The presentation slides of Ayaka Yoshikawa, a member of Iba Lab, for Collaborative Innovation Networks conference (COINs16), Rome, Italy. 8. Jun - 11. Jun 2016 Takashi Iba, Ayaka Yoshikawa, Tomoki Kaneko, Norihiko Kimura, and Tetsurou Kubota, “Pattern Objects: Making Patterns Visible in Everyday Life,” Collaborative Innovation Networks conference (COINs16), Rome, Italy, 2016 Web site: http://patternobject.sfc.keio.ac.jp

1. Pattern Objects:
Making Patterns Visible in Everyday Life
Takashi Iba
Ayaka Yoshikawa
Tomoki Kaneko
Norihiko Kimura
Tetsurou Kubota
Iba Laboratory, Keio University
patternobject@sfc.keio.ac.jp
COINs 2016

2. 1. and conventional media
for sharing
2. Pattern Objects as a new way to share
patterns
3. Prototypes of the pattern objects
Pattern LanguagePattern Language

3. Creative Society is a society where people have the
means to create their own goods, tools, concepts,
learning, and organizations.
One of the media to enhance creativity in people’s
lives is the method.
Pattern Language
Pattern Language

4. Context
Problem
Solution
Problem
identification
Problem solving
A method of describing good practices and design knowledge
Pattern Language

5. 1.0 in the field of ArchitecturePattern Language
http://stephania32.wordpress.com/
C.Alexander, S. Ishikawa, M. Silverstein,
A Pattern Language:Towns, Buildings, Construction, Oxford University Press, 1977

6. Pattern Language 2.0 in the Software field

7. Joseph Bergin
Linda RisingMary Lynn Manns
Manns, M. L., and Rising, L., Fearless Change: Patterns
for Introducing New Ideas. Addison-Wesley, 2005
Pedagogical Patterns Editorial Board, Pedagogical
Patterns: Advice For Educators, Createspace., 2012
Pedagogical Patterns & Fearless Change Patterns

8. A Creative Collaboration creates new values that can change the
world. In a Creative Collaboration, an emergent vigor is
produced where team members motivate each other and grow
together. This new vigor cannot be attributed to any one team
member but to the team as a whole. How can such a Creative
Collaboration be achieved? The secrets are scribed in this book.
Collaboration Patterns presents 34 distinct patterns that show
tips, methods, and views for a successful collaboration.
The Collaboration Patterns are written as a pattern language that
summarizes the design knowledge that develops from a person’s
experience into the form of a pattern. It pairs a problem that
occurs in a certain context of a design with its solution and gives
it a name. The users of a pattern language must select a pattern
on the basis of the context in which it is being used, and fit the
abstract solution to their specific situation.
The Collaboration Patterns here are in a pattern language that
helps a team achieve a Creative Collaboration. Along with
discovering ways to practice effective teamwork, we hope you
can also imagine the possibilities pattern languages offer. Read
through the pages and use any or all of the Collaboration
Patterns to make your collaborative projects successful.
Takashi Iba is an associate professor at the Faculty of Policy
Management and the Graduate School of Media and
Governance at Keio University, Japan. He received a Ph.D. in
Media and Governance from Keio University in 2003, and
continued as a visiting scholar at the MIT Center for Collective
Intelligence during the 2009 academic year. With collaborating
with his students, Dr. Iba created many pattern languages
concerning human actions. He authored Learning Patterns
(2014), Presentation Patterns (2014), and many academic books
in Japanese such as the bestselling Introduction to Complex
Systems (1998).
Takashi Iba with Iba Laboratory
Collaboration Patterns
A Pattern Language for Creative Collaboration
CreativeShiftIBACollaborationPatterns―APatternLanguageforCreativeCollaborations
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Beauty
Learning
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Collaboration
Patterns
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Patterns
Survival
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Change Making
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Pattern Illustrating
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Pattern Language 3.0 - Human Action Patterns

9. have been shared in the forms of…Patterns

10. How do patterns support our actions
in our everyday lives?

11. Read and understand
the pattern
Usage
Choose a desirable
pattern
Memorize the content of
the pattern
Recall the right pattern
for the situation
Perform the solution of
the pattern
Recognize a situation
Pattern

