoshitsugu, Chihara, Kunihiro
Usability Evaluation and Interface Design. Proceedings of HCI International 2001. New Orleans, Lousiana, US, 5 - 10 Aug. 2001, 524 - 527
Local content protection reconsidered: the case of domestic monopsonist
In this paper we examine how local content protection (LCP) affects the use of the domestic intermediates, the use of total intermediates and the domestic welfare when domestic intermediate-goods...
How Effective are Emissions Taxes in an Open Economy?
Jota Ishikawa, Tomohiro Kuroda
This paper compares emissions taxes with other taxes from the viewpoint of emissions reduction in an open economy. Using a simple monopoly model, we show that emissions taxes may not be very...
How Effective are Emission Taxes in an Open Economy?
Jota Ishikawa, Tomohiro Kuroda
This paper compares emission taxes with other taxes from the viewpoint of emission reduction in an open economy. Using a simple monopoly model, we show that emission taxes may not be very effective...