B. J. Kruif, L. O’Sullivan, Emilio Schmidhauser, K. S. Stadler
{"title":"Interaction modelling for wearable assistive devices","authors":"B. J. Kruif, L. O’Sullivan, Emilio Schmidhauser, K. S. Stadler","doi":"10.1145/2910674.2935837","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2910674.2935837","url":null,"abstract":"An exoskeleton may help healthy older adults stay independent for a longer time by augmenting their torque at weakened joints. Predictive models are useful to develop exoskeletons and assess the effect of exoskeletons on the user. Existing models that predict the effect of exoskeletons on the user use pre-defined motions which do not change when the forces applied by the exoskeleton changes. In this work we have developed and tested a simulation architecture that incorporates the dynamic interaction between the user and the exoskeleton. This allows to predict modified motions due to the influence of the exoskeleton","PeriodicalId":359504,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 9th ACM International Conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments","volume":"43 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-06-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133612153","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":"Analyzing Thermal and Visual Clues of Deception for a Non-Contact Deception Detection Approach","authors":"M. Abouelenien, Rada Mihalcea, Mihai Burzo","doi":"10.1145/2910674.2910682","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2910674.2910682","url":null,"abstract":"With increased levels of security threats and the long-term consequences of falsely accusing the innocent and freeing the guilty, there is a growing need for reliable and efficient deception detection systems. Polygraph tests are invasive and require elongated time and human expertise, which is subject to bias and error. In this paper, we analyze thermal and visual clues of deception using a dataset collected from 30 subjects and multiple scenarios. We analyze expressions and other visual features and provide the first comparison between thermal facial regions to identify areas with higher capability of indicating deceit. Our experimental results show that our non-contact feature fusion model outperforms traditional physiological measurements, paving the road for non-invasive deception detection methodologies.","PeriodicalId":359504,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 9th ACM International Conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments","volume":"5 3","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-06-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"113935872","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}
S. Sankaran, I. Frederix, Mieke Haesen, P. Dendale, K. Luyten, K. Coninx
{"title":"A Grounded Approach for Applying Behavior Change Techniques in Mobile Cardiac Tele-Rehabilitation","authors":"S. Sankaran, I. Frederix, Mieke Haesen, P. Dendale, K. Luyten, K. Coninx","doi":"10.1145/2910674.2910680","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2910674.2910680","url":null,"abstract":"In mobile tele-rehabilitation applications for Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) patients, behavior change plays a central role in influencing better therapy adherence and prevention of disease recurrence. However, creating sustainable behavior change that holds a beneficial impact over a prolonged period of time remains an important challenge. In this paper we discuss various models and frameworks related to persuasion and behavior change, and investigate how to incorporate these with a multidisciplinary user-centered design approach for creating a mobile tele-rehabilitation application. By implementing different concepts that contribute to behavior change and applying a set of distinct persuasive design patterns, we were able to translate the high-level goals of behavior theory into a mobile application that explicitly incorporates behavior change techniques and also offers a good overall user experience. We evaluated our system, HeartHab, in a lab setting and show that our approach leads to a high user acceptance and willingness to use the system in daily activities.","PeriodicalId":359504,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 9th ACM International Conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments","volume":"35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-06-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114283881","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":"The Role of the Vocal Stream in Telepresence Communication","authors":"Banan S. Bamoallem, A. Wodehouse","doi":"10.1145/2910674.2910706","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2910674.2910706","url":null,"abstract":"Most of the work in affective computing within telepresence robot platforms focusses on research and knowledge generation as opposed to application. The main reason behind this is that the actual capabilities we have in the real world do not match the capabilities that are used in research. Taking this into consideration, this paper helps in establishing a new method to display naturalistic behaviour that can be feasibly implemented for telepresence (TP) interaction. Proceeding from an understanding of different aspects of human-human interaction (HHI), three phases of speech and movement rhythm were proven to exist in the nonverbal and certain verbal behaviours of speakers and listeners. Based on this, we chose the gestures related to our research, and tried to match them with the proposed TP phases by identifying which best matched the phase descriptions. Thus, this study provides step-by-step guidelines to govern the creation of practical user interfaces that will capture the vocal stream, and allow users to relate to natural nonverbal behaviours that spontaneously arise during speech.","PeriodicalId":359504,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 9th ACM International Conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments","volume":"52 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-06-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122400763","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":"Session details: AHA: Active and Healthy Aging Living Labs Workshop","authors":"E. Konstantinidis","doi":"10.1145/3258061","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3258061","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":359504,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 9th ACM International Conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-06-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126072187","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}
Paolo Sernani, D. Calvaresi, Paolo Calvaresi, Matteo Pierdicca, Enrico Morbidelli, A. Dragoni
