An Accessible Control Application for Domotic Environments

Bonino, Dario; Garbo, Alessandro

doi:10.1007/978-2-287-47610-5_2

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“…In direct interaction paradigms gaze is used to select and control devices and appliances either with head-mounted devices that can recognize objects [12] or through "intelligent" devices that can detect when people stare at them [6]. Using mediated interaction, instead, people control a software application (hosted on desktop or portable PCs) through gaze, thus being able to control all home appliances and devices [13].…”

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A blueprint for integrated eye-controlled environments

Bonino

Castellina

Corno

et al. 2009

Univ Access Inf Soc

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A blueprint for integrated eye-controlled environments

Bonino

Castellina

Corno

et al. 2009

Univ Access Inf Soc

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“…Although, the tests showed that their light system was easy to learn and use, it would be very hard to use for someone with kinetic or visual disabilities. Bonino and Garbo [4] proposed an eye/head-driven application that allows controlling a domotic home through a house gateway. The target audience for their application was people suffering from Motor Neuron Disease.…”

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Camile

Grammenos

Kartakis

Adami

et al. 2008

Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments

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Ambient Intelligent (AmI) environments bring a number of interoperating computing-embedded devices into our everyday life. The related usage scenarios get more complex when users with disabilities and elderly are taken into consideration. This paper presents an interactive application for intuitively controlling multiple sources of light in AmI environments, built so that it can be used by anyone, the young, the elderly, people with visual disabilities, and people with hand-motor disabilities alike. In order to accommodate such a wide range of users, we developed three different modes of interaction: (a) touch-screen-based for sighted users with no motor impairments; (b) remote controlled operation in combination with speech for visually impaired users or tele-operation by sighted users; and (c) scanning (both manual and automated) for motor-impaired users. In the paper, first we describe the design decisions taken and their rationale. Then, we present the user interface that was developed. Following that, we discuss the outcomes of a user-based evaluation in which people with disabilities also participated, suggesting potential interface improvements stemming from the evaluation results. Finally, we provide our conclusions and insight on future R&D work in this area.

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Beyond Communication and Control

Bates

Castellina

Corno

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Gaze Interaction and Applications of Eye Tracking

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This chapter reviews the challenges and requirements in taking gaze-based interaction beyond communication and control, such as environmental control and mobility by gaze. The chapter is divided into two sections: the first section is devoted to environment control and the second to mobility control. Each section starts by introducing its necessary underlying notions and definitions and proceeds by explaining the main arguments for the development of environmental and mobility control and examining the general problems with these areas and of those domain-specific problems related to gaze control. While special attention is devoted to standardization when environment control is at issue, user safety is the priority in mobility control. A brief review of existing commercial or advanced research solutions offered for domotic and mobility control is given for both sections, as is a review of current open research issues. Finally, some promising academic prototypes are described, along with the ways in which their developers are trying to solve some of the problems identified.

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An Accessible Control Application for Domotic Environments

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A blueprint for integrated eye-controlled environments

A blueprint for integrated eye-controlled environments

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