Developing a Total Support System for Wheelchair Users and Usefulness Verification

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26350031
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Design science
• Research Institution: Sojo University
• Principal Investigator: KOGA Motoya 崇城大学, 工学部, 助教 (30635628)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): MORISHITA Katsuhiro 熊本高等専門学校, 建築社会デザイン工学科, 助教 (70735266)
• Research Collaborator: KAJIYAMA Taishi ; QU Jinyan ; SASAKI Hiroto ; SEGUCHI Yuuya ; NOGUCHI Masahiro ; KUROGI Yuuki ; KUDO Akiko ; YOSHIOKA Daiki ; SADAMORI Kazuki ; FUJIKAWA Satoshi ; MIZUUE Kouki ; YOSHINAGA Shohei ; INADA Yoshie ; MAKEAWA Nana ; KAWAZU Nana ; TADA Ryunosuke ; KOBAYASHI Yuya
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 身障者支援システム / 福祉のまちづくり / 車いす使用者 / 車いすナビゲーション / ワークショップ

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study proposes the tentative development of the support system for disabled persons. The support system has two functions: a software-based mobility support ‘wheelchair navigation system’ that searches for an optimum route from a current location to a destination and a hardware-based ‘downtown development review support function’ that simulates how burden will be eased for wheelchair users by preparing appropriate sidewalks as welfare town planning review support.
After developing a prototype of the system, we held workshops with wheelchair user participants. We discussed its usefulness and they provide us their opinions and ideas.
Furthermore, we developed a “Detailed model of the system” to increase its accuracy and a “Extended model of the system” to easily expand the area of the system.

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