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Study of Ambiguous Cylinder Illusion and Its Control

Research Project

Project/Area Number 15K12067
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Perceptual information processing
Research InstitutionMeiji University

Principal Investigator

Sugihara Kokichi  明治大学, 研究・知財戦略機構, 特任教授 (40144117)

Project Period (FY) 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,640,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥840,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Keywords立体錯視 / 不可能立体 / 視覚モデル / 変身立体 / 錯覚 / 錯視効果 / 展開図 / 3Dプリンター / 図形の距離 / 厚みの制御 / 3Dプリンター / 数理工学 / 視覚情報処理 / 視覚の数理モデル
Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this research is to establish a design method for ambiguous cylinders, whose appearances change drastically when they are reflected in a plane mirror.
First, an equation system is constructed for finding the space curve that affects two given shapes when it is seen from two prespecified viewpoints. Next, an ambiguous cylinder is constructed as the surface swept by the space curve. Several heuristic methods were also constructed for controlling thickness of the ambiguous cylinders so that they appear to be as uniform as possible, and thus the cylinders are 3D printable. A method for drawing unfolded surface was also constructed.
On the basis of these methods, we also developed new types of impossible objects, such as "topology-disturbing objects", whose topology changes in the mirror, and "deformable objects", which appear to deform when viewpoint is moved. Thus, we establish a mathematical theory and a systematic design algorithm of "ambiguous cylinders".

Report

(4 results)
  • 2017 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2016 Research-status Report
  • 2015 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (46 results)

All 2018 2017 2016 2015 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (2 results) Journal Article (15 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 3 results,  Peer Reviewed: 14 results,  Open Access: 5 results,  Acknowledgement Compliant: 4 results) Presentation (20 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 14 results,  Invited: 11 results) Book (4 results) Remarks (4 results) Patent(Industrial Property Rights) (1 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] サッサリ大学(イタリア)

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Sassari University(イタリア)

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] Thickness Design for Ambiguous Cylinder Illusion2018

    • Author(s)
      K. Sugihara
    • Journal Title

      Japan Journal of Industrial and Applied Mathematics

      Volume: 35 Issue: 1 Pages: 391-409

    • DOI

      10.1007/s13160-017-0263-y

    • NAID

      210000180238

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Topology-disturbing objects: A new class of 3D optical illusion2018

    • Author(s)
      K. Sugihara
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Mathematics and the Arts

      Volume: 12 Issue: 1 Pages: 2-18

    • DOI

      10.1080/17513472.2017.1368133

    • NAID

      120006552163

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] A differential equation model of retinal processing for understanding lightness optical illusions2018

    • Author(s)
      T. Sushida, S. Kondo, K. Sugihara and M. Mimura
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Industrial and Applied Mathematic

      Volume: 35 Issue: 1 Pages: 117-156

    • DOI

      10.1007/s13160-017-0272-x

    • NAID

      210000170272

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Spherical Laguerre Voronoi diagram approximation to tessellations without generators2018

    • Author(s)
      Chaidee and K. Sugihara
    • Journal Title

      Graphical Models

      Volume: 95 Pages: 1-13

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Approximation of Fruit Skin Patterns Using Spherical Voronoi Diagram2017

    • Author(s)
      S. Chaidee and K. Sugihara
    • Journal Title

      Pattern Analysis and Applications

      Volume: 20 Pages: 783-795

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Anomalous Mirror Symmetry Generated by Optical Illusion2016

    • Author(s)
      K. Sugihara
    • Journal Title

      Symmetry

      Volume: 8 Issue: 4 Pages: 21-21

    • DOI

      10.3390/sym8040021

    • NAID

      120006552172

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Visual media culture supported by illusion of depth2016

    • Author(s)
      K. Sugihara
    • Journal Title

      Mathematical Progress in Expressive Image Synthesis III, Selected and Extended Results from the Symposium MEIS2015

      Volume: - Pages: 61-70

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] A New Type of Impossible Objects That Become Partly Invisible in a Mirror2016

    • Author(s)
      K. Sugihara
    • Journal Title

      Japan Journal of Indsutrial and Applied Mathematics

      Volume: 33 Issue: 3 Pages: 525-535

    • DOI

      10.1007/s13160-016-0233-9

    • NAID

      210000188356

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Footsteps Illusion Art2016

    • Author(s)
      J. Ono, A. Tomoeda and K. Sugihara
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Mathematics and the Arts

