• Search Research Projects
  • Search Researchers
  • How to Use
  1. Back to previous page

Technology to support learning communication method with people with cognitive impairment

Research Project

Project/Area Number 20K02195
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 08020:Social welfare-related
Research InstitutionShonan Institute of Technology

Principal Investigator

Yuasa Masahide  湘南工科大学, 情報学部, 教授 (80385492)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 本多 博彦  湘南工科大学, 工学部, 教授 (90339797)
片上 大輔  東京工芸大学, 工学部, 教授 (90345372)
Project Period (FY) 2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2023)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥960,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
Keywords擬人化キャラクタ / コミュニケーション / 認知症 / 多人数会話 / ヒューマンエージェントインタラクション / 擬人化エージェント / キャラクタ / ソーシャルスキル / コミュニケーション工学 / 福祉工学 / ヒューマン・エージェント・インタラクション
Outline of Research at the Start

本研究では,近年の社会問題である認知症高齢者の介護におけるトラブル解決とストレス軽減を目指し,認知症者との適切な接し方を学ぶための工学支援技術を構築する.認知症者役を演じる擬人化キャラクタを用い,コミュニケーション時のトラブル状況を仮想的に作り出し,その際の接し方を練習するシステムを開発する.日本は認知症高齢者を自宅で介護するケースの増加が見込まれているが,認知症者との対応で起こるトラブルやストレスが社会問題となっている.本研究では,認知症者の介護時のトラブル解決法およびストレス軽減法を確立し,接し方を学ぶ学習支援技術およびトラブル事例を共有するオンラインシステムの構築を狙う.

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Owing to the increase in the population of elderly people, the number of people suffering from mild cognitive impairment is increasing in several countries. Furthermore, family members of people with mild cognitive impairment, such as reduced function of memory, reasoning, and decision-making, undergo severe stress owing to difficulties in communicating with them. This study proposes a tool wherein an animated character resembles the behavior of elderly people with mild cognitive impairment in different scenarios to teach how to communicate with them. Fundamental experiments were conducted to confirm the validity of the proposal tool, and results showed that the tool successfully helped users learn how to communicate with elderly people with mild cognitive impairment. Furthermore, we demonstrated the advantages of using an animated character to depict the behavior of people with mild cognitive impairment. The experimental system is available on the website.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

認知症者と接触することが少ない者(子供や若者など)は対応方法を身につける機会が少ないことから,パソコンやスマホを用いて気軽に接し方を体験できるシステムは有用である.多数の実験協力者を使ったシステムの検証実験も進め,システムの体験を通して (記憶障害等を伴う相手に対しての)特別な接し方の必要性を学んだ,とする感想コメント等が得られ,接し方を学べるシステム開発に至ったと考える.システムはWebサイトにて公開しており,システム開発で得られたノウハウや知識を様々な人に提供できる.

Report

(5 results)
  • 2023 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2022 Research-status Report
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (7 results)

All 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 Other

All Journal Article (4 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 2 results,  Open Access: 2 results) Presentation (2 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results) Remarks (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] Animated Character Tool for Improved Communication with Elderly People with Mild Cognitive Impairment2024

    • Author(s)
      Masahide Yuasa
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics

      Volume: -

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] 認知症者との接し方・会話を学ぶための工学技術2023

    • Author(s)
      湯浅将英
    • Journal Title

      地域ケアリング

      Volume: 25 Pages: 62-64

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] 認知症者との接し方を学ぶための工学支援技術2022

    • Author(s)
      湯浅将英
    • Journal Title

      地域ケアリング

      Volume: 24 Pages: 90-93

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] Do You Forgive Past Mistakes of Animated Agents? A Study of Instances of Assistance by Animated Agents2020

    • Author(s)
      Masahide Yuasa
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Advanced Computational Intelligence and Intelligent Informatics

      Volume: 24 Issue: 3 Pages: 404-412

    • DOI

      10.20965/jaciii.2020.p0404

    • NAID

      130007844739

    • ISSN
      1343-0130, 1883-8014
    • Year and Date
      2020-05-20
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Presentation] 認知症者との接し方を学ぶための仮想キャラクタシステムの提案と評価2021

    • Author(s)
      湯浅将英
    • Organizer
      みんなの認知症学会 第4回年次大会
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Social Skills Training System in Social Settings Using Multiple Animated Characters2020

    • Author(s)
      Masahide Yuasa
    • Organizer
      SCIS&ISIS2020
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Remarks] A Tool for Understanding the Needs of the Elderly

    • URL

      https://social-exp.site/

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report

URL: 

Published: 2020-04-28   Modified: 2025-01-30  

Information User Guide FAQ News Terms of Use Attribution of KAKENHI

Powered by NII kakenhi