12. Objects
• Pattern objects are objects that express patterns to
help us recall the right pattern for the right situation.
• Pattern users should first read a written pattern, and
then place a pattern object that embodies the pattern
at a place where the desired action may take place.
• The pattern object will then function as a trigger for
people to recall and use the suitable pattern when
they need it.
Pattern

13. Memorize the content of
the pattern
Read and understand
the pattern
Perform the solution of
the pattern
Recall the right pattern
for the situation
Recognize a situation
UsagePattern
Choose a desirable
pattern

14. Pattern Usage with Pattern Objects
Read and understand
the pattern
Pattern Object
Perform the solution of
the pattern

15. Perform action triggered
by the Pattern Object
Pattern Usage with Pattern Objects
Read and understand
the pattern
Pattern Object

16. • Help recall the right pattern for the right situation
• Show how multiple patterns can be used together
• Encourage people to execute the “solution” of the pattern
can…Pattern Objects

17. 5 Pattern Object Prototypes

18. Pattern Object #1 - Cutting Board

19. Uniform Bites

20. You are making a dish that has lots of ingredients.
▼In this context
A dish that uses many ingredients tends to lack uniformity.
Especially if the different ingredients are cut in varying sizes,
they will be cooked and flavored unevenly. Furthermore, the
bigger pieces of ingredients may overpower the smaller pieces.
▼Therefore
Create a uniform texture by cutting your ingredients in the
same size. For instance, if you are making something with
several ingredients, such as fried rice, cut the vegetables and
the meats in uniform pieces. Or, if you are making sauces and
dips, such as salsa, you’ll also want to mince or chop the
ingredients evenly, so that the texture is consistent.
▼As a result
By cutting in uniform sizes, the ingredients will be cooked
evenly, and the flavor will be evenly soaked up. Having even
pieces of ingredients also means that all of the ingredients will
mix nicely in every bite.
Uniform Bites
Control texture by the way you cut
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Akado, Y., Shibata, S., Yoshikawa, A., Sano, A., and Iba, T. (2016) “Cooking Patterns: A Pattern Language for Everyday-Cooking,” 5th
Asian Conference on Pattern Languages of Programs (AsianPLoP2016).

21. Pattern Object #1 - Cutting Board
Uniform Bites pattern used in everyday cooking

22. Pattern Object #2 - Paper Clips

23. The First-Draft-Halfway-Point
Exploration of Words

24. The First-Draft-Halfway-Point
Exploration of Words

25. Exploration of Words
There’s always a better way to say it.
No.5
Takashi Iba with Iba Laboratory, Presentation Patterns: A Pattern Language for Creative Presentation, CreativeShift Lab, 2014
The Storytelling (4) that conveys your Main Message (1) is decided,
and now you are making your presentation.
▼ In this context
To avoid using dull or overused expressions you are tempted to use
unfamiliar words, which may be difficult for your audience to
understand.
• It is difficult to express your thoughts precisely using words.
• Thought out sentences are often understandable to you because
you wrote them.
▼ Therefore
Look for words and expressions that both you and your
audience and attractive.
Search for words with attractive expressions from books or websites
to make your presentation better. Ensure, however, that these
expressions are also attractive for your audience. If you are not
sure, ask a person who is similar to your target audience.
▼ Consequently
Using words that are attractive, easily accepted, and easily
understood, your audience will easily understand your presentation.
You too can develop a richer vocabulary and brush up your word
choice skills.

26. The First-Draft-Halfway-Point
Prepare an initial draft to clarify your understanding,
then re-write it again and again for readers.
No.26
Takashi Iba with Iba Laboratory, Learning Patterns: A Pattern Language for Creative Learning,
CreativeShift Lab, 2014
You are writing your ideas to share them with others.
▼ In this context
The initial draft is not suitable to be read by others.
• Writing helps organize and deepen your thoughts.
• Writing tends to reflect the thinking process.
• It is not until your paper is written that you can grasp the
whole.
▼ Therefore
After finishing an initial draft, improve it objectively,
considering whether readers will easily understand.
Thoroughly check if it is clear, concise, and structured logically.
Furthermore, considering both sentence and chapter structure
will help you alter content more precisely. Occasionally, don’t
hesitate to discard sections if they are inappropriate. Thereafter,
read it from the beginning and determine if readers will
understand it. The level of description and definition of terms
depends on your target audience. Then, ask others to read it,
and get as much feedback as possible. Finally, listen to the
rhythm of words, ow of sounds, and check for correct
punctuation. By reading aloud, you can more easily recognize
errors and inconsistencies. Also, proofread many times for
typographical errors.

