Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-26T18:18:31Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Paulo Alves de Lima.pdf: 91765055 bytes, checksum: 8c46ce0bc23b5f4635e078ef4a6fe5da (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-03-08 / Considering the current dissemination stage of the world wide web and the historical social repercussion which such presence evokes, this Master Thesis intents to provide subsidies to webdesign activity, developing knowledges that contribute to the process of infographics elements manipulation in the web interfaces construction. The study corpus, Brazilian websites graphical interfaces, required for its analysis, quali-quantitative empirical research that enables, through aesthetic dissection, the identification of the existence of dominating visual patterns in Brazilian websites interfaces. The results of this stage reference the elaboration of representative models, which in the following step passed by a test process and validation with the users. The successful achievement of these objectives made it possible to solve one of the major problems related to the research object, the assembly of an interface model capable of tracing and computing path of user access, identifying separately how the infographics elements of the screen are related to each other, in the reception context, to the surfer decision for the click-through. This road bared the existence evidences of aesthetic phenomenal in the research context, fact theoretically addressed through style viewpoint, which resulted in proposing a new approach to the webdesign, capable of bringing closer the cyberculture theoretical views and the empirical results produced nowadays. The theoretical framework of the dissertation is based on three great quadrants. In the first one is located the comprehension, in the applied social science context, of the historical social movie set where the cyberculture and its typical technologically mediated communication processes are inserted. On this stage, the references are Zygmunt Bauman, Paul Virilio, Neil Postman, Asa Briggs and Peter Burke. In a second moment, the computer graphic interfaces genesis is treated with their semantic machines and graphical metaphors; here the text dialog extends to propositions of Steven Johnson, Oliver Sacks, Philippe Breton and Walter Benjamin. Finally, follows a reflection about the webdesign and its conceptualaesthetic issues under the historical view of style and here the references are Adrian Frutiger, Josef Albers, Allen Hurkburt, Donis Dondis, Charles Peirce, Eugênio Trivinho e Lucia Santaella / Considerando o atual estágio de disseminação da grande rede mundial de computadores e a repercussão social-histórica que tal presença evoca, esta Dissertação de Mestrado pretende oferecer subsídios à atividade de webdesign, desenvolvendo conhecimentos que contribuam para o processo de manipulação dos elementos infográficos na construção de interfaces Web. O corpus do estudo, as interfaces gráficas dos websites brasileiros, exigiu, para a sua análise, pesquisa empírica qualiquantitativa que possibilitasse, através de dissecação estética, identificar a existência de padrões visuais dominantes nas interfaces de websites brasileiros. Os resultados dessa etapa referenciaram a elaboração de modelos representativos, que em etapa seguinte passaram por processo de teste e validação junto a usuários. O cumprimento exitoso desses objetivos tornou possível solucionar um dos principais problemas relativos ao objeto da pesquisa, a montagem de uma interface-modelo capaz de rastrear e computar trajetórias de acesso de usuários, identificando isoladamente como os elementos infográficos da tela se relacionam, no contexto da recepção, à decisão do internauta pelo click-through. Esse percurso desnudou evidências da existência de fenômenos estéticos no contexto da pesquisa, fato abordado teoricamente sob a ótica do estilo, e que resultaram em proposição de uma nova abordagem para o webdesign, capaz de aproximar as visagens teóricas da cibercultura dos resultados empíricos produzidos no cotidiano. O quadro teórico da pesquisa é composto por três grandes quadrantes. No primeiro, situa-se o entendimento, no contexto das ciências sociais aplicadas, do cenário socialhistórico em que a cibercultura e seus típicos processos comunicativos tecnologicamente mediados se inserem. Nesse âmbito, figuram, como referências Zygmunt Bauman, Paul Virilio, Neil Postman, Asa Briggs e Peter Burke. Num segundo momento, é tratada a gênese das interfaces computacionais gráficas e suas metáforas, no qual a abordagem é norteada por Steven Johnson, Oliver Sacks, Philippe Breton e Walter Benjamin. Por fim, segue-se uma reflexão sobre o webdesign e suas questões estético-conceituais sob a ótica histórica do estilo e aqui as referências são Adrian Frutiger, Josef Albers, Allen Hurlburt, Donis Dondis, Charles Peirce, Eugênio Trivinho e Lucia Santaella

