Automatic task assistance for people with cognitive disabilities in brushing teeth-a user study with the tebra system

ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Peters, Christian ^a   Hermann, Thomas ^a   Wachsmuth, Sven ^a   Hoey, Jesse ^b  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Automatic task assistance; Cognitive disabilities; User study

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING (ADLS); AUTOMATIC TASK ASSISTANCE; BAYESIAN NETWORK CLASSIFIERS; COGNITIVE DISABILITY; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; MOVEMENT CHARACTERISTICS; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIANCES; USER STUDY;

HANDICAPPED PERSONS;

EID: 84897482459     PISSN: 19367228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/2579700     Document Type: Article

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