Okamoto Akihiro

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Affiliation: Senior Researcher, Underwater Robotics Research Group, Offshore Advanced Technology Department, National Maritime Research Institute, National Institute of Maritime, Port and Aviation Technology

J-GLOBAL ID: 201801007403952535
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Research Areas

Research History

Jul, 2023 - Present

Next-Generation Unmanned Ocean Vehicle PT, National Maritime Research Institute, National Institute of Maritime, Port and Aviation Technology
Oct, 2021 - Present

Senior Researcher, Underwater Robotics Research Group, Offshore Advanced Technology Department, National Maritime Research Institute, National Institute of Maritime, Port and Aviation Technology
Apr, 2018 - Sep, 2021

Researcher, Underwater Robotics Research Group, Offshore Advanced Technology Department, National Maritime Research Institute, National Institute of Maritime, Port and Aviation Technology
Apr, 2016 - Mar, 2018

Researcher, Offshore Energy and Underwater Technology Department, National Institute of Maritime, Port and Aviation Technology
Oct, 2015 - Mar, 2016

Researcher, Underwater Technology Department, National Maritime Research Institute
Apr, 2015 - Sep, 2015

Researcher, Underwater Technology Department, National Maritime Research Institute
Apr, 2014 - Mar, 2015

Researcher, Underwater Technology Center, National Maritime Research Institute

Education

- Mar, 2014

Department of Maritime Sciences, Graduate School of Maritime Sciences, Kobe University
- Mar, 2012

Faculty of Maritime Sciences, Kobe University

Awards

Jun, 2023

Paper Award, Position Error Correction Method Using Circle Hough Transform for AUV Navigation, Japan Institute of Navigation

Akihiro Okamoto, Masahiko Sasano, Kangsoo Kim, Toshifumi Fujiwara
Mar, 2021

Grand Prize, Underwater Technology 21 Online Underwater Video Competition, New Approaches for Practical Simultaneous Operation of Multi-AUVs, IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society

Kangsoo Kim, Takumi Sato, Shogo Inaba, Akihiro Okamoto, Michiyo Takahashi, Masahiko Sasano, Motonobu Imasato, Tadanori Takimoto, Toshifumi Fujiwara
Mar, 2021

Hydrographic Technology Encouragement Award, Development of high performance cruising type AUV, Japan Hydrographic Association

Akihiro OKAMOTO, Tomoki Taniguchi, Shunka C. HIRAO, Shogo INABA, Jun UMEDA

Papers

Development of Formation Control System for Multiple AUVs with Sonar Interference Avoidance Function

Akihiro Okamoto, Masahiko Sasano, Kangsoo Kim, Toshifumi Fujiwara

Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics, 36(2) 449-457, Apr 20, 2024 Peer-reviewedLead author
Position Error Correction Method Using Circle Hough Transform for AUV Navigation

Akihiro OKAMOTO, Masahiko SASANO, Kangsoo KIM, Toshifumi FUJIWARA

Transactions of Navigation, 8(1) 11-20, Mar, 2023 Peer-reviewedLead author
Sea Trials Summarization on Fundamental Formation Control of Multiple Cruising AUVs -2nd Report: 3 Cruising AUVs With 1 ASV Trial, and Hovering AUVs’ AUV-AUV Positioning and Communication-

Toshifumi Fujiwara, Kangsoo Kim, Masahiko Sasano, Takumi Sato, Shogo Inaba, Akihiro Okamoto, Motonobu Imasato, Hiroyuki Osawa

Volume 4: Ocean Space Utilization, Jun 5, 2022 Peer-reviewed
Stereo-vision-based AUV navigation system for resetting the inertial navigation system error

Horng Yi Hsu, Yuichiro Toda, Kohei Yamashita, Keigo Watanabe, Masahiko Sasano, Akihiro Okamoto, Shogo Inaba, Mamoru Minami

ARTIFICIAL LIFE AND ROBOTICS, Jan, 2022 Peer-reviewed
SEA TRIALS SUMMARIZATION ON FUNDAMENTAL FORMATION CONTROL OF MULTIPLE CRUISING AUVS

Toshifumi Fujiwara, Kangsoo Kim, Masahiko Sasano, Takumi Sato, Shogo Inaba, Akihiro Okamoto, Motonobu Imasato, Hiroyuki Osawa

