KR102080586B1 - Method and system for screening of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder by robot - Google Patents

Abstract

In a system including a robot, an ADHD disorder screening method includes: presenting a problem by executing content stored in a database, measuring a user's behavior on the problem by using one or more sensors, and measuring the measured user's behavior. Storing the behavior information in a database, and performing the ADHD disorder screening by scoring the stored user behavior information according to the ADHD screening criteria.

Description

Robot-mediated attention deficit hyperactivity disorder screening method and system {METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SCREENING OF ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER BY ROBOT}

The present invention relates to a method and system for screening attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) through a robot, and more particularly, to a method for measuring behavioral response data using a robot and a method for screening attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. .

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is the most commonly observed psychiatric disease in preschool or school age, with inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity being the main symptoms. Distractions, hyperactivity, and impulsivity due to persistent lack of attention can lead to a number of behavioral problems, such as low self-esteem, depression, and antisocial personality disorders, which are caused by low academic achievement during school age. The problem may continue.

The fourth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Guideline for Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) classifies ADHD into three main types. First, the most common type of symptom of attention deficit and hyper impulsiveness. Second, the lack of attention is the dominant type. Third, the hyperactive-impulsive behavior is the dominant type of classification.

The key symptoms in children with ADHD are hyperactivity and decreased attention, which can be commonly seen in children with ADHD or other diseases and normal developmental processes. Thus, the general diagnosis of ADHD is a comprehensive set of diagnostic tools, including growth and development, past illness, parental interviews, medical assessments including physical and neurological examinations, cognitive assessments, behavioral assessment scales written by parents and teachers, and assessment of motor skills. There is a problem that the observation is made between parents and teachers, or the classification of symptoms may not be clearly made in various situations.

In order to determine inattention, hyperactivity, and execution function, the robot presents a content (game) that can collect the behavioral response of the subject through visual and audio stimuli, and generates data when performing tasks through the content. We aim to collect ADHD objectively.

In order to achieve the above object, according to an aspect of the present invention, as a method for screening ADHD disorders in a system including a robot, presenting a problem by executing contents stored in a database, using one or more sensors, the problem Measuring a user's behavior with respect to, storing the measured user's behavior information in a database, and scoring the stored user's behavior information according to ADHD screening criteria to perform ADHD disorder screening.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, presenting a problem by executing content stored in a database may include presenting a problem through one or more of a display, a speaker, and a movement of the robot.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the score that is the criterion for ADHD selection may include a performance score of the problem, a response score for a stimulus, a time score for a response, and a score for deviation behavior.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the presenting of the problem by executing the content stored in the database may include presenting a path in which the robot moves on a square board disposed on a floor, and presenting a problem that may be solved in the square board. It may include a step.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, presenting a problem that can be solved in the square board may include presenting at least one stimulus randomly.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the step of scoring the stored user's behavior information according to the ADHD screening criteria to perform the ADHD disorder screening, success for a problem that can be solved based on the path the robot moves on the square board And performing ADHD disorder screening based on one or more of whether or not to perform the required response to the one or more stimuli, time of response, and deviant behavioral response.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the presenting the problem by executing the content stored in the database may include repeatedly presenting the problem according to a plurality of steps.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the one or more sensors may include a motion recognition sensor.

According to another aspect of the invention, a system including a robot for screening ADHD disorders, comprising a database, one or more sensors for measuring the user's behavior, and a program control unit, the program control unit, Run stored content to present a problem, measure the user's behavior on the problem using the one or more sensors, store the measured user's behavior information in the database, and store the stored user's behavior information ADHD disorder screening is performed by scoring according to ADHD screening criteria.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the apparatus may further include a display and a speaker, and the program controller may present a problem through at least one of the movement of the display, the speaker, and the robot.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the program controller may present a path in which the robot moves in a square board disposed on a floor, and present a problem that may be solved in the square board.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the program controller may randomly present one or more stimuli.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the program control unit, the success or failure of the problem that can be solved based on the path of the robot in the square board, whether or not to perform the required response to the one or more stimulus, the response ADHD disorder screening can be performed based on one or more of time and deviant behavioral responses.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the program controller may repeatedly present a problem according to a plurality of steps.

