Curriculum Vitaes

Hiroyuki Nishimoto

  (西本 博之)

Profile Information

Affiliation
Professor, Faculty of Design Technology Department of Information Systems Engineering, Osaka Sangyo University
Degree
博士(学術)(京都工芸繊維大学)
工学修士(神戸大学)

J-GLOBAL ID
201801007684058595
researchmap Member ID
B000304513

Papers

 34
  • Hiroyuki Nishimoto
    JSIAM Letters, 15 105-108, Oct, 2023  Peer-reviewedLead author
    The images that our eyes perceive are slightly different from the objects. Images in visual space are illusions. However, they are indeed based on optics. In physical space, parallel lines never intersect. In visual space, however, parallel lines intersect at the vanishing point. This is not limited to the human eye; camera lenses produce images similarly. If visual space is spherical, the phenomenon of intersecting parallel lines is no mystery. This paper provides a new geometric model considering the intersection of parallel lines at vanishing points.
  • Takashi Karashima, Susumu Umemoto, Takeshi Kishida, Kimito Osaka, Masatoshi Nakagawa, Eisaku Yoshida, Toru Yoshimura, Masahiko Sakaguchi, Hiroyuki Nishimoto, Mami Tai, Keiji Inoue, Motoharu Seiki, Naohiko Koshikawa, Taro Shuin
    Cancer Medicine, Aug 4, 2022  Peer-reviewed
  • Momoyo Shimosaka, Hiroyuki Nishimoto, Ayae Kinoshita
    Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 1-15, Apr 12, 2022  Peer-reviewed
    Background: Time disorientation is one of the main symptoms observed in patients with dementia; however, their clock-reading ability has not been fully reported. Objective: This study aimed to investigate the clock-reading ability of both digital and analog clocks in patients with dementia. We newly devised the clock-reading test (CRT) and the number-reading test (NRT) to assess cognitive factors that may affect clock-reading ability. Furthermore, the discriminating power of the CRT was calculated. Methods: 104 participants were categorized based on their Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) scores as follows: subjective cognitive decline ∼ mild cognitive impairment (SCD∼MCI, N = 43), early Alzheimer’s disease (AD) (N = 26), and middle-to-late AD (N = 35). Their cognitive abilities were evaluated using the clock-drawing test (CDT), CRT, and NRT. Results: Cognitive decline leads to impairment of clock-reading ability which is more pronounced in the analog clocks than digital ones. This deficit in clock-reading is attributed to a loss of semantic memory regarding clocks at all stages. Additionally, visuospatial dysfunction and reduced ability of number recognition may lead to deficit in clock-reading in the advanced stage of AD. The discriminating power of the CRT (analog) (AUC = 0.853) was high enough to detect cognitive decline. Conclusion: Digital clocks are more readable by patients with dementia. Since reading clocks is closely associated with daily life, the CRT has proved to be a useful tool. A decline of analog clock-reading may be an early detector for the onset of dementia in elderly patients.
  • Hiroyuki Nishimoto
    Digital Human Modeling and Applications in Health, Safety, Ergonomics and Risk Management. AI, Product and Service, LNCS, 12778(Part II) 111-125, Jul 3, 2021  Peer-reviewedLead author
  • Zhouyuan Peng, Hiroyuki Nishimoto, Ayae Kinoshita
    Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 79(4) 1575-1587, Feb 16, 2021  Peer-reviewed
    Background: With the rapid aging of the population, the issue of driving by dementia patients has been causing increasing concern worldwide. Objective: To investigate the driving difficulties faced by senior drivers with cognitive impairment and identify the specific neuropsychological tests that can reflect specific domains of driving maneuvers. Methods: Senior drivers with cognitive impairment were investigated. Neuropsychological tests and a questionnaire on demographic and driving characteristics were administered. Driving simulator tests were used to quantify participants’ driving errors in various domains of driving. Results: Of the 47 participants, 23 current drivers, though they had better cognitive functions than 24 retired drivers, were found to have impaired driving performance in the domains of Reaction, Starting and stopping, Signaling, and Overall (wayfinding and accidents). The parameters of Reaction were significantly related to the diagnosis, and the scores of MMSE, TMT-A, and TMT-B. As regards details of the driving errors, “Sudden braking” was associated with the scores of MMSE (ρ= –0.707, p < 0.01), BDT (ρ= –0.560, p < 0.05), and ADAS (ρ= 0.758, p < 0.01), “Forgetting to use turn signals” with the TMT-B score (ρ= 0.608, p < 0.05), “Centerline crossings” with the scores of MMSE (ρ= –0.582, p < 0.05) and ADAS (ρ= 0.538, p < 0.05), and “Going the wrong way” was correlated with the score of CDT (ρ= –0.624, p < 0.01). Conclusion: Different neuropsychological factors serve as predictors of different specific driving maneuvers segmented from driving performance.

