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In this study, we developed a wearable tactile sensor which can measure the position and the pressure applied on a patient body for quantifying care skills in the care technique called "Humanitude". Humanitude has been attracting much attention as a gentle and effective care technique for a dementia patient in recent years. The developed wearable tactile sensor aims to quantify the "touch" skill among the four representative skills in Humanitude, which are gaze, touch, talk, and stand up. We have developed two types of wearable tactile sensors, an underwear-type using a pressure-sensitive conductive sheet and a FPC, and a vest-type using a conductive cloth. In addition, we developed a learning system of Humanitude using AR technology and a real object, which realizes the interaction between a care-giver and a patient by overlaying a face and eyes of a patient on a real doll using AR technology, and the quantification of touch skill using the wearable sensor. |