The System for Sharing the Memory Between Elderly and Care Staffs in Order to Build a Desirable Human Relationship

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15H01698
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Human interface and interaction
• Research Institution: Kyoto Institute of Technology
• Principal Investigator: Kuwahara Noriaki 京都工芸繊維大学, 情報工学・人間科学系, 教授 (60395168)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 三輪 洋靖 国立研究開発法人産業技術総合研究所, 情報・人間工学領域, 主任研究員 (30367073) ; 渡辺 健太郎 国立研究開発法人産業技術総合研究所, 情報・人間工学領域, 研究チーム付 (10635808) ; 太田 順 東京大学, 人工物工学研究センター, 教授 (50233127) ; 山下 淳 東京大学, 大学院工学系研究科(工学部), 准教授 (30334957) ; 米澤 朋子 関西大学, 総合情報学部, 教授 (90395161) ; 山添 大丈 立命館大学, 情報理工学部, 任期制講師 (70418523) ; 杉原 太郎 岡山大学, 自然科学研究科, 助教 (50401948)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): ABE Akinori 千葉大学, 文学部, 教授 (40221725) ; YASUDA Kiyoshi 京都府立医科大学, 大学院医学研究科, 特任講師 (60523165)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 認知症 / 介護支援 / チャンス発見 / 記憶

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We studied the following engineering methods. That is, by tracing the remaining memory of demented persons and discovering the difference in recognition of the real world of the person with dementia and the care giver, understanding and sharing of the care giver to the person with dementia will be promoted. First, we examined a method to discover the cause of discrepancy, such as lack of memory of the person with dementia by using computer reasoning technique such as abduction etc. Next, we researched and developed the technology to automatically and continuously record the daily life of a demented person in a nursing home care facility, and to construct a personal story in the database. Then, the communication robot draws behaviors that represent the feelings of dementia people, and the mobile robot records the person's expression at that time. Finally, we developed the method to utilize that record for new memory formation leading to the happiness of the person with dementia.

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