Application Design for Wearable Computing (Synthesis Lectures on Mobile and Pervasive Computing) - Softcover

Siewiorek, Dan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1598291203 ISBN 13: 9781598291209

Publisher: Morgan and Claypool Publishers, 2008

Synopsis

The confluence of decades of computer science and computer engineering research in multimodal interaction (e.g., speech and gesture recognition), machine learning (e.g., classification and feature extraction), software (e.g., web browsers, distributed agents), electronics (e.g., energy-efficient microprocessors, head-mounted displays), design methodology in user-centered design, and rapid prototyping have enabled a new class of computers―wearable computers. The lecture takes the viewpoint of a potential designer or researcher in wearable computing. Designing wearable computers requires attention to many different factors because of the computer’s closeness to the body and its use while performing other tasks. For the purposes of discussion, we have created the UCAMP framework, which consists of the following factors: user, corporal, attention, manipulation, and perception. Each of these factors and their importance is described. A number of example prototypes developed by the authors, as well as by other researchers, are used to illustrate these concepts. Wearable computers have established their first foothold in several application domains, such as vehicle and aircraft maintenance and manufacturing, inspection, language translation, and other areas.

Edition details

• Publisher: Morgan and Claypool Publishers
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1598291203
• ISBN 13: 9781598291209
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 66