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Abstract(s)
Background: Assisted ambient living interfaces are technologies designed to improve the quality of life for people
who require assistance with daily activities. They are crucial for individuals to maintain their independence for as long as
possible. To this end, these interfaces have to be user-friendly, intuitive, and accessible, even for those who are not techsavvy. Research in recent years indicates that people find it uncomfortable to wear invasive or large intrusive devices to
monitor health status, and poor user interface design implies a lack of user engagement. Methods: This paper presents
the design and implementation of non-intrusive mobile and smartwatch applications for detecting older adults when
executing their routines. The solution uses an intuitive mobile application to set up beacons and incorporates biometric
data acquired from the smartwatch to measure bio-signals correlated to the user’s location. User testing and interface
evaluation are carried out using the User Experience Questionnaire (UEQ). Results: Six older adults participated in the
evaluation of the interfaces. Results show that users found the interaction to be excellent in all the parameters of the UEQ
in the evaluation of the mobile interface. For the smartwatch application, results vary from above average to excellent.
Conclusions: The applications are intuitive and easy to use, and data obtained from integrating systems is essential to
link information and provide feedback to the user.
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Keywords
Mobile application Smartwatch application Beacon technology User experience Human-computer interaction
Citation
Augusto, G., Duarte, R., & Cunha, C. (2023). Enhancing quality of life: Human-centered design of mobile and smartwatch applications for assisted ambient living. Journal of Autonomous Intelligence, 7(1). https://doi.org/10.32629/jai.v7i1.762
Publisher
Frontier Scientific Publishing