Welcome to Tateno Laboratory!

Ryo Ishizuka  1& doctoral course 

At the Tateno Lab, our main focus is developing communication systems using wireless networks and researching the construction of remote monitoring systems.

One current project is to construct a system to manage the safety of firefighters. The system is designed to estimate the actions and locations of firefighters. Although GPS is the best-known outdoor positioning system, GPS is not suitable for stress-free indoor applications because it is hard to transmit and receive satellite signals inside buildings. This is why we have installed multiple Zigbee and LoRa wireless communication modules in our lab. We calculate the estimated coordinates of the target’s position using the relative strengths of received radio signals between modules. Another research theme at the lab is constructing remote monitoring systems in partnership with an outside institution. We visit public facilities and other places so we can envision more practical aspects of the systems as we conduct our experiments. We consider the problems that arise in our experiments and seek solutions as we endeavor to improve positioning accuracy ahead of putting the systems into practical applications.

Our weekly Thursday seminars are both a place for everyone to report on the progress of their individual research and a place to share and exchange ideas and concepts. Professor Tateno is very enthusiastic about research, and he works conscientiously until a satisfactory solution is found for the problem at hand.

There are many other research projects going on at the Tateno Lab that I couldn’t mention here. If you are curious about creating something truly interesting and if you want to feel the sense of accomplishment that comes with solving challenging problems, I would definitely encourage you to join our research program at the Tateno Lab.

The student room

Research at the lab

A home-built computer