KR101160868B1 - System for animal assisted therapy using gesture control and method for animal assisted therapy - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention is a digital pet system implemented in a three-dimensional space that combines gesture controller technology, 3D stereoscopic image technology, and game 3D development technology to detect motion in a three-dimensional space. The present invention relates to an animal mediated treatment system using gesture control used for animal mediated treatment of children and a method of operation thereof. An animal mediated treatment method using an animal mediated treatment system comprises the steps of: (a) displaying a treated animal corresponding to the registered information of the therapist; (b) a therapist observing and interacting with the treatment animal and the therapist, intervening to control the behavior of the treatment animal and display the situation; (c) analyzing a behavioral pattern input from the therapist to display a response of the treated animal according to the behavior; And (d) analyzing the voice pattern input from the therapist and displaying the response of the treated animal according to the voice.

Description

System for animal assisted therapy using gesture control and method for animal assisted therapy}

The present invention is a digital pet system implemented in a three-dimensional space that combines gesture controller technology, 3D stereoscopic image technology, and game 3D development technology to detect motion in a three-dimensional space. The present invention relates to an animal mediated treatment system using gesture control used for animal mediated treatment of children and a method of operation thereof.

Animals used in animal assisted therapy, which are widely used in developed countries, are currently under demand, and the use of animals, which are actual living things, causes problems such as animal history due to disease, aggression, and stress. May occur.

In the case of dogs, only the items of the official certification clause of the Delta Association operating in the United States are subject to a few pages of difficult evaluations, and ongoing activities are difficult due to the time spent on selection and training, and the stress of being a dog. .

In this environment, the International Association of Dog Treaties actively seeks to improve the environment, but the possibility is low.

In order to solve this problem, such a method using other media such as robot assisted therapy (RAT) has been studied. Therefore, such an effort is required in digital virtual reality.

The present invention aims to solve a digital pet implemented in a three-dimensional space in which a gesture controller technology, a 3D stereoscopic image technology, and a game 3D development technology, which detects motion in a technical three-dimensional space, is to be solved for the disabled or emotionally uncomfortable. The present invention provides an animal mediated treatment system using gesture control and a method of operation thereof which can be used for animal mediated treatment of children with disabilities and behavioral disorders.

Display unit for displaying the animal-mediated treatment system virtual treatment animal using gesture control to solve the technical problem to be achieved by the present invention; A gesture controller for recognizing and processing a three-dimensional gesture of a therapist within a recognition range; A voice input / output unit configured to receive a voice command of the therapist; A therapist input unit configured to input compensation and penalty information according to the therapist's behavior observation; And a main program processor configured to generate and display virtual response information of the displayed treatment animal according to a gesture or a voice command of the therapist, and to process the input information of the therapist to be displayed in association with the virtual response information of the treatment animal. It is preferable to include.

An animal-mediated treatment method using an animal-mediated treatment system using gesture control for solving the technical problem to be achieved by the present invention comprises the steps of: (a) displaying a treatment animal corresponding to the registered information of the therapist; (b) a therapist observing and interacting with the treatment animal and the therapist, intervening to control the behavior of the treatment animal and display the situation; (c) analyzing a behavioral pattern input from the therapist to display a response of the treated animal according to the behavior; And (d) analyzing the voice pattern input from the therapist and displaying the response of the treated animal according to the voice.

In the present invention, (e) when the ball throwing menu is selected, the therapist may direct a ball throwing action on the screen, and may further include displaying a response of the treatment animal picking up the ball.

In the present invention, when the (f) walking menu is selected, the background of the screen is changed to match the trail, and the therapist and the treating animal walk together to display a situation in which the therapist responds to the abnormal behavior and response of the treating animal. It may further comprise a step.

In the present invention, the step (b) may include (b-1) allowing the treated animal to perform a defined action according to a request signal based on the action of the treated animal input by the therapist; (b-2) allowing the therapeutic animal to perform an active / positive response to the therapist's input signal according to the therapeutic animal response increase signal input by the therapist; And (b-3) allowing the treatment animal to perform a passive / negative response to the input signal of the therapist according to the treatment animal response reduction signal input by the therapist.

In the present invention, the step (c) comprises the steps of (c-1) analyzing the coordinate values of the movement of the therapist in three-dimensional space; And (c-2) displaying the application of the therapist's behavior as the content applied to the therapeutic animal by linking the action of the therapist with the position and coordinates of the treatment animal.

