Augmented reality som komplement till mobiltelefoner i hemsjukvården
(2022) EEML05 20221Department of Biomedical Engineering
- Abstract
- There is a need for a complement to caregivers’ mobile phones in home health care. Mobile phones disrupt patient contact because caregivers often need to look down at their phone’s screen and they increase the risk of infection because phones’ screens often have bacteria, viruses and infectious fungi on them. They also disrupt caregivers’ ability to use both hands to deliver care to their patients. This report examines the possibility to use augmented reality (AR) to decrease the usage of mobile phones and effectivize home health care. AR is a technology that aims to augment sensory impressions, often through the use of a semi transparent screen in front of the user’s eyes. A prototype app for the AR glasses Google Glass Enterprise Edition... (More)
- There is a need for a complement to caregivers’ mobile phones in home health care. Mobile phones disrupt patient contact because caregivers often need to look down at their phone’s screen and they increase the risk of infection because phones’ screens often have bacteria, viruses and infectious fungi on them. They also disrupt caregivers’ ability to use both hands to deliver care to their patients. This report examines the possibility to use augmented reality (AR) to decrease the usage of mobile phones and effectivize home health care. AR is a technology that aims to augment sensory impressions, often through the use of a semi transparent screen in front of the user’s eyes. A prototype app for the AR glasses Google Glass Enterprise Edition 2 (Glass EE2) was developed and was evaluated with experts in the field. The app contained information about the patient and their prescribed care on the glasses’ screen. The possibilities of calling for help from doctors or nurses through video calls with the glasses and taking notes using speech-to-text were also evaluated.
The app was evaluated iteratively through the help of experts in the field and through testing by the authors themselves. The result shows that the glasses that were used are not suited to the purpose because the screen is too small and the means of interaction with the glasses are limited. However, the authors believe that there is potential for AR to be used in home health care if the technology is improved so that the screen is big enough to show the required information and if the means of interaction are simple enough to be used without distracting the user. (Less)
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- author
- Thånell, Morris LU and Melander, Petter LU
- supervisor
- organization
- alternative title
- Augmented reality as a complement to mobile phones in home health care
- course
- EEML05 20221
- year
- 2022
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Augmented reality, AR, hemsjukvård, home health care
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 9087836
- date added to LUP
- 2022-06-14 11:02:29
- date last changed
- 2022-06-14 11:02:29
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abstract = {{There is a need for a complement to caregivers’ mobile phones in home health care. Mobile phones disrupt patient contact because caregivers often need to look down at their phone’s screen and they increase the risk of infection because phones’ screens often have bacteria, viruses and infectious fungi on them. They also disrupt caregivers’ ability to use both hands to deliver care to their patients. This report examines the possibility to use augmented reality (AR) to decrease the usage of mobile phones and effectivize home health care. AR is a technology that aims to augment sensory impressions, often through the use of a semi transparent screen in front of the user’s eyes. A prototype app for the AR glasses Google Glass Enterprise Edition 2 (Glass EE2) was developed and was evaluated with experts in the field. The app contained information about the patient and their prescribed care on the glasses’ screen. The possibilities of calling for help from doctors or nurses through video calls with the glasses and taking notes using speech-to-text were also evaluated.
The app was evaluated iteratively through the help of experts in the field and through testing by the authors themselves. The result shows that the glasses that were used are not suited to the purpose because the screen is too small and the means of interaction with the glasses are limited. However, the authors believe that there is potential for AR to be used in home health care if the technology is improved so that the screen is big enough to show the required information and if the means of interaction are simple enough to be used without distracting the user.}},
author = {{Thånell, Morris and Melander, Petter}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Augmented reality som komplement till mobiltelefoner i hemsjukvården}},
year = {{2022}},
}