We investigated the relationship between aesthetics and leg shape using Japanese female undergraduates from the viewpoint of the measurement of leg dimension using leg images, the statistical classification of leg shape, and the visual impression survey of subject's legs. Leg shape was classified into an aesthetic leg group and an ordinary leg group, and both were further classified into three sub-groups. Based on the analysis of these groups, the concept of aesthetic leg was defined, and an empirical f ormula for estimating leg aesthetics objectively and numerically was derived.

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A perceptual evaluation was conducted, comparing a specialist and general public opinions regarding High Definition, FM Printing material. Subjective evaluation results intended for High Definition Printing (85, 175, 300 and 700 1pi; lines per inch), FM Printing (40, 30, 20 and 12.5μm) is used to analyze Principal Components and to identify a comprehensive evaluation structure. Evaluation items for recognition levels used “vividness”, “sharpness”, and “contrast”. Also, evaluation items for image levels such as “softness”, “nearness to reality”, “image quality”have been set up and their respective characteristics have been examinded as well. As the results of using screen rulings for printing material production, a forcast of dot size was possible. Furthermore, 300, 700 1pi had no discernable effect on the evaluation of image levels.

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The cloth simulation which can respond to a consumer's KANSEI quickly is expected in the apparel business. Also cloth simulation technology is effective to online shopping that consumer can't wear clothes directly. We have constructed the cloth model based on physical properties by particle models. Particle models have been used for the cloth simulation, although it takes immense time in order to perform a cloth simulation. Therefore, the cloth simulation is not practical, since it cannot carry out on real time. Then, we improved the Runge-Kutta algorithm and developed the algorithm of changing the time step on the Runge-Kutta algorithm according to the internal strains. As a result, calculation speed was accelerated to a maximum of about 15 times of the conventional method. Moreover, the calculation error was shown to have no difference by the difference in the time step. Therefore the proposed adaptive control of time step was shown ton be valid in improvement in the cloth simulation speed.

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Such that it is prescribed by “problem sharing nature”and “feeling sharing nature”, that the receiver side, acknowledges an altrume message strongly as altruism to an altrume message, it is able to. As for it, (the survey research object in this time was an elementary school third year student low age) “the feeling sharing nature”was controlled by, the presence of the experience, even if it was. Also, the trend that is not able to be influenced by the presence of the experience, in “problem sharing nature”is able to interpret that it is controlled by the personality of the individual. Also, it resembled the scene“that”is grieving over the presentation scene besides the person who has experienced it is able to such that “feeling sharing nature”is acknowledged strongly even more the person who there is not the experience, because he tries to soften the pain even if he is a little by the feeling sharing with a person.

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Due to the the fact that carried out a portfolio in, the lesson it was able to find out to evoke the motivation similar to the person of the upper class, medium of the academic record, even if I am the per-son of the subordinate position of an academic record. In other words, it is able to such that it was eff-ective, by point etc. that by means carried out a portfolio and be able to appeal the existence of self c-learly, even if the motivation of a child is the process of an individual. Therefore, such importance thatis able to evoke the motivation of a child, it depends on 1 device of the lesson became clear.

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This paper analyzes soft data by using quantification theory type III. The main contribution of the paper is to propose a technique that takes into account vagueness in evaluation. The soft data mean here the data obtained by a questionnaire survey in which residents evaluated water quality and watersides subjectively. We carried out the questionnaire survey to residents in Tsurugi and Komatsu in Ishikawa prefecture. Using these soft data with the proposed technique, we have analyzed how they explain the features of watersides, and which items are important to evaluate watersides. The result suggests that feeling and knowledge that residents have are useful to understand conditions of environment. In some cases, soft data reveal the fact which we can't know with hard data.

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A human being laughs in every day life when happy, and a facial expression changes unconsciously. It is thought that the facial expression has close relation to feelings and Kansei. The facial expression is more intelligibly than the expression by word, and can convey a delicate nuance when introducing feelings. Intention communication with a different foreigner is possible by a facial expression and a gesture. In this way, the role that a facial expression serves as by communication is very big. The aim of this study is to control a mind state by the intentionally modified facial expression. The final aim is the application to a field of the medical welfare. In this study, measuring the behavior of each muscle of a face using electromyogram in order to evaluate the expression quantitatively elucidates the mechanism of a facial expression. Six facial expressions is paid attention. When a human being made a facial expression intentionally, it is thought that a mind state changes by the facial expression. For example, it is said that a mind state is stable unconsciously when making a smile intentionally. On the other hand, it is thought that a mind state becomes unstable when a partner makes a facial expression of anger. In this way it is thought that a mind state is closely related to a facial expression, but there are many subjects that have not been elucidated. So the relation of a facial expression and a mind state is cleared from bio-information such as electromyogram or brain waves as an engineering approach and will be applied to the medical welfare.

