Mobile empathy: putting the mobile device in its user's shoes

Andreas Komninos*, Robert Wallace, Peter Barrie

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Abstract

Discovering the user's current physiological state allows a mobile device to self-adapt its behavior in such a manner that cthe services it provides to the user are delivered using the optimal modalities for the current circumstances. Furthermore, interpretations of the user's physiological state might allow its translation into an emotional state and emotional context awareness, which can opens the door to a new range of pervasive personal services. In this paper, we investigate the possibility of making a mobile device aware of where it is being worn on a users' body. We also propose an algorithm to allow the mobile device to understand its user's current level of activity without the requirement for strategically positioned sensors. This type of context awareness may enable us to design better interruption and alerting strategies, as well as informing the intelligent choice of interaction modalities on behalf of the device.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationNordiCHI 2008: Building Bridges - Proceedings of the 5th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction
Pages483-486
Number of pages4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2008
EventNordiCHI 2008: Building Bridges - 5th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction - Lund, Sweden
Duration: 20 Oct 200822 Oct 2008

Publication series

NameACM International Conference Proceeding Series
Volume358

Conference

ConferenceNordiCHI 2008: Building Bridges - 5th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction
Country/TerritorySweden
CityLund
Period20/10/0822/10/08

Keywords

  • Context awareness
  • Embedded sensors
  • Gait analysis

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Software
  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
  • Computer Networks and Communications

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