Passive localization is fundamental for many applications such as activity monitoring and
real-time tracking. Existing received signal strength (RSS)-based passive localization …

In developed country such as Japan, aging has become a serious issue, as there is a
disproportionate increasing of elderly population who are no longer able to look after …

Recently, the rate of elderly people rises in the super-aging society. Human-friendly robots
can be used to support the mental and physical care for elderly people and to assist the care …

This paper proposes a conversation system based on multimodal perception for verbal
communication between a human and a robot partner using various types of sensors. First …

This paper proposes a measurement method of human position based on sensor network
First, we explain informationally structured space, robot partners, and sensor networks …

We have been developing robot partners to support socially vulnerable people. This paper
proposes a platform of robot partners using different types of communication methods and …

Recognizing human actions is a challenging task and actively research in computer vision
community. The task of human activity recognition has been widely used in various …

In this study, we aim to develop a system for improving daily lives of elderly people to ensure
health. In order to realize an enriched life style among elderly people, daily health care is …

Recently, various types of daily life monitoring methods have been proposed for elderly
care. We have proposed the concept of informationally structured space (ISS) and applied …

This paper deals with the information extraction of daily life log measured by smart phone
sensors. Two types of neural computing are applied for estimating the human activities …