Toshihiro Hirano

Toshihiro Hirano

I am Toshihiro Hirano (平野 稔祐), a PhD student at Miyafuji Lab, Institute of Science Tokyo. My research interests include Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), accessibility technologies, and skill acquisition, particularly in the context of skiing. Previously, I was a master's student in Koike Lab.

Toshihiro Hirano

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Education

PhD student in Engineering

School of Computing, Institute of Science Tokyo

2026.4-

Master of Engineering

School of Computing, Institute of Science Tokyo

2024.4-2026.3

Bachelor of Engineering

School of Computing, Tokyo Institute of Technology

2020.4-2024.3

Projects

SnowEcho

SnowEcho

SnowEcho is a skiing assistance system for people with visual impairments that uses spatial audio to communicate the direction and distance of nearby obstacles, allowing skiers to choose their own path. This project was led by Yuta Taguchi.

SoleCoach

SoleCoach

We present a dataset and end-to-end pipeline for generating sports coaching feedback from insole foot pressure and IMU data using large language models.

SkiTechCoach

SkiTechCoach

We present SkiTechCoach, a novel alpine skiing dataset designed to advance data-driven skill assessment and coaching.

SlopeNav

SlopeNav

SlopeNav is a wearable system that uses camera-based obstacle detection and turn-path planning to deliver continuous guidance for visually impaired skiers.

AlchemyCode

AlchemyCode

AlchemyCode is a magic-circle marker of unfilled shapes, enabling transparency and robust ML detection.

Real-Time Wearable Fisheye-Camera Pose Estimation

Real-Time Wearable Fisheye-Camera Pose Estimation

We present a wearable real-time pose estimation system using a fisheye camera and TensorRT-optimized model for accurate 47 FPS pose estimation.

Fellowships

Science Tokyo BOOST (Program for Development of Co-creative Experts towards Top-level AI Research)

[Program]

(Jun. 2026)

Papers

SnowEcho: End-to-End Blind Skiing Assistance System Using Spatial Audio for Simulated Dynamic Slope

Yuta Taguchi, Toshihiro Hirano, Masaki Kuribayashi, Yichen Peng, Erwin Wu, Hideki Koike, Shigeo Morishima

SoleCoach: Sole Pressure and IMU-based MLLMs for Skill Coaching

Toshihiro Hirano, Hitoshi Yoshihara, Yichen Peng, Chen-Chieh Liao, Erwin Wu, Hideki Koike

Award: CHI 2026 Honorable Mention

Real-time Ski Coaching using Pose Estimation from Sole Pressure and MLLMs Based on Reference-Pose Errors

Hitoshi Yoshihara, Toshihiro Hirano, Chen-Chieh Liao, Erwin Wu, Hideki Koike

Reference-based Positive Ski Coaching using Foot Pressure and MLLMs

Toshihiro Hirano, Hitoshi Yoshihara, Chen-Chieh Liao, Erwin Wu, Hideki Koike

SkiTechCoach: A Multimodal Alpine Skiing Dataset with 3D Body Pose, Sole Pressure, and Expert Coaching

Toshihiro Hirano, Yuki Tabei, Yichen Peng, Chen-Chieh Liao, Erwin Wu, Hideki Koike

SlopeNav: A Realtime Wearable Blind Ski Assistance System with Adaptive Path Planning for Simulated Environments

Toshihiro Hirano, Yichen Peng, Masaki Kuribayashi, Erwin Wu, Shigeo Morishima, Hideki Koike

Posters

Spatial Audio for Ski Simulation with Visually Impaired Users in Dynamic Environments

Yuta Taguchi, Toshihiro Hirano, Masaki Kuribayashi, Yichen Peng, Erwin Wu, Hideki Koike, Shigeo Morishima

Japanese Posters

インソール型センサを用いたMLLMによる実時間スキー音声コーチング

吉原仁, 平野稔祐, Chen-Chieh Liao, Erwin Wu, 小池英樹

空間オーディオを利用した視覚障がい者向けスキーシミュレータシステム

田口優汰, 平野稔祐, 栗林雅希, Yichen Peng, Erwin Wu, 小池英樹, 森島繁生

視覚障害者スキーのための連続的聴覚フィードバック手法の提案

平野稔祐, Yichen Peng, Erwin Wu, 小池英樹

AlchemyCode: 重ね合わせ可能な魔法陣風2Dマーカー

平野稔祐, 小池英樹

超広角カメラを用いたウェアラブル姿勢推定システムの構築

平野稔祐, Dong-Hyun Hwang, Chen-Chieh Liao, 小池英樹

Talks

A Ski Coaching System Using Insole Sensors and Multimodal Large Language Models

Toshihiro Hirano

インソールセンサと大規模言語モデルを用いたスキー技能習得支援システム

平野稔祐