Veritas introduction to task models - User Forum Nottingham, UK, 20.09.2011

VERITAS project VERITAS project FP7 247765 FP7 247765Introducing the VERITAS task models –Demonstration of simulation environment Karel Van Isacker (MCA) Eleni Chalkia (CERTH/HIT)20th September11-12/01/2010 2011 Kick-off meeting Brussels, Belgium Nottingham , UK

VERITAS APPLICATION DOMAINS Automotive Smart Living Spaces Workplace Infotainment Personal Health Care and Wellbeing20th September 2011 MCA &CERTH/HIT

Who benefits from VERITAS? Designers and developers (Users) Use products developed with VERITAS tools by… Use VERITAS tools to design/ develop products for… Beneficiaries (End users)20th September 2011 MCA &CERTH/HIT

THE STORY BEHIND The designers of vehicles, houses, offices and games want to design applications for people with disabilities/older people.  At present lack of know-how of beneficiaries’ needs.  Identifying the needs and abilities of beneficiaries is difficult, time consuming and costly. VERITAS will provide the developers:  Tools to assist them in designing accessible products for people with disabilities/older people,  Using human avatars/models with the abilities of the beneficiaries in order to assess accessibility for specific groups of users.20th September 2011 MCA &CERTH/HIT

The Story Behind – Without VERITAS20th September 2011 MCA &CERTH/HIT

The Story Behind – With VERITAS20th September 2011 MCA &CERTH/HIT

Concrete examples20th September 2011 MCA &CERTH/HIT

Concrete examples Source Images: ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) More info at: http://www.ada.gov/reachingout/intro1.htm20th September 2011 MCA &CERTH/HIT

Concrete examplesSource Images: Designing An Accessible CityGuidelines for an accessible built environment for all in the City of London 20th September 2011 MCA &CERTH/HIT

Concrete examples Inaccessible Accessible “One Switch Games” Audio assistanceSource Images: http://joshblog.net/2010/02/18/addressing-color-blindness-in-game-design 20th September 2011 MCA &CERTH/HIT

Concrete examplesSource Images: Designing An Accessible CityGuidelines for an accessible built environment for all in the City of London 20th September 2011 MCA &CERTH/HIT

TARGET GROUPS Beneficiaries  People with disabilities  Blind and low-vision  Motor impairments  Cognitive impairments  Hearing impairments  Speech impairments  Elderly  Young Elderly: ages 55-64  Elderly: ages 65-74  Old Elderly: ages 75 and older20th September 2011 MCA &CERTH/HIT

IMPORTANCE OF TASK ANALYSIS Only by understanding the different tasks a person undertakes in a specific environment can we create user models One tasks consists of many elements: turning, pushing, lifting object(s)20th September 2011 MCA &CERTH/HIT

MAIN OBJECTIVES Decompose VERITAS identified Use Cases of all application areas (automotive, smart living space, workplace, infotainment and personal healthcare domains) in specific user tasks and interactions  Tasks  Subtasks  Primitive tasks  Objects  Alternative approaches due to disability20th September 2011 MCA &CERTH/HIT

METHODOLOGY • Identify task to be analysed in application areas (hierarchical task analysis) • Break each task down into sequential subtasks Action oriented • Define the very primitive tasks approach • This focuses on e.g. the mental processes which underlie observable behaviour, e.g. decision makingCogn., behav. and problem solving.and psychol.approaches • Beneficiaries • Partners in application areasCrosscheck with …20th September 2011 MCA &CERTH/HIT

ACHIEVEMENTS – USER DRIVEN TASKANALYSIS Wide range of tasks in every application domain identified  Validated by beneficiaries  End-user organizations in Belgium (Vorming en Aktie, Ypres) and Greece (Disability Now, Athens)  MCA staff in Bulgaria with disabilities  Cross checked with application domain representatives from consortium20th September 2011 MCA &CERTH/HIT

ACHIEVEMENTS – EXAMPLE OF LEVEL OF DETAILSector Task Subtask Primitive Disability/A Disability Object tasks T related primitive tasksAutomotive Getting in a Open left Reach (arm) Door car front door Position Door handle (hand) Grasp Upper limb Speak Voice (hand) impaired (voice) activated opening doors Push (hand, Push button elbow, etc.) that opens doors Door handle 20th September 2011 MCA &CERTH/HIT

