Understanding the elders' interaction with smart home in Korea

Hyang Sook Kim, Hyo Chang Kim, Yong Gu Ji

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Abstract

Smart Home is an application of Information Communication Technologies (ICT) in living environment. The concept of smart home has received interests as future solution for the elders and disabled to enhance quality of life. The long-term objective of this study is to design accessible Smart Home for the elders. And a key element to design accessible Smart Home is in-depth understanding of interaction between users and system. In this work-in-progress paper, we present two-phase study to obtaining better understand interaction between the elders and Smart Home. As results we present preliminary insights from diary study and interview on the elders living in built-in Smart Home in Korea. The results will contribute to improve convenience and satisfaction of the elders by making practical use of their interaction characteristics in their daily residential environment.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCHI 2015 - Extended Abstracts Publication of the 33rd Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Subtitle of host publicationCrossings
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
Pages2067-2072
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781450331463
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2015 Apr 18
Event33rd Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI EA 2015 - Seoul, Korea, Republic of
Duration: 2015 Apr 182015 Apr 23

Publication series

NameConference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings
Volume18

Other

Other33rd Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI EA 2015
Country/TerritoryKorea, Republic of
CitySeoul
Period15/4/1815/4/23

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This work was supported by Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MEST) (2012R1A1A2006949).

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Software
  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design

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