Browsing by Subject "Interacció persona-ordinador"

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    • A cost-effective approach for developing application-control GUIs for virtual environments 

      Andújar Gran, Carlos Antonio; Fairén González, Marta; Argelaguet Sanz, Fernando (2006-03)
      Conference lecture
      Open Access
      In this paper we present a new approach for fast development of application-control User Interfaces (UIs) for Virtual Environments (VEs). Our approach allows developers to build sophisticated UIs containing both simple ...

    • A flexible dialogue system for enhancing web usability 

      Gatius Vila, Marta; González Bermúdez, Meritxell (WWW2009, 2009)
      Conference lecture
      Restricted access - publisher's policy
      In this paper, we study how the performance and usability of web dialogue systems could be enhanced by using an appropriate representation of the different types of knowledge involved in communication: general dialogue ...

    • A home-based neurorehabilitation system for children with upper extreimity impairments 

      Wu, Yi-Ning; Saliu, Veton; Donoghue, Noah D.; Donoghue, John P.; Kerman, Karen L. (Càtedra d'Accessibilitat (CATAC), 2013-11)
      Article
      Open Access
      The objective of this paper is to introduce a novel low-cost human-computer interface (HCI) system for home-based massed practice for children with upper limb impairment due to brain injury. The proposed system targets ...

    • A qualitative approach for aggregating people's perceptions 

      Ruiz Vegas, Francisco Javier; Agell Jané, Núria; Sánchez Soler, Monica (Escola Superior d'Administració i Direcció d'Empreses (ESADE), 2022)
      Conference lecture
      Open Access
      The concept of perceptual map is introduced in this paper to capture the semantics of linguistic assessments of an individual in a qualitative reasoning scenario, concretely in hesitant fuzzy linguistic term sets. In ...

    • A Speech-based Dialogue System for Household Robots 

      Pons Rueda, Susana (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya / Technische Universiteit Delft, 2011)
      Master thesis (pre-Bologna period)
      Restricted access - author's decision
      This thesis studies mechanisms to improve human-robot-interaction through a spoken dialogue for household robots. Therefore, a full dialogue system, in which the semantics of the words play an important role, is ...

    • A study of the human-system interface complexity sources in wastewater treatment plants 

      Ponsa Asensio, Pere; Pérez, Àlex; Gámiz Caro, Javier Francisco; Manresa-Yee, Cristina; Vilanova, Ramon (Universidad de Zaragoza, 2012)
      Conference report
      Restricted access - publisher's policy
      In human-automation interaction it is necessary to define methods and tools to assess the human-system interface complexity. In a first assessment, the use of an evaluation questionnaire aiming at detecting complexity ...

    • A survey of the role of viewability within the online advertising ecosystem 

      Expósito Ventura, Marta; Ruipérez Valiente, José A.; Parra Arnau, Javier; Forné Muñoz, Jorge (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2021-09-27)
      Article
      Open Access
      Within the online advertising ecosystem, viewability is defined as the metric that measures if an ad impression had the chance of being viewable by a potential consumer. Although this metric has been presented as a potential ...

    • A Usability study case of a vision-based gesture interface 

      Ponsa Asensio, Pere; Urbina, Carlos; Manresa-Yee, Cristina; Vilanova Arbós, Ramón (Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2014)
      Conference report
      Restricted access - publisher's policy
      Gestural interaction uses human gestures to interact with an interactive system. Many efforts have been done to define gestures and facilitate a comfortable and natural way to interact. In this paper an experimental ...

    • A wireless user- computer interface to explore various sources of biosignals and visual biofeedback for severe motor impairment 

      Londral, Ana; Silva, Hugo; Nunes, Neuza; Carvalho, Mamede; Azevedo, Luis (Càtedra d'Accessibilitat (CATAC), 2013-11)
      Article
      Open Access
      Severe speech and motor impairments caused by several neurological disorders can limit communication skills to simple yes/no replies. Variability among patients’ physical and social conditions justifies the need of providing ...

    • Accelerometer-based computer mouse for people with special needs 

      Ribas Xirgo, Lluís; López-Varquiel, Francisco (Càtedra d'Accessibilitat (CATAC), 2017-05-31)
      Article
      Open Access
      A great deal of human-machine interaction depends on hands, and so does access to information technology services. People unable to use hands do require special devices that replace computer mice or touchscreens. In this ...

