Faculty
- Akira Asano（浅野 晃）, Professor
- Various research topics!
Prof. Asano's Lab, Faculty of Informatics, Kansai University
Members
Seniors
- Saya Itoh（伊藤 沙弥） Controlling impression by shape and color
- Chika Itoh（伊藤 千佳） Effects of tone variation to impression in pictures
- Momoa Oki（沖 桃愛） Categorization of artists by CD jackets / Historical trends in thumbnails of vocaloid movies
- Hazuki Kagimoto（鍵本 葉月） Vision ability decrement and color discrimination
- Izumi Kitayama（北山 泉美） Accent colors in color arrangements
- Runa Sakamoto（坂本 琉月） Coordinating food and colors of dishes and tables
- Kai Tange（丹下 魁） Chromesthesia in broad sense
- Ryuki Tsuji（辻 隆希） Characteriation of movie posters and flyers by genres and ages
- Gohki Meigata（銘形 剛希） About color vision variation
- Shiho Fukuju（福壽 志穂） Effect of colors to character discriminability from a distance
- Kotoko Yamane（山根 古都子） Personal color and color preference
- Yuki Nakagawa（中川 裕喜） Group dependency of impression to colors
- Hiroki Tanaka（田中 宏樹） Utilization of structural color by artificial opals
- Shiho Kadoguchi（門口 詩歩） (quit on Oct. 2023, to re-enroll on Sep. 2024)
- Costume and psychology
Juniors
- Chihiro Umeda（梅田 ちひろ）
- Miyabi Ohnishi（大西 都陽）
- Chihiro Omura（小村 千尋）
- Miyu Kuramoto（倉本 美優）
- Kana Koyashiki（小屋敷 香奈）
- Chihiro Shibata（芝田 千寿）
- Rio Shibata（志村 梨央）
- Yuuka Seike（清家 優花）
- Mizuki Yamaguchi（山口 光稀）
- Souma Yoshida（吉田 壮真）
- Risa Ryosenan（了泉庵 里紗）
- Yohta Watanabe（渡邉 陽太）
- Yuya Kuroda（黒田 裕也） (on leave in SY2024)
Alumni
- Theses are written in Japanese.
MA, Mar. 2024
- Xinyue Tang（唐 心悦）
- Influences of color and music to impressions on animation and movies
BA, Mar. 2024
- Hinano Abe（阿部 緋奈乃）
- Dressing and acting of music fans for being recognized by stage artists
- Fuka Inagaki（稲垣 風香）
- Effects of colors on the visibility of icons
- Mitsuki Ohmaru（大丸 美津妃）
- Motivation and item color
- Nagisa Okabe（岡部 凪咲）
- Influence of shape, color, and texture on visibility
- Mizuki Kawai（河合 瑞月）
- Different perceptions of internet singers and idols and their popularity
- Yu Shimada（島田 侑）
- Effects of color and shape on the perception of area
- Miku Shimoda（下田 実来）
- Effect of colors in movie thumbnails
- Kanon Jitosho（地頭所 佳音）
- Gender impression from colors, shapes, and fonts
- Yui Tsujikawa（辻川 ゆい）
- Effect of background color on human facial expressions
- Ayaka Terao（寺尾 文伽）
- Types of characterization and color in fiction stories
- Wataru Maruyama（円山 航）
- Memorability of color compositions
- Hisa Miyamae（宮前 ひさ）
- User interface design and perception of action on touch screens
- Kaisei Watanabe（渡邊 開世）
- Visual margin preference and behavior
BA, Mar. 2023
- Taichi Ariizumi（有泉 太地）
- Influences of colors to product packages
- Mana Okabayashi（岡林 茉那）
- Colors of costume and personal characters
- Genki Ogura（小倉 元喜）
- Influences of shapes to color impressions
- Sohta Kawamoto（川本 颯太）
- Character recognition and colors of characters and backgrounds
- Yasuko Sakai（坂井 靖子）
- Colors and brightness associated with characters' hair styles
- Daichi Sasagawa（笹川 大地）
- Impressions in paintings and screen brightness
- Sara Shibuya（渋谷 紗良）
- Conflicting attractiveness effects of shapes and colors
- Midori Takemoto（竹本 翠）
- Association between lipstick color choice and psychological state
- Momoka Yamawaki（山脇 萌々華）
- Effects of verbal explanation on impressions of musical works
- Ayana Yoshida（吉田 綾菜）
- Relationship between the number of views and the gaze from the person in the thumbnail image in vocaloid videos
- Yusuke Kawatsura（川面 佑介）
- Effects of background colors to estimation of action
BA, Mar. 2022
- Arisa Izaki（井崎 有紗）
- Relationships between shapes and colors in drawing
- Marimo Okamura（岡村 茉莉百）
- Harmony between contexts by shapes and colors
- Yuria Kajimoto（梶本 侑莉亜）
- Recognition methods of objects - color, surface texture, and shape
- Yuta Kasutani（粕谷 勇太）
- Object colors and human response time
- Tomomi Kimura（木村 智美）
- Acceptance of colors in various situations
- Yuki Kunitomo（国友 佑樹）
- Key transposition of music and visual impressions
- Naoki Takahashi（髙橋 尚希）
- Sound effects and color impressions
- Kenta Togo（藤後 健太）
- Effects of colors and surface texture to classiness of packages
- Marina Nakamura（中村 真梨奈）
- How to get more subscribers of singers' movies on YouTube?
