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Towards Tactile Alarms Systems for Increased Awareness in Smart Environments

Authors:
Girts Strazdins
Sashidharan Komandur
Froy Birte Bjorneseth

Keywords: tactile; belt; alarms; wearable computing; wireless sensor networks

Abstract:
Alarms are an important part of automation systems that raise user awareness in emergency situations. However, research shows that existing audible and visual alarms are ineffective. Failure to deliver alarm signals leads to lack of awareness that results in accidents. This paper presents a work in progress on a wearable tactile device application for smart alarm systems. We describe our hypotheses that tactile alarms can decrease user resistance and deliver more focused awareness with directional hints. In this paper, the prototype of a wearable tactile belt is described and its future improvements are analysed.

Pages: 9 to 12

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2014

Publication date: July 20, 2014

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-3727

ISBN: 978-1-61208-363-6

Location: Paris, France

Dates: from July 20, 2014 to July 24, 2014