Doshisha University (Private)

the future. We are researching the following topics in order to implement intelligent vehicle systems that are safe and easily
cooperate with people and the environment.
Sensing systems:
Multi-sensor systems to recognize self-location, the situation of surrounding vehicles, and the condition of the environment
Control systems:
Autonomous navigation, Multi-robot cooperation, Shared control
Safety systems:
Dependable (fault diagnosis/fault-tolerant control) systems that operate safely even when the system fails partially
Smart interface
To achieve natural communication between humans and machines, it is effective to use the non-verbal communication that plays an
important role in human-to-human communication. In view of this point, we are researching the following topics.
Emotion recognition:
Emotions and expressions play an important role in human communication. To achieve smooth communication between humans
and machines, we are researching emotion estimation from changes that appear on the body surface such as expression, posture,
and voice, and emotion estimation from physiological signals such as brain waves and pulse.
Computer vision-based motion capture:
Optical and magnetic motion capture is normally used to measure a person’s posture and movements, but movement and usage
conditions may be limited. For our goal of implementing non-contact, non-wearable motion capture that operates in real-time, we are
researching motion capture by image processing.