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1 online resource (86 pages) |
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Human-computer interaction series |
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SpringerBriefs in human-computer interaction |
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Human-computer interaction series.
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SpringerBriefs in human-computer interaction.
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| Contents |
List of Figures; List of Tables; Abstract; 1 " ... A Lesson in Natural History": Introduction to the Smart Home; Abstract; 1.1 Smart Environments; 1.2 The Smart Home; 1.3 Casa Vecchia: Making an "Old House" Smart; References; 2 " ... If I Had but the Time and You Had but the Brain ... ": Computer-Centered Computing; Abstract; 2.1 Human-Computer Interaction; 2.2 A Gesture of Goodwill; 2.3 Speech and Sound; References; 3 "Just the Place for a Snark!": An Introduction to Calm Technology; Abstract; 3.1 Calm Technology: " ... As Refreshing as Taking a Walk in the Woods"; 3.2 Understanding Calm |
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3.3 Is "Calm" Necessary?References; 4 "What I Tell You Three Times Is True": The S.N.A.R.K. Circuit; Abstract; 4.1 A New Paradigm Part 1-The Bellman's Protocol; 4.2 A New Paradigm Part 2-The B.O.O.J.U.M; 4.3 A New Paradigm Part 3-The S.N.A.R.K. Circuit; References; 5 "Do All that You Know, and Try All that You Don't ... ": Models of Intuitive Interaction; Abstract; 5.1 The Voice-Centered Method; 5.2 The Gesture-Centered Method; 5.2.1 Interaction Scenario; 5.2.2 The Three Gestures; References; 6 "The Method Employed I Would Gladly Explain ... ": Set up, Location and Protocol; Abstract |
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6.1 Participants6.2 Familiarization; 6.3 Testing Protocol; 6.4 Technological Set up; References; 7 " ... They Are Merely Conventional Signs ... ": Measuring Intuitive Interaction; Abstract; 7.1 Intuitive Transition Between Devices; 7.2 Seamless Transfer Between Modalities; 7.3 Perception of the Home as a Single, Holistic Entity; 7.4 Data Extraction and Analysis; References; 8 "How Do You Do?": Quantitative Results; Abstract; 8.1 First Attempts: A High Standard of Failure; 8.2 Second and Third Attempts: Measuring Intuitiveness; References; 9 "How Do You Feel?": Qualitative Results; Abstract |
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9.1 Likert Scales: Perception of the System9.2 The System Usability Scale; 9.3 Anthropological Methods and Our Conclusions; 9.3.1 Intuitive Transition Between Devices; 9.3.2 Seamless Transfer Between Modalities; 9.3.3 Seamless Transfer Between Modalities Within Methods; 9.3.4 Seamless Transfer Between Modalities Across Methods; 9.3.5 Perception of the Home as a Single Holistic Entity; Reference; 10 " ... But Much yet Remains to Be Said": A Discussion of Our Failings and Success; Abstract; 10.1 Limitations; 10.2 King Midas' Ring; 10.3 Background Noise; 10.3.1 Reflections and Limitations |
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10.4 The S.N.A.R.K. Was not Really a S.N.A.R.K.: Triple Redundancy10.5 Lack of Full Customization and Language Limitations; 10.6 Unfamiliar Territory; References; 11 "Yet, Still, Ever After ... ": Future Work; Abstract; 11.1 "È un posto da Squili!"; 11.2 "The Moment One Looked in His Face"; 11.3 "And Seemed Almost Too Good to Be True"; 11.4 " ... Bellowing on to the Last"; 11.5 "It Is Ages Ahead of the Fashion"; References |
| Summary |
This book describes an innovative approach to the interaction between humans and a smart environment; an attempt to get a smart home to understand intuitive, multi-modal, human-centred communication. State of the art smart homes, like other "smart" technology, tend to demand that the human user must adapt herself to the needs of the system. The hunt for a truly user-centred, truly intuitive system has long proven to be beyond the grasp of current technology. When humans speak with one another, we are multimodal. Our speech is supplemented with gestures, which serve as a parallel stream of information, reinforcing the meaning of our words. Drawing on well-established protocols in engineering and psychology, and with no small amount of inspiration from a particular nonsense poem, we have successfully concluded that hunt. This book describes the efforts, undertaken over several years, to design, implement, and test a model of interaction that allows untrained individuals to intuitively control a complex series of networked and embedded systems. The theoretical concepts are supported by a series of experimental studies, showing the advantages of the novel approach, and pointing towards future work that would facilitate the deployment of this concept in the real world |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Multimodal user interfaces (Computer systems)
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Home automation.
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Systems analysis & design.
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Human-computer interaction.
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User interface design & usability.
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COMPUTERS -- User Interfaces.
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Home automation
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Multimodal user interfaces (Computer systems)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Fercher, Anton Josef, author
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Leitner, Gerhard, author.
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| ISBN |
9783319565323 |
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331956532X |
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