In the present invention, the step (d) may include (d-1) comparing a voice signal input from the therapist with a voice command stored in a database; And (d-2) transmitting a voice command identical to the voice signal to the treated animal and displaying the voice animal in response to the voice signal.

As described above, according to the present invention, the treatment animal can be digitized and a sympathy between the treatment animal and the therapist using the same can be derived more realistically by using a 3D stereoscopic image and a gesture controller.

1 is an external view of an animal mediated treatment system using gesture control according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is an internal configuration diagram of an animal mediated treatment system using gesture control disclosed in FIG. 1.
3 is a flowchart illustrating an animal mediated treatment method using an animal mediated treatment system using gesture control according to the present invention.
4 is a detailed flowchart of an input behavior processing method of a therapist in FIG. 3.
FIG. 5 is a detailed flowchart of a method of displaying a response of a treated animal according to a behavioral pattern of the user of FIG. 3.
FIG. 6 is a detailed flowchart of a method of displaying a response of a treated animal according to voice recognition of a user of FIG. 3.
7 is a detailed flowchart illustrating a method of displaying a response of a treated animal according to a menu selection of FIG. 3.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description, only parts necessary for understanding the operation according to the present invention will be described, and descriptions of other parts may be omitted so as not to distract from the gist of the present invention.

In addition, the terms or words used in the specification and claims described below are not to be construed as being limited to the ordinary or dictionary meanings, meanings consistent with the technical spirit of the present invention so that the present invention may be appropriately expressed. It should be interpreted in terms of and.

1 is an external view of an animal-mediated treatment system using gesture control according to the present invention, which includes a gesture controller 100 including a camera 110 for recognition, a display unit 200, a voice input / output unit 400, A therapist remote controller 500.

2 is an internal configuration diagram of the animal-mediated treatment system using the gesture control disclosed in FIG. 1, the gesture controller 100, the display unit 200, the voice input / output unit 400, and the therapist input remote receiver 600. , A main program processor 700 including a database, and a power supply 800.

When the therapist is located in the recognition range 300 of the gesture controller 100, the gesture controller 100 recognizes the information about the therapist through the recognition camera 110. The gesture controller 100 including the 3D recognition camera 110 recognizes the movement of the therapist after registering the therapist. The hand movement toward the space within the recognition range 300 is X, Y, Z in the 3D space. It recognizes the segmentation by the axis value and recognizes the mobility and speed using the change value and transmits it to the main program processor 700.

The main program processor 700 creates a virtual response by linking the action between the mediator and the healer on the display unit 200 that outputs the 3D stereoscopic image based on the input value.

The voice / input / output unit 400 configured as a speech recognition device repeatedly inputs the voice of the therapist to receive the input of the therapist who calls each animal, and repeatedly matches a simple command operation with the voice to input a predetermined value or more. Register with a command on the database. In the future, the same input value will be recognized as a command and will respond reasonably.

Voice commands consist of commands for repetitive actions that are mainly used in games. For example, if you define a pattern of behavioral commands such as 'hand' or 'sit,' and repeat the success of the movement, the therapist expresses affection through repeated gestures, such as contacting each animal. Allow definitions in intelligence.

In addition to the user (therapist) input, the therapist input device may be input using a separate remote controller 500. Inside the system, a therapist input remote receiver 600 for receiving this input is used. The therapist observes the user's behavior and suddenly requires a specific response of the animal, or applies the penalty for the user's good behavior and a penalty for the wrong behavior to the remote controller 500 to induce the therapist's behavior and response.

Hereinafter, an animal-mediated treatment method using an animal-mediated treatment system using gesture control according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 3 to 7. The animal mediated treatment method according to the invention can be carried out inside an animal mediated treatment system as shown in FIG. 2.

First, the animal-mediated treatment method according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

When the user logs in after turning on the animal-mediated treatment system using gesture control (S301), it is determined whether the user is a registered user by comparing with the user information stored in the internal database (S303).

If the user is not a registered user, the treatment animal is registered through the new user registration (S305), and the name and type of the treatment animal are selected and stored (S307). Since each user has different inputs such as voice commands and names of the treated animals, they are stored separately. Thereafter, the registered user selects the desired type of the treated animal and stores the name and uses the name.

