National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
Institute for Human Science and Biomedical Engineering
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■Simplified personal history
(Under creation)

■Publications

1. Collaboration document(Under creation)
2. Translations(Under creation)
3.Handbooks(Under creation)

■Patent

１．Pain Sensor　JAPAN Pantent No.1620605, 1989 October
２．Tactile Display　JAPAN Pantent No.2090590, 1994 September
３．Route Guidance System　JAPAN Pantent No.2644706, 1995 May
USA Pantent No.5731766, 1998 May 24
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　（EPC Patent application No.96305986）

■Prize

１．Academy Prize
The 8th Symposium on Human Interface, Best Presentation Prize "The Tactile Texture Display using Multi-Modal Mouse"(1992 October)

２．Invention Prize
The 54th remarkable patent of MITI(the Ministry of Internationl Trade and Indtry), Tactile Display （1995 April）（Patent）
The 58th remarkable patent of MITI(the Ministry of Internationl Trade and Indtry), Route Guidance System（1999 April）（Patent）

■Academic society and Commitee activities

１．Academic society activities
Counciler of "Japan Ergonomics Society"（from 1987 to now）
Member of editional board of Journal of "SOBIM Jappan (Society of Biomechanisms Japan)"（from 1987 April to 1993 March）
Members of editional board of Journal of "SOBIM Jappan (Society of Biomechanisms Japan)"（from 1988 April to 1990 March）
Counciler of research of cybernetic interface of "the Robotics Society of Japan"（from 1989 January to 1990 March）
Counciler of "the Society of Instrument and Control Engineers"（from 1996 April to 1998 March）
Collaboration document（from 1992 April to 1993 March）
Counciler of Kantou branch of "Japan Ergonomics Society"（from 1996 to now）
Counciler of steering comittee of "Biological and Physiological Engineering" of "the Society of Instrument and Control Engineers"（from 1995 October to now）
Counciler of "Signal Processing for Measurements and Interpretation of Biological Functions" of "Japan Society of Medical Electronics and Biological Engineering"（from 1996 April to now）
(Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers Traffic and physical distribution section tip simulator research subcommittee committee（from 2001 April to now）
Japan Ergonomics Society mobile human engineering research section meeting committee（from 2003 April to now）

２．Commitee activities
Counciler of WG of "Indivisual Communication" of "The Research Group on Information System of Road and Vehicle"（from 1986 April to 1990 March）
Member of "Research Project about Basic Technology of Sensor Fusion" of "Sciense and Technology Agency"（from 1991 April to 1996 March）
Member of "Guide Light" WG of "Next Generation Traffic System Meeting"（from 1992 October to 1998 March）
Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan human interface subcommittee committee（from 1994 December to now）
"Vehicle control from road side" of "Next Ggeneration Traffic System Meeting" （from 1995 April to 1997 March）
Ministry of International Trade and Industry industrial technical research development system guidance research "human action cognitive evaluation measurement technical development" investigating committee committee（from 1996 August to 1998 March）
Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan ITS special committee committee （from 2002 April to now）
Machine system promotion association network correspondence in-the-car loading system subcommittee committee（from 2002 May to now）
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport advanced safety vehicle (ASV) promotion examination meeting and an infrastructure cooperation subcommittee committee（from 2002 August to now）
The vehicle mobility study group chief examiner of the Japan Automobile Research Institute, Inc. aging society（from 2002 August to now）
Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan driver evaluation technique examination section committee committee（from 2002 November to now）