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Designs for critical secondary control layouts for vehicles for the physically challenged
| dc.creator | Lostetter, Michael F | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-06-07T22:41:28Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-06-07T22:41:28Z | |
| dc.date.created | 1995 | |
| dc.date.issued | 1995 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-1995-THESIS-L676 | |
| dc.description | Due to the character of the original source materials and the nature of batch digitization, quality control issues may be present in this document. Please report any quality issues you encounter to digital@library.tamu.edu, referencing the URI of the item. | en |
| dc.description | Includes bibliographical references. | en |
| dc.description | Issued also on microfiche from Lange Micrographics. | en |
| dc.description.abstract | This study is directed toward re-establishing the secondary control interface between disabled drivers and their vehicles that has been changed by their disabilities. Through an evolutionary design process, one design was developed and tested-TALK. Three design studies were conducted. Study I tested the task completion times for the new TALK system against the clients' current controls. The accuracy of responses was compared between able-bodied and physically challenged drivers while using the TALK system in Study 2. Study 3 tested the accuracy of the TALK system against a modification of a current control interface system. Results from the three studies indicate that the TALK system would be suitable for use as a critical secondary control system for vehicles for the physically challenged. The vocabulary within the TALK system could be used in a simple speech recognition system to further improve the design. | en |
| dc.format.medium | electronic | en |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | Texas A&M University | |
| dc.rights | This thesis was part of a retrospective digitization project authorized by the Texas A&M University Libraries in 2008. Copyright remains vested with the author(s). It is the user's responsibility to secure permission from the copyright holder(s) for re-use of the work beyond the provision of Fair Use. | en |
| dc.subject | industrial engineering. | en |
| dc.subject | Major industrial engineering. | en |
| dc.title | Designs for critical secondary control layouts for vehicles for the physically challenged | en |
| dc.type | Thesis | en |
| thesis.degree.discipline | industrial engineering | en |
| thesis.degree.name | M.S. | en |
| thesis.degree.level | Masters | en |
| dc.type.genre | thesis | en |
| dc.type.material | text | en |
| dc.format.digitalOrigin | reformatted digital | en |
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