27. Exploration of Words Halfway-Point
Pattern Object #2 - Paper Clips
Takashi Iba with Iba Laboratory, Presentation Patterns: A Pattern Language for Creative Presentation, CreativeShift Lab, 2014
Takashi Iba with Iba Laboratory, Learning Patterns: A Pattern Language for Creative Learning, CreativeShift Lab, 2014
The First-Draft-

28. The First-Draft-
Halfway-Point
Paper clips as reminders of important patterns during a writing process
Pattern Object #2 - Paper Clips

29. Pattern Object #3 - Snack Box
Brain Switch
Ideas
Taking Shape
A Creative Collaboration creates new values that can change the
world. In a Creative Collaboration, an emergent vigor is
produced where team members motivate each other and grow
together. This new vigor cannot be attributed to any one team
member but to the team as a whole. How can such a Creative
Collaboration be achieved? The secrets are scribed in this book.
Collaboration Patterns presents 34 distinct patterns that show
tips, methods, and views for a successful collaboration.
The Collaboration Patterns are written as a pattern language that
summarizes the design knowledge that develops from a person’s
experience into the form of a pattern. It pairs a problem that
occurs in a certain context of a design with its solution and gives
it a name. The users of a pattern language must select a pattern
on the basis of the context in which it is being used, and fit the
abstract solution to their specific situation.
The Collaboration Patterns here are in a pattern language that
helps a team achieve a Creative Collaboration. Along with
discovering ways to practice effective teamwork, we hope you
can also imagine the possibilities pattern languages offer. Read
through the pages and use any or all of the Collaboration
Patterns to make your collaborative projects successful.
Takashi Iba is an associate professor at the Faculty of Policy
Management and the Graduate School of Media and
Governance at Keio University, Japan. He received a Ph.D. in
Media and Governance from Keio University in 2003, and
continued as a visiting scholar at the MIT Center for Collective
Intelligence during the 2009 academic year. With collaborating
with his students, Dr. Iba created many pattern languages
concerning human actions. He authored Learning Patterns
(2014), Presentation Patterns (2014), and many academic books
in Japanese such as the bestselling Introduction to Complex
Systems (1998).
Takashi Iba with Iba Laboratory
Collaboration Patterns
A Pattern Language for Creative Collaboration
CreativeShiftIBACollaborationPatterns―APatternLanguageforCreativeCollaborations

30. Brain Switch
Both logic and intuition are necessary for
creative thinking.
No.23
Takashi Iba with Iba Laboratory, Learning Patterns: A Pattern Language for Creative Learning, CreativeShift Lab, 2014
You are creating an output, and you’ve made some progress.
▼ In this context
Logical thinking is not sufficient to achieve a breakthrough
without intuitive thinking and vice versa.
• Logical thinking promotes acute analysis, inference, and
persuasion. • Intuitive thinking inspires good ideas,
expressions, and impression. • It is dif cult to be logical and
intuitive simultaneously.
▼ Therefore
Switch between the two modes of logical and intuitive
thinking.
If you begin to think logically, deliberate as logically as possible.
If you begin to think intuitively, exercise imagination as
intuitively as possi- ble. Switch thinking modes when you reach
a dead end. If you have thought logically, modify to more
attractive expressions. For example, when you are writing, draw
pictures of what you want to express in words. In contrast, if
you have thought intuitively, modify to achieve greater
coherence. For example, when you come up with a new idea,
think of the logic behind it. By switching thinking modes, you
can nd new perspectives.