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The environmental standards for noise annoyance are set on the basis of exposure-response relation between noise level and degree of response for various noises. The authors have continued the joint study to achieve the followings with ICBEN (International Commission on Biological Effect of Noise) Team 6 (Community Response to Noise) since 1993. The aim of this study is to facilitate the comparison of the result. So, we set guideline to the mentioned items in our report in order to construct the international standardized noise annoyance scale and make a comparative study of them. In this paper, the data of survey that authors collected up to now showed the possibility of realization to clear the relationship between adverbs and to have a quantitative understanding of the relation. As the conclusion, we found the image of adverbs that was transformed to be mapping in 1 - dimensional space by MDS is the most simple and effective inspection method to study about the factor of the kansei and resembling nature to modifiers.

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This paper is the report of the trial which is going to evaluate the impression over each language which an individual has through development of a network communication tool. The purpose of this research is “verification of optimal complement method for each language”and “investigation of a Width of a meaning which each language has.”The network communication tool used in this experiment has two types. First one is “dynamic icon manufacture tool”which can be adjusted about elements, such as the color, form and animation of an icon, on real time. Second one is “expression manufacture tools”which can be adjusted about opening and closing of an eye and the angle of eyebrows on real time. I acquired the impression data which received from 16 languages from 32 testees using the two above-mentioned tools.As a result, these six languages “boring”“anger”, “busy”“pleasure”“bad condition”and “calmness”has expressional high similarity. That is, it can be said that the image received from such languages is alike.

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It is difficult for developer of products to investigate which part and element of a product is closely related to its attraction and ease-of-use. So we propose a method which investigates what has an influence on facility and preference with a product by adopting C4.5, which is a useful algorithm for building decision tree. In this paper, we investigate what viewpoint a golf player values ease-ofhitting with golf clubs from. At first, we selected a lot of adjectives which are well used in the case that golf players evaluate a golf club from the viewpoint of how easily he is able to hit a golf ball with it. Next we investigated values of many golf clubs from the viewpoint of the adjectives by questionnaire and analyzed the correlation between the ease-of-hitting and the adjectives. As a result, we got some rules to judge the ease-of-hitting and preference with golf club.

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A human being can feel signals with five senses such as vision, hearing, sense of touch, sense of smell, and taste. If we rely on vision and hearing, we become hardly to understand signals, in case that information variety or quantity is increased. As a message measure that such a case can get complementary, the sense of touch is thought about. In this paper, vibration signals are investigated. Vibration signal is a vibration we use with special purposes or intentions. Vibration signal can transmit information to a person through the sense of touch. Vibrators of portable phones are one kind of examples. They tell us only arrival of the call. We can not discriminate who call us. If we are able to make various types of vibration signals, they can help the sense of sight and hearing. The purpose of this study is to investigate on human sensitivity of vibration frequency, vibration envelope pattern and of parts of body that receive signals, and to propose the most suitable vibration signal for information.

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Recently many instruction systems are developed by the use of information technology, e.g., CAI, WBT, distance learning, e-learning etc. Even in such instruction systems, it is not easy to provide exercise problems fit for the instructor's intention. One of our main aims of this paper is to present an exercise problems generator fit for the instructor's intention by the use of Kansei Engineering approach. In this paper, we grasp the instructor's intention as the Kansei words, and we make questionnaire survey about the Kansei words of instructors, and analyze the relationships among the Kansei words and the parameters of the exercise problems. According to the relationships, we provide the exercise problems generator for the given Kansei words by the instructor.

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In case of putting a thin cloth upon a base cloth, we suppose that the overlapping color is changed according to the colors of the base cloth and the thin cloth placed over it. Upon this assumption, this paper analyzes the change of the overlapping color by performing both physical measuring color and subjective sensory evaluation for the two kinds of cloths which are different in texture. Moreover, clarify the correlation between them.
As a result, the following facts are revealed: the change of the overlapping color is most large, when we place a Yellow organdy over a base cloth. On the other hand, the change of the overlapping color is smallest, when we use a yellow cloth as a base cloth too.

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