A Study on Depression Detection System for Solitary Person

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K16411
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Rehabilitation science/Welfare engineering
• Research Institution: Fukuoka Institute of Technology
• Principal Investigator: Tajima Takuya 福岡工業大学, 情報工学部, 准教授 (60469583)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: うつ / 早期発見支援システム

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study, we develop a system to prevent suicide etc. by discovering before proceeding to severe depressive state and encouraging adequate medical treatment.To find and treat depression, it is right for family and the surrounding people to be correct for disease. It is necessary to have knowledge and understanding, but the reality is not easy.
First, we developed a system to detection sleep disorders, which occurs in 100% of depressed patients, as the first clue of depression diagnosis. The sleeping behavior obtained from the sheet-like pressure sensor, that is, the body pressure accompanying the passage of time is acquired, and this pressure data is accurately detected at a rate of about 78% using a discriminator called a support vector machine.

Free Research Field

福祉工学