Aiding Tool of Viewing PC Display for Unilateral Spatial Neglect Observers

－User Interfaces Employing Magnifier－

Abstract

An aiding tool of viewing PC display, which is employed to prevent overlook left side of the focusing window, for unilateral spatial neglect observers, is investigated. Basic concept of this tool is magnifying a part of display based on observer's requests. As the results of user-interface examinations, three points are employed: (1) an whole window flushing effect in order to paying easy attention when opening the magnifying window, (2) temporal control sequence of typing double same special key (Ctrl, Alt, etc.) and subsequent another normal key for easy operation by hemiplegia users, and (3) a combination color design adopting to four sides of a window frame for easy paying attention to the left side. This tool is also effective to users with presbyopia and/or users who want to add more active window effects for presentations.