- Michiko Nakamura（中村 美智子）
- Differences in color recognition and color names by Chinese characters between China and Japan
- Yuto Fujii（藤井 悠斗）
- Relationships between categories and color arrangements in advertisements
- Ayano Murashima（村島 彩乃）
- Relationships between onomatopes and colors in mangas
- Nami Yamauchi（山内 菜未）
- Expressing concepts by shapes and colors
- Azumi Yamakawa（山川 あずみ）
- Requirements of medical social workers
- Renri Inoue（井上 蓮里）
- Differences of impressions in colors on packages of cosmetics in Japan and Korea
BA, Mar. 2021
- Chika Ohara（大原 智香）
- Restriction on colors by common knowledge and meanings by colors
- Moeko Ogawa（小川 萌子）
- Temporal variation of interference colors and human impressions
- Takeru Kikuchi（菊池 タケル）
- Relationship between colors of characters and the short-term memory
- Ayaka Shimura（志村 綾香）
- Psychological effect of red color in selection problems
- Akari Shoji（庄司 朱里）
- Modern linguistic expression on colors
- Yuna Sugihara（杉原 夕菜）
- Recent trends of color preferences on accessories
- Rina Takahashi（高橋 理菜）
- Recognition of slight tilt of line objects
- Mirei Takigawa（瀧川 美鈴）
- Shapes of eyewares and progress of technology viewed from historical and experimental studies
- Yuma Tsuboi（坪井 裕真）
- Common impressions on colors associated with paired concepts
- Rieko Nakanishi（中西 里永子）
- Relationship between impression of colors and situations
- Nao Nishimura（西村 菜桜）
- Continuously varying color contrasts and color harmony / disharmony
- Chisato Hiyama（桧山 千紗都）
- Trends of fonts in logotypes
- Mari Fukui（福井 鞠）
- Difference between sympbols and reality on familiar items
- Rina Matsushita（松下 莉奈）
- Relationships between recognitions by colors and by shapes
- Jo Morikawa（森川 丞）
- Context effect on image recognition
- Kasumi Yamauchi（山内 夏澄）
- Effect of hidden colors in clothes
BA, Mar. 2020
- Nanomi Anzako（庵逧 菜実）
- Variation of color tones and human recognition of hues
- Ayame Oimatsu（老松 あやめ）
- Influences of impressions of colors on movie editting
- Mako Ohori（大堀 真子）
- Relationship between color and types of fear on package illustrations of horror movies
- Kota Kido（木戸 皓太）
- Relationship between variations of the velocity of movies and human interests
- Ayana Konoike（鴻池 采奈）
- Characteristics of guide maps for intuitive recognitions of geographical directions
- Shiho Saito（齋藤 志穂）
- White as preferred color in Japanese culture
- Junya Takashima（高島 隼也）
- Color attractiveness and geometrical adjacency
- Misaki Takahashi（髙橋 美咲）
- Human behaviour caused by unusefulness
- Natsumi Horiki（宝力 なつみ）
- Historical observation of colors in advertisement posters
- Tomoka Minami（南 朋花）
- Influences of social assignment of colors to genders on personal color preferences
- Hana Morihiro（森廣 華）
- Visual movements of objects and human responses
- Shunsuke Yagi（八木 駿輔）
- Relationship between characters and colors on grapheme-color synesthesia
- Kengo Yamamoto（山本 謙吾）
- Human recognition of regular polygons
- Sasuke Nakata（中田 流） (quit on Dec. 2018)
MA, Mar. 2017
- Nguyen Hung An
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Regularity and predictability of curves and human affectiveness
- Ayana Deguchi（出口 絢那）
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Physiological and psychological reactions in preferences of colors
BA, Mar. 2017
Assigned in Apr. 2014
- Mako Sunayama（砂山 真子）
- Relationships between visual, haptic, and mechanical characters on various white textile materials.
