uEmergency: a collaborative system for emergency management on very large tabletop

Authors:
Yongqiang Qin;Jie Liu;Chenjun Wu;Yuanchun Shi
Affiliations:
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China;Department of Computer Science and Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China;Tsinghua University, Beijing, China;Department of Computer Science and Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Venue:
Proceedings of the 2012 ACM international conference on Interactive tabletops and surfaces
Year:
2012

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Abstract

The vertical display, indirect input and distant communication in traditional Emergency Management Information System provide unintuitive human-computer-interaction, and thus reduce the efficiency of decision-making. This paper presents uEmergency, a multi-user collaborative system for emergency management on very large-scale interactive tabletop. It allows people to carry out face-to-face communication based on a horizontal global map. Real-time situation can be browsed and analyzed directly using their fingers and digital pens. In this paper, we also present the results of a study where two groups carried out a task for fighting forest fire based on this system. The results suggest that uEmergency can effectively help people manipulate objects, analyze situation and collaborate for coping with an emergency.