SBIR Phase II: Mobility Agents for Persons with Cognitive Disabilities

这个SMALL商业创新研究(SBIR)第二阶段项目将开发移动代理，帮助认知障碍者使用公共交通系统。通过移动代理将用户无线连接到实时公交信息的运营系统的实现取决于这样一个事实，即公共交通系统越来越多地配备了通过专用无线网络连接到控制中心的GPS(全球定位系统)系统。控制器使用此基础设施来调度和优化操作，并避免集束等组织问题。AgentSheets建议使用这一现有的基础设施来计算高度个性化的信息，并通过PDA或手机将其传递给认知障碍者。具有位置感知移动代理服务的无线设备，帮助旅行者使用公共交通系统，允许照顾者定制这些代理，并通过利用高度可定制的Web信息框架实用Web来监控旅行者的进度；以及演绎跟踪，这是传感器融合和最低限度常识人工智能的组合，可以创建更可靠的跟踪信息。AgentSheets将探索手持设备上基于代理的实时用户界面的设计和实现问题；构建系统，并使用Boulder公交车系统作为公共交通试验台在真实环境中对其进行测试。移动代理技术将基于GPS的一般信息转化为个性化的实用信息。定制机制的范围从简单的首选项到规则定义，并且与终端用户开发/编程、视觉语言和人机交互领域相关。演绎跟踪为传感器融合和人工智能做出了贡献。用于实时交通可视化的第一阶段3D引擎的部分已经提供给其他研究机构，并已投入使用。这项技术为有认知障碍的人提供帮助。老年人和其他群体也将从同样的技术发展中受益。这项技术创造了新的服务组织。它减少了对人类护送的需要，增加了认知障碍者的自主性，并减少了对联邦支持的需求。..。

This Smal Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project will develop Mobility Agents that help persons with cognitive disabilities use public transportation systems. The realization of an operational system that wirelessly connects users to real-time bus information through Mobility Agents depends on the fact that public transportation systems are increasingly equipped with GPS (Global Positioning System) systems connected to control centers through dedicated wireless networks. Controllers use this infrastructure to schedule and optimize operations and avoid organizational problems such as bunching. Agentsheets proposes to use this existing infrastructure to compute highly personalized information and deliver it on PDAs or cell phones to persons with cognitive disabilities. Wireless devices with location aware Mobility Agent services that help travelers use public transportation systems, permit caregivers to customize these agents, and monitor the progress of travelers by means of utilizing The Pragmatic Web, a framework for highly customizable Web information; and Deductive Tracking, a combination of sensor fusion and minimalist common sense AI that creates more reliable tracking information. Agentsheets will explore design and implementation issues for agent-based real-time user interfaces on handheld devices; build the system, and test it in a real-world setting using the Boulder bus system as a public transportation test bed.The Mobility Agents technology turns general GPS-based information into personalized, practical information. Customization mechanisms range from simple preferences to rule definition, and are relevant to the fields of End-User Development/Programming, Visual Languages, and Human Computer Interaction. Deductive Tracking contributes to Sensor Fusion and Artificial Intelligence. Parts of a Phase I 3D engine, used in the real-time transportation visualization, have been made available to other research organizations and are already in use. This technology proffers assistance to persons with cognitive disabilities. The elderly and other groups will also benefit from the same technological developments. This technology creates new service organizations. It reduces the need for human escorts, increases the autonomy of persons with cognitive disabilities, and decreases the need for federal support. ...