Proceedings of the ASME 2021 40th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering, 5, Jun, 2021 Peer-reviewed
Development of Testbed AUV for Formation Control and its Fundamental Experiment in Actual Sea Model Basin

Akihiro Okamoto, Motonobu Imasato, Shunka C. Hirao, Hidenori Sekiguchi, Takahiro Seta, Masahiko Sasano, Toshifumi Fujiwara

Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics, 33(1) 151-157, Feb 20, 2021 Peer-reviewedLead author
Study on Maneuvering Motion Modeling of Small AUV

Shunka C. Hirao, Toshifumi Fujiwara, Akihiro Okamoto, Hidenori Sekiguchi, Motonobu Imasato, Masahiko Sasano

Journal of the Japan Society of Naval Architects and Ocean Engineers, 32, 2021 Peer-reviewed
Visual and autonomous survey of hydrothermal vents using a hovering‐type AUV: launching Hobalin into the western offshore of Kumejima Island

Okamoto, A, Seta, T, Sasano, M, Inoue, S, Ura, T

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 20(12) 6234-6243, 2019 Peer-reviewedLead author
Target Extraction Method Based on Features of Marine Radar Imagery

Akihiro Okamoto, Yuichi Nakata, Naoki Tanaka, Kohei Hirono

The Journal of the Institute of Image Electronics Engineers of Japan, 45(1) 112‐117-117, Jan, 2016 Peer-reviewedLead author
A Draught Reading Method by Image Processing with the Robustness of Measurement Distance

Akihiro Okamoto, Hiromi Yoshida, Naoki Tanaka, Kohei Hirono

The Journal of Japan Institute of Navigation, 130 135-140 (J-STAGE)-140, 2014 Peer-reviewedLead author
A Binarization Method for Degraded Document Images with Morphological Operations

OKAMOTO Akihiro, YOSHIDA Hiromi, TANAKA Naoki

Proc IAPR Conf Mach Vis Appl, 13th 294-297, 2013 Peer-reviewedLead author

Misc.

Development of a Basic Formation Control System for Heterogeneous Autonomous Marine Vehicles and its Sea Trials in Suruga Bay

Akihiro Okamoto, Kangsoo Kim, Masahiko Sasano, Takumi Sato, Shogo Inaba, Satoshi Kondo, Hiroshi Matsumoto, Takashi Murashima, Takuya Shimura, Toshifumi Fujiwara …

2023 IEEE International Symposium on Underwater Technology, UT 2023, 2023 Lead author
Applications for Autonomous Control of Multiple AUVs Toward Deep-Sea Resource Explorations

Masahiko Sasano, Akihiro Okamoto, Shogo Inaba, Toshifumi Fujiwara, Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Eiichi Asakawa, Sotaro Takashima

OCEANS 2022, Hampton Roads, Oct 17, 2022
Development of high performance cruising type AUV

Okamoto,A, Taniguchi,T, Sato,T, Hirao,S, Inaba,S, Umeda,J

QUARTERLY JOURNAL : THE SUIRO, (198), Jul, 2021 Lead author
Public Present and Future of Seafloor Survey by Simultaneous Operation of Multiple AUVs

Kim,K, Sato,T, Imasato,M, Inaba,S, Sasano,M, Okamoto,A, Fujiwara,T, Inoue,S

Proceedings of the Research Presentation Meeting of National Maritime Research Institute, 19th 31‐34, Jul 18, 2019
Optical Investigation of Archaeological Remains on Bottom of Lake Biwa by a Hovering-Type AUV 'Hobalin'

Masahiko Sasano, Akihiro Okamoto, Michio Kumagai, Sotaro Takashima

2019 IEEE International Underwater Technology Symposium, UT 2019 - Proceedings, Apr, 2019
High efficiency and high precision seafloor survey by multiple AUV operations

Kim,K, Sato,T, Imasato,M, Inaba,S, Sasano,M, Okamoto,A, Inoue,S, Fujiwara, T

Conference proceedings, the Advanced Marine Science and Technology Society, 2019, 2019
A new ROS-based operation software for an autonomous underwater vehicle HOBALIN and its test in real sea

Takahiro Seta, Akihiro Okamoto, Shogo Inaba, Masahiko Sasano

2018 OCEANS - MTS/IEEE Kobe Techno-Oceans, OCEANS - Kobe 2018, Dec 4, 2018
Deployment of the AUV Hobalin to an active hydrothermal vent field with an improved obstacle avoidance system

