Kyocera’s Human Augmentation
At Kyocera's Future Design Research Laboratory in Yokohama, Japan, we are advancing R&D for human augmentation technologies toward our vision of seamless integration of "humans" and "technology."
Kyocera's Human Augmentation Concept "Mai"
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Seamless Integration of "humans" and "technology."
"Mai" is Kyocera's human augmentation concept and relates to how a story develops dynamically from a small action in traditional Japanese Noh theatre.
"Mai" enriches people's daily lives through more enjoyable, pleasant, and exciting experiences with technology that subtly and comfortably supports people.
Mai Life – Aspiring for a happy, exciting, and fulfilled life.
*Human augmentation is an interdisciplinary field covering the methods, technologies, and applications to integrate the unique capabilities of both people and machines.
Physical Human Augmentation
Walk Sensing and Coaching System Promotes a Better Walking Form
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Reshape how you walk to achieve a new level of health & wellness.
How would you like to learn to improve your walk?
Kyocera's Walk Sensing and Coaching system can identify how you walk and coach you to improve your posture with an independently-developed wearable sensor and walk analysis AI.
Features
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■ High precision posture measurement and walk evaluation AI
Detection using three wearable sensors and smartphones (no cameras used)
■ Feedback
・Real-time voice coaching helps achieve ideal walk
・Simulation and visualization of whole body posture
Specifications / Applications
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■ Styling services for the fashion industry
■ Health services to prevent age-related fragility
■ Walking classes and gyms for general users
■ Rehabilitation services
Presence Human Augmentation
Physical Avatar to Solve Issues of Isolation During Remote Work
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Enabling seamless, office-like communication for employees and teams in different locations.
The modern "hybrid" office merges people from "remote" and "local," or "in-office," environments. While giving employees greater freedom, this working style, unfortunately, may lead to stress, such as forgetting that remote participants are present and speaking only among local participants, not fully understanding the situation of remote participants, and difficulty making casual conversations or small talk between environments. All these can be improved with Kyocera's Physical Avatar for low-stress hybrid office communication.
Features
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■ Augments remote employees' presence and onsite experience by seating the Physical Avatar in the local environment
■ Physical Avatar's behavior lets remote employees bond more naturally with the people in the office
■ UI optimized for each PC, tablet, and smartphone lets you log in to the Physical Avatar from anywhere.
Specifications / Applications
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■ 360-degree camera gives remote workers a clear visual understanding of the onsite environment
■ Voice visualization lets remote workers know the volume and direction of voices in the office
■ Automatic nodding and speaker tracking facilitate smooth conversations and easier remote operation
By placing the Physical Avatar in various locations, low-stress office-like communication can is available from any working environment.
Perception/Cognition Human Augmentation
Bring Back the Sound! Auditory Augmentation Device
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Listen and playback conversations you missed the first time.
While concentrating on work at an airport, for example, have you ever missed an important announcement?
From the many sounds we hear daily, we select those that seem important to us and shift our focus to understanding the meaning of those sounds. Kyocera's new hearable device notifies you about important sounds you have missed and helps put you at ease, knowing you can listen to them again.
Features
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Bone conduction earphones and binaural microphones with AI analyze ambient sounds around you.
1. "Ring buffer" saves and stores sounds over a certain period.
2. "Event detection" automatically detects important sounds you do not want to miss.
3. "Replay control" lets you listen to sounds you missed earlier.
Specifications / Applications
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■ Replay conversations and instructions at work
■ Replay important announcements and calls
■ Replay events to gain further understanding
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