Misc.

 4

Presentations

 29
  • Hiroyuki Nishimoto
    AI Data Seminar, May 17, 2024, Center for Mathematical Modeling and Data Science, Osaka University  Invited
    Sakushi no mekanizumu o akiraka ni shita toki, heringu sakushi ga shisa suru yō ni shikūkan wa kyūtaideatta. Shiten kara shōshitsu-ten made no fuka-sa ga hankei no kyūtaidearu. Koko de shikūkan o tan'ikyū to suru to, nin'i no ten ni okeru sukēru no kansoku-sei wa, shisen to no henkaku th no bibun hōteishiki de arawasa reru. Kono shikūkan moderu ni yori, chokusen-teki ni ugoku roketto no dandō ga daendearu koto ya, ninchi kyori (kyori-kan) no henka o kakuritsu to shite shimesu koto ga dekiru. Kono shikūkan moderu wa, rīman-kyū to kotonari sanjigen hōkō ni mugen'en-ten (shōshitsu-ten) ga sonzai suru fukuso shaei kūkan to naru. Kono kenkyū no mochibēshon wa, sakushi gazō o mochiite kōrei-sha no gazō ninshiki nōryoku o sokutei suru kotodearuga, senmō no risuku kara rinshō kenkyū no ritsuan ni wa itatte inai. Ko no yō ni rinshō shiken wa itsu demo jikkō dekiru wakede wa naku, rinri-tekina kanten kara shiken dezain ga henkei sa reru koto mo mezurashiku wanai. Iryō tōkei-ka wa, kono yō ni shite shūshū sa reru herusukeadēta no tokusei o rikai shi, inga kankei o shinchō ni giron suruhitsuyōgāru. さらに表示 406 / 5,000 When the mechanism of the optical illusion was clarified, visual space was a sphere, as suggested by the Hering illusion. It is a sphere with a radius equal to the depth from the viewpoint to the vanishing point. If visual space is considered to be a unit sphere, the observability of scale at any point is expressed by a differential equation with the deviation angle θ with the line of sight. This visual space model makes it possible to show that the trajectory of a rocket moving in a straight line is an ellipse, and to show changes in cognitive distance (sense of distance) as a probability. Unlike a Riemann sphere, this visual space model is a complex projective space in which a point at infinity (vanishing point) exists in three dimensions.
  • Hiroyuki NISHIMOTO
    Meiji University research on mathematical modeling and applications, Mar 5, 2024, Meiji University, Center for mathematical modeling and applications
  • Hiroyuki Nishimoto
    2023 Healthcare International Academy-Industry Network Forum, Oct 23, 2023, KNU RIEBA Innovation Center, KNU Research Institute of Nursing Innovation, Local Ventures  Invited
    Technology can make older people anxious. Compared to the development of a physically barrier-free society, the development of a cognitively barrier-free society has lagged behind. We need to improve user interface design not just for older people but for the entire social system. We need to work together across countries to promote the health and longevity of older people.
  • Hiroyuki Nishimoto
    10th International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Aug 22, 2023, ICIAM (International Council for Industrial and Applied Mathematics)
    If the visual space is defined as a three-dimensional complex vector space, perspective is represented as a linear constraint by scale. And the vanishing point with zero scale represents the boundary of the visual space. This indicates that visual space is spherical, which is different from Euclidean space. A new geometric model for visual space allows linear derivation of elliptical orbits. Since it does not involve infinite series, the solution is simple.
  • Hiroyuki Nishimoto
