e-Minds: International Journal on Human-Computer Interaction, Vol 1, No 3 (2007)

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Designing A Smart Shopping-aid System Based on Human-Centered Approach

Hiroshi Tamura, Tamami Sugasaka, Kazuhiro Ueda

Abstract


We introduce our human-centered approach for designing a ubiquitous computing system which aimed at providing better experiences for shoppers at a supermarket. We investigated into shopping processes by using ethnographic research techniques, understood the processes with details, and constructed TPM which distributes a shopper's behaviors and states of mind change into three phases. We also described a user scenario in each phase which successfully contributed to a system design by giving a clear picture of user experiences.

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