DocumentCode
2886431
Title
Tangible virtual kitchen for the rehabilitation of Alzheimer´s patients
Author
Hoang, Thuong N. ; Foloppe, Deborah A. ; Richard, Paul
Author_Institution
LARIS - Le Lab. Angevin de Rech. en Ing. des Syst., Univ. d´Angers, France
fYear
2015
fDate
23-24 March 2015
Firstpage
161
Lastpage
162
Abstract
We present a tangible virtual kitchen system for the rehabilitation of Alzheimer´s patients. The system utilizes Sifteo cube, a commercially available product containing physical cubes with touch screen, accelerometers, and neighboring sensors. The system supports intuitive and natural user interactions to improve motor skill rehabilitation for everyday kitchen tasks.
Keywords
human computer interaction; medical computing; medical disorders; patient rehabilitation; virtual reality; Alzheimers patients rehabilitation; Sifteo cube; accelerometers; intuitive user interactions; motor skill rehabilitation; natural user interactions; sensors; tangible virtual kitchen system; touch screen; Alzheimer´s disease; Animation; Containers; Sugar; Tactile sensors; User interfaces; Alzheimer rehabilitation; tangible user interface;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
3D User Interfaces (3DUI), 2015 IEEE Symposium on
Conference_Location
Arles
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/3DUI.2015.7131750
Filename
7131750
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