Research and development of handicapped person movement support system with the glance, NIRS, and P300

• Project/Area Number: 25282176
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Rehabilitation science/Welfare engineering
• Research Institution: University of Yamanashi
• Principal Investigator: KOTANI Shinji 山梨大学, 総合研究部, 教授 (80242618)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): WATANABE Yoshimichi 山梨大学, 総合研究部, 准教授 (00210964) ; SHIMIZU Tsuyoshi 山梨大学, 総合研究部, 准教授 (40293443) ; SUZUKI Yutaka 山梨大学, 総合研究部, 助教 (40516928)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
• Budget Amount: ¥18,590,000 (Direct Cost: ¥14,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥4,290,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥2,470,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥570,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥9,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥7,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,100,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥7,020,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,620,000)
• Keywords: 重複肢体不自由者 / ヒューマンマシンインターフェース / 電動車いす / ブレインマシンインターフェース

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We researched and developed the prototype of an electric wheelchair. The electric wheelchair has the image sensor, the stereo sensor, the ranging sensor, and the sound sensor. The electric wheelchair system safely moves the handicapped person to the destination. The interface between the handicapped person and the system are a glance, NIRS and P300.
We evaluated the system under the outdoor environment and the indoor environment of the support school, and verified the effectiveness of the system.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Novel Projector Calibration Method Using Geometrical Invariants (2015)
  • Author(s): Tsuyoshi Shimizu, Shinji Kotani, Hiromi Watanabe, Tsutomu Tanzawa, Nobuyuki Furuya
  • Journal Title: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CONTROL, AUTOMATION AND SYSTEMS Volume: 4 Pages: 17-24
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Generating and Evaluation of 2.5-D Map Using Vision Sensor and Range Sensor (2014)
  • Author(s): 庄司和晃、渡辺寛望、小谷信司
  • Journal Title: IEEJ Transactions on Electronics, Information and Systems Volume: 134 Issue: 2 Pages: 183-191
  • DOI: 10.1541/ieejeiss.134.183
  • NAID: 130003391704
  • ISSN: 0385-4221, 1348-8155
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] R&D of the Japanese Input Method using Life Log (2014)
  • Author(s): Syoji Kazukai, Hiromi Watanabe and Shinji Kotani
  • Journal Title: Int'l Conf. on PhyCS Volume: Wed8-3 Pages: 207-213
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] Floor Estimation by a Wearable Travel Aid for Visually Impaired (2015)
  • Author(s): Hiromi Watanabe, Tsutomu Tanzawa, Tsuyoshi Shimizu, Shinji Kotani
  • Organizer: Proc. of the 24th IEEE Int’l Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication
  • Place of Presentation: Kobe International Conference Center, Kobe, JAPAN
  • Year and Date: 2015-09-01
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Floor Estimation by a Wearable Travel Aid for Visually Impaired (2015)
  • Author(s): Hiromi Watanabe, Tsutomu Tanzawa, Tsuyoshi Shimizu, Shinji Kotani
  • Organizer: 24th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication
  • Place of Presentation: Kobe, Japan
  • Year and Date: 2015-08-31 – 2015-09-04
• [Remarks] 小谷信司ホームページ
  • URL: http://www.ccn.yamanashi.ac.jp/~kotani/