      Volume: 10 Issue: 1-4 Pages: 65-73

    • DOI

      10.1080/17513472.2016.1236645

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Fitting Spherical Laguerre Voronoi Diagrams to Real-World Tessellations Using Planar Photographic Images2016

    • Author(s)
      S. Chaidee and K. Sugihara
    • Journal Title

      Discrete and Computational Geometry and Graphics (LNCS 9943)

      Volume: - Pages: 73-84

    • DOI

      10.1007/978-3-319-48532-4_7

    • ISBN
      9783319485317, 9783319485324
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Approximation of fruit skin patterns using spherical Voronoi diagrams2016

    • Author(s)
      S. Chaidee and K. Sugihara
    • Journal Title

      Pattern Analysis and Applications, Online version

      Volume: 21 Issue: 3 Pages: 783-795

    • DOI

      10.1007/s10044-016-0534-2

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Height reversal generated by rotation around a vertical axis2015

    • Author(s)
      K. Sugihara
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Mathematical Psychology

      Volume: 68-69 Pages: 7-12

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.jmp.2015.07.001

    • NAID

      120006552169

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] 幾何計算と陰影計算を用いたホロウマスク型錯視立体「陰影つき矢印の幻惑」の設計法2015

    • Author(s)
      友枝明保、小野隼、杉原厚吉
    • Journal Title

      図学研究

      Volume: 49 Pages: 3-9

    • NAID

      130005312682

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Ambiguous cylinders: A new class of impossible objects2015

    • Author(s)
      K. Sugihara
    • Journal Title

      Computer Aided Drafting, Design and manufacturing

      Volume: 25

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] 数理で探る錯覚―仕組みがわかると視覚の偉大さも見えてくる―2015

    • Author(s)
      杉原厚吉
    • Journal Title

      数学通信

      Volume: 20 Pages: 5-12

    • NAID

      40020566334

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Topology-disturbing objects: A new class of impossible objects2018

    • Author(s)
      K. Sugihara
    • Organizer
      European Conference on Visual Perception
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Impossible Objects: The Mathematics of 3D Illusions2018

    • Author(s)
      K. Sugihara
    • Organizer
      IMA (Institute for mathematics and Its Applications) Public Lectures, University of Minnesota
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Mathematics has a power for discovery and innvention2017

    • Author(s)
      K. Sugihara
    • Organizer
      Conference on Science and Mathematics Education
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Optimizing illusion for ambiguous cylinders2017

    • Author(s)
      K. Sugihara
    • Organizer
      Franco-Japanese Days on Combinatorics and Optimization 2017 in Honour of Michel Deza
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Height reversal illusion caused by human preference for rectangularity2017

    • Author(s)
      K. Sugihara
    • Organizer
      International Conference on Mathematical Modeling and Applications Based on Self-Organization (ICMMA 2017)
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 高さ反転定理と、鏡の中で一部が消える透身立体錯視の創作法2017

    • Author(s)
      杉原厚吉
    • Organizer
      第11回錯覚ワークショップ「錯視の文法を探る~数理モデリングへの諸アプローチ」, 明治大学
    • Place of Presentation
      東京
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 進化する不可能立体:視覚の数理モデルを利用した錯視の創作2017

    • Author(s)
      杉原厚吉
    • Organizer
      情報処理学会コンピュータビジョンとイメージメディア研究会,国立情報学研究所
    • Place of Presentation
      東京
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] 不可能立体の作り方2017

    • Author(s)
      杉原厚吉
    • Organizer
      知覚コロキアム,慶応大学
    • Place of Presentation
      日吉
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] What Defeats Binocular Stereo?2016

    • Author(s)
      K. Sugihara
    • Organizer
      European Conference on Visual Perception 2016
    • Place of Presentation
      Barcelona, Spain
    • Year and Date
      2016-08-28
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Ambiguous Cylinders: A New Direction of Tricky Art2016

    • Author(s)
      K. Sugihara
    • Organizer
      Visual Science and Art Conference 2016
    • Place of Presentation
      Barcelona, Spain
    • Year and Date
      2016-08-26
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Recognition of the Spherical Laguerre Voronoi Diagram2016

    • Author(s)
      S. Chaidee and K. Sugihara
    • Organizer
      ACM Annual Symposium on Computational Geometry (SoCG 2016), Young Researchers Forum
    • Place of Presentation
      Boston, USA
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Laguerre Voronoi Diagram as a Tool for Fitting Spherical Tessellations Using Planar Photographic Images2016

