Arinobu Niijima - Publications

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Journals

A. Niijima, Y. Kubo and Y. Koike, "Effects of Scent on the Perceived Emotional Expression of Dance," in IEEE Access, vol. 14, pp. 17774-17787, 2026, https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2026.3659895
A. Niijima, "Neck EMG-Based Estimation of Upper-Limb Muscle Tension," in IEEE Sensors Letters, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 1-4, Feb. 2026, Art no. 5501104, https://doi.org/10.1109/LSENS.2026.3652230
Shiina Takano, Arinobu Niijima, Effects of Short-Term Scent Exposure on Autonomic Nervous System Activity, Transactions of the Virtual Reality Society of Japan, 2025, Volume 30, Issue 3, Pages 219-228, https://doi.org/10.18974/tvrsj.30.3_219
H. Mizukami, A. Niijima, C. Park and T. Ogawa, "Effects of Visual Feedback Arrangement on Ballet Balance Training," in IEEE Access, vol. 13, pp. 118536-118546, 2025, https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2025.3586920
Yota Takahara, Arinobu Niijima, Chanho Park, and Takefumi Ogawa, "Enhancing eyes-free interaction in virtual reality using sonification for multiple object selection," in Front. Virtual Real., 14 July 2025, https://doi.org/10.3389/frvir.2025.1598776
Arinobu Niijima and Mana Sasagawa, Texture Profile Analysis of Pseudo Food Texture Display by Jamming. Transactions of the Virtual Reality Society of Japan 28.1 (2023): 3-10. https://doi.org/10.18974/tvrsj.28.1_3
Arinobu Niijima and Ryosuke Aoki. Diminished Grip Force from Superimposed Electrical Stimulation on Muscle Coordination. Transactions of the Virtual Reality Society of Japan 27.3 (2022): 167-172. https://doi.org/10.18974/tvrsj.27.3_167
武田十季, 新島有信, 小池幸生, 音像定位を利用した単一振動子による運指表現手法の提案, 情報処理学会論文誌, 2022, Vol. 63, No. 2, pp. 446-453, https://doi.org/10.20729/00216252
Arinobu Niijima, Toki Takeda, Kentaro Tanaka, Ryosuke Aoki, and Yukio Koike. 2021. Reducing Muscle Activity when Playing Tremolo by Using Electrical Muscle Stimulation to Learn Efficient Motor Skills. Proc. ACM Interact. Mob. Wearable Ubiquitous Technol. 5, 3, Article 123 (Sept 2021), 17 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3478110
武田十季, 新島有信, 佐藤隆, 仮現運動を利用した空気砲による風の吹き抜け感覚提示, 日本バーチャルリアリティ学会論文誌, 2020, 25 巻, 4 号, p. 319-325, https://doi.org/10.18974/tvrsj.25.4_319
新島有信, 武田十季, 佐藤隆, ThermalBitDisplay：温度知覚感度の部位差を利用した触覚ディスプレイ, 日本バーチャルリアリティ学会論文誌, 2020, 25 巻, 4 号, p. 302-310, https://doi.org/10.18974/tvrsj.25.4_302
Takashi Isezaki, Hideki Kadone, Arinobu Niijima, Ryosuke Aoki, Tomoki Watanabe, Toshitaka Kimura, and Kenji Suzuki. 2019. "Sock-Type Wearable Sensor for Estimating Lower Leg Muscle Activity Using Distal EMG Signals" Sensors 19, no. 8: 1954. https://doi.org/10.3390/s19081954
笹川真奈, 新島有信, 青木良輔, 渡部智樹, 山田智広, ジャミング転移による硬さおよび形状の提示が可能な食感提示システムの提案, 情報処理学会論文誌, 2019, Vol. 60, No. 2, pp. 376-384, http://id.nii.ac.jp/1001/00194270/
新島有信, 渡部智樹, 山田智広, フォトリフレクタアレイを用いた足の傾斜角度推定手法の提案, 電子情報通信学会論文誌 D, 2018, Vol.J101-D, No.10, pp.1388-1396, https://doi.org/10.14923/transinfj.2017LIP0006
新島有信, 伊勢崎隆司, 青木良輔, 渡部智樹, 山田智広, 導電性高分子電極を用いた帽子型筋電センサの提案, 電子情報通信学会論文誌 D, 2018, Vol.J101-D, No.10, pp.1378-1387, https://doi.org/10.14923/transinfj.2017LIP0004
巻口誉宗 , 高田英明 , 新島有信 , 松井龍也 , 横山正典, モバイル端末で利用可能な小型多層空中像投影装置の提案と実装, 情報処理学会論文誌, 2017, Vol. 58, No. 11, pp. 1787-1798, http://id.nii.ac.jp/1001/00184196/
Arinobu Niijima, Takahiro Kusabuka, Soichiro Uchida, Tomoki Watanabe, Tomohiro Yamada, Smart Bottle Cap, IEICE Transactions on Information and Systems, 2017, Volume E100.D, Issue 10, Pages 2462-2464, https://doi.org/10.1587/transinf.2016OFL0003