    • Adaptación de pilotos al glass-cockpit 

      Sorin, Jacques (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2003-09-26)
      Doctoral thesis
      Open Access
      Se presenta una propuesta de diseño de cabina de pilotaje de aviones cuyo objetivo es ayudar la adaptación de los pilotos al pilotaje de los aviones de pasajeros de tipo glass-cockpit. Se acompaña esta propuesta de una ...

    • Adaptive social planner to accompany people in real-life dynamic environments 

      Repiso Polo, Ely; Garrell Zulueta, Anais; Sanfeliu Cortés, Alberto (Springer, 2022-12-03)
      Article
      Open Access
      Robots must develop the ability to socially navigate in uncontrolled urban environments to be able to be included in our daily lives. This paper presents a new robot navigation framework called the adaptive social planner ...

    • Adaptive task-oriented chatbots using feature-based knowledge bases 

      Campàs Gené, Carla; Motger de la Encarnación, Joaquim; Franch Gutiérrez, Javier; Marco Gómez, Jordi (Springer, 2023)
      Conference lecture
      Open Access
      Task-oriented chatbots relying on a knowledge base for domain-specific content exploitation have been largely addressed in research and industry applications. Despite this, multiple challenges remain to be fully conquered, ...

    • Analyzing and testing viewability methods in an advertising network 

      Expósito Ventura, Marta; Ruipérez Valiente, José A.; Forné Muñoz, Jorge (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2020-06-29)
      Article
      Open Access
      Many of the current online businesses base completely their revenue models in earnings from online advertisement. A problematic fact is that according to recent studies more than half of display ads are not being detected ...

    • Análisis de la evolución del Itinerario de Diseño Centrado en el Usuario y Diseño Inclusivo de la EPSEVG de la UPC 

      Guasch Murillo, Daniel; Ponsa Asensio, Pere (Comité de Organización de la II JOrnada de Trabajo sobre Enseñanza de CHI (CHIJOTE’18), 2018)
      Conference report
      Open Access
      En el año 2009 se iniciaron los estudios de grado de “Diseño Industrial y Desarrollo del Producto” en la “Escola Politècnica Superior d’Enginyeria de Vilanova i la Geltrú” de la Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Una ...

    • Anisomorphic ray-casting manipulation for interacting with 2D GUIs 

      Andújar Gran, Carlos Antonio; Argelaguet Sanz, Fernando (2007-01)
      Article
      Open Access
      The accommodation of conventional 2D GUIs with virtual environments (VEs) can greatly enhance the possibilities of many VE applications. In this paper we present a variation of the well-known ray-casting technique for fast ...

    • Aplicación de rehabilitación de manos mediante el sensor Leap Motion 

      Marzo Ruiz, Pau (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2024-01-24)
      Bachelor thesis
      Open Access
      La realitat virtual aquesta guanyant protagonisme en el món que ens envolta, ja que cada vegada s'està utilitzant en mes camps. Un d'ells és la rehabilitació de pacient, s'han fet molts estudissi he comprovat que la ...

    • Aportació als criteris de disseny ergonomic de les interfícies persona-màquina (HMI) per a vehicles submarins teleoperats. 

      Bonyuet Lee, David (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2002-09-27)
      Doctoral thesis
      Open Access
      El creixement de la robòtica (especialment en l'àrea dels sistemes intel·ligents) continua a grans passos, malgrat que encara no hi ha sistemes totalment autònoms per treballar en entorns complexos i desconeguts. Consideracions ...

    • Assessing pediatrics patients’ psychological states from biomedical signals in a cloud of social robots 

      Díaz Boladeras, Marta; Angulo Bahón, Cecilio; Domènech Argemí, Miquel; Albo Canals, Jordi; Serrallonga, Núria; Raya Giner, Cristóbal; Barco, Alex (Springer, 2016)
      Conference report
      Restricted access - publisher's policy
      This paper describes an on-going research aiming to design and deploy a robotic-pet based intervention integrated to the Child Life program in a paediatric hospital. The purpose is to provide in the personalized health-care ...

    • Assisted navigation for 3D serious games training 

      Moya Santos, Sergio; Grau Carrión, Sergi; Tost Pardell, Daniela (2013)
      Conference report
      Restricted access - publisher's policy
      Serious games in 3D virtual environments are becoming a popular tool for professional training activities as well as for rehabilitation. Navigation in 3D is recognized as one of the activity which is more dificult to master ...