TY - GEN
T1 - Human support improvements by natural man-machine collaboration
AU - Ozeki, Motoyuki
AU - Miyata, Yasushi
AU - Aoyama, Hideki
AU - Nakamura, Yuichi
PY - 2007/12/1
Y1 - 2007/12/1
N2 - In this paper, we propose a novel framework that improves the recognition performance of human support systems, and then discuss why our framework is Human-Centered. A Human-Centered system should have a high recognition ability with minimum burden on the user. Our framework aims to satisfy this requirement by using an artificial agent between a recognition system and the user. If a system is in a difficult situation concerning recognition, an agent will require the user's help. For example, if an object that a system aims to recognize is hidden by the user's hand, the agent will ask the user to move his/her hand. Based on this idea, we implemented a prototype system with two modules: a recognition module to recognize objects and user's motions and an agent module to ask for a user's cooperative action. In the experiment, our prototype system recovers around 50%-70% of the recognition failures caused by three typical difficult situations. The user study reveals that our prototype system has the potential to realize natural and considerate human support systems.
AB - In this paper, we propose a novel framework that improves the recognition performance of human support systems, and then discuss why our framework is Human-Centered. A Human-Centered system should have a high recognition ability with minimum burden on the user. Our framework aims to satisfy this requirement by using an artificial agent between a recognition system and the user. If a system is in a difficult situation concerning recognition, an agent will require the user's help. For example, if an object that a system aims to recognize is hidden by the user's hand, the agent will ask the user to move his/her hand. Based on this idea, we implemented a prototype system with two modules: a recognition module to recognize objects and user's motions and an agent module to ask for a user's cooperative action. In the experiment, our prototype system recovers around 50%-70% of the recognition failures caused by three typical difficult situations. The user study reveals that our prototype system has the potential to realize natural and considerate human support systems.
KW - Human-centered computing
KW - Interactive system
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U2 - 10.1145/1290128.1290143
DO - 10.1145/1290128.1290143
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:37849049629
SN - 9781595937810
T3 - Proceedings of the ACM International Multimedia Conference and Exhibition
SP - 95
EP - 101
BT - International Multimedia Conference, MM'07 - Proceedings of the 2nd ACM International Workshop on Human-centered Multimedia, HCM'07
T2 - International Multimedia Conference, MM'07 - 2nd ACM International Workshop on Human-centered Multimedia, HCM'07
Y2 - 28 September 2007 through 28 September 2007
ER -