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2012
Conference Paper
Titel
The seat adaptation system of REFLECT project: Implementation of a biocybernetic loop in an automotive environment
Abstract
This paper gives an overview of the REsponsive FLExible Collaborating ambienT (REFLECT) project, concerning the developing of new concepts and means for pervasive-adaptive systems. Reflective approach combines different know-how in affective and physiological computing, software engineering, physics and pragmatic expertise into a unique endeavour to design and develop user-centric systems that control the specific environment and react relative to users' emotional, cognitive and physical situation. The central philosophy is to mimic the natural process of adaptation by implementing a biocybernetic loop that senses, diagnoses and analyses the user situation in a concrete settings and react accordingly. In a pervasive manner, the approach effectively brings system adaptation into real-life applications, making them sensitive and reactive to human inner states and behaviours. To show how these concepts have been put into practice, the document describes in detail how the s eat adaptation system of the "REFLECTive Comfort Loop" has been developed for in an automotive environment.