O objetivo deste trabalho é criar uma metodologia capaz de reconhecer gestos de mãos, a partir de imagens dinâmicas, para interagir com sistemas. Após a captação da imagem, a segmentação ocorre nos pixels pertencentes às mãos que são separados do fundo pela segmentação pela subtração do fundo e filtragem de cor de pele. O algoritmo de reconhecimento é baseado somente em contornos, possibilitando velocidade para se trabalhar em tempo real. A maior área da imagem segmentada é considerada como região da mão. As regiões detectadas são analisadas para determinar a posição e a orientação da mão. A posição e outros atributos das mãos são rastreados quadro a quadro para distinguir um movimento da mão em relação ao fundo e de outros objetos em movimento, e para extrair a informação do movimento para o reconhecimento de gestos. Baseado na posição coletada, movimento e indícios de postura são calculados para reconhecimento um gesto significativo. / The purpose of this paper is to develop a methodology able to recognize hand gestures from dynamic images to interact with systems. After the image capture segmentation takes place where pixels belonging to the hands are separated from the background based on skin-color segmentation and background extraction. The image preprocessing can be applied before the edge detection. The recognition algorithm uses edges only; therefore it is quick enough for real time. The largest blob from the segmented image will be considered as the hand region. The detected regions are analyzed to determine position and orientation of the hand for each frame. The position and other attributes of the hands are tracked per frame to distinguish a movement from the hand in relation to the background and from other objects in movement, and to extract the information of the movement for the recognition of dynamic gestures. Based in the collected position, movement and indications of position are calculated to recognize a significant gesture.

O objetivo deste trabalho é criar uma metodologia capaz de reconhecer gestos de mãos, a partir de imagens dinâmicas, para interagir com sistemas. Após a captação da imagem, a segmentação ocorre nos pixels pertencentes às mãos que são separados do fundo pela segmentação pela subtração do fundo e filtragem de cor de pele. O algoritmo de reconhecimento é baseado somente em contornos, possibilitando velocidade para se trabalhar em tempo real. A maior área da imagem segmentada é considerada como região da mão. As regiões detectadas são analisadas para determinar a posição e a orientação da mão. A posição e outros atributos das mãos são rastreados quadro a quadro para distinguir um movimento da mão em relação ao fundo e de outros objetos em movimento, e para extrair a informação do movimento para o reconhecimento de gestos. Baseado na posição coletada, movimento e indícios de postura são calculados para reconhecimento um gesto significativo. / The purpose of this paper is to develop a methodology able to recognize hand gestures from dynamic images to interact with systems. After the image capture segmentation takes place where pixels belonging to the hands are separated from the background based on skin-color segmentation and background extraction. The image preprocessing can be applied before the edge detection. The recognition algorithm uses edges only; therefore it is quick enough for real time. The largest blob from the segmented image will be considered as the hand region. The detected regions are analyzed to determine position and orientation of the hand for each frame. The position and other attributes of the hands are tracked per frame to distinguish a movement from the hand in relation to the background and from other objects in movement, and to extract the information of the movement for the recognition of dynamic gestures. Based in the collected position, movement and indications of position are calculated to recognize a significant gesture.

