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Understanding human
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About the Lab

My research aims to contribute to human safety and security by measuring the varied reactions of individuals during driving and using analysis of these as a basis for the proposal of improvements and countermeasures.

The lab focuses on "understanding people". I provide an experimental environment equivalent to that of a real vehicle, allowing the various human reactions and behaviors that emerge during driving to be measured. In this way, an understanding of human characteristics can be understood from the experimental data, facilitating the proposal of improvements and countermeasures. Ultimately, the goal of my work is to contribute to the improvement of human safety, security and wealth.

Instead of simply conducting experiments in a linear fashion, I first consider the situation in which the characteristics I wish to bring to light are observable, then conduct targeted analysis of individuals' biological information and behavior accordingly.

My research aims to contribute to human safety and security by measuring the varied reactions of individuals during driving and using analysis of these as a basis for the proposal of improvements and countermeasures.

The lab focuses on "understanding people". I provide an experimental environment equivalent to that of a real vehicle, allowing the various human reactions and behaviors that emerge during driving to be measured. In this way, an understanding of human characteristics can be understood from the experimental data, facilitating the proposal of improvements and countermeasures. Ultimately, the goal of my work is to contribute to the improvement of human safety, security and wealth.

Instead of simply conducting experiments in a linear fashion, I first consider the situation in which the characteristics I wish to bring to light are observable, then conduct targeted analysis of individuals' biological information and behavior accordingly.

Reproducing autonomous driving with a driving simulator (automatic steering)

Research Areas

The subject of my research is the evaluation of "people", "things" and "infrastructure", made possible by the use of a driving simulator. In particular, this has focused on:

1) Proposals for making sleep onset and awakening comfortable for the driver during autonomous driving.

2) Work to reduce the frequency of occurrence of traffic accidents, through analysis of the driving behavior of drivers in a state of poor health.

3) Development of Human Machine Interfaces (HMIs) that aim to improve the sense of realism of the driving simulator.


About Me

Sigeyuki Yamabe

  • Faculty of Software and Information Science
  • Associate Professor
  • Career
    2007, Ph.D. Informatics, Kyoto University
    2008, specially appointed substitute teacher, Institute of Industrial Science (IIS), the University of Tokyo
    2013, Associate professor, New Industry Creation Hatchery Center (NICHe), Tohoku University

Sigeyuki Yamabe

Laboratory Members

  • Graduate Student

    M2: 1 student (2025)

    M1: 2 students (2026)

  • Undergraduate Student

    B4: 5 students (2025)

    B3: 4 students (2026)

Undergraduate Thesis / Master's Thesis / Doctor's Thesis

  • Doctor's thesis

  • Master's thesis

  • Undergraduate thesis

    FY2025

    Evaluation of social acceptance level 4 autonomous trucks in highway construction zone

    Identifying situations that increase driver stress during highway driving

    Evaluation of the effectiveness of color pavement as a wrong-way driving prevention measure

    The influence of highway driving situations on driver stress

    FY2024

    Evaluation of social acceptance of autonomous driving level4 trucks on highway

    Research on promoting sleep during autonomous driving using vibrating seats

    Evaluation of effectiveness of road-vehicle cooperation system during snowfall environment

    Evaluation of the effectiveness of a roadside-to-vehicle cooperation system for general vehicles at unsignalised intersections

Contact

152-52 Sugo, Takizawa City, Iwate Prefecture, 020-0693, Japan
Iwate Prefectural University
Faculty of Software and Information Science, Building A,Laboratory 33
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