Un kiosque interactif pour Espaces publics

Abstract

RESUMEDans cette démonstration, nous présentons une nouvelle génération de kiosque interactif intégré, multipoints et réagissant à la présence de personnes, destiné à l'usage dans un espace public. Les systèmes interactifs publics existants n'offrent qu'une interaction très spécifique, ce qui limite leur utilité, leur utilisabilité et leur attractivité. Pour résoudre ces défauts, nous proposons une solution de tactilisation fluide et de perception du contexte fondée sur la vision par ordinateur. Nous couplons cette perception à une boîte à outils de construction de systèmes interactifs, inspirée des architectures à agents PAC. Une application interactive est décrite de manière similaire à une application web (ressources XML, asynchrone, CSS, et un langage similaire à JavaScript). Le rendu graphique est effectué par le canevas GML. Des installations commerciales montrent que les utilisateurs naïfs s'approprient et utilisent notre kiosque. ABSTRACTIn this demo, we present a new integrated, multi-touch and presence-aware kiosk, designed for public spaces. Existing public interactive systems offer limited interactions, which hinders their utility, usability and attractivity. To overcome these obstacles, we propose a computer vision-based approach to fluid tactilisation and context perception. This is coupled with an interaction toolkit inspired from PAC agents achitectures. An interactive application is described much like a web application-using asynchronous XML, CSS, and a Javascriptlike language. GUI rendering performance is achieved by using the OpenGL-based canvas GML. Commercial installations show that naive users appropriate and use our kiosk.

Gesture interface for an interactive kiosk

“…Among the most relevant work on interactive information kiosks, we can point out the work of Li et al [Li et al 2004], Gourier et al [Gourier et al 2009] and Bohak and Marolt's [Bohak and Marolt 2013]. The system of [Li et al 2004] is based on the use of an electrostatic field around the user's body.…”

“…The results they obtained seem satisfying, but the equipment required for their approach is much less accessible and a lot more expensive than what we target for our own system. On the other hand, the work Gourier et al [Gourier et al 2009] focuses on using a simpler hybrid tactile-visual system based on computer vision. Again, their solution works well, but it also brings us back to touch technologies necessitating physical contact with a conductive surface.…”

“…Realizing an interactive information kiosk with a touch interface could be a simple task: for example, it could rely on a monitor with an operating system that takes this aspect into account (Microsoft Windows 8.1 is an example). However, touch technologies are often ill-suited to some types of kiosks: according Gourier et al [Gourier et al 2009] touch technologies are inappropriate for very large screens because detection sensitivity and precision heavily depend on the accurate measurement of surface conductivity and finger pressure. Also, note that hygiene issues often arise for touch interfaces in the case of publicly available information kiosks.…”