US 12,109,034 B2
Rehabilitation support apparatus, method therefor, and program
Masahiko Hara, Osaka (JP)
Assigned to MEDIVR, INC., Osaka (JP)
Appl. No. 17/611,355
Filed by mediVR, Inc., Osaka (JP)
PCT Filed Mar. 25, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/012466
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 15, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/215185, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 28, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-077811 (JP), filed on Apr. 24, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0218266 A1, Jul. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. G16H 20/30 (2018.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01); G06T 19/00 (2011.01); A63B 22/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/4064 (2013.01) [A61B 5/7445 (2013.01); G02B 27/017 (2013.01); G06T 19/006 (2013.01); G16H 20/30 (2018.01); A63B 2022/0094 (2013.01); G06T 2210/41 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A rehabilitation support apparatus for recovering one of cognitive impairment and a higher brain dysfunction of a user, comprising:
a detector that detects a three-dimensional rehabilitation action of the user;
a display controller that generates, in a three-dimensional virtual space, an avatar object that moves in accordance with the detected rehabilitation action and a target object to be visually recognized by the user and displays the avatar object and the target object on a display, wherein the rehabilitation action of the user is capable of moving the avatar object relative to the target object so as to enable the user to bring the avatar object and target object into proximity with one another;
a notifier that notifies a generation position, in the three-dimensional virtual space, of the target object;
a cognitive load controller that gives a cognitive load to the user by generating the target object after a lapse of a predetermined time from the notification of the generation position of the target object, and
a task table that sets a task requiring the user to move the avatar object into proximity with the target object, wherein success in performance of the task is facilitated if, after the lapse of time, the user remembers the generation position of the target object notified by the notifier;
wherein to control the cognitive load to be given to the user, said cognitive load controller is configured to change the predetermined time by an operation of an operator such that an increase in the predetermined time increases a complexity of the task.