{"title":"Testing Intelligent Solutions for the Ambient Assisted Living in a Simulator","authors":"Paolo Sernani, D. Calvaresi, Paolo Calvaresi, Matteo Pierdicca, Enrico Morbidelli, A. Dragoni","doi":"10.1145/2910674.2935829","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2910674.2935829","url":null,"abstract":"The number of proposals involving ICT-based intelligent solutions for the Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) is continuously increasing. Thus, tests and a validation process are crucial for implementing effective systems. However, testing and validating software systems for the AAL in real environments are onerous and safety-critical tasks. Problems often arise when the software is being installed in a real smart home: unpredicted scenarios can occur, thus forcing the designer to perform complex fixing when it is too late. This paper proposes the adoption of a 3D simulator to speed up the development and testing phases of software for AAL systems, by restricting possible issues occurring during the tests in real scenarios. The paper describes the architecture of the simulator and the implemented virtual environment. Moreover, it presents a use case, highlighting how the simulator allows decoupling the software to manage a smart home from the hardware components.","PeriodicalId":359504,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 9th ACM International Conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments","volume":"42 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-06-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115304195","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 Interim Analysis of the Use of Virtual Reality to Enhance Upper Limb Prosthetic Training and Rehabilitation","authors":"Ashley D Knight, S. Carey, R. Dubey","doi":"10.1145/2910674.2910717","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2910674.2910717","url":null,"abstract":"An effective prosthetic training and rehabilitation regime would be advantageous in returning the patient to the highest level of independence and functioning possible. There is a need for advanced rehabilitative interventions to optimize prosthetic training for amputees. Here we will describe a virtual reality environment system to facilitate an effective and enhanced training and rehabilitation process for upper extremity amputees. It has been noted that training with virtual reality is particularly valuable for upper-limb prosthetic users. Using the Computer Assisted Rehabilitation Environment (CAREN) system (Motek Medical, Amsterdam, Netherlands), patients can be immersed into real life situations while provided real time visual feedback of their motion. In addition to viewing real time movement, patients will be able to visualize an individualized optimal goal motion. It is hypothesized that integrating optimal model visualization and real time feedback with the CAREN system capabilities, upper extremity prosthetic training and rehabilitation will be enhanced through improved movement symmetry, task performance and functional advances. The interim results suggest that the use of virtual reality enhances upper limb prosthetic training and rehabilitation. To further assess the effectiveness of the use of virtual reality, further work will involve the testing of more subjects, analyzing return to duty and activities of daily living tasks, and the implementation of an optimal goal motion into the virtual reality system.","PeriodicalId":359504,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 9th ACM International Conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments","volume":"36 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-06-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124034091","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}
Kaj-Mikael Björk, Emil Eirola, Y. Miché, A. Lendasse
{"title":"A new application of machine learning in health care","authors":"Kaj-Mikael Björk, Emil Eirola, Y. Miché, A. Lendasse","doi":"10.1145/2910674.2935861","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2910674.2935861","url":null,"abstract":"In our ever more complex world, the field of analytics has dramatically increased its importance. Gut feeling is no longer sufficient in decision making, but intuition has to be combined with support from the huge amount of data available today. Even if the amount of data is enormous, the quality of the data is not always good. Problems arise in at least two situations: i) the data is imprecise by nature and ii) the data is incomplete (or there are missing parts in the data set). Both situations are problematic and need to be addressed appropriately. If these problems are solved, applications are to be found in various interesting fields. We aim at achieving significant methodology development as well as creative solutions in the domain of medicine, information systems and risk management. This paper sets focus especially on missing data problems in the field of medicine when presenting a new project in its very first phase.","PeriodicalId":359504,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 9th ACM International Conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments","volume":"40 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-06-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124952489","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":"TouchSurfaceModels: Capacitive Sensing Objects through 3D Printers","authors":"T. Götzelmann, Christopher Althaus","doi":"10.1145/2910674.2910690","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2910674.2910690","url":null,"abstract":"Nowadays, 3D models can be downloaded from the internet and increasingly be printed by low cost 3D printers. In the future, blind people could benefit from this tendency. Unfortunately, many of these models are rather complex and not appropriate for the purely tactile exploration. To obtain quantitative data about how 3D printable models for blind people should be constructed, the tactile exploration can be recorded by video. However, the analysis of these videos is quite time consuming and expensive. Additionally, inaccuracies and masking effects may impede the use of this technique. In this paper we introduce a novel approach to automatically equip existing 3D models with a mesh of conductive wires which enable a touch sensitive surface for the printed 3D objects. These touch sensing 3D models can be printed in one turn by off-the-shelf 3D printers and used as an alternative to video recording. It allows exact registration of when and where the 3D object has been touched. In our multi-touch solution, particular attention has been paid to limit the number of necessary wires between 3D object and sensing electronics. Finally, our approach is evaluated by a feasibility study.","PeriodicalId":359504,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 9th ACM International Conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-06-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124981236","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":"Empowerment or concealed compliance?: A review of literature on mobile ICT solutions for patient empowerment","authors":"Thor Jarle J. Skinstad, B. Farshchian","doi":"10.1145/2910674.2910710","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2910674.2910710","url":null,"abstract":"Healthcare systems are under pressure because of demographic changes and increased demand. Patient empowerment is seen as a powerful approach to cope with this pressure. Information technology is used in various forms to promote patient empowerment, and carries a perceived potential. We did a systematic review of literature in order to find out how information technology is used to enable empowerment. We found that most of the solutions are in reality promoting a compliance model and not an empowerment model. We discuss some possible reasons, and promote the untapped potential of a new generation of solutions.","PeriodicalId":359504,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 9th ACM International Conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments","volume":"65 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-06-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117290563","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}