Using Behavioral Information to Help Owners

Gather Requirements

from their Dogs’ Responses to

Media TechnologyIlyena Hirskyj-Douglas & Janet Read

University of Central Lancashire

HELLO!I am Ilyena Hirskyj-DouglasI am here to talk about how to gather dogs responses to media technologyWritten by Ilyena Hirskyj-Douglas & Janet C Read

Animal Computer Interaction Design http://acid.uclan.ac.uk

What is AnimalComputerInteraction (ACI) ?

How to gather requirements in animals?

Interpreting guesters and body language

Using body/face/eye/gaze trackers

Physiological signs Vocal behaviour

Gathering owner reports Animal behaviourists

opinions

Reliability in gathering animal requirements and feedback

HCI

ACI

Body and Face Tracking

Williams et al., 2011

Somppi et al., 2011

Hirskyj-Douglas et al., 2013

Physiological signs and Vocal Behaviour

Chemical analysis (i.e. oxytocin biomarkers)

Heart-rate monitoring

Vocal analysis

GAP IN REQUIREMENT GATHERING

DOG OWNER INVOLVEMENT

Level 1: What is the dog doing

Level 2: What is the dog feeling

Physiological Signs

Behavioural Scientists Owner

Gather Owners (20) Split into group A & B Group A given DISH to

read beforehand Watch video with their

dog Fill in questionnaire on

their dogs behaviour Analyse results A vs. B

Method

Dog taking part in the study

Results› Most owners average

or good on dog behaviour

› Most dogs seen as interested within the video

=Two groups

similarA & B

Results: Keywords› Eye Reactions: Group A 53%, Group B

47%› Ear Reactions: Group A 48%, Group B

52%› Facial Reactions: Group A 48%, Group

B 52%› Vocal Reactions: Group A 27%, Group

B 73% › Body Reactions: Group A 43%, Group

B 57%

Results: Context‘when the squeaky noises and dogs howling started he raised his head

and cocked it to one side (behaviour) as if trying to make

sense of the sounds and it seemed to get him excited (context)’

Group A 74% Group B 44%

DISH = more context (30%)

Without DISH = More

behavioural keywords

Owners know their dog

Link between owners confidence of knowledge and owners awareness

The realtionship is something to be valued in ACI

Dogs Humans & MachinesEmpowerment through realtionships

DISH provides contextMore reported reasoning behind behaviour

Empowering UserEmpowering a non-vocal user through giving an enhanced method of feedback.

Requirement Gathering & EvaluationsMore useful context provides more indepth requirements

THANKS!Any questions?You can find more about our research:@ilyena · ihirskyj-douglas@uclan.ac.uk http://acid.uclan.ac.uk