Construction of the Scientific Evidence to Create Childcare Support Product

Research Project

Project/Area Number	15H02876
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Design science
Research Institution	Kyushu University
Principal Investigator	Fuji Tomoaki 九州大学, 芸術工学研究院, 准教授 (60274544)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	綿貫茂喜九州大学, 芸術工学研究院, 教授 (00158677)
Project Period (FY)	2015-04-01 – 2019-03-31
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2018)
Budget Amount *help	¥14,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥11,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥3,420,000) Fiscal Year 2018: ¥3,120,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥720,000) Fiscal Year 2017: ¥2,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥600,000) Fiscal Year 2016: ¥3,640,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥840,000) Fiscal Year 2015: ¥5,460,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,260,000)
Keywords	少子化社会対策 / プロダクトデザイン / 工業デザイン / 設計工学 / 生理人類学 / 育児支援 / 乳児
Outline of Final Research Achievements	The burden of childcare will reduce by knowing what kind of stimulus babies stop crying objectively. In this study, first, it was clarified experimentally and scientifically whether babies stopped crying with swinging stimulus and sound stimulus. Then, an electric swinging crib was designed to calm crying babies by giving them comfortable swinging stimuli based on experimental results. As rice cookers and refrigerators once helped to reduce the burden of housework, the results of this study are considered to contribute to the creation of childcare innovation.
Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements	学術的意義は、赤ちゃんが快適に感じる揺れや音の刺激に関し、月齢別に効果の程度を赤ちゃんの生理評価により明らかにした点にある。また、デザイン対象の赤ちゃん製品の評価に関し、従来の主観的な評価方法に加えて生理値により客観的に評価する方法を示した点にも意義がある。本研究で示した科学的データは育児負担の軽減に役立つ製品開発の基礎データとなる。よって、本研究成果は少子化社会対策に寄与する点において社会的意義がある。