Department of Visual Information Design, School of Design and Architecture, Nagoya City University
Phone & Fax: +81 52 721 5211
E-mail: kimoto@sda.nagoya-cu.ac.jp
2-1-10, Kita-Chikusa, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-0083, JAPAN
EDUCATION
1975, M.E., Computing Engineering Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
1973, B.S., Computer and Control Science, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE
2002 to date, Professor, Department of Visual Information Design, School
of Design and Architecture, Nagoya City University.
2000-2002, Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering,
Tokyo Denki University
1990-2000, Senior Research Engineer, Supervisor, Network Information Systems
Laboratories Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
1985-1990, Senior Research Engineer, Communications and Information Processing
Laboratories, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
1984-1985, Senior Research Engineer, Trunk Transmission Line Section, Transmission
Line Division, Electrical Communications Laboratories Nippon Telegraph and Telephone
Corporation
1975-1984, Transmission Line Division, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
RESEARCH AREAS
Harmonizing Colors and Shapes
Harmonic Color Composition(Web
Demonstration)
E-Learning System for Color Composition Learning(Web
Demonstration)
Fashion Design based on Pictures of Nature(Flowers, Plants and Tress)(Web
Demonstration)
Dyeing and Weaving using Natural Flowers and Plants
Image Retrieval using Colors and Oject Shapes
Image Retrieval using Impression Words
Image Retrieval using 3 Dimension Search Space
Information Retrieval,
Automatic Indexing,
Natural Language Processing,
Connectionist Model,
Neural Network,
Knowledge Acquisition,
Automatic Classification,
Machine Learning
BOOKS
Z. Zhou and H. Kimoto, "Design method based on the formative methods of Dongba pictographs, Tangut Script and Chinese Characters", Visual Design of words, Communication Design Series No.5, pp.76-79, Yushi-Kan, Tokyo, 2010.
DICTIONARIES AND HANDBOOKS
RESEARCH GRANTS AND CONTRACTS
Ministry of Education, Science and Culture, Japan, Siken-B-2-891-8142- 02558030,
Development of teaching materials for Technical Japanese, 1990-92, $36,500,
with Ms. K. Nishina, Dr. T.Kimura, Dr. S.Nakahama, Ms. S. Taniguti, Dr. T. Kagawa,
Dr. M. Kaneko, Dr. M. Sekine and Dr. C. Gallian.
Refereed Journal Papers
T. Nishida, H. Kimoto, "Image retrieval system using Kansei words as reference keys using object images extracted from pictures", Design Research, Design Research Association,
No.56, pp.93-100, October, 2011.
A. Sugiura, Y. Watanabe, K. Ito, H. Kimoto, T. Mori, N. Kusakabe, "Effect of eye characteristics on the image of a one-piece dress with striped patterns", Journal of the Japan Research Association for Textile End-Users, Vol.52, pp.241-248, 2011.
Z. Zhen, H. Kimoto, "Methods of pictograph design based on the formative methods of Dongba pictographs and Tangut Script", Design Research, Design Research Association,
No.47, pp.102-109, November, 2008
Z. Zhen, H. Kimoto, "Methods of mark design based on the six principles of chinese writing", Bulletin of Japanese Society for the Science of Design, Vol.55, No.2, Issue No.188, pp.1-10, Japanese Society for the Science of Design, 2008.
Y. Furuta, H. Kimoto, J. Mitani, Y. Fukui, "Computer model and mouse interface for interactive virtual Origami operation", Journal of Information Processing Society of
Japan(IPSJ), Vol.48, No.12, pp.3658-3669, December, 2007.
S. Yamada, H. Kimoto, "Verification to Noh-mask's emotional expression
ability by CG-simulation", Design Research, Design Research Association,
No.43, pp.26-33, March, 2007.
T. Sakata, Y.Tsutsumi, T.Tsuru, T.Honishi, H.Kimoto, "Color Composition
Images According to Design Terms", Journal of the Color Science Association
of Japan, Vol.27, No.3, pp.176-187, September, 2003.
H. Kimoto, "Construction of a Fashion Design System using Visual Databases
and its Evaluation", Annual Journal of Studies, The Society for Fashion
Business, Vol.7,pp.55-62, March, 2002.
H. Kimoto, "An Interactive Image Retrieval System Using a 3-D Search Space
and Its Characteristics", Journal of Information Processing Society of
Japan(IPSJ), Vol.41, No.3, pp.638-657, Mach, 2000.
