Publication Type

Conference Proceeding Article

Version

acceptedVersion

Publication Date

3-2019

Abstract

Sensing is a crucial part of any cyber-physical system. Wearable device has its huge potential for sensing applications because it is worn on the user body. However, wearable sensing can cause obtrusiveness to the user. Obtrusiveness can be seen as a perception of a lack of usefulness [1] such as a lag in user interaction channel. In addition, being worn by a user, it is not connected to a power supply, and thus needs to be removed to be charged regularly. This can cause a nuisance to elderly or disabled people. However, there are also opportunities for wearable devices to be used to assist users in daily life activities. In my proposal, I propose three directions to make wearable sensing less obtrusive: (1) Reduce obtrusiveness in user interaction with the device, (2) reduce the obtrusiveness in powering the device, and (3) using wearable to reduce obtrusiveness in user interaction with the surrounding environment.

Keywords

Embedded systems, Ubiquitous computing, Daily life activities, Disabled people, Power supply, Sensing applications, Surrounding environment, User interaction, Wearable devices, Wearable sensing, Wearable technology

Discipline

Graphics and Human Computer Interfaces | Software Engineering

Research Areas

Software and Cyber-Physical Systems

Publication

2019 IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications Workshops: Kyoto, Japan, March 11-15: Proceedings

First Page

453

Last Page

454

ISBN

9781538691519

Identifier

10.1109/PERCOMW.2019.8730740

Publisher

IEEE

City or Country

Piscataway, NJ

Copyright Owner and License

Authors

Additional URL

https://doi.org/10.1109/PERCOMW.2019.8730740

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