Research on a system supporting visually impaired students in learning science and image-creation of scientific phenomena

• Project/Area Number: 24501163
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Educational technology
• Research Institution: Hiroshima Institute of Technology
• Principal Investigator: SUZUKI Takashi 広島工業大学, 工学部, 准教授 (40289260)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): ARAKI Tomoyuki 広島工業大学, 工学部, 准教授 (20257413)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): MIYAKAWA Masahiro 筑波技術大学, 名誉教授 (70248748) ; TATSUMI Hisayuki 筑波技術大学, 保健科学部, 教授 (30188271)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,030,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥930,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
• Keywords: 力覚デバイス / 視覚障碍者の科学学習支援 / 視覚障碍者の理科教育支援 / 視覚障碍者の数学教育支援 / 視覚障碍者の科学学習支援システム / 視覚障碍者の数学学習支援システム / 視覚障碍者 / 科学学習支援 / 理科教育支援 / 数学教育支援 / 視覚障害者

Outline of Final Research Achievements

As an attempt to support visually impaired students in learning science, we develop a system using haptic device with which they can overcome their handicap such that it is quite difficult to image mathematical objects and phenomena in nature. The haptic device makes it possible to perceive virtual realities built in PC realistically through the haptic sense. We have constructed mainly the programs by which visually impaired students can have virtual experience of the scientific things such as dynamical phenomena and geometrical 3D objects with the haptic device, and finally built the supporting system which enables them to have mental images of these things so that they can promote their understanding of science.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] 「視覚障碍者のための力覚デバイスによる科学学習支援システムについて」 (2014)
  • Author(s): 鈴木貴，荒木智行，河合克浩
  • Journal Title: 日本知能情報ファジー学会誌，特集号(知能と情報) Volume: vol.26, No.2 Pages: 581-592
  • NAID: 130004934161
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 視覚障碍者のための力覚デバイスによる科学学習支援システムについて (2014)
  • Author(s): 鈴木貴，荒木智行，河合克浩
  • Journal Title: 知能と情報(日本知能情報ファジー学会誌) Volume: vol.26, No.2 Pages: 581-592
  • NAID: 130004934161
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] 全盲者が力覚デバイスによるゲームを楽しむことの考察 (2014)
  • Author(s): 鈴木貴， 荒木智行
  • Organizer: ファジーシステムシンポジウム
  • Place of Presentation: 高知大学 (高知県高知市)
  • Year and Date: 2014-09-02
• [Presentation] On a Learning-Science System Supporting Visually Impaired Students via the Haptic Device (2013)
  • Author(s): 鈴木貴，荒木智行，河合克浩，村井保之，巽久行
  • Organizer: IEEE International Conference on System, Man, Cybernetics 2013
  • Place of Presentation: イギリス・マンチェスター
• [Presentation] 視覚障碍者を支援する力覚デバイスを用いた科学学習システム
  • Author(s): 鈴木貴，荒木智行，河合克浩
  • Organizer: 2013年 電子情報通信学会 総合大会
  • Place of Presentation: 岐阜大学