H. Kimoto, Y. Ogawa, et al., "Construction of a Test Collection for the
Evaluation of Japanese Information Retrieval Systems", Journal of Information
Processing Society of Japan(IPSJ), Vol.40, No.9, pp.3537-3553, September, 1999.
H. Kimoto, "An Image Retrieval System Using Impressional Words and the
Evaluation of the System", Journal of Information Processing Society of
Japan(IPSJ), Vol.40, No.3, pp.886-898, March, 1999.
K. Kushima, H. Akama, S. Kon'ya, H. Kimoto, M. Yamamuro, "ExSight: An Object
Based High Performance Image Retrieval System", Journal of Information
Processing Society of Japan(IPSJ), Vol.40, No.2, pp.732-741, February, 1999.
H. Nakawatase, H. Kimoto, "Detection Method of Unregistered Words Boundaries
Based on the Statistical Analysis", Journal of Institute of Electronics,
Information and Communication Engineers(IEICE), Vol. J81-D-Ⅱ, No.2, pp.238-248,
Ferbuary, 1998.
H. Matsuo, H. Kimoto, "A Content Extraction Method from Japanese Texts
Based on Pattern Matching Using Extraction Patterns", Journal of Information
Processing Society of Japan(IPSJ), Vol.36, No.8, pp.1838-1844, August, 1995
.
H. Kimoto, T. Iwadera, "Associated Information Retrieval System(AIRS) -Its
Performance and User Experience -", Transaction On Information & System
of Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers(IEICE),
Vol. E76-D, No.2, pp.274-283, February, 1993.
H. Kimoto, "Automatic Indexing and Evaluation of Keywords for Japanese
Newspapers", Trans. of the Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication
Engineers, Vol.J74-D-I, No.8, pp.556-566, August, 1991.
H. Kimoto, H. Matsuo, A. Kawai and T. Iwadera, "New Information Retrieval
Techniques for Japanese Text Database", NTT Research and Development, Vol.40,
No.7, pp. 915-924, July, 1991.
H. Kimoto, Y. Kishida and T. Iwadera, "Development of a Retrieval System
for NTT technical Terms", Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation(NTT)
Technical Journal, Vol.2, No.3, pp. 42-46, March, 1990.
H. Kimoto and T. Ohba, "Automatic Indexing Technique", Journal of
Japan Indexers Association, Vol.13, No.2, pp. 1-12, May, 1989.
H. Kimoto, M. Nagata and A. Kawai, "Automatic Indexing and Evaluation of
Keywords", Electrical Communications Laboratories Technical Journal, Vol.38,
No.1, pp. 59-66, January, 1989.
H. Kimoto, M. Nagata and A. Kawai, "Automatic Indexing System for Japanese
Text", Review of the Electrical Communications Laboratories, Vol.37, No.1,
pp. 51-56, January, 1989.
K. Ishikawa, H. Kimoto and Y. Miyajima, "Submarine Optical Cable Splicing",
Review of the Electrical Communications Laboratories, Vol.33, No.6, pp. 917-922,
November, 1985.
H. Kimoto, O. Kawata, Y. Miyajima and K. Ishikawa, "Submarine Optical Cable
Splicing", Electrical Communications Laboratories, Tech. Jour., NTT, Japan,
Vol.34, No. 8, pp. 1203-1210, August, 1985.
Refereed Papers in Conference Proceedings
Z.Jin and H.Kimoto,"Chinese type with italic function, Comparison between Chinese types and western italic types",Proc. of the 11th annual conference of Asia Digital Art and Design Association(ADADA2013), Asia Digital Art and Design Association, Seoul, Korea, December, 2013, pp.42-45.
T.Nishida and H.Kimoto,"Impression evaluation of extracted objects from flower photos and its application to design",Proc. of the 11th annual conference of Asia Digital Art and Design Association(ADADA2013), Asia Digital Art and Design Association, Seoul, Korea, December, 2013, pp.14-17.
S. Nakamura and H.Kimoto,"Awareness of teen communication in an information society",Proc. of the 10th annual conference of Asia Digital Art and Design Association(ADADA2012), Asia Digital Art and Design Association, Taichung, Taiwan, December, 2012, pp.130-133.
Ryuzou Tomita, Haruo Kimoto, "Construction Color Scheme Database of the Homepage Rendered Images", Proceedings of the 22nd Symposium on Informatics, 2005, pp.53-56."