    The 19th Joint Presentation of the Research Group of the Japan Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Mar 9, 2023, The Japan Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
    When capturing a scene with a camera, objects and points in 3D space are mapped onto a 2D plane, resulting in the loss of depth information. Therefore, depth estimation is essential to reconstruct a scene in a 3D space using only a 2D image. In this research, a 3D complex projective space is assumed as the visual space, and the scale is defined as a measure of the certainty of information in the space, providing a new concept of perspective depth.
  • Hiroyuki NISHIMOTO
    The 18th Spring Annual Meeting of Japan Society of Kansei Engineering, Mar 6, 2023, Japan Society of Kansei Engineering
    Parallel lines never meet in physical space. However, in visual space, they appear to meet at infinity. This suggests that the visual space is a sphere whose radius is the distance to the perspective vanishing point. In this visual cognitive space, when the point of view is the origin, all lines other than straight lines passing through the origin are drawn as curved lines. However, we do not notice that the image of the pillar reflected in the visual cognitive space is a curved line. In the mind, vision transforms the image projected on the spherical surface into a linear image. Taking advantage of this property, an algorithm that converts fisheye images into more normal images with less discomfort was constructed. This is a conversion method for fisheye images that takes advantage of the characteristics of vision.
  • Hiroyuki Nishimoto
    Meiji University research on mathematical modeling and applications, Mar 2, 2023, Meiji University, Center for mathematical modeling and applications
    The images that our vision perceives are slightly different from the entities. Images in visual space are illusions. However, they are indeed based on physical laws. That is optics. A straight line extending from the foot to the left and right and the straight line in front of the eye parallel to it intersect at infinity. This suggests that the straight line in front of the eye is actually curved. This is not a phenomenon unique to the human eye; camera lenses also produce similar images. If the visual space is a sphere like a planetarium and a viewpoint is at the center of the sphere, as shown in the right diagram in Figure 1, then a perpendicular line projected on a spherical surface can be understood to be curved when considered from a three-dimensional perspective. Similarly, the phenomenon of parallel lines intersecting each other is a common phenomenon on a spherical face. From these facts, it can be said that the shape of visual space is a sphere, which has a completely different shape from physical space. We unconsciously learn that the visual space is round every day through our vision. The Herring illusion tells us this.
  • Hiroyuki Nishimoto
    19th DIA Japan Annual Meeting 2022, Oct 9, 2022, DIA Japan
    A physician is a very last person who engages in the treatment of patients with dementia. When they could visit physicians at the pre-onset stage, a variety of treatment options are available. One of the physician-scientists from Kyoto University is now focusing on PHRs related to IADLs to support elder people before they present obvious symptoms of dementia. Her dream is to improve the social side of the quality of life of elder people before they develop dementia. As a part of the medical innovation ecosystem, venture-backed startups play pivotal roles in translational research to clinical research in the US. The SPARK program at Stanford University started to support basic- and physician-scientists to learn and conduct translational research from the academic side. This session also provides topics to discuss CSTI’s ongoing promotion of VC investment in Japan, including tax reform, in order to build a startup ecosystem.
