| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,550,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,050,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
An assistance method to enhance a feel of the width of vehicle was studied by interfering an integrated processing of visual and somatosensory information with transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) and modification of visual information to the operator, focusing on body schema (BS) which relates to the feeling. A portable TENS device and NIRS-SPM (near-infrared spectroscopy-based statistical parametric mapping) analysis were newly developed, and an interference effect by the TENS device into the BS modification was confirmed using the NIRS-SPM. Combining the TENS with real-time image rectification, several vehicle-operation systems with assistance methods for enhancement of the feeling of vehicle width were presented and build. Effect of the assistance was confirmed through two types of middle-term tasks with participants: a tele-operation task using a tele-existence robot in a remote office, and a driving task using a real-size driving simulator on virtual narrow street.
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