He received the degrees of Bachelor and Master of Precision Engineering from Kyoto University in May 1994 and May 1996, respectively, and the degree of Doctor of Informatics from Kyoto University in July 2005. He worked at Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. between April 1996 and September 1998. His current research topics are human-machine systems, especially driver-assistance systems. He is a member of The Society of Instrument and Control Engineers (SICE), Human Interface Society (HIS), Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan (JSAE), The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers, and Japan Ergonomics Society. He received the Best Paper Award (Tomoda Award) in 2013 from SICE and the Best Paper Award in 2014 from JSAE.