When the login of the registered user is normally performed and the registration of the new subscriber is completed, the treatment animal data of the user is loaded and output to the display unit 200 (S309). The treated animal output to the display unit 200 is applied with basic atmospheric artificial intelligence until it receives an external input signal such as a user's motion or voice, and performs a normal action.

Next, it is determined whether an input of a therapist is received (S311). The therapist waits while observing the behavior of the treatment animal and the patient, and enters a specific state using the remote controller 500 when it is determined that the intervention is necessary. When the input of the therapist occurs, the program detects this and stops the general AI operation of the treated animal and processes the input behavior of the therapist (S313). The input behavior processing method of the therapist will be described below with reference to FIG. 4.

If the therapist's input is not received, it is determined whether the user's behavioral input is received (S315). When the user's behavior input is received, the response of the treatment animal is output to the display unit 200 by linking the behavior pattern of the user with the position of the treatment animal displayed on the display unit 200 (S315). A method of displaying a response of a treated animal according to a user's behavior pattern will be described below with reference to FIG. 5.

If the user's action input is not received, it is determined whether the user's voice input is received (S319). When the user's voice input is received, the response of the treated animal is output to the display unit 200 in association with the user's voice through the user's voice recognition (S321). A method of displaying a response of a treated animal according to a voice recognition of a user will be described below with reference to FIG. 6.

If there is no input of a therapist, a user's action input, and a voice input, it is determined whether a separate menu input is received (S323). In response to the ball throwing (S325) or the walking (S327) menu selection, in response to the user's gesture, the response of the treated animal is output to the display unit 200 (step 329). A method of displaying a response of the treated animal according to the menu selection will be described below with reference to FIG. 7.

After processing the input behavior of the therapist, displaying the response of the treatment animal according to the user's behavior, displaying the response of the treatment animal according to the voice recognition of the user, or if there is no input after processing the menu input, the treatment animal is switched to the standby state. Artificial intelligence is applied to the reaction (S331).

Then, when the power-off signal is received (S333), the animal-mediated treatment system using gesture control is turned off while ending and all program data are automatically stored.

Next, referring to FIG. 4, the therapist's input behavior processing method (S313) will be described in detail.

The therapist waits while observing the behavior of the treatment animal and the patient, and if it is determined that the intervention is necessary, the therapist inputs a specific state by using the remote controller 500. In operation S401, when the input is a request for the behavior of the treatment animal, a defined behavioral process, for example, the treatment animal performs a tail, build, or run away (S403). The behavior defined herein is the behavior of the treated animal to cause sanction or interest in the behavior of the user (eg patient), and is not limited to this example.

In addition, when maintaining the relationship with the treated animal to induce the user's behavior well (S405) to increase the artificial intelligence response of the treated animal (S407) and then give a more positive or positive response to the user ( S409).

However, when the relationship between the user and the treated animal is violent or negative or passive behavior continues, the response rate is lowered (S411) and the artificial animal's AI response is reduced (S413). To show (S415).

Next, the method of displaying a response of the treated animal according to the behavior pattern (S317) will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 5.

When there is a user's action input, the user's motion coordinate value input to the gesture controller 100 through the camera 110 is analyzed (S501), and the user's action is measured in a three-dimensional space (X, Y, Z axes). Analyze by speed value (S503).

Thereafter, the user's behavior pattern is defined to link the user's behavior with the treatment animal being output, the position value and the coordinate value (S505), and output the content to which the user's behavior is applied to the treatment animal (S507).

Recognizing behavior patterns such as reaching out to the display unit 200 or stroking toward the location of the treatment animal is reflected in the likelihood of the treatment animal (S509). As a result, the treated animal responds to the user's behavioral pattern. The response of the treated animal is defined according to a pre-made AI pattern.

Subsequently, a method of displaying a response of the treated animal according to the voice recognition of the user (S321) will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 6.

When the user inputs the voice through the voice input / output unit 400 (S601), the analog voice signal is converted into digital and then compared with the voice command stored in the database (S603).

It is determined whether there is the same value as the input voice data and the voice command stored in the database (S605), and if the same voice command exists, it is transmitted to the artificial intelligence of the treated animal to determine and respond to the behavior pattern of the treated animal (S607). The result is output to the display unit 200.

Next, the method of displaying the response of the treated animal according to the menu selection (S325 and S327) will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 7.

