Development of tools to visualize the visual hallucination of patients with dementia

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 16K12515
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Kansei informatics
• Research Institution: Takushoku University
• Principal Investigator: OSHIMA Naoki 拓殖大学, 工学部, 准教授 (50375466)
• Project Period (FY): 2016-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 幻視 / レビー小体型認知症 / 可視化 / アプリ / VR

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The main objective of this study is to encourage caregivers acceptance by visualization of the vision state seen by patients with Dementia with Lewy Bodies.
In order to achieve this main purpose, we developed two kinds of tools to visualize the vision, one is a smart device application and the other is a tool using VR.
By using these tools, the caregiver can share the patient's viewing state, so we were able to provide an easy-to-understand environment to each other.

Free Research Field

感性デザイン学