Evaluation of Spoken Language Understanding by Oxygenated Hemoglobin Concentration

Akio Nozawa; Tota Mizuno; Hirotoshi Asano; Hideto Ide

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doi: 10.20965/jrm.2010.p0003

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Evaluation of Spoken Language Understanding by Oxygenated Hemoglobin Concentration

Akio Nozawa^, Tota Mizuno^,
Hirotoshi Asano^, and Hideto Ide^***

^*Meisei University, 2-1-1 Hodokubo, Hino, Tokyo, Japan

^**Tokyo Polytechnic University, 1583 Iiyama, Atsugi, Kanagawa, Japan

^***Aoyama Gakuin University, 5-10-1 Fuchinobe, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan

Received:

September 30, 2008

Accepted:

July 8, 2009

Published:

February 20, 2010

Keywords:

speech language understanding, subjective understanding, near-infrared spectroscopy, optical topography, oxygenated hemoglobin

Abstract

The subjective understanding of spoken language understanding is quantitatively evaluated by variations in oxygenated hemoglobin concentration measured by near-infrared spectroscopy. English listening comprehension tests consisting of two levels of difficulty were taken by 4 subjects during measurement. A correlation was found between subjective understanding and variations in oxygenated hemoglobin concentration.

Cite this article as:

A. Nozawa, T. Mizuno, <. Asano, and H. Ide, “Evaluation of Spoken Language Understanding by Oxygenated Hemoglobin Concentration,” J. Robot. Mechatron., Vol.22, No.1, pp. 3-9, 2010.

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Evaluation of Spoken Language Understanding by Oxygenated Hemoglobin Concentration

Akio Nozawa*, Tota Mizuno**, Hirotoshi Asano***, and Hideto Ide***

Akio Nozawa^, Tota Mizuno^,
Hirotoshi Asano^, and Hideto Ide^***