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Junji YAMATO
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Last updated on Oct. 1, 1998
Research Interests
- Emergence of emotional model of robots
- Cognitive Robotics ( See our "Communication Robot Project Page" )
- Gesture recognition from video stream
- Real-time multi sensor fusion
Recent Publications
- Junji Yamato: "Tracking moving object by Stereo Vision Head
with Vergence for Humanoid Robot", Master's thesis. Department of
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology. May 1998. [ps
file 1.5M]
- Takanori Shibata, Makoto Yoshida, Junji Yamato: "Artificial
Emotional Creature for human-machine interaction" In
Proceedings of the 1997 IEEE International Conference on Systems,
Man, and Cybernetics. v 3 1997
- Kyoko Sudo, Junji Yamato, Akira Tomono: "Determining gender
using Morphological Pattern Spectrum" Transactions of IEICEJ,
Vol. J80-D-II, No. 5, pp. 1037-1045, 1997
- Kyoko Sudo, Junji Yamato, Akira Tomono: "Determining gender of
walking people using multiple sensors" In Proceedings of IEEE
International Conference on Multisensor Fusion and Integration for
Intelligent Systems 1996
- Junji Yamato, Hiroshi Murase: "Gesture Recognition in MPEG
Data using Hidden Markov Models", Technical Report of IEICEJ
Pattern Recognition and Media Understanding. PRMU96 26-26. 1996
(In Japanese)
- Junji Yamato, Kyoko Sudo, Akira Tomono, Masanobu Arai:
"Walking Pattern Analysis using Large Area Pressure Sensor Array
and Video Images" Technical Report of IEICEJ Pattern
Recognition and Understanding. PRU Vol95, No.165 (In
Japanese)
- Junji Yamato: "Pattern Recognition using Hidden Markov Models"
(tutorial paper), Medical Imaging Technology Vol.12,No1 1994
(In Japanese)
- Junji Yamato, Shoji Kurakake, Akira Tomono, Kenichiro Ishii:
"Human Action Recognition using HMM with Category-separated Vector
Quantization", Transactions of IEICEJ, Vol. 77-D-II, No. 7, pp.
1311-1318, 1994 (In Japanese)
- Junji Yamato, Jun Ohya, Kenichiro Ishii: "Recognizing Human
Action in Time-Sequential Images using Hidden Markov Model",
Transactions of IEICEJ, Vol. 76-D-II, No. 12, pp. 2556-2563,
1993 (In Japanese)
- Junji Yamato, Jun Ohya, Kenichiro Ishii: "Recognizing Human
Action in Time-Sequential Images using Hidden Markov Model", In
Proceedings of IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern
Recognition 1992
Biography
- 1988 B.Eng. in Precision Mechanical Engineering from Univ. of
Tokyo.
- 1990 M.Eng. in Precision Mechanical Engineering from Univ. of
Tokyo.
- 1990 Joined NTT Human Interface Laboratories.
- 1998 S.M. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from
MIT.
- 1998 Joined NTT Communication Science Laboratories.
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Contact Address
Junji YAMATO
Social Communication Laboratory
NTT Communication Science
Laboratories
2-4 Hikaridai, Seika-cho,
Soraku-gun
Kyoto 619-0237 JAPAN
Fax: +81 774 93 5245
E-mail: junji@cslab.kecl.ntt.co.jp
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