Implications for Location Systems in Indoor Wayfinding for Individuals with Cognitive Impairments

Alan L.  Liu; Harlan  Hile; Gaetano  Borriello; Henry  Kautz; Brian  Ferris; Pat A.  Brown; Mark  Harniss; Kurt  Johnson

1st International ICST Workshop on Location Based Services for Health Care

Research Article

Implications for Location Systems in Indoor Wayfinding for Individuals with Cognitive Impairments

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    author={Alan L.  Liu and Harlan  Hile and Gaetano  Borriello and Henry  Kautz and Brian  Ferris and Pat A.  Brown and Mark  Harniss and Kurt  Johnson},
    title={Implications for Location Systems in Indoor Wayfinding for Individuals with Cognitive Impairments},
    proceedings={1st International ICST Workshop on Location Based Services for Health Care},
    proceedings_a={LOCARE},
    year={2007},
    month={5},
    keywords={Alzheimer's disease  Birth disorders  Computer science  Employment  Job design  Prototypes  Psychology  Robustness  System testing  Virtual prototyping},
    doi={10.1109/PCTHEALTH.2006.361699}
}

Alan L. Liu
Harlan Hile
Gaetano Borriello
Henry Kautz
Brian Ferris
Pat A. Brown
Mark Harniss
Kurt Johnson
Year: 2007
Implications for Location Systems in Indoor Wayfinding for Individuals with Cognitive Impairments
LOCARE
ICST
DOI: 10.1109/PCTHEALTH.2006.361699

Alan L. Liu¹^,*, Harlan Hile¹^,*, Gaetano Borriello¹^,*, Henry Kautz¹^,*, Brian Ferris¹^,*, Pat A. Brown²^,*, Mark Harniss²^,*, Kurt Johnson²^,*

1: Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Washington, Box 352350, Seattle, WA 98195-2350 USA
2: Center for Technology and Disability Studies, University of Washington, Box 357920, Seattle, WA 98195-7920 USA

*Contact email: aliu@cs.washington.edu, harlan@cs.washington.edu, gaetano@cs.washington.edu, kautz@cs.washington.edu, bdferris@cs.washington.edu, pabrown@u.washington.edu, mharniss@u.washington.edu, kjohnson@u.washington.edu

Abstract

We studied an indoor wayfinding application for individuals with cognitive impairments using Wizard-of-Oz techniques. This gave us insights into the technological considerations for the location system underlying such an application. We have abstracted these into generally desirable properties for location-aware systems for wayfinding. In addition to general requirements for accuracy and robustness, we discuss what other information about the environment should be provided that supports wayfinding. Our work showed that combining rich environment information with user location is key to making indoor wayfinding applications feasible

Keywords: Alzheimer's disease Birth disorders Computer science Employment Job design Prototypes Psychology Robustness System testing Virtual prototyping

Published: 2007-05-21
Modified: 2011-11-08

: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PCTHEALTH.2006.361699

Implications for Location Systems in Indoor Wayfinding for Individuals with Cognitive Impairments

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