Performing general human behavior by experts' navigation is expected to be realized as wearable and ubiquitous technologies and computing develop. For simple, ordinary behavior, a person does not need the assistance of an expert. However, if one is standing next to an injured/ill person, one needs the instruction on performing first aid treatment from an expert. The wearer of the wearable behavior navigation system will be able to conduct first aid treatment as an expert would. We have developed the wearable behavior navigation systems using Augmented Reality technology, mainly for the navigation of the first aid treatment and for escape from dangerous areas, such as a building on fire. The effectiveness of the wearable navigation systems has been evaluated by a number of experiments. In this paper, the basic mechanism to realize general human behavior navigation is presented, along with the concrete configuration of the prototype of the navigation systems, and the experimental evaluation.

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Performing general human behavior by experts' navigation is expected to be realized as wearable and ubiquitous technologies and computing develop further. For example, the user of the behavior navigation system will be able to conduct first aid treatment as an expert would. We proposed and developed the Wearable Behavior Navigation System (WBNS) using Augmented Reality (AR) technology. By using the WBNS, an expert can guide a non-expert to conduct a variety of first aid treatments. However, a number of issues must be resolved in order to commercialize the WBNS using AR technology, because of the limitations of the Head Mounted Display (HMD). It usually takes a few minutes to wear the HMD. The time required for wearing the HMD is a critical problem for performing emergency first-aid treatment. In order to start the first-aid treatment as soon as possible, we propose three simpler Behavior Navigation Systems (BNSs) using popular video conferencing systems on an internet TV, a laptop computer, and a smartphone. Although these BNSs do not have general behavior navigation function, they have enough capability to conduct the behavior navigation for CPR (CardioPulmonary Resuscitation), which is the most critical/important first aid treatment. In this paper, the configuration of the BNSs for CPR, the instructions for remote CPR, and the results of the preliminary experiments are presented.

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