Paper Info
Title
Playful toothbrush: ubicomp technology for teaching tooth brushing to kindergarten children
Abstract
This case study in UbiComp technology and design presents a "Playful Toothbrush" system for assisting parents and teachers to motivate kindergarten children to learn proper and thorough brushing skills. The system includes a vision-based motion tracker that recognizes different tooth brushing strokes and a tooth brushing game in which the child cleans a virtual, mirror picture of his/her dirty teeth by physically brushing his/her own teeth. The user study results suggest that Playful Toothbrush enhances the effectiveness of kindergarten children in brushing their teeth, as measured by number of brushing strokes, duration of brushing and thoroughness of teeth cleaning.
Year
DOI
Venue
2008
10.1145/1357054.1357115
CHI
Keywords
Field
DocType
playful toothbrush,teaching tooth,ubicomp technology,mirror picture,case study,different tooth,kindergarten child,own tooth,user study result,dirty tooth,vision-based motion tracker,occupational therapy,ubiquitous computing,persuasive technology
Medical education,Persuasive technology,Tooth brushing,Computer science,Toothbrush,Human–computer interaction,Ubiquitous computing,Teeth cleaning
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
39
2.06
8
Authors
8
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Yu-Chen Chang1392.06
Jin-Ling Lo21209.54
Chao-Ju Huang3422.59
Nan-Yi Hsu4392.06
Hao-Hua Chu5116898.54
Hsin-Yen Wang6402.40
Pei-Yu Chi719813.69
Ya-Lin Hsieh8392.06