The General Data Protection Regulation grants data subjects the legal rights of transparency and intervenability. Ex post transparency provides users of data services with insight into how their personal data have been processed, and potentially clarifies what consequences will or may arise due to the processing of their data. Technological artefacts, ex post transparency-enhancing tools (TETs) convey such information to data subjects, provided the TETs are designed to suit the predisposition of their audience. Despite being a prerequisite for transparency, however, many of the TETs available to date lack usability in that their capabilities do not reflect the needs of their final users. The objective of this thesis is therefore to systematically apply the concept of human-centred design to ascertain design principles that demonstrably lead to the implementation of a TET that facilitates ex post transparency and supports intervenability. To this end, we classify the state of the art of usable ex post TETs published in the literature and discuss the gaps therein. Contextualising our findings in the domain of fitness tracking, we investigate to what extent individualisation can help accommodate the needs of users of online mobile health services. We introduce the notion of privacy notifications as a means to inform data subjects about incidences worthy of their attention and examine how far privacy personas reflect the preferences of distinctive groups of recipients. We suggest a catalogue of design guidelines that can serve as a basis for specifying context-sensitive requirements for the implementation of a TET that leverages privacy notifications to facilitate ex post transparency, and which also serve as criteria for the evaluation of a future prototype. / <p>Paper 2 ingick som manuskript i avhandlingen, nu publicerad.</p>

A maturidade da área de Interação Humano-Computador (IHC) pode ser atestada pela grande quantidade de conjuntos formados por regras, diretrizes e normas (aqui designados como diretivas) que têm sido formulados por dezenas de autores como guias para o estudo, criação e melhoria de interfaces de usuário. No entanto, esses conjuntos apresentam diferenças significativas entre si: muitas dessas diretivas, incluindo algumas já consagradas no universo da IHC, não pertencem ao mesmo nível de abstração nem formam um conjunto homogêneo de enunciados. Essa falta de unidade, aliada à acelerada evolução das tecnologias digitais, tem contribuído para manter essas diretivas (e a própria disciplina de IHC, segundo alguns) em um estado constante de fragmentação e permanente modificação. Mesmo assim, podem ser encontrados princípios — ou leis essenciais, universais e imutáveis — que são subjacentes às diretivas e que podem delas ser extraídos através de uma metodologia adequada. Para contribuir com esse processo, a presente pesquisa apresenta uma revisão dos critérios utilizados para a compilação de conjuntos de diretivas de usabilidade, além de um método de três etapas para a redução progressiva de um número significativo de diretivas a uma lista simples de princípios de usabilidade. Os resultados deste trabalho incluem um modelo metodológico e um conjunto de sete princípios que podem ser utilizados para a pesquisa a e prática da Interação Humano-Computador. / The maturity of the Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) field can be attested by the large number of existing sets of rules, guidelines and standards (called directives herein) that have been formulated by dozens of authors as guidelines for the study, design and improvement of user interfaces. Still, these sets present significant differences among themselves: many of these directives, including some already established in the realm of HCI, do not belong to the same level of abstraction and do not constitute a homogeneous set of statements. This lack of unity, coupled with the rapid evolution of digital technologies, has contributed to maintain these directives (and, according to some, the very discipline of HCI) in a constant state of fragmentation and perpetual change. Even so, it is possible to find among them certain principles — i.e., essential laws that are universal and immutable — which underlie these directives and can be extracted from them using an appropriate methodology. To contribute to this process, this research presents a review of the criteria used to compile these sets of usability directives and a three-step method for the progressive reduction of a significant number of directives to a simple list of usability principles. The results include a methodological framework and seven principles that can be used for the research and practice of Human-Computer Interaction.

A maturidade da área de Interação Humano-Computador (IHC) pode ser atestada pela grande quantidade de conjuntos formados por regras, diretrizes e normas (aqui designados como diretivas) que têm sido formulados por dezenas de autores como guias para o estudo, criação e melhoria de interfaces de usuário. No entanto, esses conjuntos apresentam diferenças significativas entre si: muitas dessas diretivas, incluindo algumas já consagradas no universo da IHC, não pertencem ao mesmo nível de abstração nem formam um conjunto homogêneo de enunciados. Essa falta de unidade, aliada à acelerada evolução das tecnologias digitais, tem contribuído para manter essas diretivas (e a própria disciplina de IHC, segundo alguns) em um estado constante de fragmentação e permanente modificação. Mesmo assim, podem ser encontrados princípios — ou leis essenciais, universais e imutáveis — que são subjacentes às diretivas e que podem delas ser extraídos através de uma metodologia adequada. Para contribuir com esse processo, a presente pesquisa apresenta uma revisão dos critérios utilizados para a compilação de conjuntos de diretivas de usabilidade, além de um método de três etapas para a redução progressiva de um número significativo de diretivas a uma lista simples de princípios de usabilidade. Os resultados deste trabalho incluem um modelo metodológico e um conjunto de sete princípios que podem ser utilizados para a pesquisa a e prática da Interação Humano-Computador. / The maturity of the Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) field can be attested by the large number of existing sets of rules, guidelines and standards (called directives herein) that have been formulated by dozens of authors as guidelines for the study, design and improvement of user interfaces. Still, these sets present significant differences among themselves: many of these directives, including some already established in the realm of HCI, do not belong to the same level of abstraction and do not constitute a homogeneous set of statements. This lack of unity, coupled with the rapid evolution of digital technologies, has contributed to maintain these directives (and, according to some, the very discipline of HCI) in a constant state of fragmentation and perpetual change. Even so, it is possible to find among them certain principles — i.e., essential laws that are universal and immutable — which underlie these directives and can be extracted from them using an appropriate methodology. To contribute to this process, this research presents a review of the criteria used to compile these sets of usability directives and a three-step method for the progressive reduction of a significant number of directives to a simple list of usability principles. The results include a methodological framework and seven principles that can be used for the research and practice of Human-Computer Interaction.