The present invention can more objectively select ADHD disorders and present the results by evaluating behavioral responses using robots and contents (games) in order to screen the subjects for ADHD disorders. In addition, it is possible to build a new classification criteria (system) based on the characteristics of the clustered group in the future through the user database established by the present invention, it can be used as objective data in the future screening of disability.

The effect obtained in the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned effects, and other effects not mentioned above may be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description. will be.

1 illustrates the structure of a system for screening ADHD disorders in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of screening for ADHD disorder using a robot according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 illustrates a square board for evaluation content for screening ADHD disorders in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The system for screening ADHD via a robot according to embodiments may have aspects that are entirely hardware or partially hardware and partially software. For example, a system for screening ADHD through a robot may collectively refer to a device for transmitting and receiving data of a specific format and content in an electronic communication method and related software. As used herein, the terms "module", "server", "system", "device" or "terminal" are intended to refer to a combination of hardware and software driven by that hardware. For example, the hardware here may be a data processing device including a CPU or other processor. In addition, software driven by hardware may refer to a running process, an object, an executable, a thread of execution, a program, or the like.

1 illustrates the structure of a system 100 for screening ADHD disorders in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, the structure of the system 100 may include a program controller 110, one or more sensors 120, a robot platform 130, a display 140, a speaker 150, and a database 170. Can be.

The program controller 110 may include one or more of a central processing unit (CPU), an application processor (AP), or a communication processor (CP). The program controller 110 may execute, for example, an operation or data processing related to control and / or communication of at least one other component of the system 100.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the program controller 110 controls the robot platform 130 for the ADHD test based on the content information received from the database 170, the display 140 and the speaker 150, etc. You can control the output of. In addition, the program controller 110 may process information about a user's response measured using the sensor 120. The program controller 110 may directly classify the information regarding the measured user's response by using the ADHD screening criterion information or the like, or transmit the information about the measured user's response to an external server.

The sensor 120 is for tracking the user's behavior and capturing the behavior data as the content is executed, and may include various types of sensors for motion recognition. For example, a 3D depth sensor or similar sensor including a red-green-blue (RGB) camera may be included to extend the recognition range. In this case, the depth camera collects 3D depth information in front of the sensor and may be a camera capable of capturing an RGB image. If the RGB image cannot be acquired at the same time by the 3D depth sensor, it may include an image acquisition camera that can be synchronized with the depth sensor. In addition, the system may use the measurement data obtained by the user using an external motion recognition sensor. In this case, the system may not include a motion recognition sensor.

The database 170 includes a content database 171 associated with game information, a user database 172 associated with at least one of user information, measurement information (action information), and classification information, and an ADHD classification criteria database 173 associated with ADHD screening criteria. It may include at least one of). The content database 171, the user database 172, and the ADHD classification criteria database 173 may be included in the system 100, or may be provided by a device outside the system 100. When the database 170 is external, the program controller 110 may control to receive at least one of content, user information, measurement information (action information), classification information, and data related to ADHD classification criteria from an external database. have.

2 shows a flowchart of a method for diagnosing ADHD disorder by the system 100 for screening for ADHD disorder according to one embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 2, the method of screening for ADHD disorders includes registering user information (S201), executing contents (S203), describing contents by robot (S205), presenting problems by robot (S207), and user game. Progress step (S209), the behavior information storage step (S211) measured in the performance of the game, other content selection determination step (S213) and ADHD classification and result storage step (S215).

First, as a preparation step for the ADHD evaluation, the user's information is registered (S201). For example, the user may receive information including personal information such as identification number, name, gender, age, and educational attainment of an evaluator subject to evaluation of ADHD disorder through the input interface 160, and store the information in the user database 172. .

Next, the content to be provided to the user is executed (S203). According to an embodiment of the present invention, game information may be derived from the content database 171 to execute a game. The executed content may vary depending on the user information registered in the previous step (S201). For example, one or more of the type, content, and difficulty of the content to be executed may be determined based on one or more information of the user's gender, age, and education.

