Double Giken's Communication Tool for ALS Patients

Double Giken's Communication Tool for ALS Patients

Double Giken has developed a technology to identify the words a patient thinks from the blood flow in the brain and project them on a screen for ALS patients who cannot move their eyelids or fingers. The technology is based on a device that uses near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) to determine "yes/no" from brain activity. The patient selects one word at a time and only the vowel sound of the word to be communicated, and the number of words is used to analogize the candidate words to be communicated and show them on the screen. The system, which consists of a personal computer and a terminal, will go on sale in September at the earliest. It was developed with the support of the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) in collaboration with Professor Naoki Tanaka of Toyo University and others. Photo taken on June 4, 2019, location unknown, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

  • Product Code
  • ILEA000687742
  • Registered date
  • 2019/6/04 00:00:00
  • Credit
  • THE NIKKAN KOGYO SHIMBUN / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • THE NIKKAN KOGYO SHIMBUN
  • Media size
  • 4592 × 3056 pixel
  • Resolution
  • 350 dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 6.29(MB)*
  • Special instruction
  • **The text may be generated by an automatic translation system**

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