  • Hiroyuki Nishimoto
    May 2022, CJUG SDTM team meeting, May 13, 2022, SDTM team, CDISC Japan User Group  Invited
    Past Design is one of the components of Future Design proposed by Dr. Tatsuyoshi Saijo and Dr. Yoshinori Nakagawa (Kochi University of Technology). Using the work of ARO (Academic Research Organization) as a subject, the past design as a preparatory phase of Future Design was outlined.
  • Hiroyuki Nishimoto
    Mar 8, 2022, The Japan Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
  • 西本博之
    第16回錯覚ワークショップ 錯覚の解明・創作・応用への 諸アプローチ, Mar 2, 2022, 明治大学「現象数理学」共同利用・共同研究拠点
  • Hiroyuki Nishimoto
    Future Design 2022, Jan 30, 2022
  • Hiroyuki Nishimoto
    The 22nd Annual Meeting of Japan Society of Kansei Engneering, Sep 9, 2020
  • hiroyuki Nishimoto
    23rd DIA Japan Annual Workshop for Clinical Data Management, Feb 6, 2020
  • Hiroyuki Nishimoto
    DIA (Drug Information Association) 22nd Annual Workshop in Japan for Clinical Data Management, Feb 19, 2019
  • Hiroyuki Nishimoto, Makoto Sarata, Will Baber, Yuji Kosaka
    The 29th Global Research Symposium on Marketing and Entrepreneurship, American Marketing Association, Aug 3, 2016, American Marketing Association Entrepreneurial Marketing SIG
  • Hiroyuki Nishimoto, Mitsukazu Okuda, Will Baber, Makoto Sarata
    The 29th Global Research Symposium on Marketing and Entrepreneurship, American Marketing Association, Aug 2, 2016, American Marketing Association Entrepreneurial Marketing SIG
  • Hiroyuki Nishimoto, Makoto Sarata, Mitsukazu Okuda
    The 29th Global Research Symposium on Marketing and Entrepreneurship, American Marketing Association, Aug 2, 2016, American Marketing Association Entrepreneurial Marketing SIG
  • 西本 博之
    日本色彩学会第47回全国大会[名古屋]'16, Jun 5, 2016  Invited
    京都工芸繊維大学伝統みらい教育研究センターで取り組まれている匠の技の解明と,その知見から得られるデザイン思考についての招待講演.
  • 西本 博之
    臨床医薬, Jul 13, 2013  Invited
    規制要件の壁に阻まれ,日本の医療分野のIT化は米国より10年ほど遅れていると言っても過言ではない.電子カルテシステムも同様で,カルテは院内に保存する事が当時の慣習で,カルテ情報を医療機関外のサーバーに保存することが問題視される時代もあった. ところが東日本大震災の時,岩手医科大学のカルテ情報がネットワーク経由で香川医科大学運営のデータセンターにも保存されており,短時間のデータ復旧が可能であったことから世論が一転し,電子カルテ情報を院外のサーバーに保存することが推奨されるようになった.(SS-MIX) このため従来の紙ベースの法規制を改め,電子データを前提とした新たなガイドライン作りが急務となった.FDA(米国食品医薬品局)では,この課題に世界に先んじて取り組んでおり,FDAからの要請を受け,データ標準化団体のCDISC(Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium)が作成していた調査報告書に注目が集まり,DIA(Drug Information Association)日本支部の要請で,その内容を紹介した報告である.
  • Hiroyuki Nishimoto
    DIA (Drug Information Association) CDM 15th Annual Meeting in Japan, Nov 20, 2012  Invited
  • Hiroyuki Nishimoto
    CDISC Interchange Japan 2012, Jul 13, 2012
  • Hiroyuki Nishimoto
    E2B Stakeholders Meeting (London), Nov 26, 2011
  • Hiroyuki Nishimoto
    CDISC Interchange North America 2009, Nov 11, 2009, Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium
  • Hiroyuki Nishimoto
    10th Japan International SAMPE Symposium & Exhibition (JISSE-10), Nov 29, 2007, SAMPE Japan
  • Hiroyuki Nishimoto
    DIA (Drug Information Association) 10th Annual Workshop in Japan for Clinical Data Management, Jan, 2007  Invited
  • Hiroyuki Nishimoto
    The 2nd CDISC Japan Meeting, Dec, 2004
  • Hiroyuki Nishimoto
    DIA (Drug Information Association) 6th Annual Workshop in Japan for Clinical Data Management, Jan, 2003