Research Topics

Here are some examples of research conducted in the Graduate School of System Design and Management.

Research to introduce a telemedicine system in rural villages in developing countries

Professor Tetsuro Ogi and Professor Tetsuya Toma in the Communication Design Laboratory are trying to introduce a telemedicine system in rural villages in developing countries. They are collaborating with the Medical College of Jhansi in India (Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh) and MphRx (My Personal Health Record Express, Delhi) for providing remote rural medical service via Internet to hospitals and clinics in areas such as Jhansi City and Rajnagar Villages.

Research on location service using space satellites

Professor Naohiko Kohtake is collaborating with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) on performance improvement of positioning technology using quasi-zenith satellite "Michibiki" and GPS as well as building a compound location sensing platform for indoor and outdoor seamless positioning system integrated with an indoor positioning system. Furthermore, Tokyu Corporation is equipping its shopping center in Futakotamagawa with indoor censors to experiment with indoor and outdoor seamless positioning technology as an experiment in smart city technology.

Applied research inｔｏ use of highly-immersive spatial imaging technology

Professor Tetsuro Ogi is engaged in research on highly-immersive spatial video expression technology in the dome environment. He oversaw the video effects for "Encounter with Earth", an animated feature produced especially for domes, which began a run at the planetarium of the National Museum of the Emerging Science and Innovation on December 7, 2011. He will continue applied research into how highly-immersive spatial imaging can be used in education.