MOBILEWHEEL A mobile driving station

Authors

  • Vitor Cunha Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto.
  • Carlos Campos Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.34629/ipl.isel.i-ETC.10

Keywords:

Human-Computer Interaction, Driving Simulator, Mobile Sensing,

Abstract

Current mobile devices (e.g., smartphones) are equipped with several sensors that allow different forms of user
interaction. They also offer several connectivity options and a growing computing power which supports its
use in new Human Computer Interaction (HCI) scenarios. This paper presents the mobileWheel, a system that
exploits the capabilities of current mobile devices as a means of interaction with a real-time graphical driving
simulation running on a desktop computer. The application on the mobile device performs data acquisition
from various sensors (focusing on the 3D accelerometer) and also provides different types of feedback to
the user. This system represents a ubiquitous, simple and affordable alternative approach to the traditional
control of virtual vehicles in driving simulators and could also be applied in other similar architectures. To
evaluate and validate this approach several tests were conducted with volunteer users. The control mode where
the virtual vehicle is fully controlled by the accelerometer had the highest acceptance and produced the best
results.

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Author Biographies

  • Vitor Cunha, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto.

    Estudante de doutoramento no Programa Doutoral em Engenharia Informática na Faculdade de Engenharia do Porto.

    Assistentente no Instituto superior de Engenharia do Porto, no Departamento de Engenharia Eletrotécnica.

  • Carlos Campos, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto.

    Grau de Mestre pelo Instituto Superior Técnico em 2006.

    Estudante de doutoramento no Programa Doutoral em Engenharia Informática na Faculdade de Engenharia do Porto.

    Assistentente no Instituto superior de Engenharia do Porto desde 2008, no Departamento de Engenharia Eletrotécnica.

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Published

2013-06-27

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 1 (2013): The CETC2011 Issue

Section

CETC

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