A maturidade da área de Interação Humano-Computador (IHC) pode ser atestada pela grande quantidade de conjuntos formados por regras, diretrizes e normas (aqui designados como diretivas) que têm sido formulados por dezenas de autores como guias para o estudo, criação e melhoria de interfaces de usuário. No entanto, esses conjuntos apresentam diferenças significativas entre si: muitas dessas diretivas, incluindo algumas já consagradas no universo da IHC, não pertencem ao mesmo nível de abstração nem formam um conjunto homogêneo de enunciados. Essa falta de unidade, aliada à acelerada evolução das tecnologias digitais, tem contribuído para manter essas diretivas (e a própria disciplina de IHC, segundo alguns) em um estado constante de fragmentação e permanente modificação. Mesmo assim, podem ser encontrados princípios — ou leis essenciais, universais e imutáveis — que são subjacentes às diretivas e que podem delas ser extraídos através de uma metodologia adequada. Para contribuir com esse processo, a presente pesquisa apresenta uma revisão dos critérios utilizados para a compilação de conjuntos de diretivas de usabilidade, além de um método de três etapas para a redução progressiva de um número significativo de diretivas a uma lista simples de princípios de usabilidade. Os resultados deste trabalho incluem um modelo metodológico e um conjunto de sete princípios que podem ser utilizados para a pesquisa a e prática da Interação Humano-Computador. / The maturity of the Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) field can be attested by the large number of existing sets of rules, guidelines and standards (called directives herein) that have been formulated by dozens of authors as guidelines for the study, design and improvement of user interfaces. Still, these sets present significant differences among themselves: many of these directives, including some already established in the realm of HCI, do not belong to the same level of abstraction and do not constitute a homogeneous set of statements. This lack of unity, coupled with the rapid evolution of digital technologies, has contributed to maintain these directives (and, according to some, the very discipline of HCI) in a constant state of fragmentation and perpetual change. Even so, it is possible to find among them certain principles — i.e., essential laws that are universal and immutable — which underlie these directives and can be extracted from them using an appropriate methodology. To contribute to this process, this research presents a review of the criteria used to compile these sets of usability directives and a three-step method for the progressive reduction of a significant number of directives to a simple list of usability principles. The results include a methodological framework and seven principles that can be used for the research and practice of Human-Computer Interaction.

