Denso IT Laboratory　Talent Indtroduction

Hiroshi Tsukahara

Research Planning

I am a so called fishing maniac. While working at the office, I can picture a flowing river and the fish in it. So my co-workers say that I am enjoying myself pleasantly at work. I want a car that invites me to a beautiful mountain stream and where I can share the excitement of being in communion with nature. With this dream, I am giving myself to the research of a power-saving technology regarding the vehicle　video system, an environmental media that can store driving experiences.

Kosuke Hara

Network Agent

As the tools fit in one’s hand, I hope that the in-car device will fit in our hands.
The theme of my research is to study a driver’s actions and to work out the in-car device control(s) that fit the sense or intention of the driver. In my R&D, the most exciting experience is to see that the cars are functioning under the control of the software designed by me. These are still experimental vehicles, but I want every one of you to experience them as products in the future.

Yuichi Yoshida

User Interface

While driving, people look for and decide on a shop, use a mobile phone to get in touch with friends, read their e-mail and go to a restaurant. Things like these are nothing special in our everyday lives, but they can’t be done easily while driving a car. There will be more things that they will want to do in the car. My goal is to delve into the essence of things that one likes to do and
the implementation of the interface that is safe, enjoyable and easy to handle.

Mitsuru Ambai

Image processing

What are the cars viewing through the cameras? We are analyzing the images through vehicle cameras and getting involved in the development of a variety of applications, such as the detection of pedestrians for safety, the driver’s estimated point of vision, recording of happy driving scenes, and so on. There are “eyes” of cars as abundant as stars in the world. It is my mission to develop its full potential.

Koichiro Suzuki

Signal Processing

The enjoyment and comfort that comes from traveling by car can not be compared with that of other means of transportation. However, to make this possible, the technology to avoid accidents is necessity. My goal is to improve the ability of the signal processing of the millimeter wave sensor and to provide cars which can guarantee superior safety, comfort and enjoyable driving.

Hiroshi Doi

Network Agent

There is a large variety of users and along with that a large variety of ideas when it comes to what they expect from their cars. I’d like to meet their expectations by employing Information Technology (IT) in sophisticated ways. Like a well-designed chair, for example, I’d like to create a product with functionality, elegance, and comfort. As an engineer, it is my dream to discover the seed that will grow to be what I imagine for the future of cars.

Keisuke Uto

User Interface

If cars evolve to having high technology functions, how will people have to interact to use its function? “By voice?” “By gestures?” “By facial expression?”… It is difficult to decide which of them would be the best way. It is happy to think that existing barriers between cars and people will one day be gone. I want to learn how people interact with objects in the future by our close companion the “car”. My dream is to break the image of current cars.

Gaku Takano

Signal Processing

Only 20 years ago the air bag was an expensive option, but now it is mandatory. There can never be enough when it comes to safety. For the “Zero Crash Car” I’m at present researching radar signal processing. I want to create a car that will be user-friendly for both the driver and pedestrians by utilizing radar. We are aiming at “Equipping all cars with radar”.