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Mobile Interface for a Smart Wheelchair

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Human Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices (Mobile HCI 2002)

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Smart wheelchairs are designed for severely motor impaired people that have difficulties to drive standard-manual or electric powered-wheelchairs. Their goal is to automate driving tasks as much as possible in order to minimize user intervention. Nevertheless, human involvement is still necessary to maintain high level task control. Therefore in the interface design it is necessary to take into account the restrictions imposed by the system (mobile and small), by the type of users (people with severe motor restrictions) and by the task (to select a destination among a number of choices in a structured environment). This paper describes the structure of an adaptive mobile interface for smart wheelchairs that is driven by the context.

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  1. Laboratory of Human-Computer Interaction for Special Needs Informatika Fakultatea, Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea, Manuel Lardizabal 1, E-20018, Donostia, Spain

    Julio Abascal, Nestor Garay & Luis Gardeazabal

  2. Group of Robotics and Rehabilitation Technology E. T. S. Ingeniería Informática, Universidad de Sevilla, Avenida Reina Mercedes s/n, Sevilla, Spain

    Daniel Cagigas

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    Fabio Paternò

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Abascal, J., Cagigas, D., Garay, N., Gardeazabal, L. (2002). Mobile Interface for a Smart Wheelchair. In: Paternò, F. (eds) Human Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices. Mobile HCI 2002. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2411. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45756-9_42

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