Enhancement of driver's operational ability relating tele-existence by interfering the modification of body schema

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K06153
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Control engineering/System engineering
• Research Institution: Tokyo Denki University
• Principal Investigator: Suzuki Satoshi 東京電機大学, 未来科学部, 准教授 (20328537)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 身体図式 / 熟達支援 / 脳機能計測 / SPM / 近赤外光脳血流量計測 / 経皮的電気神経刺激 / 画像湾曲刺激

Outline of Final Research Achievements

An assistance method to enhance a feel of the width of vehicle was studied by interfering an integrated processing of visual and somatosensory information with transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) and modification of visual information to the operator, focusing on body schema (BS) which relates to the feeling. A portable TENS device and NIRS-SPM (near-infrared spectroscopy-based statistical parametric mapping) analysis were newly developed, and an interference effect by the TENS device into the BS modification was confirmed using the NIRS-SPM. Combining the TENS with real-time image rectification, several vehicle-operation systems with assistance methods for enhancement of the feeling of vehicle width were presented and build. Effect of the assistance was confirmed through two types of middle-term tasks with participants: a tele-operation task using a tele-existence robot in a remote office, and a driving task using a real-size driving simulator on virtual narrow street.

Free Research Field

人間機械システム