Human Factors in Mobile Computing

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Human Factors in Mobile Computing

• By Ed Leland
• EEL 6788

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Agenda

• Introduction
• Current Areas of Research
• Multimedia Information Systems
• User Interfaces
• Group and Organization Interfaces
• Hypertext/Hypermedia
• Sound and Music Computing
• Miscellaneous
• Conclusions

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Introduction

• The advantages of ubiquitous mobile computing are
  only accessible if systems are easy to use.
• The current expansion in smart phone usage began
  with the iPhone and its radically new user
  interface.
• Mobile computing systems place a premium on good
  human factors design due to the reduced size of
  displays.

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Definitions

• Human Factors is a discipline of study that deals
  with human-machine interface. Human Factors deals
  with the psychological, social, physical,
  biological and safety characteristics of a user
  and the system the user is in.
• Human-computer interaction is a discipline
  concerned with the design, evaluation and
  implementation of interactive computing systems
  for human use and with the study of major
  phenomena surrounding them.

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HCI Areas of Study

• Multimedia Information Systems (H.5.1)
• User Interfaces (H.5.2)
• Group and Organization Interfaces (H.5.3)
• Hypertext/Hypermedia (H.5.4)
• Sound and Music Computing (H.5.5)
• Miscellaneous (H.5.m)

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Multimedia Information Systems

• Augmented Reality
• Mapping and Navigation
• Mobile Video and TV
• Mobile Gaming

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Multimedia Information Systems

• Location Coded Multimedia
• Mobile Web
• Collaborative Music and Photo

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User Interfaces

• Input Methods
• Gesture Based Methods
• Camera Based Methods
• Pen Based Methods
• Speech Based Methods

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User Interfaces

• Input Methods
• Tactile Based Methods
• External Object Based Methods
• Touch Screen Based Methods
• Output Methods
• Haptic I/O
• External device (Glasses)
• Projector Based Method

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User Interfaces

• Pedestrian Navigation
• Usability Metrics for the Mobile Web
• Text Entry methods for International Character
  sets
• Social Networking

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User Interfaces

• Using Mobile Phones to Interact with Other
  Devices
• Accommodations for Special Populations
• Elderly
• Visually Impaired
• Children
• In-Vehicle Interaction

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Others

• Group and Organization Interfaces
• Collaborative Mobile Video
• Multi-User Audio
• Hypertext/Hypermedia
• Location and Context Aware Browsing
• Sound and Music Computing
• Ambient Localization
• Collaborative Music

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Miscellaneous

• Mobile Computing in the Developing World
• Mobile Environmental Data Collection
• Motivation and Emotional Attachment in Mobile
  Phone Usage
• Bikes, Subways and Shopping Carts

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Conclusions

• The Human Computer Interface (HCI) in mobile
  devices and smart phones is a vibrant and varied
  field of research.
• Research into mobile HCI has grown very quickly
  over the past four years.
• Augmented reality and various improvements to
  input and output methods are the areas of
  greatest activity.

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Questions

• If you have any questions regarding the
  presentation please dont hesitate to send me an
  email at edleland_at_knights.ucf.edu
• Thanks for your time!