Creating design guidelines for a navigational aid for mild demented pedestrians

Open Access
Authors
Publication date 2008
Host editors
  • E. Aarts
  • J.L. Crowley
  • B. de Ruyter
  • H. Gerhäuser
  • A. Pflaum
  • J. Schmidt
  • R. Wichert
Book title Ambient Intelligence
Book subtitle European Conference, AmI 2008, Nuremberg, Germany, November 19-22, 2008 : proceedings
ISBN
  • 9783540896166
ISBN (electronic)
  • 9783540896173
Series Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Event European Conference on Ambient Intelligence (AmI 2008)
Pages (from-to) 276-289
Publisher Berlin: Springer
Organisations
  • Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Informatics Institute (IVI)
Abstract In this paper we describe our project in which we study design options for a GPS-based navigation aid for elderly with beginning dementia. In a user centered approach we first studied problems of the target group. Results were used in the design of a WoZ prototype. The method proved to work very well in designing a prototype that is tuned to the needs of the user. This prototype was used in experiments in which we studied the performance of landmark vs. left right instructions in navigation. We found that landmark based instructions resulted in less errors and less hesitation with the users.
Document type Conference contribution
Language English
Published at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-89617-3_18
Downloads
293719.pdf (Accepted author manuscript)
Permalink to this page
Back