2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Recognizing and Assessing Child Building Processes during Play with Toy Blocks
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15K12177
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Entertainment and game informatics 1
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| Research Institution | Tohoku University |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2015-04-01 – 2017-03-31
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| Keywords | 3D Content / Entertainment Computing / Motion Data |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
We proposed a novel building block device that enables detection and recognition of children's actions and interactions when building with blocks. Each block embeds a wireless measurement device that includes acceleration, angular velocity, and geomagnetic sensors to measure a block's spatial motion and posture during children’s play. We also presented a novel block-shaped user interface that embeds a smart watch for recognizing and accessing playing process. Each block's spatial movements and physical contacts with either fingers or neighbor blocks are detected by the smart watch's motion sensors and expanded multi-touch screen respectively. We implemented a first prototype using 3D printed building blocks and Sony smart watches, and conducted a technical evaluation to verify its fundamental detection accuracy regarding finger and block connections. We also discuss possible ways to estimate and recognize playing process with the proposed block interface.
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| Free Research Field |
ヒューマンコンピュータインタラクション
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