Exploring Assistive Technology for Assistance Dog Owners in Emergency Situations

Robinson, Charlotte; Mancini, Clara; van der Linden, Janet; Guest, Claire and Swanson, Lydia (2015). Exploring Assistive Technology for Assistance Dog Owners in Emergency Situations. In: PETRA '15: Proceedings of the 8th ACM International Conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments, ACM New York, NY, USA, article no. 92.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/2769493.2769576

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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• Item ORO ID
• 44889
• Item Type
• Conference or Workshop Item
• ISBN
• 1-4503-3452-0, 978-1-4503-3452-5
• Keywords
• assistive technologies; assistance dogs; animal-computer interaction
• Academic Unit or School
• Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) > Computing and Communications
  Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)
• Research Group
• Centre for Research in Computing (CRC)
• Copyright Holders
• © 2015 The Authors
• Depositing User
• Charlotte Robinson