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Human Information Engineering Lab
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The lab studies the mechanisms of sensation and movement and builds devices that let people share sensations with each other.
AboutAbout the lab
Unraveling sensation and movement to build devices that convey sensation
The Human Information Engineering Lab studies technology that reproduces and conveys what a person in a distant place sees, hears, and touches, as well as their body posture.
The lab treats humans as an informational black box with sensation as input and movement as output, analyzes the mechanisms of sensation and movement, and develops systems that use those mechanisms.
The lab develops devices for transmitting and sharing sensations and for transferring skills, and conducts psychophysical experiments that investigate human perception.
The lab's website introduces it under the name "Maeda Lab."
Key terms
- Video see-through HMD
- A head-mounted device that shows the outside world by displaying camera images on a display in front of the eyes
- Vestibular organs
- Organs in the inner ear that govern the sense of balance
- Opening-closing illusion
- An illusion in which, when tracing with two fingers, the gap between the fingers feels as if it opens or closes even though the physical distance between the fingers stays constant
ResearchResearch themes
The lab regards human sensation as input and movement as output, analyzes them, and aims to clarify the mechanisms of sensation and movement. Using those mechanisms, it develops systems that transmit and share sensations and that guide behavior through illusions.
*Illustrative imageA field-of-view sharing system for sharing another person's viewpoint
Two people wearing video see-through HMDs are connected over a network, and the other person's camera image is shown on one's own HMD. By overlaying markers that indicate position and orientation and matching the same posture, they share the world the other person sees.
*Illustrative imageMaking people feel acceleration with electrical stimulation
Electrodes are attached behind the ears and a weak current is passed through them to stimulate the vestibular organs of the inner ear, producing the illusion of feeling acceleration. Because the device is simple and small, it is easy to carry and can be used in a variety of environments.
*Illustrative imageA device that conveys tactile sensation through the fingernail
A vibrator is attached to the fingernail, and when vibration is applied while tracing an object, the person has the illusion of bumps and dents. Using this illusion, the lab overlays virtual tactile sensation while the finger pad continues to feel the real object.
*Illustrative imageIllusions when tracing with two fingers
The lab investigates the illusions that occur when tracing a flat surface with two fingers: the opening-closing illusion, in which the gap between the fingers feels as if it opens and closes, and the step illusion, in which a bump is felt as a step instead. The lab focuses on them as examples of how multiple senses are integrated into perception.
MembersFaculty
Members of Maeda Lab consist of faculty, secretaries, project researchers, and doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students.As of 2026
- ProfessorTaro Maeda
- Associate ProfessorMasahiro Furukawa
- Assistant ProfessorAkiyoshi Akiyoshi
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Virtuality 1000CS VR Headset” RetroEditor / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- A field-of-view sharing system for sharing another person's viewpoint: “Head-mounted display, cascos, Madrid Games Week, España, 2015” Benjamín Núñez González / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Making people feel acceleration with electrical stimulation: “VestibularSystem” VestibularSystem.gif: user:Thomas.haslwanter derivative work: Ortisa (talk) / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- A device that conveys tactile sensation through the fingernail: “3ds Touch Haptic Device” ApLundell / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Illusions when tracing with two fingers: “Wijsvinger” Michiel1972 at Dutch Wikipedia (Original text: M.Minderhoud) / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Bio-Information Measurement Lab): “Chromatography apparatus” Giac83 / CC BY-SA 2.5 (cropped)
- Related lab (Metabolic Informatics Engineering Lab): “Erlenmeyer TSB fermentation replicates” Luis Fernando Flores LAB / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Multimedia Agent Lab): “EZ-Robot Humanoid software” Bobjgalindo / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
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