Takahiko Satake's research while affiliated with Okinawa National College of Technology and other places

In nearby special support schools, the practice of driving a motorized wheelchair using a joystick has been conducted for physically disabled children. However, physically disabled children require support and adjustment of the equipment corresponding to their disabilities because it is difficult to operate a joystick in a specific direction owing to their disabilities. In this study, we develop a joystick-type controller that can be automatically adjusted to the reaction angle suitable for the actual conditions of physically disabled children. Moreover, we conduct a quantitative evaluation of upper limb motion when operating the joystick-type controller that we developed to examine the effectiveness of the proposed method. The evaluation results confirm an effective improvement in the operability when the acquired reaction angle is suitable for the actual conditions of the user by the proposed method.

In the nearby special support school, driving practice of motorized wheelchair intended for the physically disabled child have been conducted. We developed the joystick-type controller that adjusts the reaction angle automatically to suit the actual condition of the physically disabled child so far and it is lead to practice the driving of the motorized wheelchair. In this paper, aimed to examine the effectiveness of the proposed method by analyzing the gaze behavior in a driving of the motorized wheelchair and proposed method.

抄録 In the recent years, welfare equipment has been developed to support the disabled children. We are developing a joystick mouse to enable computer operation by disabled children. In this study, we develop such a joystick mouse using a microcontroller. In addition we intend to improve the operability of the equipment by ensuring software-like assistance. We believe that the equipment can respond flexibly to the difference in disabilities a disabled child, by providing software-like assistance. From the result of the experiment, we confirmed that the proposed method is effective in improving the operability.

In this paper, we report introduction of human resource cultivation for Aguni. We held a workshop for the spread of information and communications technology supported by the Japan Science and Technology Agency, was intended for solve the digital divide at Aguni Island. Workshop was carried out in order to be able to notonly create the opportunity to use the Internet only, to spread the information and communications technology at Aguni Island in the future. To introduce the contents of the workshop, to discuss the effect of eliminating the digital divide that by the workshop.

In this paper, cooperation with the Okinawa National College of Tchnology (ONCT) and a neighboring school forspecial needs education was introduced. Cooperation began from manufacturing a supporting equipments in response tothe request from a special need education school. Then, ONCT and one of schools for special needs education made thecooperation agreement and have been mutually given training. Until now, we carried out technical training for teachers ofschools for special needs education about the microcomputer and switch latch and timer. The contents of consultation fromthe teachers who had training changed from the manufacture request to technical contents.

In this study, view measurement can be performed without applying a burden to a juvenile student too much for the purpose of the support at the time of a special support school teacher performing a juvenile student's view grasp, and the system which a teacher can be shown intelligibly as a result is developed. Therefore, the simple view measurement machine was made as an experiment, and the view of a healthy person and the student of a special support school were measured. Moreover, in order to show a result intelligibly, the measurement result was compounded to the panoramic photograph. Those results showed that it was necessary to examine measurement accuracy and measurement environment.

The Technical Support Section of Okinawa National College of Technology has been working for science communication programs and activities for school children in the Okinawa prefecture as a part of regional contribution activities. However, these programs were mainly held in Nago and other cities in Okinawa Island before 2008. Because of a high cost of travel and transportation expenses, it was difficult to carry out science programs in remote islands. Thus, we applied for Science communication grants from Japan Science and Technology agency (JST) at first in 2008. Subsequently, six different programs such as science class, craft making class, nature observation class and information technology class were carried out with the aid of JST from 2008 to 2011. Those classes were held in seven islands of Okinawa prefecture: Okinawa, Aguni, Miyako, Tarama, Ishigaki, Iriomote and Yonaguni islands. Participants of these programs for four years were about 690 in total and were students of elementary school, junior high and high school, and others.

The purpose of this study is suggestion of the methods of education that increased movement characteristics in the experiment. Therefore we examined the relationship of the experiment operation and the apparatus handling. This experiment attempted the extraction of the motion characteristics about the soldering that was fundamental technical one in an engineering field. The movement of the subject was measured by a motion capture and analyzed iron angle and the arms angle. And analysis the extraction of operation features and base. As a result, the relativity of movement of soldering iron by a motion and the movement of both arms was suggested.