In this paper we present a novel wearable navigation system along with implicit HCI (iHCI) model, where interaction with technology is dissolved into a day-today activity. In this type of HCI model a computer takes the input and tries to output an action that is a proactive anticipation of next action of a user. Usually, in urban areas people use voice assisted navigation systems or navigation ...

Recently, a car employs various built-in sensors such as a speedometer, odometer, accelerometer and angular rate sensor for safety and maintenance. These sensory data can be provided in real time through a CAN (Controller Area Network) bus. In addition, image sequences can be provided from various cameras mounted to the car, such as built-in front and around view monitoring cameras. We thus pro...

This paper focuses on the latest technology trends for navigating in difficult urban, indoor, and underground environments where typical Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers do not function. The latest alternative navigation (Alt-Nav) technologies based on electro-optical techniques are described. These techniques extract features from electro-optical images (for example, a point feature a...

This paper presents an efficient and practical approach for a car navigation system (CVM-Car) based on the velocity space optimization paradigm. The method calculates control commands to keep in lane while avoiding obstacles detected by proximity sensors. has follow road path consisting of sequence lanelets. is lower-level reactive that combines pure pursuit obtain reference curvature algorithm...

Speech interaction with in-car controls is becoming more commonplace as the interaction is considered to be less distracting to the driver. Cars of today are equipped with speech recognition system to dial phone numbers and to control the cockpit environment. Furthermore satellite navigation systems provide the driver with verbal directions to their destination. The paper extends the speech int...

The design space for navigation systems is much bigger than what is seen in commercial products today. Innovation in navigation systems currently reaching the market often focuses on “eyecandy” that adds little to the usability of the systems. There is, however, a large opportunity to improve input, output, functionality and adaptivity of navigation systems. We report how an agile design explor...

The first workshop on Automotive User Interfaces at Mensch and Computer 2007 was very successful. We accepted 7 interesting papers and had between 20 and 30 people attending the sessions. The Session included presentations, discussions, and demos. This encouraged us to propose a follow-up workshop on the topic. For more information on last year's workshop see Theme Components that include proce...

It has been proposed that the current design of in-vehicle displays may not be appropriate for the older driver. This paper describes an empirical, road-based investigation of the benefits to older and younger drivers of providing landmarks within the instructions presented by an in-vehicle navigation system. Thirty two participants navigated a challenging urban route using either landmarks or ...

It has been proposed that the current design of in-vehicle displays may not be appropriate for the older driver. This paper describes an empirical, road-based investigation of the benefits to older and younger drivers of providing landmarks within the instructions presented by an in-vehicle navigation system. Thirty two participants navigated a challenging urban route using either landmarks or ...

In this paper, we propose a framework for the different types of navigational problems in surgical robotics. Using robots in medicine and especially in surgery requires an adequate representation of and reaction to a changing environment. This is achieved by modeling at different abstraction levels throughout the process, ranging from 3D imaging modalities which reflect the environment geometry...