USE CASES OVERVIEW20th September 2011 MCA &CERTH/HIT

AUTOMOTIVE SECTORUSE CASES & TASKS Car Interior accessibility  Entering a car.  Getting out of the car.  Conducting a car. Motorcycle handling accessibility  Riding position (scooter).  Handling a powered two wheeler on bumpy roads (scooter).  Central stand (scooter and motorcycle).  Handling a powered two wheeler (scooter and motorcycle).20th September 2011 MCA &CERTH/HIT

AUTOMOTIVE SECTORUSE CASES & TASKS ADAS/IVIS functionalities  Audio system programming and — tuning.  Navigation information accessibility. ARAS/OBIS functionalities  Collision Avoidance system (CAS).  Navigation information accessibility.20th September 2011 MCA &CERTH/HIT

SMART LIVING SPACESUSE CASES & TASKS Interior design accessibility  Moving around inside house  Open window.  Navigating in room (unfamiliar house).  Using washroom facilities (WC, bathroom)  Using toilet.  Drying hands. Domotics accessibility.  Using the lights.  Using the hob.  Handling kitchen device.  Using washing machine.  Oven programming and  Using dishwasher. starting.  Using fridge.20th September 2011 MCA &CERTH/HIT

WORKPLACESUSE CASES & TASKS Workplace design accessibility.  Using desk.  Sitting at desk.  Open drawer.  Activating computer screen.  Using devices.  Using keyboard.  Using mouse.  Moving around the office. Collaborative tools accessibility.  Accessibility of distance collaborative working tool.  Accessibility of teleconferencing tool.20th September 2011 MCA &CERTH/HIT

INFOTAINMENTUSE CASES & TASKS Accessible metaverses.  UI Design accessibility.  Application Control and Feedback.  Metaverse Environment Navigation.  — Inter-user Interaction. Collaborative games for older people.  Game Location Accessibility.  Game Controls Accessibility.  Game Display Settings Accessibility.  Multiplayer Mode Accessibility20th September 2011 MCA &CERTH/HIT

PERSONAL HEALTH CARE AND WELLBEINGUSE CASES & TASKS Remote Patient Monitoring solutions domain.  Wearing and removing the body’s sensors.  — Set-up of the Remote Monitoring System. Mobile device solution domain.  Handling the device. —  Interaction with the touch screen .  Interaction with the voice. Medical Education and health coach application domain.  Exchanging messages with the doctor. —  Searching for medical news.  — Giving warnings to the user.20th September 2011 MCA &CERTH/HIT

APPLICATION SCENARIOSDESIGNERS Automotive  Paul has a company specialised in adjusting vehicles for use by people with disabilities.  His team has extensive expertise in this field; however they still depend heavily on personalisation case by case since every user has a different set of needs.  Therefore, he works together with driver rehabilitation specialists who perform comprehensive evaluations to identify the adaptive equipment most suited to the needs of the driver with disabilities.  He is having a very difficult time to find and pay beneficiaries in order to get measurements to implement in his models.  The needs of the users are changing and in order to catch up, he has to update his models constantly.  In order to create and simulate his designs, Paul is using CAD files in RAMSIS environment.  Ever since he was introduced to VERITAS he can design by using the embedded user models design that are up to date and satisfy the needs of his clients.20th September 2011 MCA &CERTH/HIT

APPLICATION SCENARIOSDESIGNERS Smart living spaces  Robert is managing an architect office in downtown Brussels, and is specialised in the design and architecture of public buildings.  For this, he also works together with a Belgian construction company that is specialized in constructing accessible buildings.  This year they asked him to design a rehabilitation centre for tetraplegics and people with various upper and lower limb disabilities.  This is a challenge for Robert since in such a building the accessible navigation is not enough, also accessible domotic applications must be installed and maybe rooms for socialisation inspired from the modern workplaces.20th September 2011 MCA &CERTH/HIT