Thereafter, the robot explains the content to the user (S205). For example, the sensor 120 may recognize a user and explain a game progress method in which a robot is executed.

Next, the robot presents a problem to the user (S207). According to one embodiment of the invention, the robot can present a problem provided in the content to evaluate the user's behavior. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the content may be composed of several steps (for example, steps 1 to 3), and the robot may repeatedly present the problem to each user according to each step.

Then, the user proceeds to the game (S209). That is, the user may play a game in question given by the robot, and the robot may measure the behavioral response of the user by using the sensor 120 or the like. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the content may be composed of several steps (for example, steps 1 to 3), and it may be determined that the execution of the corresponding content is completed only when the various steps provided in one content are performed. According to another embodiment of the present disclosure, whenever the performance of each step of the multi-step content is completed, the user may request the user to select the progress of the next step. In this case, the system 100 may measure all of the user's behavioral responses to game performance at each step.

Next, the behavior information measured when the user performs the game is stored (S211). For example, behavior data generated when a user plays a game and stimulus response data about carelessness, hyperactivity, and execution function may be collected and stored in the user database 172. According to an embodiment, the collected data may be transmitted to an external server and stored in an external storage device.

Next, it is determined whether other content is selected (S213). For example, the robot completes the user game execution by the executed content and determines whether to perform other content. If other content is selected, the process returns to step S203 to execute the content. If no other content is selected, the flow advances to step S215. This determination step can be omitted.

Finally, if no other content is selected, the ADHD is classified according to the measured behavior information and the result is stored (S215). For example, the behavior information data stored in the user database 172 may be analyzed using the ADHD selection criteria of the ADHD classification criteria database 173, the ADHD disorder may be screened / diagnosed, and the result may be stored.

As described above, the system 100 allows the user to play the above-described game (content) that solves a given task using clues presented to the user through vision and hearing, and the reaction form and reaction time when the game is performed. The present invention may provide a method for screening an ADHD disorder, which is a method of acquiring and analyzing deviation behavior. At this time, the deviation behavior refers to a behavior in which the behavior or reaction is severely out of the general standard of the peer.

3 illustrates a square board 300 for evaluation content for screening ADHD disorders in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, referring to FIG. 3, the selected and executed content may be moved by moving into the square board 300 after the user waits outside the square board 300 and checks a path in which the robot moves. It may be content of the content to solve. In the above embodiment, the environment configuration of the content is a sensor 120 (for example, a motion recognition sensor) is located on the front surface, the bottom may be in the form of a square board 300 denoted by numbers as shown in FIG. Accordingly, the movement and behavior of the subject can be measured. In the square board 300 shown in FIG. 3, the arrangement of the numbers and the starting point 301 and the ending point 303 is merely an example, and the arrangement may vary according to various embodiments.

The evaluation content may be displayed on the screen of the "wolf" or "neighbors" for visual and auditory stimulation, it may be a comment to call the evaluation target. In addition, a total of three levels of games excluding the exercises can be presented to the evaluation target. The exercise may be presented in the same manner as step 1, and steps 1 to 3 may have a difference between the number of movement paths and the number of stimuli. Here, the movement path may mean a path moving in a square board 300 in which a number from 1 to 6 is written, including a start point 301 and an end point 303 as a total of 9 columns of 3 columns and 3 columns. Responses to stimuli can be divided into positive, false and miss responses. A positive response can be defined as one that performs correctly according to the stimulus, a wrong response can be incorrectly performed for that stimulus, or a missing response can be defined as one that does not perform for that stimulus.

In addition, the movement path is randomly presented and may be presented in left / right / up / down / diagonal lines.

In step 1, the content for evaluation may proceed in the order of 'start-first number-second number-third number-end'. In addition, one stimulus may be presented randomly to the user.

In step 2, the content for evaluation may proceed in the order of 'start-first number-second number-third number-fourth number-end'. In addition, one stimulus may be presented randomly to the user.

