Identification for physiological indices evaluating "vitality" in space and development for the space adapting to human vital status

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26560036
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Clothing life/Dwelling life
• Research Institution: Kansai University
• Principal Investigator: Kotani Kentaro 関西大学, システム理工学部, 教授 (80288795)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 自律神経活動 / 快適性評価 / 空間設計 / 心拍変動性

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study aimed at controlling a living space with variety applying comfortability driven by parasympathetic nervous system and vitality driven by sympathetic nervous system.
The study was started by constructing a real living-space based experimental facility with an ability to change the size of room size for giving different feeling to the participants. The next step was measuring biological indices in autonomic nervous system during two stages (relaxing and vital stages) using a real living-space based experimental facility. The outcome of this study was to show new evaluation approach for the status of human vitality using indices for autonomic nervous system. Especially Lorentz-plots and frequency analysis with regard to heart-rate variability were compared in the experiment and its availability was advocated.

Free Research Field

生体情報工学