Outline of Research Groups
■ Information Sensing Research Committee
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Jun Ohta (NAIST) |
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Covers technologies related to the inputting of graphic images and related space information. |
■ Information Display Research Committee
| Chairman |
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Tetsuya Miyashita (Tohoku U.) |
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Covers materials, devices, and systems linked to information display electronics, and peripheral-area problems |
■ Multimedia Storage Research Committee
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Naoto Hayashi(NHK) |
| Summary |
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Covers methods, media, recording/playback elements, encryption technology, signal processing technology, servo and machine technology, and recording equipment/systems for graphics and related (e.g. voice, signal) information. |
■ Consumer Electronics Research Committee
| Chairman |
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Takayoshi Yamaguchi (Sharp) |
| Summary |
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Covers commercial-use imaging equipment and related circuits/devices, and commercial-use control/communication systems in related areas. |
■ Broadcast Technology Research Committee
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Masayuki Takada (NHK) |
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Covers TV broadcasting, audio broadcasting, and data broadcasting methods and related transmission/processing technologies. |
■ Broadcast Operations Subcommittee
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Hiroo Yoshino (TV asahi) |
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Covers all equipment related to broadcast operations and operating technologies. |
■ Wireless/Optical Transmission Subcommittee
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Makoto Itami (Tokyo U. of Science) |
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Covers sending/receiving technologies for wireless/optical image and voice data transmission, related devices, circuits and equipment, and peripheral technologies. |
■ Human Information Research Committee
| Chairman |
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Eiji Uchikawa (Tokyo Tech) |
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Covers technologies applicable to audio/visual engineering for clarifying audio-visual sensory characteristics. |
■ Media Engineering Research Committee
| Chairman |
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Toshihiko Yoshida (Fukui U.) |
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Covers hardware/software for information processing, communication, and systems related to media engineering, including applied image information technologies in such areas as industry, education and medicine, image communication services and systems utilizing networks, and information processing for character/drawing/graphic/image/ voice media. |
■ Image Expression and Computer Graphics Research Committee
| Chairman |
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Mikio Shinya (Toho U.) |
| Summary |
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Covers the latest new directions and possibilities in image creation through the use of electronic and optical technologies (e.g. HDTV, computers) in the field of image expression, including television and cinema. |
■ Entrepreneur Engineering Research Group
| Chairman |
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Mitsuhiro Kurashige (Matsushita Electric) |
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Studies business-related topics from seeds to processes used in business, whether technical or not, focusing on the technology areas of concern to ITE. Typical of such topics are the following: |
■ 3-D Image Technology Research Group
| Chairman |
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Yasuhiro Takaki(Tokyo Univ. of Agri. and Tech.) |
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The group aims to further improve present-day methods, and to strategically stimulate and promote R&D in new technologies for achieving higher-quality 3-D images. To accelerate development of 3-D systems, it extensively covers related technologies and techniques, among them displays, human factors, input methods, content creation, image processing, and application systems. |