Akihiro Okamoto, Masahiko Sasano, Takahiro Seta, Shunka C. Hirao, Shogo Inaba

2018 OCEANS - MTS/IEEE Kobe Techno-Oceans, OCEANS - Kobe 2018, Dec 4, 2018
Detection of small hydrothermal vents by low-altitude seafloor exploration of a hovering-type AUV “Hobalin”

Masahiko Sasano, Akihiro Okamoto, Takahiro Seta, Shogo Inaba

2018 OCEANS - MTS/IEEE Kobe Techno-Oceans, OCEANS - Kobe 2018, Dec 4, 2018
A New Strategy for Next-generation Oceanographic Research: Simultaneous Deployment of Multiple AUVs for Highly Efficient and Accurate Oceanographic Research

Kim,K, Sasano,M, Imasato,M, Seta,T, Okamoto,A, Yokota,S, Inaba,S, Sato,T, Hirao,S, Inoue,S

Proceedings of the Research Presentation Meeting of National Maritime Research Institute, 18th 202‐203, Jul 18, 2018
A Study on Optimal Design of Thruster Arrangement and Load Allocation for Hovering Type Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Using Actual Operation Data

Seta,T, Okamoto,A

Conference proceedings, the Japan Society of Naval Architects and Ocean Engineers, May, 2018
Development of a new operating system software for a hovering-type autonomous underwater vehicle HOBALIN

Takahiro Seta, Akihiro Okamoto, Shogo Inaba, Masahiko Sasano

2017 Asian Control Conference, ASCC 2017, 2018- 37-42, Feb 7, 2018
Hovering AUV "HOBALIN" to survey the seafloor environment before excavation

Takashima,S, Sasano,M, Okamoto,A

Conference proceedings, the Japan Society for Marine Surveys and Technology, 30th 44‐45, 2018
An observation of sea floor by a hovering type AUV HOBALIN with offshore multi-purpose work vessel Kaiyu at Middle Okinawa Trough

Takahiro Seta, Akihiro Okamoto, Shogo Inaba, Masahiko Sasano, Sotaro Takashima, Mitsuru Shimazu, Takeya Matsuda

OCEANS 2017 - Anchorage, 2017-January 1-6, Dec 19, 2017
A Method of Target Extraction Based on Features of Marine Radar Imagery

Naoki Tanaka, Akihiro Okamoto, Yuichi Nakata, Kohei Hirono

Image Laboratory, 28(9) 21-28, Sep, 2017
Kichiji rockfish observed by underwater robot on the deep-sea fishing ground in the southwestern Okhotsk Sea

HAMATSU Tomonori, KASAI Hiromi, URA Tamaki, NISHIDA Yuya, OKAMOTO Akihiro, INABA Shogo, HAMADA Akishi, YOSHIDA Seiya

Proceedings of the International Symposium on Okhotsk Sea & Polar Oceans, 32nd, 2017
Exploration of hydrothermal deposits mainly by navigation observation (Part 3) - Results of the survey in the Izena cavern

Kubota,R, Seta,T, Okamoto,A

Conference proceedings, the Japan Society for Marine Surveys and Technology, 2017
Tracking experiment of multiple AUVs by a semi-submersible ASV

Shogo Inaba, Masahiko Sasano, Kangsoo Kim, Takahiro Seta, Akihiro Okamoto, Kenkichi Tamura, Tamaki Ura, Shinichi Sawada, Taku Suto

2017 IEEE Underwater Technology (UT), 2017
Development of an ASV for simultaneous operation of multiple AUVs for exploration of hydrothermal deposits

Inaba,S, Okamoto,A, Seta,T, Sasano,M, Kim,K, Tamura,K, Ura,T, Suto,T, Sawada,S

Proceedings of the Research Presentation Meeting of National Maritime Research Institute, 17th, 2017
Summary of the KR16-12 voyage: Development of a method for observing and predicting changes in marine ecosystems - Baseline study in the Izu-Ogasawara region

Furushima,Y, Sasano,M, Okamoto,A

Symposium Proceedings Blue Earth, 2017 168, 2017

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JAPAN INSTITUTE OF NAVIGATION

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Study on the sharing of AUV (Autonomous Underwater Vehicle) submarine information by underwater extension of AIS

Study on the sharing of AUV (Autonomous Underwater Vehicle) submarine information by underwater extension of AIS, Apr, 2016 - Mar, 2018

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