Metodología para la creación de interfaces inteligentes aplicadas a ambient assisted living (AAL)

Abstract

In the last years, the development of new technologies in different fields has become widespread, increasing the number of users. Moreover, some users are elders, people with disabilities, etc., users who have health problems and limitations that do not allow them to perform certain activities in a common way. That is why technologies must consider user's needs, their characteristics, their preferences and their limitations. Hence, the Ambient Assisted Living aims to develop new technologies that are responsible for improving the quality of life of users with disabilities and limitations in their health. Moreover, such it must have the ability to be adaptive for the user’s needs, thus, developers of new technologies should consider the creation of interfaces with easy-to-use considerations and adaptable to their needs. In this document, it has been proposed a new methodology for the creation of intelligent interfaces applied to Ambient Assisted Living – AMCIAAL. It allows to provide solutions with intelligent interfaces in order to improve the Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). In other words, users can easily navigate through a software or hardware solution with autonomy. Finally, in order to show the feasibility of this solution, it has been presented a case of use with a solution created by following each step of the AMCIAAL. This instantiation has been tested by a sample of 22 elderly people, from which some results and experiences were obtained and provide with insights that will help researchers in improving and creating new tools for ambient assisted living