{"title":"Real-Time Skill Providing System Using Human Haptic Information","authors":"T. Nozaki, T. Mizoguchi, Yu Nakajima, K. Ohnishi","doi":"10.1109/HSI.2012.29","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/HSI.2012.29","url":null,"abstract":"Since the advance of the aging society with a falling birthrate, technical inheritance has been a serious problem. This paper proposes a method to provide a skillful motion. First, haptic data (i.e., position and force information) is acquired using a bilateral control system. Second, the acquired haptic data is divided into action components by using modal transformation. Third, position and force information in each action component are compared with recorded data concerning the skillful motion. Finally, if an operator performs motion similar to skillful motion, the recorded data is loaded to the bilateral control system. Similarity between the performed motion and the skillful motion is calculated based on dynamic programming matching algorithms. The validity of the proposed method was experimentally verified. In the experiments, the proposed method was applied for grasping motion, and the recorded skillful motion was reproduced when the operator tried to perform the skillful motion. The maximum position error was 0.072 cm.","PeriodicalId":222377,"journal":{"name":"2012 5th International Conference on Human System Interactions","volume":"150 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125017040","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Evaluation of Spatiotemporal Detectors and Descriptors for Facial Expression Recognition","authors":"Munawar Hayat, Bennamoun, A. El-Sallam","doi":"10.1109/HSI.2012.16","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/HSI.2012.16","url":null,"abstract":"Local spatiotemporal detectors and descriptors have recently become very popular for video analysis in many applications. They do not require any preprocessing steps and are invariant to spatial and temporal scales. Despite their computational simplicity, they have not been evaluated and tested for video analysis of facial data. This paper considers two space-time detectors and four descriptors and uses bag of features framework for human facial expression recognition on BU_4DFE data set. A comparison of local spatiotemporal features with other non-spatiotemporal published techniques on the same data set is also given. Unlike spatiotemporal features, these techniques involve time consuming and computationally intensive preprocessing steps like manual initialization and tracking of facial points. Our results show that despite being totally automatic and not requiring any user intervention, local spacetime features provide promising and comparable performance for facial expression recognition on BU_4DFE data set.","PeriodicalId":222377,"journal":{"name":"2012 5th International Conference on Human System Interactions","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128876004","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Examination of Stability and Characteristics of Gyrator Type Bilateral Control; Toward Controller and Transfer Impedance Design","authors":"T. Mizoguchi, T. Nozaki, K. Ohnishi","doi":"10.1109/HSI.2012.25","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/HSI.2012.25","url":null,"abstract":"This paper examines a stability characteristic of gyrator type bilateral control in order to determine a definite feedback gain and scaling design. Stability is examined based on root locus. Maximum stable gain, transfer impedance and transfer admittance are observed in the examination. Moreover, it is observed that at certain transfer impedance and admittance, gyrator type bilateral control and transformer type bilateral control become equivalent to each other. Validity of the analysis and characteristics of several transfer impedance and transfer admittance design are examined based on experiments.","PeriodicalId":222377,"journal":{"name":"2012 5th International Conference on Human System Interactions","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122470850","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Study on Standard Human Motion Based on Phase Plane for Non-Holonomic Vehicle Interface","authors":"S. Yokota, H. Hashimoto, D. Chugo","doi":"10.1109/HSI.2012.23","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/HSI.2012.23","url":null,"abstract":"Since the structure and D.O.F. of human and machine are different, the motion of human and machine is essentially different. This study defines \"Pseudo Human Motion\" as approximated machine's motions referring to the standard human motion. If the pseudo human motion is realized, the operation of complex machine becomes easy, because the motion of complex machine becomes human-like motion. In order to realize pseudo human motion, we derive the standard human motion which is to be a model for the machine's motion. For this purpose, we measured the human motions of plural subjects by using motion capture system. The human motion is different in each subject about the motion time, therefore it is difficult to directly use measured human motion as a standard human motion. We adopts following solutions for this problem. The fundamental components of each subject are extracted from measured human motion data by using DFT(Discrete Fourier Transform). And the fundamental components are plotted on the phase plane. There are no big differences among the human motion of each subject on the phase plane. Thus we do ellipse fitting to the each subject motion on the phase plane, and we call it the standard human motion. This ellipse trajectory, which is standard human motion, can evaluate motions even if different motion in time domain, and can absorb different motion cycle and amplitude caused by individual physical characteristics and peculiarities.","PeriodicalId":222377,"journal":{"name":"2012 5th International Conference on Human System Interactions","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116802140","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nalini Vishnoi, Cody G. Narber, Zoran Duric, N. L. Gerber
