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KIMURA, Toshiyuki Associate Professor
degree Doctor of Philosophy (Academic)
Specialty Ultra-realistic communication, spatial perception, array signal processing
Affiliated academic societies Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers, Information Processing Society of Japan, Acoustical Society of Japan, Virtual Reality Society of Japan, Human Interface Society, Audio Engineering Society
others Hobbies: Playing musical instruments (clarinet, electric guitar), mobile games
Subjects Taught Information Literacy, Basic Physics Exercises, Information Mathematics Exercises I (Linear Algebra), Research and Presentation Techniques, Information Theory Exercises, Natural Science Experimental Fundamentals, Probability and Statistics Exercises, Junior Seminar, Graduation Research I & II
Website researchmap Researcher Information: Toshiyuki Kimura
■Research Themes
  • Research on work support through interaction
  • Research on understanding multimodal information processing and perception processes
■Career
March 1994 (Heisei 6) Graduated from Tokai Private High School
March 1998 (Heisei 10) Graduated from the Department of Materials Chemistry, Faculty of Faculty of Engineering Nagoya University
March 2000 (Heisei 12) Completed the Master's Program in Social Informatics, Graduate Graduate School of Human Informatics Nagoya Graduate Schools
March 2003 (Heisei 15) Completed doctoral coursework in Social Informatics Graduate School of Human Informatics Nagoya Graduate Schools
April 2003 (Heisei 15) Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Research Fellow (Special Research Project COE)
April 2004 (Heisei 16) Researcher, Graduate School of Information Science, Nagoya Graduate Schools
April 2005 (Heisei 17) Researcher, Information Collaboration Infrastructure Center, Nagoya University
November 2005 (Heisei 17) Specially Appointed Assistant Professor, Department of Information Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Tokyo Graduate Schools of Agriculture and Technology
December 2005 (Heisei 17) Completed doctoral program in Social Informatics, Graduate Graduate School of Human Informatics Nagoya Graduate Schools
April 2007 (Heisei 19) Fixed-term researcher at the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (now a National Research and Development Agency)
April 2015 (Heisei 27) Associate Professor, Faculty of Engineering Tohoku Gakuin University
■Accomplishments
  • T. Kimura and H. Ando, “Effect of Discretization of Sound Source Position on Sense of Presence in 3D Audio Systems Using Multiple Vertical Panning”, Trans. VR Soc. Jpn., Vol. 20, No. 3, pp. 179-188, September 2015.
  • Toshiyuki Kimura, "A Personal Compact Three-Dimensional Sound Field Reproduction System Based on the Concept of Wavefront Synthesis Technology Using Eight Directional Microphones," IEICE Transactions on Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers, Vol. J97-A, No. 4, pp. 284-294, April 2014.
  • T. Kimura and H. Ando, “3D Audio System Using Multiple Vertical Panning for Large-screen Multiview 3D Video Display”, ITE Trans. on Media Tech. and App., Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 33-45, January 2014.
  • T. Kimura, Y. Yamakata, M. Katsumoto, T. Okamoto, S. Yairi, Y. Iwaya and Y. Suzuki, “Three-dimensional Radiated Sound Field Display System Using Directional Loudspeakers and Wave Field Synthesis”, Acoust. Sci. & Tech., Vol. 33, No. 1, pp. 11-20, January 2012.
  • Katsuhiro Maki, Toshiyuki Kimura, and Michinori Katsumoto, "Reproduction of Actual Musical Instrument Sounds Using a 26-Channel Spherical Speaker: Acoustical Comparison Regarding the Reproducibility of Musical Instrument Radiation Patterns," Journal of the Acoustical Society of Japan, Vol. 67, No. 10, pp. 447-458, October 2011.
  • Yoko Yamakata, Ryuichi Nishimura, Michinori Katsumoto, and Toshiyuki Kimura, "Reproduction of Instrument Radiation Directivity using a Multi-Channel Spherical Speaker Array," IEICE Transactions on Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers, Vol. J94-A, No. 4, pp. 233-242, April 2011.
  • Toshiyuki Kimura, "Theoretical Study and Numerical Analysis of a Three-Dimensional Sound Field Reproduction System Using Directional Microphones and Boundary Sound Field Control," Transactions of the Virtual Reality Society of Japan, Vol. 15, No. 2, pp. 231-241, June 2010.
  • Y. Yamakata, M. Katsumoto and T. Kimura, “Directional Sound Radiation System using a Large Planar Diaphragm Incorporating Multiple Vibrators”, IEICE Trans. Fundamentals, Vol. E92-A, No. 6, pp. 1399-1407, June 2009.
  • T. Kimura, Y. Yamakata, M. Katsumoto and K. Kakehi, “Localization Model of Synthesized Sound Image Using Precedence Effect in Sound Field Reproduction Based on Wave Field Synthesis”, IEICE Trans. Fundamentals, Vol. E91-A, No. 6, pp. 1310-1319, June 2008.
  • Toshiyuki Kimura, Kazuhiko Kakei, "Influence of Microphone and Speaker Directional Characteristics on Wavefront Synthesis Accuracy in Three-Dimensional Sound Field Reproduction by Wavefront Synthesis Method," Transactions of the Virtual Reality Society of Japan, Vol. 12, No. 2, pp. 191-198, June 2007.
  • N. Inoue, T. Kimura, T. Nishino, K. Itou and K. Takeda, “Evaluation of HRTFs Estimated Using Physical Features”, Acoust. Sci. & Tech., Vol. 26, No. 5, pp. 453-455, September 2005.
  • Toshiyuki Kimura, Kazuhiko Kakei, Kazuya Takeda, and Fumitada Itakura, "Subjective Influence of Channel Number in Wavefront Synthesis - When Sound Source is Near the Front," Transactions of the Virtual Reality Society of Japan, Vol. 10, No. 2, pp. 257-266, June 2005.
  • Toshiyuki Kimura, Kazuhiko Kakei, Kazuya Takeda, Fumitada Itakura, "Spatial Encoding of Sound Fields with Moving Sound Sources - Reduction of Transmission Amount by Sound Source Extraction," Transactions of the Virtual Reality Society of Japan, Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 101-109, March 2005.
  • Toshiyuki Kimura, Kazuhiko Kakei, Kazuya Takeda, Fumitada Itakura, "Spatial Coding of Multichannel Signals in Sound Field Reproduction," Transactions of the Virtual Reality Society of Japan, Vol. 8, No. 4, pp. 433-442, December 2003.

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