Engagement is enhanced by the ability to access the state of flow during a task, which is
described as a full immersion experience. We report two studies on the efficacy of using …

Eye movements are fundamental to our visual experience of the real world, and tracking
smooth pursuit eye movements play an important role because of the dynamic nature of our …

One's state of mind is subconsciously exposed as a reaction reflecting it by external stimuli.
In this work, we focus on a car driver's cognitive distraction, specifically by analyzing a …

A car driver's cognitive distraction is a main factor behind car accidents. One's state of mind
is subconsciously exposed as a reaction reflecting it by external stimuli. A visual event that …

Visual saliency maps have been developed to estimate the bottom-up visual attention of
humans. A conventional saliency map represents a bottom-up visual attention using image …

We have prototyped a KANSEI multimedia display (KMMD) that is able to release scent
through the screen in order to realize collaboration between images and scents. Two types …

The most frequent type of fatal traffic accident is caused by “aimless driving” in Japan. In
many cases the victims are pedestrians on straight roads, where there are usually fewer …

How do people see a scene? To what do they pay attention in their field of view, and when?
This depends on the observer's knowledge, experience, and so on. This study compares the …

The number of fatal traffic accidents has been decreasing in Japan because of vehicles'
recent safety technologies, such as stiff cabins, antilock braking systems, and seat belts …

For this study, we defined a" concentration state" when a driver performs only driving tasks,
and a" distraction state" when a driver performs a driving task and a mental arithmetic task …