Exploring assistive technology for assistance dog owners in emergency situations
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Charlotte Robinson, Clara Mancini, Janet van der Linden, Claire Guest, Lydia SwansonAuthors Info & Claims
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Abstract
Many vulnerable individuals own an assistance dog. Previous work has shown that a domestic alarm, Ringsel, allows assistance dogs to "call for help" via a canine interface that they interact with by pulling a detachment off with their mouths. Here we discuss the potential for systems like the Ringsel to leverage distinct behavioral patterns exhibited by the canine users to aid the automatic detection of emergencies by being used in coordination with existing assistive technologies for emergency detection and response.
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UbiComp '15: Proceedings of the 2015 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous ComputingIn this research we developed an alarm system that enables assistance dogs to call for help on behalf of their vulnerable owners in an emergency, involving the end users (both assistance dogs and their owners) directly in the entire design process. Here ...
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July 2015
526 pages
ISBN:9781450334525
DOI:10.1145/2769493
- Conference Chair:
- Fillia Makedon,
- Program Chairs:
- Gian-Luca Mariottini,
- Oliver Korn,
- Illias Maglogiannis,
- Vangelis Metsis
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- NSF: National Science Foundation
- University of Texas at Austin: University of Texas at Austin
- Univ. of Piraeus: University of Piraeus
- NCRS: Demokritos National Center for Scientific Research
- Ionian: Ionian University, GREECE
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Published: 01 July 2015
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PETRA '15: 8th PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments
July 1 - 3, 2015
Corfu, Greece
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