When a menu is selected, a menu bar is displayed on the display unit 200 and the menu is largely composed of two types, a ball throwing menu and a walking menu. When the corresponding menu is selected, the background of the display 200 is switched to a background for enjoying the selected menu.

When the ball throw menu is selected (S701), the movement amount value and the velocity value in the three-dimensional space (X, Y, Z axis) through the gesture controller 100 are received and analyzed (S703), and the display unit 200 Directing the action of throwing the ball to the screen (S705), and raises the crush by allowing the treated animal to pick up the ball (S707), to obtain the exercise and therapeutic effect through the ball play.

When the walking menu is selected (S709), a list of trails is output on the display unit 200, and a desired trail is selected (S711).

When the trail is selected, the background of the display unit 200 is changed to match the selected trail, and the user appropriately responds to abnormal behaviors and reactions of the treated animal while enjoying a walk with the treated animal (S713). Through this, the user performs learning to help form social relations.

As described above, the present invention has been proved to have good effect of the conventional animal mediated treatment, but it is difficult to secure the treatment animal, so it is not easy to activate, digitizing the treatment animal, and the 3D stereoscopic image and gesture controller This can lead to a more realistic interaction with the treated animal.

Among the practical problems that the treatment dogs of basic animal-mediated treatment have, the animal-mediated treatment is difficult to activate due to the part of attack, the stress of life, and the high requirements for the selection of the treatment animal. In order to solve this problem easily, and to feel a better connection with the treatment animal, the state-of-the-art treatment media animal was developed using the latest technology gesture controller and 3D stereoscopic image output device. Another advantage of digitalization is that it is easy to add various transformations and responses. Combined with these advantages and needs, the present invention will play a large role in animal mediated treatment.

So far I looked at the center of the preferred embodiment for the present invention. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. Therefore, the disclosed embodiments should be considered in descriptive sense only and not for purposes of limitation. The scope of the present invention is shown in the claims rather than the foregoing description, and all differences within the scope will be construed as being included in the present invention.

Claims (7)

A display unit displaying a virtual therapeutic animal;
A gesture controller for recognizing and processing a three-dimensional gesture of a therapist within a recognition range;
A voice input / output unit configured to receive a voice command of the therapist;
A therapist input unit configured to input compensation and penalty information according to the therapist's behavior observation; And
A main program processor configured to generate and display virtual response information of the displayed treatment animal according to a gesture or voice command of the therapist, and to process the input information of the therapist to be displayed in association with the virtual response information of the treatment animal. Animal-mediated treatment system using gesture control. (a) displaying a treated animal corresponding to the registered information of the therapist;
(b) a therapist observing and interacting with the treatment animal and the therapist, intervening to control the behavior of the treatment animal and display the situation;
(c) analyzing a behavioral pattern input from the therapist to display a response of the treated animal according to the behavior; And
(d) analyzing the voice pattern input from the therapist and displaying the response of the treated animal according to the voice. The method of claim 2,
(e) when the ball throwing menu is selected, the therapist directs the ball throwing action on the screen, and the animal-mediated treatment method further comprises the step of displaying the response of the treatment animal picking up the ball. The method of claim 2,
(F) when the walking menu is selected, the background of the screen is changed to match the trail, and further including displaying the situation in which the therapist responds to the abnormal behavior and reaction of the therapeutic animal while the therapist and the treatment animal walk together. Animal-mediated treatment method characterized in that. The method of claim 2, wherein step (b)
(b-1) causing the treatment animal to perform a defined action according to a request signal and display the behavior of the treatment animal input by the therapist;
(b-2) allowing the therapeutic animal to perform an active / positive response to the therapist's input signal according to the therapeutic animal response increase signal input by the therapist; And
(b-3) causing the treated animal to perform a passive / negative response to the therapist's input signal according to the treatment animal's response reduction signal input by the therapist, and displaying the same. Method of treatment. The method of claim 2, wherein step (c)
(c-1) analyzing coordinate values of the movement of the therapist in three-dimensional space; And
(c-2) interlocking the action of the healer by the analysis with the position and coordinates of the healed animal, and displaying the action of the healer as applied to the healed animal. . The method of claim 2, wherein step (d)
(d-1) comparing the voice signal input from the therapist with a voice command stored in a database; And
(d-2) transmitting a voice command identical to the voice signal to the treated animal and displaying the voice signal in response to the voice signal.

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