Tsuyoshi, Kitani, Yasushi Ogawa, Tetsuya Ishikawa, Haruo Kimoto, Ikuo Keshi,
Jun Toyoura, Toshikazu Fukushima, Kunio Matsui, Yoshihiro Ueda, Tetsuya Sakai,
Takenobu Tokunaga, Hiroshi Tsuruoka, Hidekazu Nakawatase, Teru Agata, "Lessons from BMIR-J2: a Test Collection for Japanese IR Systems",
In Proceedings of ACM SIGIR 21st International Conference, 1998, pp.345-349.
Haruo Kimoto, "Human Centered Virtual Interactive Image World for Image Retrieval",
In Proceedings of Virtual Worlds First International Conference, VW'98, Paris,
France, 1998, pp.315-322.
M.Yamamuro, K.Kushima, H.Kimoto, H.Akama, S.Kon'ya, J.Nakagawa, K.Mii,
N.Taniguchi, K.Curtis,
"
ExSight-Multimedia Information Retrieval System",
In Proceedings of 20th Annual Pacific Telecommunications Conference, 1998, pp.734-739.
Haruo Kimoto, "3D Visualization Techniques for Retrieval of Documents and Images",
In Proceedings of Workshop on New Paradigms in Information Visualization and
Manipulation (NPIVM'97), 1997, pp.49-51.
MATSUI Kunio, TANAKA Tomohiro, KIMOTO Haruo, ISHIKAWA Tetsuya, MASUNAGA
Yoshifumi, OGAWA Yasushi, KESHI Ikuo, TOYOURA Jun, FUKUSHIMA Toshikazu, MIYAUCHI
Tadanobu, MIIKE Seiji, KITANI Tsuyoshi, "Test Collection for Japanese Information Retrieval Systems from the viewpoint
of evaluating system functions",
In Proceedings of the International Workshop on Information Retrieval with Oriental
Languages, Taejon, Korea, 1996, pp.42-47.
Haruo Kimoto, "The Interactive Multi-directional Information Displaying System",
In Proceedings of The FADIVA workshop, Gubbio, Italy, GMD-IPSP, Germany, 1996, pp47-55.
Jun Sekine, Masaru Nakagawa, Haruo Kimoto, Kiyoshi Kurokawa, "A standard naming method of data elements using a semantic dictionary",
In Proceedings of DEXA 92; International Conference on Database and Expert Systems
Applications, Valencia, Spain, 1992, pp.167-172.
Saeko Komori, Haruo Kimoto, "Tagged corpus and its application to teaching Japanese",
In Proceedings of The Second International Conference on Foreign Language Education
and Technology, Nagoya, Japan, 1992, pp.469-473.
T. Iwadera and H. Kimoto, "The Effects of Dynamic Word Network on Information
Retrieval", Joint Conference of SPIE Conference on Applications of Artificial
Neural Networks 3 and SPIE Conference on the Science of Artificial Neural Networks,
Orlando, April, 1992, (invited paper).
H. Kimoto and T. Iwadera, "Learning Effect of a Dynamic Thesaurus in Associated
Information Retrieval", Proc. of the Second Workshop on Algorithmic Learning
Theory, Japanese Society of Artificial Intelligence(JSAI), Tokyo, October, 1991,
pp. 47-57.
H. Kimoto and T. Iwadera, "A Dynamic Thesaurus and its Application to Associated
Information Retrieval", Proc. of the IJCNN-91-SEATTLE, International Joint
Conference on Neural Networks, Seattle, July, 1991, pp. I-19 to I-29.
H. Kimoto, "Natural Language Processing and its Application to Japanese
Database - the INDEXER System", Preprints of the 3rd International Conference
on Japanese Information in Science, Technology and Commerce", Institut
de L'information Scientifique et Technique(INIST), Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, May,
1991, pp. 447-460.
H. Kimoto and T. Saitoh, "Natural Language Processing and its Application
to Database", Program and Abstracts of the International Symposium Computer
World '90, Kobe, November,1990, pp. 185-192.
H. Kimoto and T.Iwadera, "Construction of a Dynamic Thesaurus and its Use
for Associated Information Retrieval", Proc. of the 13th International
ACM-SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval, Brussels,
September, 1990, pp. 227-240.
H. Kimoto, "Automatic Indexing using syntactic and Semantic Analysis",
Proc. of the First Annual Conference of Japanese Society of Artificial Intelligence(JSAI),
Tokyo, June, 1987, pp. 389-392. PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT Invited Lecturer
H. Kimoto, "Research and Development in Automatic Indexing, -the state
of the art-", University of Library and Information Science, October, 1991.