31. Creative Collaboration creates new values that can change the
rld. In a Creative Collaboration, an emergent vigor is
duced where team members motivate each other and grow
ether. This new vigor cannot be attributed to any one team
mber but to the team as a whole. How can such a Creative
laboration be achieved? The secrets are scribed in this book.
laboration Patterns presents 34 distinct patterns that show
s, methods, and views for a successful collaboration.
e Collaboration Patterns are written as a pattern language that
mmarizes the design knowledge that develops from a person’s
perience into the form of a pattern. It pairs a problem that
curs in a certain context of a design with its solution and gives
name. The users of a pattern language must select a pattern
the basis of the context in which it is being used, and fit the
stract solution to their specific situation.
e Collaboration Patterns here are in a pattern language that
ps a team achieve a Creative Collaboration. Along with
covering ways to practice effective teamwork, we hope you
n also imagine the possibilities pattern languages offer. Read
ough the pages and use any or all of the Collaboration
terns to make your collaborative projects successful.
kashi Iba is an associate professor at the Faculty of Policy
nagement and the Graduate School of Media and
vernance at Keio University, Japan. He received a Ph.D. in
dia and Governance from Keio University in 2003, and
ntinued as a visiting scholar at the MIT Center for Collective
elligence during the 2009 academic year. With collaborating
h his students, Dr. Iba created many pattern languages
ncerning human actions. He authored Learning Patterns
14), Presentation Patterns (2014), and many academic books
Japanese such as the bestselling Introduction to Complex
stems (1998).
Takashi Iba with Iba Laboratory
Collaboration Patterns
A Pattern Language for Creative Collaboration
CreativeShiftIBACollaborationPatterns―APatternLanguageforCreativeCollaborations
Ideas Taking Shape
Some ideas are better explained visually.
No.19
Takashi Iba with Iba Laboratory, Collaboration Patterns: A Pattern Language for Creative Collaboration, CreativeShift Lab, 2014
You have an idea you want to share with your teammates.
▼ In this context
The newer the idea is, the more people will not understand it.
• People cannot read others’ minds.
• It is hard to imagine something that does not exist.
• Words are limited.
▼ Therefore
Visually shape your idea, so others can see it while you
explain it.
Draw a rough sketch or make a simple prototype that visualizes
your idea so both you and others can see it. While creating the
visualization, work out the details of the parts that were unclear
in your head.
▼ Consequently
The ideas you have will be shared with the team. These
visualizations will become Spadework for Creativity (23), and
give new ideas to other members. Thus, you can easily become
an Inside Innovator (20) in the team. Also by visualizing and
explaining it to someone else, you can gain a better
understanding about the idea.