小川剛史, 中張遼太郎, 新島有信, 電気的筋肉刺激が重量知覚に及ぼす影響の分析, 日本バーチャルリアリティ学会論文誌, 2017, 22 巻, 1 号, p. 3-10, https://doi.org/10.18974/tvrsj.22.1_3
伊勢崎隆司, 宮田章裕, 新島有信, 渡部智樹, 水野理, 慣性情報と生体情報に基づく車いす利用者の乗り心地推定, 情報処理学会論文誌コンシューマ・デバイス＆システム, 2016, Vol. 6, No. 2, pp.23-31, http://id.nii.ac.jp/1001/00174721/
武田十季, 新島有信, 渡部智樹, 吉田和広, 水野理, 睡眠段階遷移時の心拍変化に着目した睡眠段階推定技術, 情報処理学会論文誌データベース, 2016, Vol. 9, No. 4, pp. 6-10, https://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/170000148324/
新島有信, 小川剛史, 電気的筋肉刺激を用いたバーチャル食感提示手法に関する検討, 日本バーチャルリアリティ学会論文誌, 2016, 21 巻, 4 号, p. 575-583, https://doi.org/10.18974/tvrsj.21.4_575
新島有信, 小川剛史, 視触覚融合コンテンツにおける複数の視覚刺激と振動刺激によるクロスモーダル知覚に関する検討, 情報処理学会論文誌(デジタルコンテンツ), 2016, Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 19-26, http://id.nii.ac.jp/1001/00174361/
新島有信, 小川剛史, 視覚刺激を用いたファントムセンセーションの生起の制御に関する検討, 日本バーチャルリアリティ学会論文誌, 2016, 21 巻, 1 号, p. 93-100, https://doi.org/10.18974/tvrsj.21.1_93
新島有信, 小川剛史, 拡張現実感における視覚刺激位置が触知覚位置に与える影響の分析, 日本バーチャルリアリティ学会論文誌, 2012, 17 巻, 2 号, p. 73-78, https://doi.org/10.18974/tvrsj.17.2_73

Papers

Arinobu Niijima and Shoichiro Takeda. 2025. Improving Putting Accuracy with Electrical Muscle Stimulation Feedback Guided by Muscle Synergy Analysis. In Proceedings of the 2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '25). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 362, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1145/3706598.3713605
Arinobu Niijima, Masato Shindo, and Ryosuke Aoki. 2025. Invisible Light Touch: Standing Balance Improvement by Mid-Air Haptic Feedback. In Proceedings of the 2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '25). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 502, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1145/3706598.3713396
Arinobu Niijima. 2023. Learning Effects and Retention of Electrical Muscle Stimulation in Piano Playing. In Proceedings of the 2023 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers (ISWC '23). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 104–108. https://doi.org/10.1145/3594738.3611373
Arinobu Niijima. 2023. Estimating Attention Allocation by Electrodermal Activity. In Proceedings of the 2023 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers (ISWC '23). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 87–91. https://doi.org/10.1145/3594738.3611370
Arinobu Niijima and Yuki Kubo. 2023. Assisting with Fingertip Force Control by Active Bio-Acoustic Sensing and Electrical Muscle Stimulation. In Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '23). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 743, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1145/3544548.3581192
Masato Shindo and Arinobu Niijima. 2023. Standing Balance Improved by Electrical Muscle Stimulation to Popliteus Muscles. In Proceedings of the Augmented Humans International Conference 2023 (AHs '23). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 27–34. https://doi.org/10.1145/3582700.3582711
Arinobu Niijima, Toki Takeda, Ryosuke Aoki, and Shinji Miyahara. 2022. Muscle Synergies Learning with Electrical Muscle Stimulation for Playing the Piano. In Proceedings of the 35th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST '22). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 54, 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1145/3526113.3545666
A. Niijima, "Posture Feedback System with Wearable Speaker," 2021 43rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC), 2021, pp. 7007-7010, doi: 10.1109/EMBC46164.2021.9630687.
