Monitoring children's developmental progress using augmented toys and activity recognition

Authors:
Tracy L. Westeyn;Gregory D. Abowd;Thad E. Starner;Jeremy M. Johnson;Peter W. Presti;Kimberly A. Weaver
Affiliations:
School of Interactive Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA 30332;School of Interactive Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA 30332;School of Interactive Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA 30332;Interactive Media Technology Center, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA 30332;Interactive Media Technology Center, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA 30332;School of Interactive Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA 30332
Venue:
Personal and Ubiquitous Computing
Year:
2012

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Abstract

Previous research has established the connection between the way in which children interact with objects and the potential early identification of children with autism. Those findings motivate our own work to develop "smart toys," objects embedded with wireless sensors that are safe and enjoyable for very small children, that allow detailed interaction data to be easily recorded. These sensor-enabled toys provide opportunities for autism research by reducing the effort required to collect and analyze a child's interactions with objects. In the future, such toys may be a useful part of clinical and in-home assessment tools. In this paper, we discuss the design of a collection of smart toys that can be used to automatically characterize the way in which a child is playing. We use statistical models to provide objective, quantitative measures of object play interactions. We also developed a tool to view rich forms of annotated play data for later analysis. We report the results of recognition experiments on more than fifty play sessions conducted with adults and children as well as discuss the opportunities for using this approach to support video annotation and other applications.