    • Author(s)
      S. Chaidee and K. Sugihara
    • Organizer
      JCDCG^3 2016
    • Place of Presentation
      Tokyo, Japan
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Evolution of Impossible Objects: Mathematical Development of New 3D Illusions2016

    • Author(s)
      K. Sugihara
    • Organizer
      CONVEGNO: Illusione e Realta: tra Psicologia e Neuroscienze
    • Place of Presentation
      Sassari, Italy
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Height Reversal Generated by the Rotation around the Vertical Axis2016

    • Author(s)
      K. Sugihara
    • Organizer
      Psicologia e Neuroscienze
    • Place of Presentation
      Sassari, Italy
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] 第1世代のだまし絵立体から第5世代のトポロジー攪乱立体まで2016

    • Author(s)
      杉原厚吉
    • Organizer
      2016武蔵野大学数理工学シンポジウム
    • Place of Presentation
      東京
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] How Does Human Interpret Images? --- Week Points of Our Visual Systems Learned by Mathematical Study of Optical Illusion2015

    • Author(s)
      K. Sugihara
    • Organizer
      the 25th International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence
    • Place of Presentation
      Kyoto, Japan
    • Year and Date
      2015-10-28
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Fragility of visual media culture suggested by mathematical modeling of depth perception2015

    • Author(s)
      K. Sugihara
    • Organizer
      JST CREST-PRESTO Symposium 2015: Mathematics for the 22nd Century
    • Place of Presentation
      Tokyo, Japan
    • Year and Date
      2015-09-28
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Visual Media Culture Supported by Human Depth Illusion2015

    • Author(s)
      K. Sugihara
    • Organizer
      Mathematical Progress in Expressive Image Synthesis 2015
    • Place of Presentation
      Fukuoka, Japan
    • Year and Date
      2015-09-25
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Design of ambiguous cylinders2015

    • Author(s)
      K. Sugihara
    • Organizer
      Asian Forum on Graphic Science, Electric Proceedings
    • Place of Presentation
      Bangkok, Thailand
    • Year and Date
      2015-08-05
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Impossible objects as a tool for understanding the human vision systems2015

    • Author(s)
      K. Sugihara
    • Organizer
      Asian Forum on Graphic Science, Electric Proceedings
    • Place of Presentation
      Bangkok, Thailand
    • Year and Date
      2015-08-05
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Book] 作って!!ふしぎ・びっくり!!?? 杉原厚吉先生のトリック工作2017

    • Author(s)
      杉原厚吉(監修)
    • Total Pages
      64
    • Publisher
      主婦と生活社
    • ISBN
      4391149524
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] 錯覚トリックキット2017

    • Author(s)
      杉原厚吉
    • Total Pages
      16
    • Publisher
      幻冬舎
    • ISBN
      4344979176
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] 鏡で変身!?ふしぎ立体セット~驚きの錯覚 不可能立体の世界2017

    • Author(s)
      杉原厚吉
    • Total Pages
      17
    • Publisher
      東京書籍
    • ISBN
      4487810906
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] スウガクってなんの役に立ちますか?2017

    • Author(s)
      杉原厚吉
    • Total Pages
      223
    • Publisher
      誠文堂新光社
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] 第3世代の不可能立体:鏡に映すと姿が変わる「変身立体」

    • URL

      http://www.isc.meiji.ac.jp/~kokichis/ambiguousc/ambiguouscylinderj.html

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] "Ambiguous Objects"

    • URL

      http://www.isc.meiji.ac.jp/~kokichis/ambiguousc/ambiguouscylindere.html

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] Progress of Impossible Objects

    • URL

      http://home.mims.meiji.ac.jp/~sugihara/Welcomee.html

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] 第3世代の不可能立体:鏡に映すと姿が変わる「変身立体」

    • URL

      http://home.mims.meiji.ac.jp/~sugihara/ambiguousc/ambiguouscylinderj.html

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
  • [Patent(Industrial Property Rights)] 錯視立体群2017

    • Inventor(s)
      杉原厚吉
    • Industrial Property Rights Holder
      明治大学
    • Industrial Property Rights Type
      特許
    • Industrial Property Number
      2017-187524
    • Filing Date
      2017
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report

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