APPLICATION SCENARIOSDESIGNERS Infotainment  Karen is a game developer specialised in developing games mainly oriented to specific groups of people with disabilities.  In a new project she has been requested to develop a game that was “visible” and “distinguishable” by visually and hearing impaired people, as well as for people with slight cognitive impairments.  Karen’s team has already undertaken a project about collaborative games for elderly and they are looking for a way to develop the optimum accessible design with the least cost and effort.20th September 2011 MCA &CERTH/HIT

APPLICATION SCENARIOSDESIGNERS Healthcare  James is the lead designer for a company specialised in designing and producing interfaces for a wide variety of ehealth applications, either for fixed interfaces (wall mounted) or for mobile applications.  Mobile e-health (M-health) applications and services are a growing market for the company, and James oversees that any interfaces that are deployed for these ehealth applications meet the accessibility standards defined within VERITAS.  Recently, James’s team was asked by anorganisation to design an accessible infusion pump interface that had to address the needs of people that due to illness have an increased number of disabilities, ranging from mobility to cognitive impairments both for a mobile and for a health coach application.20th September 2011 MCA &CERTH/HIT

APPLICATION SCENARIOSBENEFICIARIES Automotive.  Julie is a housewife with 2 children and is using a wheelchair for the past 5 years due to a car accident.  She is looking for a new car that will fit her abilities.  She is having a test drive with a car that has been designed with VERITAS. She is entering the car, getting into the driver’s seat, starting the engine, putting the seatbelt on, reading the information on the dashboard, changing gears, switching on the lights, reaching the car radio and changing stations, opening the window.  When Julie finishes the ride, she goes back to the store, happy that she could manage using the car.20th September 2011 MCA &CERTH/HIT

APPLICATION SCENARIOSBENEFICIARIES Automotive.  Paul is a 50 year old lawyer with moderate lower limp impairments.  He is very into motorcycles from when he was young and now he rides a scooter.  He has recently driven a scooter designed with VERITAS.  He could easily get on it, park it onto a side stand, get off, indicate direction.s  This scooter has a collision avoidance system and navigation, which were operating well and were perfectly understandable, despite Paul’s limited knowledge with this kind of technologies.20th September 2011 MCA &CERTH/HIT

APPLICATION SCENARIOSBENEFICIARIES Smart living places  David is a 30 year old civil engineer whose wife is totally blind for 5 years now.  He has done many steps towards designing for blind people, although it has often proven to be cumbersome and difficult to achieve the set goals.  He recently build his own house, designing it, using also the VERITAS plugin.  Using VERITAS, he succeeded in building a fully accessible house, where his wife can easily move around inside the house, use the washroom facilities (WC, bathroom), use the light switches, handle the oven and program it, etc.20th September 2011 MCA &CERTH/HIT

APPLICATION SCENARIOSBENEFICIARIES Workspaces  John is a 55 year old public servant with upper limp impairments.  He works in a very old office that was recently renovated. The architect office in charge of the renovations used VERITAS.  This solved a number of problems John had with the overall design of his workspace.  In addition, John’s employer also took the opportunity to enhance the office software for John, using assistive technology (dictating software, etc.).20th September 2011 MCA &CERTH/HIT

APPLICATION SCENARIOSBENEFICIARIES Infotainment  Jack is a 55 year old man with moderate Cataract.  He loves playing online multiplayer games on his computer but most games require that he can see a lot of visual information on screen in order to play, which is difficult due to his impairment.  The latest game he is playing, however, was designed using VERITAS and has bigger graphics, easier menus, more distinctive shapes, and also includes an option to describe different game menu options, game situations and objects by “screen- reading the relative information”.20th September 2011 MCA &CERTH/HIT

APPLICATION SCENARIOSBENEFICIARIES Healthcare  Jason and Mary are an elderly couple that need to be closely monitored by the doctor.  They cannot drive a car and it is difficult for them to go to the hospital very often.  With VERITAS remote patient solutions, they now can stay at their home and be monitored remotely by the doctor.  Additionally, they are using the Medical Education and Health Coach application that allows them to exchange messages with the doctor, search for medical news and get possible warnings.20th September 2011 MCA &CERTH/HIT

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