In interactions using objects that can be touched, the user can perform intuitive operations, and in augmented reality the presentation of additional information in real space facilitates intuitive user operation. In our research, by presenting the movements of real objects on a table in virtual space, we are able to integrate the advantages of these two technologies, to support operating conceptualization and virtual image generation.

Using game machine and graphics processors and FPGAs, high-speed calculations can be performed at a cost that is two orders of magnitude below that of conventional computers.

Humans intuitively understand the nature of their environment based on the sounds they hear around themselves, and they also express these sounds onomatopoeically to explain the situation to others. The objective of our research is to develop a system for the computer recognition of sounds in the environment, through onomatopoeic conversion of the sounds together with their representation in written characters. We will present the system and its capability for visual recognition of environmental sounds.

Many wireless communication systems nowadays use OFDM modulation, and conventional wireless LANs and broadband wireless systems employ MIMO techniques together with multiple antennas that tend to impede terminal downsizing. We have achieved path diversity using fractional sampling, which enables reduced terminal size together with heightened transmission rates.

We are engaged in research on the applications of ad-hoc network technology to information exchange between vehicles in intelligent transport systems (ITS) and information gathering on injuries and disease from sensors, for triage at disaster sites.

The past few years have seen considerable progress in research on four-wheel robot cars as part of the efforts to develop next-generation passenger vehicles; however, very little research has been conducted on two-wheel robot motorbikes, primarily because of problems relating to their inherent instability when stationary or travelling at low speeds. In our own research, as we have constructed a robot motorbike capable of autonomous movement by GPS navigation, we seek to develop new applications for such vehicles.

Development of haptic technology has been getting attention as the "third realm of multimedia information". At our laboratory, we are engaged in the development of a tele-reality system based o remote transmission of softness and warmth. We would like you to come to our exhibit and experience this new tele-reality firsthand.

We present a security and monitoring system using radio waves, capable of recognizing the state of individuals without the use of a camera. With the proposed system, it is possible to monitor home bathrooms, toilets, and other spaces where accidents are most likely to occur, without using a camera. It is also an effective security system for offices and vehicles, and can act as a power supply management system for energy conservation.

The presentation of information by means of a portable robot/mobile robot, rather than a computer display, creates the potential to incorporate character traits, sociability modes (friendship or others), and body movement (gaze shifting, pointing, expression of emotion, and gesture) into presentations. Based on our research, we propose new possibilities for information presentation by a robot according to these three perspectives.

Our objective is to provide a seamless high-speed environment (1 Gps or higher) in trains travelling at 300 km/h or more. We have developed a fast handover technology for an infrared communication system designed for high-speed communication. We will present the results of our initial experimental trial conducted on the Tokaido Line of the West Japan Railway Company.

We will present open software of Diameter, a next generation AAA (Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting) protocol which has been adopted by 3GPP, NGN, and other systems, together with EAP-TLS, an authentication protocol running on Diameter. This open software makes it easy to support user roaming among multiple administrative domains.

Large volumes of information flow through network for supporting marketing, management, and security. We will present new technology for building a router cloud that enables changing the Internet in an easier and more attractive way by enhancing its function and closely relating services to release the router from being hardware that merely delivers this information.

With this light-conversation system, the computer manipulates various linguistic data converted to electronic form, in order to meet the challenge of maintaining a dialogue. In modifying adages and proverbs, it adds sukashi at the end, resulting in new, humor-laden coinages.

The system on display produces a 3D character that reflects the sensibility of its user. Through a series of trial character productions and revision of the trial character based on its assessment by the user, a character favored by the user is created.

Responsive Multi-Threaded Processor (RMTP) is an SoC (System-on-Chip) that integrates a real-time processing core (RMT PU) that can execute eight threads simultaneously in priority order, a real-time communication link (Responsive Link), computer I/O peripherals including PCI, Ethernet, IEEE1394, PWM, etc., an IPC control mechanism, and a trace function into a VLSI chip.

The MiDORi technology presented by the Yamanaka Laboratory is a network control approach for network-wide energy saving. It applies traffic engineering (TE) to aggregate traffic and power-off network links, thus reducing energy consumption.

The Yamanaka Laboratory has proposed an active optical access network (ActiON) employing high-speed optical switches which increases subscriber number and transmission distance over those of the conventional PON. We will describe a next-generation photonic cloud network as an expansion of ActiON for replacing the Today's Internet.

The Yamanaka Laboratory has proposed a ubiquitous grid network environment (uGrid) as a means of next-generation service provisioning in cloud networking. uGrid enables new service provisioning, with assignment of IP addresses to devices throughout the world, extending to software functions or contents, and their mash-ups by optical paths.

In this research, we propose a means of providing a virtual electrical generating system based on the Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) concept. This concept named Energy Virtual Network Operators (EVNOs) organizes managing multiple distributed energy sources. For this concept, separation of the existing power network into an electrical generation system and an electrical transmission and distribution system are needed.