Are the User Experiences of Children with Severe Motor and Intellectual disabilities extended by Assistive Technologies that alter Users' Direct Manipulations and Kinesthesis?

Research Project

Project/Area Number	16K13071
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Research Field	Childhood science (childhood environment science)
Research Institution	Ehime University
Principal Investigator	Karita Tomonori 愛媛大学, 教育学部, 准教授 (40363189)
Project Period (FY)	2016-04-01 – 2018-03-31
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
Budget Amount *help	¥3,120,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥720,000) Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000) Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Keywords	福祉工学 / 重症心身障害児 / 障害支援機器 / 直接操作・感覚運動代行 / ユーザー体験の補完 / ユーザー体験の拡張 / 直接入力型ユーザーインタフェース / 間接入力型ユーザーインタフェース / 視線入力装置 / 関節入力型ユーザーインタフェース
Outline of Final Research Achievements	The purposes of the present studies were 1) to develop a new user interface system with one of eye-gaze input method and touch panel input method to alter user's direct manipulations, 2) to examine the hypothesis that the new user interface system convert eye and very minute physical movements of children with severe motor and intellectual disabilities (SMID) to the movements of PC's cursor to extend user experiences of them, and 3) to consider a new method to assess the user experiences and userbilities of children with MID. The results of three studies showed that the direct input user interface with eye-gaze input devices and touch panel devices were effective to extend the user experiences of children with SMID.