Supporting the daily-living of people with dementia by using media technology

2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 21300043
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Media informatics/Database
• Research Institution: Kyoto Institute of Technology
• Principal Investigator: KUWAHARA Noriaki 京都工芸繊維大学, 工芸科学研究科, 准教授 (60395168)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): YONEZAWA Tomoko 関西大学, 総合情報学部, 准教授 (90395161) ; TAMURA Toshiyo 千葉大学, 工学研究科, 教授 (10142259) ; YAMAZOE Hirotake 株式会社国際電気通信基礎技術研究所, 知能ロボティクス研究所, 研究員 (70418523) ; UTSUMI Akira 株式会社国際電気通信基礎技術研究所, 知能ロボティクス研究所, 主任研究員 (80395152)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): MORIMOTO Kazunari 京都工芸繊維大学, 工芸科学研究科, 教授 (00127169) ; KATO Motoichiro 慶應義塾大学, 医学部, 准教授 (80161123) ; KUWABARA Kazuhiro 立命館大学, 情報理工学部, 教授 (10374092) ; ABE Shinji 株式会社国際電気通信基礎技術研究所, 知能ロボティクス研究所, 研究室長 (00418526) ; TETSUTANI Nobuji 東京電機大学, 未来科学部, 教授 (10385479) ; MASAKI Shinobu 株式会社国際電気通信基礎技術研究所, 知能ロボティクス研究所, 研究室長 (40181630) ; NAKAMURA Masami 京都工芸繊維大学, 総合プロセーシス研究センター, 特任教授 (50534434)
• Project Period (FY): 2009 – 2011
• Keywords: ヒューマンインタフェース / 記憶障害 / 認知症 / 自立支援 / 介護支援

Research Abstract

We' ve studied the method for supporting the daily-living of people with dementia by using media technology. We utilized the eye communication model between an anthropomorphic agent and human in order to motivate people with dementia, and also to navigate their eye sight from the guidance video to the target object for performing the task smoothly. The experimental results showed that the instruction by using eye communication model was more comprehensive and more attractive than that by using text or graphics. The result of fMRI confirmed it.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Remote assistance for people with dementia at home using reminiscence systems and a schedule prompter, Int. (2010)
  • Author(s): Noriaki Kuwahara, Kiyoshi Yasuda, Nobuji Tetsutani, Kazunari Morimoto
  • Journal Title: J. Computers in Healthcare Volume: 6(2) Pages: 126-143
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Socialware for People with Cognitive Disabilities, Yingxu Wang, Du Zhang, and Witold Kinsner(Eds.),"Advances in Cognitive Informatics and Cognitive Computing" (2010)
  • Author(s): Fumio Hattori, Kazuhiro Kuwabara, Noriaki Kuwahara, Shinji Abe, Kiyoshi Yasuda
  • Journal Title: Studies in Computational Intelligence Volume: 323 Pages: 193-207
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Effectiveness of personalized reminiscence photo videos for individuals with dementia (2009)
  • Author(s): Kiyoshi Yasuda, Kazuhiro Kuwabara, Noriaki Kuwahara, Shinji Abe, Nobuji Tetsutani
  • Journal Title: Neuropsychological Re-habilitation Volume: 19(4) Pages: 603-619
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] A Study of Attention Control by Using Eye Communication with an Anthropomorphic Agent (2011)
  • Author(s): Tatsuya Mita, Ryo Wada, Noriaki Kuwahara, Kazunari Morimoto
  • Organizer: 14th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction
  • Place of Presentation: Orlando, Florida, US
  • Year and Date: 2011-07-14
• [Presentation] Preliminary Study on Remote Assistance for People with Dementia at Home by Using Multi-media Contents (2009)
  • Author(s): Toshimi HAMADA, Noriaki KUWAHARA, Kiyoshi YASUDA, Kazunari MORIMOTO
  • Organizer: 13th Inter-national Conference on Human-Computer Interaction
  • Place of Presentation: San Diego, CA, US
  • Year and Date: 2009-07-22