32. A Creative Collaboration creates new values that can change the
world. In a Creative Collaboration, an emergent vigor is
produced where team members motivate each other and grow
together. This new vigor cannot be attributed to any one team
member but to the team as a whole. How can such a Creative
Collaboration be achieved? The secrets are scribed in this book.
Collaboration Patterns presents 34 distinct patterns that show
tips, methods, and views for a successful collaboration.
The Collaboration Patterns are written as a pattern language that
summarizes the design knowledge that develops from a person’s
experience into the form of a pattern. It pairs a problem that
occurs in a certain context of a design with its solution and gives
it a name. The users of a pattern language must select a pattern
on the basis of the context in which it is being used, and fit the
abstract solution to their specific situation.
The Collaboration Patterns here are in a pattern language that
helps a team achieve a Creative Collaboration. Along with
discovering ways to practice effective teamwork, we hope you
can also imagine the possibilities pattern languages offer. Read
through the pages and use any or all of the Collaboration
Patterns to make your collaborative projects successful.
Takashi Iba is an associate professor at the Faculty of Policy
Management and the Graduate School of Media and
Governance at Keio University, Japan. He received a Ph.D. in
Media and Governance from Keio University in 2003, and
continued as a visiting scholar at the MIT Center for Collective
Intelligence during the 2009 academic year. With collaborating
with his students, Dr. Iba created many pattern languages
concerning human actions. He authored Learning Patterns
(2014), Presentation Patterns (2014), and many academic books
in Japanese such as the bestselling Introduction to Complex
Systems (1998).
Takashi Iba with Iba Laboratory
Collaboration Patterns
A Pattern Language for Creative Collaboration
CreativeShiftIBACollaborationPatterns―APatternLanguageforCreativeCollaborations
Brain Switch Ideas Taking Shape
Pattern Object #3 - Snack Box
A Creative Collaboration creates new values that can change the
world. In a Creative Collaboration, an emergent vigor is
produced where team members motivate each other and grow
together. This new vigor cannot be attributed to any one team
member but to the team as a whole. How can such a Creative
Collaboration be achieved? The secrets are scribed in this book.
Collaboration Patterns presents 34 distinct patterns that show
tips, methods, and views for a successful collaboration.
The Collaboration Patterns are written as a pattern language that
summarizes the design knowledge that develops from a person’s
experience into the form of a pattern. It pairs a problem that
occurs in a certain context of a design with its solution and gives
it a name. The users of a pattern language must select a pattern
on the basis of the context in which it is being used, and fit the
abstract solution to their specific situation.
The Collaboration Patterns here are in a pattern language that
helps a team achieve a Creative Collaboration. Along with
discovering ways to practice effective teamwork, we hope you
can also imagine the possibilities pattern languages offer. Read
through the pages and use any or all of the Collaboration
Patterns to make your collaborative projects successful.
Takashi Iba is an associate professor at the Faculty of Policy
Management and the Graduate School of Media and
Governance at Keio University, Japan. He received a Ph.D. in
Media and Governance from Keio University in 2003, and
continued as a visiting scholar at the MIT Center for Collective
Intelligence during the 2009 academic year. With collaborating
with his students, Dr. Iba created many pattern languages
concerning human actions. He authored Learning Patterns
(2014), Presentation Patterns (2014), and many academic books
in Japanese such as the bestselling Introduction to Complex
Systems (1998).
Takashi Iba with Iba Laboratory
Collaboration Patterns
A Pattern Language for Creative Collaboration
CreativeShiftIBACollaborationPatterns―APatternLanguageforCreativeCollaborations
Takashi Iba with Iba Laboratory, Collaboration Patterns: A Pattern Language for Creative Collaboration, CreativeShift Lab, 2014
Takashi Iba with Iba Laboratory, Learning Patterns: A Pattern Language for Creative Learning, CreativeShift Lab, 2014

33. Snack box that encourages creative thinking during research and collaborative work
Pattern Object #3 - Snack Box

34. Pattern Object #4 - Refrigerator magnet

35. No.7
Daily Chore
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The Art of Being with Dementia, CreativeShift Lab, 2015
You increasingly need the help of other people to do things for you.
▼ In this context
If you start to think you shouldn’t do something on your own
and should have every- thing done by others, you will start to
become unable to do even the tasks that you can do now. You
might be worried about whether you can still do a task in the same way
that you used to. On top of that, your family may offer to do everything
for you out of concern. However, if you accept having everything done
for you, your brain will receive less stimulation, and your symptoms
may progress more rapidly.
▼ Therefore
Talk with your family and create a chore that you can do by
yourself every day. It can be simple tasks such as watering a plant
and giving the pet dog his food. Tasks such as folding the laundry and
making coffee for the family... anything similar to this is important.
Reference your “Can-Do List” to look for chores that you can do.
▼ Consequently
You can actively engage in the actions around your life. The chores will
create a steady rhythm in your day, making it easier for you to maintain
control over your life. The chores would also become a good starting
point to have conversations with your family.
▷ 6. Can-Do List ▷ 21. Chance to Shine ▷ 38. Inventing Jobs

36. Pattern Object #4 - Refrigerator magnet
A magnet for people with dementia to write down their “Daily Chore” and put it
on the refrigerator as a daily reminder.

