People with Motor and Mobility Impairment: Human Computer Interaction, Rehabilitation

Here we describe the summary of the STS on “People with Mobility Impairment: Human Comuter Interaction, Rehabilitation” that was proposed by Japanese research group of the Grant-in-Aid Scientific Research of the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. Twelve excellent papers are presented, whose authors are from Europe, North America, and Asia. Among them, 6 papers focus on cursor control by eye movement, and 6 papers describe other new challenges of assistive technologies.

Authors and Affiliations

1. Faculty of Environmental Information, Keio University, 5322 Endo, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, 252-8520, Japan

   Michiaki Yasumura

2. National Rehabilitation Center for Persons with Disabilities, 4-1 Namiki, Tokorozawa, Saitama, 359-8555, Japan

   Kazuyuki Itoh

3. Graduate School of Science and technology, Chiba University, 1-33 Yayoicho, Inage-ku, Chiba, 263-8522, Japan

   Akira Ichikawa

4. Research and Support Center on Higher Education for the Hearing and Visually Impaired, Tsukuba University of Technology, 4-3-15 Amakubo, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 350-8520, Japan

   Akira Okamoto

Editors and Affiliations

1. Institut Integriert Studieren, Johannes Kepler Universität, Altenbergerstraße 69, 4040, Linz, Austria

   Klaus Miesenberger

2. Studienzentrum fuer Sehgeschaedigte, Universitaet Karlsruhe (TH), Germany

   Joachim Klaus

3. fortec - Research Group on Rehabilitation Technology, Institute integrated study, Vienna Univ. of Technology, Favoritenstr. 11/029, A 1040, Vienna, Austria

   Wolfgang L. Zagler

4. The Universal Math Access Lab, University of San Francisco, 281 Masonic San Francisco, 94117, CA, USA

   Arthur I. Karshmer

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