児童を対象とした振動型経路指示システムにおける振動角度と有用性の評価

抄録

Studies on intelligent transport systems, which target adults as users, have been actively developed: One of the examples is a navigation system using electronic maps. However, for children of a third and under grade elementary students, it is difficult to read a map and use such a system. This paper proposes a route indication system using the smartphone vibration function for children who are not used to reading maps. When a user turns a device equipped with this system, the direction to a previously set target point is indicated by the smartphone vibrations. In the course of development of the proposed system, a preliminary experiment was conducted to evaluate the necessary optimal angle degree to a direction to a target point. The result showed that a variation of 20 degrees towards the desired destination was optimal to navigate to any target point. Using this parameter in our system, an experiment was conducted with 6 children. The results of this experiment showed that the children were able to easily use the proposed system and reach the target destination.