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.

通过组建一个由人工智能从业者、NHS治疗师和英国领先动画师组成的联盟，我们将建立一个增强现实平台，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。由于新冠肺炎大流行，通过视频会议进行治疗变得必要。然而，它们给治疗师带来了挑战，试图吸引他们的客户，并获得微妙和不同寻常的社交线索。我们的平台覆盖了通过视频会议进行的治疗会话，由一个卡通人物建设性地回应对话的内容、情绪和语气。我们相信，这将使出现ADD的儿童或青少年参与进来，并改善临床结果。我们的平台将为治疗师和儿童或青少年提供一系列动画，说明关键的学习结果，如“如何处理欺凌行为”或“如何进行游戏约会”。然后，治疗师和孩子可以讨论动画，并将动画中的角色叠加到聊天中。在对话中，人工智能检测互动的内容、情绪和语气，并使角色执行预先确定的动画反应。凭借在学术界和工业界的40多年人工智能和数据科学经验，10年自闭症儿童实际工作经验，以及20年尖端动画经验，我们的团队集合了科学、工程、医疗保健和创意行业的无与伦比的经验。我们的系统将使用内部工具和外部A.P.I相结合的方式来执行高级自然语言处理和情感检测来驱动动画角色的移动。在英国，有超过100,000名患有ADD的儿童和年轻人。由于新冠肺炎疫情，为这些儿童提供的治疗服务已经被中断，因为现场互动会议被转移到网上。我们的目标是减轻这对我们平台造成的干扰。随着Impact的扩展，我们能够与英国大学建立合作伙伴关系，并与慈善机构和家长团体接触。这将提供独立的证据，证明该产品如何帮助家庭提高治疗过程的质量。