Les visualisations de données permettent de transmettre de l’information aux utilisateurs. Pour explorer et comprendre les données, les utilisateurs sont amenés à interagir avec ces visualisations.Toutefois, l’interaction avec les visualisations modifie le visuel. Pour éviter des changements brusques et garder l’utilisateur focalisé sur les objets graphiques d’intérêt, des transitions visuelles sont nécessaires pour accompagner les modifications de la visualisation. Ces transitions visuelles peuvent être codées sous la forme d’animations, ou de techniques qui permettent de faire des correspondances, ou des liens avec des données représentées sur plusieurs affichages. Le premier objectif de cette thèse était d’étudier les bénéfices et les propriétés des animations pour l’exploration et la compréhension de grandes quantités de données multidimensionnelles. Nous avons établi en conséquence une taxonomie des transitions animées en visualisation d’information basée sur les tâches des utilisateurs. Cette taxonomie a permis de constater qu’il n’existe pas de contrôle utilisateur sur la direction des objets durant l’animation. Nous avons donc proposé des interactions pour le contrôle de la direction des objets graphiques lors d’une transition animée. D’autre part, nous avons étudié une technique de transition animée mettant en jeu une rotation 3D entre visualisations. Nous avons identifié les avantages qu’elle pouvait apporter et en avons proposé une amélioration.Le second objectif était d’étudier les transitions visuelles dans le domaine du Contrôle du Trafic Aérien. En effet, les contrôleurs utilisent de nombreuses visualisations qui comportent des informations étalées et dupliquées sur plusieurs affichages: l’écran Radar, le tableau de strips, des listes spécifiques d’avions (départ, arrivées) etc. Ainsi dans leur activité, les Contrôleurs Aériens réalisent des transitions visuelles en recherchant et en reliant de l’information à travers les différents affichages. Nous avons étudié comment les animations pouvaient être utilisées dans le domaine du contrôle aérien en implémentant un prototype d’image radar regroupant trois visualisations usuelles pour instrumenter l’activité de supervision du trafic aérien. / Data visualizations allow information to be transmitted to users. In order to explore and understand the data, it is often necessary for users to manipulate the display of this data. When manipulating the visualization, visual transitions are necessary to avoid abrupt changes in this visualization, and to allow the user to focus on the graphical object of interest. These visual transitions can be coded as an animation, or techniques that link the data across several displays. The first aim of this thesis was to examine the benefits and properties of animated transitions used to explore and understand large quantities of multidimensional data. In order to do so, we created a taxonomy of existing animated transitions. This taxonomy allowed us to identify that no animated transition currently exists that allows the user to control the direction of objects during the transition. We therefore proposed an animated transition that allows the user to have this control during the animation. In addition, we studied an animated transition technique that uses 3D rotation to transition between visualizations. We identified the advantages of this technique and propose an improvement to the current design. The second objective was to study the visual transitions used in the Air Traffic Control domain. Air Traffic Controllers use a number of visualizations to view vast information which is duplicated in several places: the Radar screen, the strip board, airplane lists (departures/arrivals) etc. Air traffic controllers perform visual transitions as they search between these different displays of information. We studied the way animations can be used in the Air Traffic Control domain by implementing a radar image prototype which combines three visualizations typically used by Air Traffic Controllers.

South Africans borrow more and save less than other nations (Discovery Bank, 2018). One reason is a lack of financial knowledge. If a mobile application could guide individuals to modify their financial habits slightly by spending less and saving more, they could dramatically improve their financial future. When designing visualisation systems such as a mobile application interface, users' qualitative design feedback and quantitative usability evaluation are both important and complementary. The benefit of usability feedback in software development is undisputed. The importance of qualitative design feedback from users however, seems to be controversial in Science. Gathering users' qualitative design feedback, ahead of usability evaluation, can have a substantial impact on downstream development costs. The researcher used design as a tool for thinking (imagining new possibilities) and communicating (sharing ideas). The purpose was to clarify ways in which a mobile application interface could support users in making better financial decisions and creating better financial futures for themselves and consequently for society. A user centred design (UCD) approach was followed, emphasising design before development, with a strong focus on user involvement in all three phases, namely requirements gathering, design and evaluation. A primary client archetype for mid-career professionals was developed, split into two personas, Alan and Zoe, based on personality and self-rated motivational attributes which were used in an unconventional way to inspire two parallel, diverse designs. In early design stages, before an idea is well formed, producing multiple contrasting designs in parallel and qualitative design feedback from users is beneficial to establishing utility (solving the right problem), tapping into users' domain knowledge, improving the quality of the design and reducing fixation on one idea. Once the concept has been socialised and evolved sufficiently with users' input, converging on one final design and testing usability (solving the problem in the right way) become more important. This research offers two refinements of the UCD process guidelines for the benefit of researchers and practitioners.

