Abstract

The transfer of knowledge between individuals has increasingly become achieved with the aid of interfaces or computerized training applications. However, computer based training currently lacks the ability to monitor human behavioral changes and respond to them accordingly. This study examines the ability to predict user attention using features of body posture and head pose. Predictive abilities are assessed by an analysis of the relationship between the measured posture features and common objective measures of attention, such as reaction time and reaction time variance. Subjects were asked to participate in a series of sustained attention tasks while aspects of body movement and positioning were recorded using a Microsoft Kinect. Results showed support for identifiable patterns of behavior associated with attention while also suggesting the complex inter-relationship of measured features and susceptibility of these features to environmental conditions.

Library of Congress Subject Headings

Computer vision; Attention--Computer simulation; Posture--Data processing; Computer-assisted instruction--Design; Kinect (Programmable controller)--Programming; Optical pattern recognition

Publication Date

5-10-2013

Document Type

Thesis

Department, Program, or Center

Computer Science (GCCIS)

Advisor

Bailey, Reynold

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Note: imported from RIT’s Digital Media Library running on DSpace to RIT Scholar Works. Physical copy available through RIT's The Wallace Library at: TA1634 .S735 2013

Campus

RIT – Main Campus

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