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HCII 2019: HCI International 2019 - Posters pp 330–337Cite as

Smart Traffic Light Request Button – Improving Interaction and Accessibility for Pedestrians

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The aim of this paper is to test the suitability of a smart traffic light request button, equipped with a contactless pedestrian detection and a green time extension for certain target groups. Within a preliminary analysis the primary factors hygiene, usability and comfort are considered. Based on this groundwork, a concept of a smart traffic light request button is developed, which includes a pedestrian detection with ultrasonic technology and the extension of the green light time via radio frequency identification. Furthermore, the technical implementation is finally composed in a drafted prototype. With the help of a sample group an experimental evaluation of the prototype is carried out. The evaluation results show, that the smart traffic light request button is widely accepted, and a benefit is generated for pedestrians. In addition, the hypothesis, which is developed in the preliminary analysis and assumes the benefit of a smart traffic light button, is confirmed by this evaluation.

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Acknowledgments

This work was conducted within the scope of the research project “Reallabor GO Karlsruhe” and was funded by the German Ministry of Science, Research and Art, Baden-Württemberg as part of the science for sustainability initiative (Funding ID: MWK-0421.915-5(15)/HSKA).

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  1. Institute of Ubiquitous Mobility Systems, Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences, Moltkestr. 30, 76131, Karlsruhe, Germany

    David Barabas, Daniel Banzhaf, Waldemar Titov & Thomas Schlegel

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Correspondence to Daniel Banzhaf .

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  1. University of Crete and Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas (FORTH), Heraklion, Crete, Greece

    Constantine Stephanidis

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Barabas, D., Banzhaf, D., Titov, W., Schlegel, T. (2019). Smart Traffic Light Request Button – Improving Interaction and Accessibility for Pedestrians. In: Stephanidis, C. (eds) HCI International 2019 - Posters. HCII 2019. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1034. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-23525-3_43

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