In step 3, the content for evaluation may proceed in the order of 'start-first number-second number-third number-fourth number-fifth number-end'. In addition, two stimuli can be presented randomly to the user.

The method provides more objective results through evaluating behavioral responses using robots and contents (games) for diagnosing the disorder of subjects suspected of ADHD, and further clustering them through a user database constructed by the method. New screening criteria (systems) based on the characteristics of the group can be built and aimed to be used as objective data in the future diagnosis of disorders. have. The table below shows the scores that serve as criteria for selecting content contents and ADHD disorders thereof according to some embodiments.

Contents 1. Move Path
1) success When the robot has stepped on the number of paths suggested by the robot to the destination 2) failure If the robot does not remember the number of the route suggested by the starting point, it has timed out in the middle or moved to the arrival point by stepping on a number other than the suggested number. 2. Stimulus Response Score
(n / 4) 1) Forward reaction The number of cases in which a positive reaction (whip the wolf, greet the neighbor with one arm up) to the stimulus (wolf / neighbor) (event recording) 2) incorrect reaction The number of cases in which an erroneous response to a stimulus (wolf / neighbor) occurred (event recording) 3) missing Number of missed cases with no response to stimulus (wolf / neighbors) 2. Time score 1) Start reaction time From the start point, "Let's do it now" until the foot is released (reaction time recording method)-There are 3 steps that can be recorded since there are 3 steps after starting each step. 2) stimulus response time After hearing the sound "red cape," the reaction to the stimulus until the reaction sound is confirmed (reaction time recording method)
-By measuring the stimulus response time for each stage, a total of 4 measurement records can be obtained once per stage. 3) Task completion time After the start sound, time measurement from the time the foot is released (from the time after the start reaction time) to the time when the foot touches the end point (Duration time recording method)-A total of three measurement records can be generated once for each step. 3. Deviance Score 1) Teacher Reference Questioning or looking at the teacher during the whole task (5 second interval)-Cuts every 5 seconds for the whole time and displays a + when the action is seen in all parts, and measures the ratio of the whole section. 2) body movement during standby When the robot explains or shows a demonstration (i.e. in a description and practice game), the child moves the body (5 seconds interval). Measure the percentage of the interval 3) horses waiting When the robot explains or demonstrates (i.e. in a description and practice game) the child speaks alone (5 second intervals). Measured percentage of 4) Move before start instruction Attempts to move before the robot's start instruction (event recording method n / 3)-Since there are three game starts, it measures the frequency of how many of them. 5) Attempts to misreact before positive reaction of stimulus Misreactions before positive reactions to stimuli (event record n / 4)-Frequency of misreacted behaviors before positive reactions in 4 stages: 1 stage 1 stage 2 stage 3 stage 2 Measured 6) Modify route Behavior not attempted to fail but attempting to go the wrong path (event record n / 15)-three levels of first level (number of paths 4), four numbers of second level (number of paths 5), five numbers of third level (number of paths) 6) measure the frequency of behaviors attempting to go wrong in a total of 15 paths 7) Movement attempt before moving sound Attempts to move before a beep in one license plate (Event Record n / 15)-As with route correction, measures the frequency of actions to be attempted before a beep in a total of 15 paths. 8) Not performed after the start instruction Behavior that does not move even after the robot's start instruction (event recording method n / 3)-Since there are three game starts, it measures how many times out of the three times.

As described above, unlike the conventional ADHD screening method that is determined by the doctor's judgment by referring to the opinions of parents and teachers found through observation of symptoms of carelessness and hyperactivity, the user's behavior on carelessness, hyperactivity, and execution function Contents (games) for observing a reaction can be presented through a robot and objectively analyzed by scoring a user's disability on the basis of the user's 3D location information and the response information acting according to the teaching information.

