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Japan has more than 200 accidents related to electric wheelchairs every year. Current electric wheelchairs do not have any device for accident prevention; it can be said they are dangerous vehicles. In order to mitigate the situation, we have proposed and implemented an interface that makes user recognize the surrounding circumference so that it prevents electric wheelchair accidents. In this paper, we present the design, implementation and feasibility study of intuitive human interfaces for electric wheelchairs.
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Tamura, H., Kambayashi, Y. (2013). Design of Intuitive Interfaces for Electric Wheelchairs to Prevent Accidents. In: Stephanidis, C., Antona, M. (eds) Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction. Design Methods, Tools, and Interaction Techniques for eInclusion. UAHCI 2013. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 8009. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39188-0_64
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