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Behavioral Effects of AI-generated Synthetic Vocalizations in Free-Moving Marmosets
AI-based voice synthesis technologies are central to improving human-computer interaction (HCI). Socially assistive robots, which …
Emma Woolgar, Yegang Du, Steven Errington, Benjamin Slater, Toshimi Ogawa, Yukiko Kikuchi
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Designing A Dietary Management App Aimed at Preventing Cognitive Decline
This study presents the design protocol for a culturally tailored mobile dietary management application aimed at preventing cognitive …
Hikari Iki, Jessica Takabayash, Toshimi Ogawa, Yegang Du, Yasuyuki Taki
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Mitigating Elderly Isolation Through Newspaper Engagement: A Quantitative Exploration
This study examines how newspaper reading habits relate to social desire among elderly individuals living independently at home in …
Jessica Takabayashi, Toshimi Ogawa, Yegang Du, Hikari Iki, Hiroki Kataoka, Yasuyuki Taki
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Perception and Comprehension of a Humanoid Robot by Older Adults with Dementia: Evidence from a Nursing Home Study in Japan
This exploratory study investigated how older adults with dementia perceive and understand speech from a humanoid robot (Android) in a …
Toshimi Ogawa, Kazue Matsuno, Ai Abe, Mika Ishikawa, Naoko Konosu, Yegang Du, Rainer Wieching, Yoshio Matsumoto, Yasuyuki Taki
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Variational Autoencoder-Based Synthesis of Marmoset Vocalizations Using Linear Spectrograms
Synthetic voice generation for socially assistive robotics requires biologically validated approaches to ensure effective human-robot …
Yegang Du, Emma Woolgar, Yukiko Kikuchi, Toshimi Ogawa
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Employment of DarumaTO-4W Buddhist Talisman Device as an Exhibit in Italy
The development of socially assistive robots is an emerging field aimed at addressing the challenges of aging populations. DarumaTO, a …
Franco Pariasca Trevejo, Rodrigo Lopez Condori, Yegang Du, Ujwal Kumar, Kristina Eiviler, Gabriele Trovato
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uSkin Pillow: Tactile-Sensor-Based Non-Invasive Approach to Sleep Analysis
Sleep analysis is pivotal in maintaining physical and mental health, as well as enhancing the quality of life, particularly for the …
Riya Mahajan, Yegang Du, Alexander Schmitz, Gabriele Trovato, Yasuyuki Taki, Shigeki Sugano
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CelesTE, theomorphic device for cognitive support of older adults
Healthy ageing is a challenge in societies that can be coped with the help of socially assistive robots. This study introduces CelesTE, …
Gabriele Trovato, Yegang Du, Scean Mitchell, Franco Pariasca Trevejo, Rodrigo Lopez Condori, Masao Katagiri, Rio Obe, Manishk Gawande, Sarah Cosentino, Mehrbod Manavi, Felix Carros, Rainer Wieching
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"Never complain, never explain": why robots may not have to be explicable after all
Explicability in AI and robotics is at the centre of interdisciplinary discussions, which involve machine learning, computer science, …
Gabriele Trovato, Yueh-Hsuan Weng, Yegang Du
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RF-ARP: RFID-Based Activity Recognition and Prediction in Smart Home
Smart Home is generally considered to be the final solution for human living problem, especially for health care of the elderly and …
Yegang Du, Yuto Lim, Yasuo Tan
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Activity Prediction using LSTM in Smart Home
In the near future, smart home systems will play more and more important role to provide comfortable and safe life to human. Today, we …
Yegang Du, Yuto Lim, Yasuo Tan
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Reading Activity Recognition in Smart RF-Library
In the library, recognizing the behaviors of readers can better excavate the reading habit of the readers and bring convenience to the …
Yegang Du, Yuto Lim, Yasuo Tan
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RF-Switch: A Novel Wireless Controller in Smart Home
This paper presents the design of RF-Switch, a novel method to control the devices in smart home. We replace the traditional switch …
Yegang Du, Yasuo Tan, Yuto Lim
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A Solution of Activity Recognition in Smart Home Using Passive RFID Tags
Yegang Du, Yasuo Tan, Yuto Lim
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Stacked Product Quantization for Nearest Neighbor Search on Large Datasets
High dimensional vector quantization plays an important role in KNN search on large datasets. In recent years, there have a large …
Jun Wang, Zhiyang Li, Yegang Du, Wenyu Qu
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A Novel Progressive Transmission in Mobile Visual Search
How to reduce the transmission latency is a main concern in the context of Mobile Visual Search (MVS). Transmitting extremely compacted …
Qi Zhang, Zhiyang Li, Yegang Du, Wenyu Qu, Xiaoxuan Zhang
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Strand structures detection for 2D shapes based on visibility
Strand structures such as the tails or feelers are common to man-made or natural shapes. The knowledge of strand structures which a …
Songhe Wang, Zhiyang Li, Siyang Miao, Yegang Du, Wenyu Qu, Junjie Cao
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MVSS: Mobile Visual Search Based on Saliency
With development of content-based image retrieval (CBIR), mobile visual search (MVS) is a promising application. In typical MVS, …
Yegang Du, Zhiyang Li, Wenyu Qu, Siyang Miao, Songhe Wang, Heng Qi
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