Utilizing sensors networks to develop a smart and context-aware solution for people with disabilities at the workplace (design and implementation)
The developments and improvements in human–computer interaction and information and communication technologies have resulted in innovative assistive technology (AT) solutions for the people with disabilities (PWDs). Although, there have been many new ideas and technologies for assisting the PWDs, st...
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2016-09-01
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| Series: | International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks |
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| author | Ghassan Kbar Ahmad Al-Daraiseh Syed Hammad Mian Mustufa Haider Abidi |
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| description | The developments and improvements in human–computer interaction and information and communication technologies have resulted in innovative assistive technology (AT) solutions for the people with disabilities (PWDs). Although, there have been many new ideas and technologies for assisting the PWDs, still very few of them have considered the workplace environment. Therefore, there is a need to develop a comprehensive universal AT solution that can maximize the PWDs productivity at work. In this work, an AT and smart context-aware solution has been developed to assist the PWDs at the workplace. This has been achieved through the designing and the implementation of a smart unified interface to guide and assist the PWDs. A wireless sensor network has been employed in this context-aware smart solution in order to track and determine user’s location. The unified interface is adaptive and includes four modules that are smart helping, smart communication, smart editor, and auto emergency response. A proper AT process and technological design considerations have been adopted to achieve a comprehensive, universal, adaptive, and context-aware solution. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-91469c2198c2419eaaa422eae48473872023-09-03T02:26:55ZengHindawi - SAGE PublishingInternational Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks1550-14772016-09-011210.1177/1550147716658606Utilizing sensors networks to develop a smart and context-aware solution for people with disabilities at the workplace (design and implementation)Ghassan Kbar0Ahmad Al-Daraiseh1Syed Hammad Mian2Mustufa Haider Abidi3Riyadh Techno Valley, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaCCIS, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaFARCAMT, Advanced Manufacturing Institute, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaFARCAMT, Advanced Manufacturing Institute, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaThe developments and improvements in human–computer interaction and information and communication technologies have resulted in innovative assistive technology (AT) solutions for the people with disabilities (PWDs). Although, there have been many new ideas and technologies for assisting the PWDs, still very few of them have considered the workplace environment. Therefore, there is a need to develop a comprehensive universal AT solution that can maximize the PWDs productivity at work. In this work, an AT and smart context-aware solution has been developed to assist the PWDs at the workplace. This has been achieved through the designing and the implementation of a smart unified interface to guide and assist the PWDs. A wireless sensor network has been employed in this context-aware smart solution in order to track and determine user’s location. The unified interface is adaptive and includes four modules that are smart helping, smart communication, smart editor, and auto emergency response. A proper AT process and technological design considerations have been adopted to achieve a comprehensive, universal, adaptive, and context-aware solution.https://doi.org/10.1177/1550147716658606 |
| spellingShingle | Ghassan Kbar Ahmad Al-Daraiseh Syed Hammad Mian Mustufa Haider Abidi Utilizing sensors networks to develop a smart and context-aware solution for people with disabilities at the workplace (design and implementation) International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks |
| title | Utilizing sensors networks to develop a smart and context-aware solution for people with disabilities at the workplace (design and implementation) |
| title_full | Utilizing sensors networks to develop a smart and context-aware solution for people with disabilities at the workplace (design and implementation) |
| title_fullStr | Utilizing sensors networks to develop a smart and context-aware solution for people with disabilities at the workplace (design and implementation) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Utilizing sensors networks to develop a smart and context-aware solution for people with disabilities at the workplace (design and implementation) |
| title_short | Utilizing sensors networks to develop a smart and context-aware solution for people with disabilities at the workplace (design and implementation) |
| title_sort | utilizing sensors networks to develop a smart and context aware solution for people with disabilities at the workplace design and implementation |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1177/1550147716658606 |
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