Assigned in Apr. 2015
- Arata Akihisa（穐久 新）
- Color arrangements in illustrations and impressions
- Keigo Kanetsuna（兼綱 啓伍）
- Extraction of trabeculi from mandibles in dental panoramic radiographs
- Nana Shirogane（白銀 奈々）
- Temporal transition of chords and evoked colors
- Sonoka Takada（高田 苑佳）
- Effect of densities of yarns and characteristics of materials to visual impressions of textiles
- Shinji Tatsumi（巽 真治）
- Effect of temporal transition of color arrangements to human impressions
- Misaki Maeda（前田 美咲）
- Perception of color saturation in photos — How humans find naturality of colors
- Misaki Yamada（山田 美紗季）
- Human visual affection from the viewpoints of shapes and color assignments
- Shin Yamamoto（山本 慎）
- Effect of disturbances of stimulus arrangements in visual search
- Yuri Yoshii（吉井 佑里）
- Relationships between color categorizations and interests to colors
BA, Mar. 2016
Assingned in Apr. 2014
- Michinaga Tanaka（田中 道詠）
- Effect of impression of music on visual expressions
- Tohru Nakamae（中前 徹）
- Physiological responses to chromatic illumination
- Shugo Mihara（三原 脩吾）
- Effect of colors on memorization of symbols
- Masafumi Yoshimura（吉村 雅史）
- Influences of colors to human emotion — Does blue sky make humans lively?
- Arika Nishiza（西座 有香）
- Dependance of colorization on skill of painting
BA, Mar. 2015
Assigned in Apr. 2012
- Yoshiki Kitayama（北山 慎基）
- Can hate emotions to foods in blue be relieved?
Assigned in Apr. 2013
- Ayana Deguchi（出口 絢那）
- Connection between colors and concepts
- Nao Murakami（村上 奈央）
- Relationship between age estimates on skin and local variation of illumination
BA, Mar. 2014
Assigned in Apr. 2012
- Ryoma Imae（今江 亮馬）
- Experimental tests on stroop effect — on perceptual elements on safety and danger
- Nanae Ohkita（大北 菜々恵）
- Experimental research on relationships between colors and impressions
- Yasunari Kanzawa（神澤 泰成）
- Analysis of texture images — utilization of the maximum particle size
- Kohki Kirihara（切原 光貴）
- Analysis of texture images — utilization of image segments
- Risa Hirota（廣田 里紗）
- Experimental research on visual feel of fabrics
- Rika Watanabe（渡辺 莉加）
- Experimental research on relationships between colors and preferences of foods
- Jin Zhao（金 朝）
- Analysis of texture images — utilization of restricted size means
Image Statistics Laboratory, Department of Information Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University (- 2011)
I was in Hiroshima University from Apr. 1998 to Sep. 2011. The Ph.D. candidates who were left in Hiroshima Univ. after I had moved to Kansai Univ. belonged to Professor Takio Kurita's Lab, and I also supervised them.
Alumni (Ph.D.)
- Xiaoying Guo （郭 小英）(Entered to the Ph.D. course in Oct. 2010, and received Ph.D. in Sep. 2013)
- Modeling the perception of visual complexity of texture images and painting images.
- (Currently, Associate Professor, Leader of the Computer Vision Research Group, School of Software Engineering, Shanxi University, China) [Web site]
- Muthu Subash Kavitha (Entered to the Ph.D. course in Apr. 2009, and received Ph.D. in Jun. 2012)
- Automatic system for diagnosing osteoporosis based on dental panoramic radiographs using statistical classification techniques.
- (Currently, JSPS research fellow, Kurita Lab., Hiroshima University [Researchgate])
- Liang Li （李 亮）(Entered to the Master course in Apr. 2006, and received Ph.D. in Mar. 2011)
- Texture Analysis Based on Human Visual Perception and Mathematical Morphology.
- (Currently, Professor, College of Information Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University) [Web site]
- Febriliyan Samopa (Entered to the Ph.D. course in Oct. 2006, and received Ph.D. in Nov. 2009)
- Tooth Shape Measurement on Dental Radiographs for Forensic Personal Identification.
- (Currently, Chair of the Departement of Information System, Faculty of Informatics, Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember, Surabaya, Indonesia) [Researchgate]
- Agus Zainal Arifin (Entered to the Ph.D. course in Apr. 2004, and received Ph.D. in Mar. 2007)
- Development of Computer-Aided System for Diagnosing Osteoporosis Using Dental Panoramic Radiographs.
- (Currently, Dean of the Faculty of Informatics, Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember, Surabaya, Indonesia) [Web site]
- Yang Lei （楊 磊）(Entered to the Ph.D. course in Apr. 2010, and quit the course in Sep. 2012)
- (Published paper) L. Yang, A. Asano, L. Li, C. Muraki Asano, and T. Kurita, "Multi-structural Texture Analysis Using Mathematical Morphology," IEICE Trans. Fundamentals, E95-A, 10, 1759-1767 (2012. 10).