TY - GEN
T1 - Smart eyewear enabled interactive pet toy for users with limited mobility
AU - Lee, Yuyu
AU - Kanda, Michi
AU - Zu, Jiarui
AU - Zhengren, Fangqing
AU - Chernyshov, George
AU - Kunze, Kai
PY - 2019/9/9
Y1 - 2019/9/9
N2 - Smart eyewear that detects eye movements and head motions have been applied to studies on detecting oneâĂŹs mental state [5], engagement level in social interactions, and measuring concentration [4]. However, applications for these smart eyewear that offers intriguing and novel interactive experience has seldom been used as wearable device-control. As an application of this type of wearable, we used J!NS MEME that enables head motion data to control smart devices with hands-free operation in a pet toy system to facilitate human-animal interaction for people in cases of limited mobility either due to physical disability or the lack of enough space allowance. For our study, we primarily focused on exploring interaction possibilities between pet owners, who experience physical limitations due to the latter context, and their pets. The study result shows a promising start for opening up new interaction opportunities for our targeted audience in the context of physical limitation; however, the impact on those with physical disabilities is still arguable as it is yet to be evaluated.Nevertheless, since smart eyewear can act as an unobtrusive and useful body extension for people with limited mobility, we believe that it can be an alternative input option that can be applied not just to human-animal interaction but also to wider domains such smart devices and home systems for these users.
AB - Smart eyewear that detects eye movements and head motions have been applied to studies on detecting oneâĂŹs mental state [5], engagement level in social interactions, and measuring concentration [4]. However, applications for these smart eyewear that offers intriguing and novel interactive experience has seldom been used as wearable device-control. As an application of this type of wearable, we used J!NS MEME that enables head motion data to control smart devices with hands-free operation in a pet toy system to facilitate human-animal interaction for people in cases of limited mobility either due to physical disability or the lack of enough space allowance. For our study, we primarily focused on exploring interaction possibilities between pet owners, who experience physical limitations due to the latter context, and their pets. The study result shows a promising start for opening up new interaction opportunities for our targeted audience in the context of physical limitation; however, the impact on those with physical disabilities is still arguable as it is yet to be evaluated.Nevertheless, since smart eyewear can act as an unobtrusive and useful body extension for people with limited mobility, we believe that it can be an alternative input option that can be applied not just to human-animal interaction but also to wider domains such smart devices and home systems for these users.
KW - Assistive technology
KW - Computer interaction for disabled persons
KW - Eye-wear computing
KW - Hands-free input
KW - Head movement interaction
KW - Human-animal interaction
KW - Inclusive design
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U2 - 10.1145/3341162.3343821
DO - 10.1145/3341162.3343821
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85072898688
T3 - UbiComp/ISWC 2019- - Adjunct Proceedings of the 2019 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and Proceedings of the 2019 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers
SP - 113
EP - 116
BT - UbiComp/ISWC 2019- - Adjunct Proceedings of the 2019 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and Proceedings of the 2019 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers
PB - Association for Computing Machinery, Inc
T2 - 2019 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and 2019 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers, UbiComp/ISWC 2019
Y2 - 9 September 2019 through 13 September 2019
ER -