Department of Computer Engineering, Inha University, Incheon, Republic of Korea.
Department of Software and Computer Engineering, Ajou University, Suwon, Republic of Korea.
PLoS One. 2018 Jun 26;13(6):e0197050. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0197050. eCollection 2018.
With the growing dependence on smartphones for everyday activities, a large number of pedestrians nowadays are constantly fixated on their smartphone screens, and hence are susceptible to walking off pavements or colliding with other pedestrians. Reduced attention and situational awareness can render smartphone-occupied users, or smombies, oblivious to potential risks when using their smartphones while walking or driving. In this paper, we introduce a smartphone application, called Smombie Guardian, that detects obstacles and alerts smombies as they walk while viewing their smartphone screens to prevent potential collisions. Based on a user study with 74 participants who used Smombie Guardian in a real-life scenario, we highlight the effectiveness, usefulness, and unobtrusiveness of the algorithm and Smombie Guardian in helping users to avoid potential obstacles.
随着人们日常生活对智能手机的依赖程度不断提高，现在有大量的行人总是盯着智能手机屏幕，因此容易走出人行道或与其他行人相撞。当智能手机用户在步行或开车时使用智能手机时，注意力和情境意识的降低可能会使他们忽略潜在的风险。在本文中，我们介绍了一款名为 Smombie Guardian 的智能手机应用程序，它可以在用户看手机屏幕时检测障碍物，并在他们行走时向他们发出警报，以防止潜在的碰撞。基于 74 名参与者在现实场景中使用 Smombie Guardian 的用户研究，我们强调了该算法和 Smombie Guardian 在帮助用户避免潜在障碍物方面的有效性、有用性和非干扰性。