Operation by the robot-mediated attention deficit hyperactivity disorder screening method and system according to the embodiments described above may be at least partly implemented as a computer program and recorded in a computer-readable recording medium. In the recording medium according to the embodiments, a program for implementing one or more operations of the robot-mediated attention deficit hyperactivity disorder screening method and system is recorded, and the recording medium may store data that can be read by a computer. Any kind of recording device. For example, computer-readable recording media include ROM, RAM, CD-ROM, magnetic tape, floppy disks, optical data storage devices, and the like. Also, carrier wave (for example, transmission over the Internet) may be used. It also includes implementations in form. The computer readable recording medium can also be distributed over network coupled computer systems so that the computer readable instructions (ie, codes) are stored and executed in a distributed fashion. In addition, functional programs, codes, and code segments for implementing the present embodiment may be easily understood by those skilled in the art to which the present embodiment belongs.

Although the present invention described above has been described with reference to the embodiments illustrated in the drawings, this is merely exemplary, and it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations may be made therefrom. However, such modifications should be considered to be within the technical protection scope of the present invention. Therefore, the true technical protection scope of the present invention will be defined by the technical spirit of the appended claims.

Whenever appropriate, terms used in the singular also include the plural and vice versa. Use such as "one" means "one or more" except where expressly inappropriate to use in the sense of "one or more" herein. The use of the term "or" means "and / or" unless stated otherwise.

Claims (16)

As a method for screening ADHD disorders in a system including a robot,
Executing a content stored in a database to present a path on which the robot moves on a square board disposed on a floor, and presenting a problem to be solved in the square board;
After the problem presentation, further randomly presenting one or more stimuli;
Using one or more sensors, measuring a user's behavior with respect to the problem and the one or more stimuli;
Storing the measured user's behavior information in a database; And
Behavioral information of the stored user is scored according to the ADHD screening criteria, including the performance score of the problem, the response score for the one or more stimuli, and the time score for the response, and the ADHD disorder screening is performed based on the scored information. A method for screening ADHD disorders comprising; The method of claim 1,
Presenting the problem by running the content stored in the database,
At least one of a display and a speaker and presenting the problem through the movement of the robot. The method of claim 1,
The time score for the response includes a response time until starting to perform the problem, a response time for the one or more stimuli, and a score for task completion time to complete the performance of the problem. Method for screening ADHD disorders. delete delete The method of claim 1,
Performing the ADHD disorder screening based on the scored information,
Success or failure of a problem that can be solved based on a path on which the robot moves in the square board, whether or not to perform a required response to the one or more stimuli, a time required and a deviation of the problem and the response to the one or more stimuli ADHD disorder screening method comprising the step of performing the ADHD disorder screening based on the scored information based on the behavioral response. The method of claim 1,
Presenting the problem by running the content stored in the database,
And presenting the problem repeatedly according to a plurality of steps. The method of claim 1,
The at least one sensor comprises a motion recognition sensor. A system comprising a robot for screening for ADHD disorders,
database;
One or more sensors for measuring a user's behavior; And
A program control unit;
The program control unit,
Present the path that the robot moves in the square board placed on the floor by executing the content stored in the database, present a problem that can be solved on the square board, and at least one stimulus after the problem is presented at random Measure the user's behavior with respect to the problem and the one or more stimuli using the one or more sensors, store the measured user's behavior information in the database and select the stored user's behavior information with ADHD According to a criterion, scoring a score including a performance score of the problem, a response score for the one or more stimuli, a time score for the response, and performing ADHD disorder screening based on the scored information. The method of claim 9,
display; And
It further comprises a speaker;
The program controller presents a problem through at least one of the display and the speaker and the movement of the robot. The method of claim 9,
The time score for the response includes a response time until starting to perform the problem, a response time for the one or more stimuli, and a score for task completion time to complete the performance of the problem. System. delete delete The method of claim 9,
The program control unit, the success or failure of the problem that can be solved based on the path of the robot on the square board, whether or not to perform the required response to the one or more stimulation, the problem and the response to the one or more stimulation A system for performing ADHD disorder screening based on scored information based on the duration of time and on aberrant behavioral response. The method of claim 9,
And the program controller repeatedly presents the problem according to a plurality of steps. The method of claim 9,
The one or more sensors include a motion recognition sensor.

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