{"title":"Methodology for Translating Upper Extremity Motion to Haptic Interfaces","authors":"Nalini Vishnoi, Cody G. Narber, Zoran Duric, N. L. Gerber","doi":"10.1109/HSI.2012.35","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/HSI.2012.35","url":null,"abstract":"The goal of our research is to design a haptic-based system to assist people with disabilities in learning functional motor tasks. Specifically, we are studying the upper extremity while performing daily activities. We have explored fine motor activities, such as writing, and gross motor activities, such as feeding and grooming. We use electromagnetic sensors (MotionStar Wireless 2) to capture unencumbered movements performed by a 'normal' individual. The captured movement is translated to the haptic coordinate system with the use of a body centered, intermediate frame for gross motor activities and with the use of a table-top centered frame for fine motor activities. We segment the movement into simple strokes and then 'smooth' the strokes using low pass filtering, cubic spline fitting and polynomial curve fitting. Our system varies the haptic force as the function of performance of the trainee. We have used our method to program the Phantom Omni for writing tasks and the Phantom Premium 3.0/6 DoF for gross motor tasks. We demonstrate our methodology with several examples of fine and gross functional activities.","PeriodicalId":222377,"journal":{"name":"2012 5th International Conference on Human System Interactions","volume":"99 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125240199","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mobile Web Apps - The Non-programmer's Alternative to Native Applications","authors":"David Sin, Erin Lawson, K. Kannoorpatti","doi":"10.1109/HSI.2012.11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/HSI.2012.11","url":null,"abstract":"As the capacity of the mobile web continues to increase with the introduction of new web technologies, a growing number of \"non-programming\" developers are looking to web-based mobile applications (or \"web apps\") as an alternative means of creating and deploying content, without the need for code-based programming experience. This paper demonstrates just some of the capabilities of a web-based application built using HTML5 and CSS3. Although this paper focuses on the development process for two web app prototypes built exclusively for the iPhone platform, theoretically, a web application can be presented on other mobile devices with browsers that support HTML5 and CSS3 technologies. It was found that these web apps were capable of producing a comparable standard of user experience as their native application equivalents. The use of the latest web technologies provides \"non-programming\" developers with a viable alternative for developing apps on mobile devices.","PeriodicalId":222377,"journal":{"name":"2012 5th International Conference on Human System Interactions","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129728628","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An Approach to University Social Responsibility Ontology Development through Text Analyses","authors":"A. Esfijani, F. Hussain, E. Chang","doi":"10.1109/HSI.2012.10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/HSI.2012.10","url":null,"abstract":"The main purpose of this paper is to propose a content analysis approach in order to develop an ontology of university social responsibility (USR). The proposed approach comprises four main phases in which two content analyses software have been utilized to extract the main USR components and to identify the domain of this concept. To achieve the goal, the existing body of knowledge of USR definitions and specifications - using a variety of terms - has been considered to identify the main notions of USR and their relationships. The developed ontology can be applied to define a formal, explicit description of the USR concept and to construct a more reliable basis for measurement purposes.","PeriodicalId":222377,"journal":{"name":"2012 5th International Conference on Human System Interactions","volume":"237 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116884820","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Geographic Visualization of Risk as Decision Support in Emergency Situations","authors":"A. W. Eide, K. Stølen","doi":"10.1109/HSI.2012.39","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/HSI.2012.39","url":null,"abstract":"We investigate how geographic visualization can be used as a means to facilitate understanding of risk in emergency situations. Specifically, we identify the need of decision makers regarding access to risk information; introduce a visualization solution that aims to satisfy these needs; and evaluate this solution in terms of its ability to generate insight. A description of how the solution can be implemented is included. Our findings indicate that geographic visualization is an effective means for facilitating understanding of risk in emergency situations, but that the effectiveness of the concept depends on the visualization design. A set of guidelines towards risk visualization design is proposed.","PeriodicalId":222377,"journal":{"name":"2012 5th International Conference on Human System Interactions","volume":"206 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127037444","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Improving Vehicle Fleet Fuel Economy via Learning Fuel-Efficient Driving Behaviors","authors":"O. Linda, M. Manic","doi":"10.1109/HSI.2012.28","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/HSI.2012.28","url":null,"abstract":"Reducing the fuel consumption of road vehicles has the potential to decrease environmental impact of transportation as well as achieve significant economical benefits. This paper proposes a novel methodology for improving the fuel economy of vehicle fleets via learning fuel-efficient driving behaviors. Vehicle fleets composed of large number of heavy vehicles routinely perform runs with different drivers over a set of fixed routes. While all drivers might achieve on-time and safe driving performance their actual driving behaviors and the subsequent fuel economy can vary substantially. The proposed Intelligent Driver System (IDS) utilizes vehicle performance data combined with GPS information on fixed routes to incrementally build a model of the historically most fuel efficient driving behavior. During driving, the calculated optimal velocity for specific location is compared to the current vehicle state and a fuzzy logic PD controller is used to compute the optimal control action. The control action can be projected to the drivers via a specialized HMI or used directly as a predictive cruise control to achieve overall fuel economy improvements. The method has been validated on a simulated heavy vehicle model, showing potential for substantial fuel economy improvements.","PeriodicalId":222377,"journal":{"name":"2012 5th International Conference on Human System Interactions","volume":"79 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130283685","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Opportunities for Enhanced Robot Control along the Adjustable Autonomy Scale","authors":"Graham A. Mann, Nicolas J. Small","doi":"10.1109/HSI.2012.15","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/HSI.2012.15","url":null,"abstract":"As we move along the scale of adjustable autonomy for the control of robots from direct teleoperation at one extreme to full automation at the other, several opportunities for improvement in control quality, user feedback and machine learning suggest themselves. We describe three experiments, in telerobotics, the provision of situational awareness, and the acquisition of knowledge for automation from the human operator, and explain our concept of explicit, assigned responsibility as an organising principle for flexible work-sharing between humans and robots. A novel design for an interface based on this principle is outlined.","PeriodicalId":222377,"journal":{"name":"2012 5th International Conference on Human System Interactions","volume":"47 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127549357","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}