2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Development of the Mouthpiece type remote controller for the Integrated Tongue Operation Assistive System "I-to-AS" for seriously disabled people
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24500660
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Rehabilitation science/Welfare engineering
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| Research Institution | Niigata Institute of Technology |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
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| Keywords | 支援工学 / 福祉工学 / リハビリテーション工学 / 重度障がい者 / 頸髄損傷 / 電動車椅子 / 操作支援 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
To control assistive devices to be used by seriously disabled people, we have focused on tongue motion. We have tried to develop an Integrated Tongue Operation Assist System (“I-to-AS”) to control a PWC and a PC as an AAC device. In this study we developed a stick type mouthpiece remote controller as a new type of the remote controller. This controller has a 4-directional tact switch and a push switch. To investigate the operativeness of the "I-to-AS" with the stick type mouthpiece remote controller, eight able-bodied candidates drove a PWC on the same course. Each candidate operated the PWC using the stick type mouthpiece remote controller by “Tongue” and by “Fingers”. The average driving times were compared and the difference between using the tongue and fingers was about 25% which was considered acceptable. These suggest that the “I-to-AS” with the stick type mouthpiece remote controller would be effective and it has the potential to be used by seriously disabled people.
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| Free Research Field |
医療・福祉・リハビリテーション工学
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