La communication affective est au cœur de nos interactions interpersonnelles. Nous communiquons les émotions à travers de multiples canaux non verbaux. Plusieurs travaux de recherche sur l’interaction homme-machine ont exploité ces modalités de communication afin de concevoir des systèmes permettant de reconnaître et d’afficher automatiquement des signaux affectifs. Le toucher est la modalité la moins explorée dans ce domaine de recherche. L’aspect intrusif des interfaces haptiques actuelles est l’un des principaux obstacles à leur utilisation dans la communication affective médiée. En effet, l’utilisateur est physiquement connecté à des systèmes mécaniques pour recevoir la stimulation. Cette configuration altère la transparence de l’interaction médiée et empêche la perception de certaines dimensions affectives comme la valence. L’objectif de cette thèse est de proposer et d’étudier une technique de stimulation tactile sans contact avec des systèmes mécaniques pour médier des signaux d’affects. Sur la base de l’état de l’art des interfaces haptiques, nous avons proposé une stratégie de stimulation tactile basée sur l’utilisation d’un jet d’air mobile. Cette technique permet de fournir une stimulation tactile non-intrusive sur des zones différentes du corps. De plus, ce dispositif tactile permettrait une stimulation efficace de certains mécanorécepteurs qui jouent un rôle important dans les perceptions d’affects positifs. Nous avons conduit une étude expérimentale pour comprendre les relations entre les caractéristiques physiques de la stimulation tactile par jet d’air et la perception affective des utilisateurs. Les résultats mettent en évidence les effets principaux de l'intensité et de la vitesse du mouvement du jet d’air sur l’évaluation subjective mesurée dans l’espace affectif (à savoir, la valence, l'arousal et de la dominance).La communication des émotions est clairement multimodale. Nous utilisons le toucher conjointement avec d’autres modalités afin de communiquer les différents messages affectifs. C’est dans ce sens que nous avons conduit deux études expérimentales pour examiner la combinaison de la stimulation tactile par jet d’air avec les expressions faciales et vocales pour la perception de la valence. Ces expérimentations ont été conduites dans un cadre théorique et expérimental appelé théorie de l’intégration de l’information. Ce cadre permet de modéliser l’intégration de l’information issue de plusieurs sources en employant une algèbre cognitive. Les résultats de nos travaux suggèrent que la stimulation tactile par jet d’air peut être utilisée pour transmettre des signaux affectifs dans le cadre des interactions homme-machine. Les modèles perceptifs d’intégration bimodales peuvent être exploités pour construire des modèles computationnels permettant d’afficher des affects en combinant la stimulation tactile aux expressions faciales ou à la voix. / Affective communication plays a major role in our interpersonal interactions. We communicate emotions through multiple non-verbal channels. Researches on human-computer interaction have exploited these communication channels in order to design systems that automatically recognize and display emotional signals. Touch has receivers less interest then other non-verbal modalities in this area of research. The intrusive aspect of current haptic interfaces is one of the main obstacles to their use in mediated emotional communication. In fact, the user is must physically connected to mechanical systems to receive the stimulation. This configuration affects the transparency of the mediated interaction and limits the perception of certain emotional dimensions as the Valence. The objective of this thesis is to propose and study a technique for tactile stimulation. This technique does not require contact with mechanical systems to transmit affective signals. On the basis of the state of the art of haptic interfaces, we proposed a strategy of tactile stimulation based on the use of a mobile air jet. This technique provides a non-intrusive tactile stimulation on different areas of the body. In addition, this tactile device would allow effective stimulation of some mechanoreceptors that play an important role in perceptions of positive affect. We conducted an experimental study to understand the relationships between the physical characteristics of tactile stimulation by air jet and the emotional perception of the users. The results highlight the main effects of the intensity and the velocity of movement of the air stream on the subjective evaluation measured in space affective (namely, Valence, Arousal and Dominance).The communication of emotions is clearly multi-modal. We use touch jointly with other modalities to communicate different emotional messages. We conducted two experimental studies to examine the combination of air jet tactile stimulation with facial and vocal expressions for perception of the valence. These experiments were conducted in a theoretical and experimental framework called integration of information theory. This framework allows modelling the integration of information from multiple sources using a cognitive algebra. Our work suggests that tactile stimulation by air jet can be used to transmit emotional signals in the context of the human-machine interactions. Perceptual bimodal integration models can be exploited to build computational models to display affects by combining tactile stimulation to facial expressions or the voice.