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Authors:
Muhammad Muhaiminul Islam
Shamsul Arefin
Hasan Mahmud
Md. Kamrul Hasan
Keywords: Sedentariness, gesture chair, Ergonomic factors, HCI, MPU-6050
Abstract:
Nowadays, computer operators and office workers have a sedentary lifestyle. Technology is continuously improving, but our actions become more mechanic. Office employees have to stay in front of the PC almost all the day long and this sedentary behavior is not good for their health. As a consequence, people of all ages suffer through health problems which are related to ergonomic factors. Doctors always suggest to take breaks and move during work hours to decrease the probability of a chronic disease. We are proposing a system to interact with the PC using a chair. By equipping a chair with motion sensing, the movement gesture of a user can be detected which can be used as input device for the PC. We have applied a machine learning algorithm to calculate the threshold for detecting three types of gestures (tilt backward, rotate right, rotate left) to control Windows Photo Viewer. The user evaluation shows that more than 80% of the users found it interesting and they achieved around 92% accuracy while controlling the application.
Pages: 17 to 20
Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2016
Publication date: April 24, 2016
Published in: conference
ISSN: 2308-4138
ISBN: 978-1-61208-468-8
Location: Venice, Italy
Dates: from April 24, 2016 to April 28, 2016