D. Sato, M. Sasagawa and A. Niijima, "Affective Touch Robots with Changing Textures and Movements," 2020 29th IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN), 2020, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/RO-MAN47096.2020.9223481.
M. Sasagawa et al., "Lower Limb Muscle Activity Control by using Jamming Footwear," 2019 41st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2019, pp. 3302-3305, doi: 10.1109/EMBC.2019.8856289.
Arinobu Niijima, Takashi Isezaki, Ryosuke Aoki, Tomoki Watanabe, and Tomohiro Yamada. 2018. Biceps fatigue estimation with an E-textile headband. In Proceedings of the 2018 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers (ISWC '18). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 222–223. https://doi.org/10.1145/3267242.3267281
Arinobu Niijima, Takashi Isezaki, Ryosuke Aoki, Tomoki Watanabe, and Tomohiro Yamada. 2018. Controlling Maximal Voluntary Contraction of the Upper Limb Muscles by Facial Electrical Stimulation. In Proceedings of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '18). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Paper 394, 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1145/3173574.3173968
Arinobu Niijima, Tomoki Watanabe, and Tomohiro Yamada. 2017. Foot inclination angle estimation with photo reflectors for a walking assist system with electrical muscle stimulation. In Proceedings of the 2017 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers (ISWC '17). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 174–175. https://doi.org/10.1145/3123021.3123051
Arinobu Niijima, Takashi Isezaki, Ryosuke Aoki, Tomoki Watanabe, and Tomohiro Yamada. 2017. HitoeCap: wearable EMG sensor for monitoring masticatory muscles with PEDOT-PSS textile electrodes. In Proceedings of the 2017 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers (ISWC '17). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 215–220. https://doi.org/10.1145/3123021.3123068
Arinobu Niijima and Takefumi Ogawa. 2016. Virtual food texture by electrical muscle stimulation. In Proceedings of the 2016 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers (ISWC '16). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 48–49. https://doi.org/10.1145/2971763.2971792
Isezaki, T., Niijima, A., Miyata, A., Watanabe, T., Mizuno, O. (2016). Wheelchair Users’ Psychological Barrier Estimation Based on Inertial and Vital Data. In: Antona, M., Stephanidis, C. (eds) Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction. Interaction Techniques and Environments. UAHCI 2016. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 9738. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40244-4_39
Niijima, A., Ogawa, T. (2016). A Study on Control of a Phantom Sensation by Visual Stimuli. In: Bello, F., Kajimoto, H., Visell, Y. (eds) Haptics: Perception, Devices, Control, and Applications. EuroHaptics 2016. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 9774. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42321-0_28
Niijima, A., Ogawa, T. (2015). Visual Stimulation Influences on the Position of Vibrotactile Perception. In: Kajimoto, H., Ando, H., Kyung, KU. (eds) Haptic Interaction. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 277. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-55690-9_6
A. Niijima, O. Mizuno and T. Tanaka, "A study of gait analysis with a smartphone for measurement of hip joint angle," Signal and Information Processing Association Annual Summit and Conference (APSIPA), 2014 Asia-Pacific, 2014, pp. 1-4, doi: 10.1109/APSIPA.2014.7041573.
