Improved Usability of Locomotion Devices Using Human-Centric Taxonomy
Abstract
This thesis investigates how early taxonomies of locomotion fail to provide a comprehensive enough framework to facilitate usable locomotion devices due to a failure of understanding the human component in interaction. It then proposes an alternative human-centric taxonomy for locomotion that grounds itself on the physiological, physical and extra-physical cues the human body is capable of providing rather than only the input existing interaction devices are capable of receiving. Through the realization that interaction begins with the human, not the machine, this thesis is able to determine a cue from the body that is able to provide enough information for use by an algorithm to recognize walking and running forward, sidestepping, back stepping, and jumping with a minimal amount of sensors and associated hardware. This thesis then develops and performs initial tests on a fully implemented locomotion device using input from two inertial sensors on the legs in conjunction with the locomotion recognition algorithm for use in any commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) video game for PCs that use keypresses for locomotion input.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 2009
- Accession Number
- ADA496741
Entities
People
- Alex T. Mabini
Organizations
- Naval Postgraduate School