37. Pattern Object #5 - SURVIVAL BASKET

38. EXTRASTOCK
No.8 Now that the interior living spaces are safer after adhering to the instruc- tions in (2)
SAFE SLEEP ZONE, (3) STORAGE AREA, (4) DOOR SPACE, (5) REVERSE L-SHAPE
LOCK, (6) BITING LOCK, and (7) ROOTS OF TV, in the event of a large earthquake, it
is important to have some food and water set aside for such an emergency.
◆ ◆ ◆
It is normal to see people stock up on some food and water just after a large
earthquake. As time passes, so does the sense of impending danger and people
forget about maintaining emergency stocks.
Just after a large earthquake, many people stock up on food and water out of a sense of
fear. For example, immediately after the Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011, many
people were hoarding bottled water in the metropolitan area. According to the National
Health and Nutrition Survey of 2011, more than 50% of the population in the Kanto region
and more than 60% of the population in the Tokai region have prepared emergency
supplies of food and water in the event of another large earthquake. However, in Kyushu
and Chugoku, the impact of the earth- quake was less severe and only 30% of the
population in this region had stocked emergency food and water supplies.
Therefore:
Buy food with longer expiration dates such as canned and retort food. Buy foods
that suit your personal preferences. But instead of buying only one bottle of water,
buy a dozen so that you begin to have an emergency supply of clean drinking
water, which is critical to survival.
◆ ◆ ◆
• To avoid waste, check expiration dates on things in emergency sup- plies and
consume any extra stock before it is out of date. If you con- sume all items, buy
extra the next time you shop and replenish your supply to maintain a stockpile that
is always within its expiration date. See (9) DAILY USE OF RESERVES.
• One important addition to your emergency supplies is the life claw bar. Purchase
one or more of these tools soon as they are very useful in large earthquakes. See
(10) CROWBAR.
Tomoki Furukawazono, Takashi Iba with Survival Language Project, Survival Language: A Pattern Language for Surviving Earthquakes,
CreativeShift Lab, 2015

39. Pattern Object #5 - SURVIVAL BASKET

40. DAILY USE OF RESERVES
No.9
You have food and water for emergency purposes.
◆ ◆ ◆
You conscientiously buy and stock food and water for emergency purposes,
but these emergency supplies can expire before an emer- gency actually
arises.
Because large earthquakes are uncommon, we cannot predict them. The next one
may be tomorrow or the next one may not happen in your lifetime. Keeping supplies
only for emergency purposes can cause waste if you never consume them unless a
disaster occurs. If you have maintained extra stock of food and water in the store
room and have forgotten to check the expiration date, these would be wasted in
vain. Memorizing the expiration date of all items you have purchased and
repurchasing every item that has exceed the expiry date are dif cult. Furthermore,
repurchasing costs a lot of money each time. We are de - nitely not positive attitude.
Therefore:
Use (8) EXTRASTOCK just as you use normal supplies. If you buy what you
want or what you like, it is easy to consume it appropri- ately and still
maintain your emergency supplies. For example, if you have three cases of
water on hand and consume one case, you still have two cases left. The next
time you go shopping, buy just one case of water so you will always have at
least two cases of water available at any time.
◆ ◆ ◆
• It is extremely important to stock food and water. Hunger can be put up with for a
little while; however, clean drinking water is extremely essential for survival. Often
after a quake, water service is interrupted and toilets do not work properly. To
address the issue of sanitation, you can easily create a make-shift toilet after a
large earthquake using a big vinyl bag. See (18) VINYL LAVATORY.
Tomoki Furukawazono, Takashi Iba with Survival Language Project, Survival Language: A Pattern Language for Surviving Earthquakes,
CreativeShift Lab, 2015

41. Pattern Object #5 - SURVIVAL BASKET

42. Pattern Object #5 - SURVIVAL BASKET

43. Pattern Object #5 - SURVIVAL BASKET

44. Pattern Object #5 - SURVIVAL BASKET

45. • Pattern objects are not merely objects printed with a pattern name or
illustration as “logos”.
• Each pattern language has its own settings that fit with their theme, and
each individual pattern has its own functional object that expresses the
pattern.
Pattern Logos Pattern Objects

47. Brainstorming ideas using Iba Lab’s patterns

48. Making the pattern objects using FAB equipment

50. Sharing Pattern Objects
Person A
Person B
Person C
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51. Sharing Pattern Objects
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52. Pattern Objects:
Making Patterns Visible in Everyday Life
Takashi Iba
Ayaka Yoshikawa
Tomoki Kaneko
Norihiko Kimura
Tetsurou Kubota
Iba Laboratory, Keio University
patternobject@sfc.keio.ac.jp
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