Niijima, A., Ogawa, T. (2014). A Study of Changing Locations of Vibrotactile Perception on a Forearm by Visual Stimulation. In: Yuizono, T., Zurita, G., Baloian, N., Inoue, T., Ogata, H. (eds) Collaboration Technologies and Social Computing. CollabTech 2014. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 460. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-44651-5_8

Posters and Demos

Teodora Mitrevska, Benjamin Tag, Monica Perusquia-Hernandez, Arinobu Niijima, Ludwig Sidenmark, Erin Solovey, Abdallah El Ali, Sven Mayer, and Francesco Chiossi. 2025. SIG PhysioCHI: Human-Centered Physiological Computing in Practice. In Proceedings of the Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA '25). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 862, 1–5. https://doi.org/10.1145/3706599.3716289
Arinobu Niijima, Masato Shindo, and Ryosuke Aoki. 2024. Improving Standing Balance with Mid-Air Haptic Feedback. In SIGGRAPH Asia 2024 Emerging Technologies (SA '24). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 8, 1–2. https://doi.org/10.1145/3681755.3688947
Hana Mizukami, Arinobu Niijima, Chanho Park, and Takefumi Ogawa. 2024. Exploring the Impact of Size and Position on Visual Feedback Efficacy for Ballet Dancers. In Companion Proceedings of the 2024 Conference on Interactive Surfaces and Spaces (ISS Companion '24). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 54–57. https://doi.org/10.1145/3696762.3698052
Arinobu Niijima, Yukio Koike, and Hironori Ishikawa. 2024. Motor-Skill-Download System Using Electrical Muscle Stimulation for Enhancing Piano Playing. In Companion of the 2024 on ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp '24). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 313–317. https://doi.org/10.1145/3675094.3681942
Yota Takahara, Arinobu Niijima, Chanho Park, and Takefumi Ogawa. 2024. Minimizing Errors in Eyes-Free Target Acquisition in Virtual Reality through Auditory Feedback. In Proceedings of the 2024 ACM Symposium on Spatial User Interaction (SUI '24). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 47, 1–2. https://doi.org/10.1145/3677386.3688884
Arinobu Niijima, Ryosuke Aoki, Yukio Koike, and Shinji Miyahara. 2023. Motor-Skill-Transfer Technology for Piano Playing with Electrical Muscle Stimulation. In SIGGRAPH Asia 2023 Emerging Technologies (SA '23). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 14, 1–2. https://doi.org/10.1145/3610541.3614570
Shiina Takano and Arinobu Niijima. 2023. Game with Breathing Control System for Learning Circular Breathing. In Companion Proceedings of the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play (CHI PLAY Companion '23). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 254–258. https://doi.org/10.1145/3573382.3616042
Shiina Takano and Arinobu Niijima. 2022. Involuntary Exhalation Control by Facial Vibration. In The Adjunct Publication of the 35th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST '22 Adjunct). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 7, 1–3. https://doi.org/10.1145/3526114.3558693
Arinobu Niijima and Yuki Kubo. 2021. Assisting with Voluntary Pinch Force Control by Using Electrical Muscle Stimulation and Active Bio-Acoustic Sensing. The Adjunct Publication of the 34th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology. Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 11–13. https://doi.org/10.1145/3474349.3480214
Arinobu Niijima, Toki Takeda, Ryosuke Aoki, and Yukio Koike. 2021. Reducing Muscle Activity when Playing Tremolo by Using Electrical Muscle Stimulation. In Augmented Humans Conference 2021 (AHs'21). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 289–291. https://doi.org/10.1145/3458709.3458977
Toki Takeda, Arinobu Niijima, Takafumi Mukouchi, and Takashi Satou. 2020. Creating Illusion of Wind Blowing with Air Vortex-induced Apparent Tactile Motion. In Extended Abstracts of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA '20). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1145/3334480.3382811
Arinobu Niijima, Toki Takeda, Takafumi Mukouchi, and Takashi Satou. 2020. ThermalBitDisplay: Haptic Display Providing Thermal Feedback Perceived Differently Depending on Body Parts. In Extended Abstracts of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA '20). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1145/3334480.3382849
Mana Sasagawa, Arinobu Niijima, Ryosuke Aoki, Tomoki Watanabe, and Tomohiro Yamada. 2018. A Proposal of Food Texture Display by Jamming. In Extended Abstracts of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA '18). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Paper LBW620, 1–6. https://doi.org/10.1145/3170427.3188592
Arinobu Niijima and Takefumi Ogawa. 2016. Study on Control Method of Virtual Food Texture by Electrical Muscle Stimulation. In Proceedings of the 29th Annual Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST '16 Adjunct). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 199–200. https://doi.org/10.1145/2984751.2984768
Arinobu Niijima, Kazuhiro Yoshida, Osamu Mizuno, Yumiko Tanmatsu, Naoki Asanoma, Tomoki Watanabe, Tsubasa Nakayama, and Makoto Oyama. 2016. Estimation of beautiful gait using an accelerometer. In Proceedings of the 2016 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing: Adjunct (UbiComp '16). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 169–172. https://doi.org/10.1145/2968219.2971408
A. Niijima and T. Ogawa, "A proposal of virtual food texture by electric muscle stimulation," 2016 IEEE International Conference on Multimedia & Expo Workshops (ICMEW), 2016, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/ICMEW.2016.7574698.
A. Niijima and T. Ogawa, "Influence analysis of visual stimuli on localization of tactile stimuli in augmented reality," 2012 IEEE Virtual Reality Workshops (VRW), 2012, pp. 105-106, doi: 10.1109/VR.2012.6180904.