Improve video conference therapy for children and young adults presenting with Autistic Spectrum Disorder, by using augmented reality animations, driven by A.I.

通过使用由人工智能驱动的增强现实动画，改善患有自闭症谱系障碍的儿童和年轻人的视频会议治疗。

• 批准号: 66271
• 金额: $ 8.42万
• 依托单位: NEREA ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICES LTD
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Feasibility Studies
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2020 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=66271
• 关键词: Improve; video; conference; therapy; children

By putting together a consortium of A.I. practitioners, an NHS therapist and a leading UK animator, we will build an augmented reality platform that helps therapists interact with children and young people presenting with Autistic Spectrum Disorder via video conference. Therapy sessions by video conference have become necessary because of the COVID-19 pandemic. However they present challenges to the therapist trying to engage their client, and pick up subtle and unusual social cues.Our platform overlays the therapy session conducted by video conference with a cartoon character who responds constructively to the content, sentiment and tone of the conversation. We believe that this will engage the child or young person presenting with A.S.D., and improve clinical outcomes.Our platform will provide the therapist and child or young person with a selection of animations that illustrate a key learning outcome such as "how to handle bullying" or "how to go on a play-date". The animation can then be discussed by the therapist and child, with the character from the animation overlaid into the chat. During the conversation, the A.I. detects the content, sentiment and tone of the interaction and causes the character to perform pre-determined animated responses.With a combined total of 40+ years experience in A.I. and data science across academia and industry, 10 years of experience of practical work with autistic children, and 20 years of cutting edge animation, our team brings together an unrivalled combination of experience in science, engineering, healthcare and the creative industries. Our system will use a combination of internal tools and external A.P.I's to perform advanced Natural Language Processing and emotion detection to drive the movement of the animated characters.There are over 100,000 children and young people presenting with with A.S.D. in the U.K. Provision of therapy services to these children has been disrupted due to the COVID-19 epidemic, as live interactive sessions are moved online. We aim to mitigate the disruption that this has caused with our platform.With the extension for impact, we are able to build partnerships with UK universities, and engage with charities and parents groups . This will provide independent evidence how the product helps families improve the quality of therapy sessions.

通过组合一个A.I.的财团从业人员，NHS治疗师和英国领先的动画师，我们将建立一个增强的现实平台，以帮助治疗师通过视频会议与患有自闭症谱系障碍的儿童和年轻人互动。视频会议的治疗课程由于19日大流行而变得有必要。但是，他们对试图吸引客户的治疗师提出了挑战，并获得了微妙而不寻常的社交线索。我们的平台覆盖了视频会议与卡通人物进行的疗法会议，他们对谈话的内容，情感和语气做出了建设性的回应。我们认为，这将吸引与A.S.D.一起展示的儿童或年轻人，并改善临床成果。我们的平台将为治疗师和儿童或年轻人提供各种动画，以说明“如何处理欺凌”等关键学习结果，例如或“如何进行游戏日期”。然后，治疗师和孩子可以讨论动画，动画中的角色覆盖在聊天中。在谈话中，AI。检测到互动的内容，情感和语气，并使角色执行预定的动画响应。在A.I.中，总共有40多年的经验。以及整个学术界和行业的数据科学，与自闭症儿童的实践工作的10年经验以及20年的尖端动画，我们的团队汇集了科学，工程，医疗保健和创意产业的经验无与伦比的结合。我们的系统将使用内部工具和外部A.P.I的组合来执行先进的自然语言处理和情感检测，以推动动画角色的运动。有100,000多名与A.S.D.一起出现的儿童和年轻人。在英国为这些儿童提供治疗服务中，由于19日期的流行，由于现场互动会议已在网上移动，因此被破坏了。我们的目的是减轻我们的平台造成的破坏。随着影响力的扩展，我们能够与英国大学建立伙伴关系，并与慈善机构和父母团体互动。这将提供独立的证据，该产品如何帮助家庭改善治疗课程的质量。