Seating virtual coach: A smart reminder for power seat function usage

Issue title: Quality of Life Technology: Intelligent Systems for Better Living

Guest editors: Asim Smailagic

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Liu, Hsin-Yi^{a; *} | Cooper, Rosemary^a | Cooper, Rory^a | Smailagic, Asim^b | Siewiorek, Dan^b | Ding, Dan^a | Chuang, Fu-Chieh^b

Affiliations: [a] University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA | [b] Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA | Carnegie Mellon University, Institute for Complex Engineered Systems, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA

Correspondence: [*] Address for correspondence: Hsin-Yi Liu, University of Pittsburgh, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA. Tel.: +1 412 365 4850; Fax: +1 412 365 4858; E-mail: hsl16@pitt.edu.

Abstract: The virtual coach is designed to guide power seat function users to use those functions safely and appropriately. The virtual coach can monitor user compliance with clinician prescriptions, and provide feedback to the user via reminders and alerts. An array of pressure, tilt, and IR sensors provides data to the virtual coach. The results from a user study are presented.

DOI: 10.3233/TAD-2010-0281

Journal: Technology and Disability, vol. 22, no. 1-2, pp. 53-60, 2010