SmartMMI project results summarized at a glanze

The video shows the project idea, current project results and the prototypical implementation of these results in the railroad simulator. Currently the following services are available for application:

  • displaing of the current position, the next stops and which connections are reached,
  • calculation of the route via the map view or via the route network plan,
  • transferring the personal travel plan from the passenger’s SmartMMI app to SmartWindow and taking a connection created on SmartWindow with them.

Currently we are developing Augmented Reality applications. Semi-transparent displays provide the possibility to show information about surrounding sights, such as the pyramid on the market place and the Karlsruhe Castle, while passing by. This way, current exhibitions and events as well as offers in retail can be displayed. But just take a look for yourself…

SmartMMI-Leaflet: Analysis Results

This document presents the results of the analysis phase of the mFund cooperation project SmartMMI – Model and Context-based Mobility Information on Smart Public Displays and Mobile Devices in Public Transport. This publication serves as a basis for further work in the project and as a reference for follow-up projects as well as for possible projects with similar issues. During the analysis phase persona and scenarios were developed which were used to identify use cases. The results of these steps are described in this document. For the Persona, windows were built in. Results from the IP-KOM-ÖV project were used as a basis. We hope to achieve similar synergy effects with the results presented here.

SmartMMI presented on virtual IT-TRANS 2020

The SmartMMI research project “Model and context-based mobility information on smart public displays and mobile devices in public transport” was presented at the virtual trade exhibition IT-TRANS 2020 as part of a round table on December 3, 2020. In addition to the project presentation and the presentation of conducted user studies and their results, a lively discussion took place on how semi-transparent display panels can be used to strengthen the local retail trade. The international trade exhibition and conference took place between December 1 and 3 for the first time in online format. For all those who could not be there live, please find a video of the presentation below.

SmartMMI at the kick-off for the Baden-Württemberg Institute for Sustainable Mobility (BWIM)

On October 27, Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences (Hochschule Karlsruhe – Technik und Wirtschaft) opened the Baden-Württemberg Institute for Sustainable Mobility (BWIM), the only one of its kind in the state, together with Minister of Science Theresia Bauer and Minister of Transport Winfried Hermann. Under the motto “Together we’re simply better on the move”, the institute aims to make an important contribution to sustainable mobility and thus to climate protection in the state. The SmartMMI demonstrator and concepts from the current project were presented at the kick-off events.

(Photo: TOBIAS SCHWERDT) Minister of Science Theresia Bauer during the mobility speed dating with Sarina Pfründer, Mayor of Sulzfeld

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SmartMMI with four scientific contributions at the HCII 2020

SmartMMI presents 4 (four) scientific papers at the virtual international conference Human Computer Interaction International (HCII) 2020. The HCI is one of the largest conferences in the field of Human Computer Interaction. Due to the corona pandemic, this year’s conference did not take place in Copenhagen between 19 and 24 July as planned, but for the first time in its history completely online. The four scientific contributions reflect the current research focus of the project SmartMMI.

The evaluation of people’s mobility is crucial for understanding traffic, traffic security and the effects of traffic planning. In this paper, we present our toolbox for analyzing and evaluating aspects of different mobility modes. Some of these tools support the participation of road users in the analysis. The tools either can be applied to implement analyses for planning purposes or for the evaluation of implemented measures. Our goal is to improve the understanding of mobility in all its facets and ultimately to increase user comfort, safety and the overall user acceptance in urban mobility.

Passengers in public transport expect passenger information to be exact, timely and appropriate to their situation. Therefore, future passenger information systems should adapt to the passenger’s context as precisely as possible. In this paper, we present a context model and describe our architecture for an adaptive, multi-device passenger information system. We will also present adaptation scenarios that show the application of our context model.

User studies to evaluate public transport systems are often hard to set up. While field tests provide important insight into realworld usability of public transport systems, they are also complex and expensive. Especially in early development stages of public transport related systems, field tests are not appropriate. However, usability of public transport systems is often depending on “real-life” context factors that are hard to reproduce in lab-based user studies. We have developed a mockup of a tram or train compartment that can be flexibly used to create a public transport experience in user studies. In this paper we will describe our experiences and recurring challenges with user studies in public transport, the design and set-up of our mockup, as well as give an insight into its applications in studies we conducted and lessons we learned.

Adaptive passenger information for an enhanced mobility experience may be the next step towards a smart public transport. In our research project, we have developed a multi-device evaluation approach for adaptive passenger information systems of mobile public displays. An adaptive passenger information system needs to be aware of the passenger’s context. In order to fulfill this requirement, we use the passenger’s personal devices like smartphones or smart watches as context sources. In this paper, we describe our approach of a multidevice passenger information system evaluation focusing on privacy aspects. We present three different methods of pseudonyms that were used to visually link the personal information on passenger’s private devices with the displayed information on the public display. In addition, we report on our evaluation results from a user study evaluating the acceptance and the intelligibility of the used visual pseudonyms.

Publications

to appear

Title: Prototyping an Automatic and Context – Adaptive Acquisition Method for Mobility Preferences of Passengers in Public Transport – using the Contextual Inquiring Evaluation Method
Authors: Titov W, Rickert C, Schlegel T
Conference: Transport Research Arena Conference (TRA 2022)
Conference Date: 14.11-17.11.2022

2023

Title: Prototyping an Automatic and Context – Adaptive Acquisition Method for Mobility Preferences of Passengers in Public Transport
Authors: Titov W, Rickert C, Schlegel T
Conference: 17th International Conference on Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction (IHCI 2023)
Ceonference Date: 16.07-18.07.2023
Publisher: mccsis.org

Title: Information Provision on Interactive Smart Public Displays in Public Transport in Events of Disruptions
Authors: Titov W, Gerlach CF, Schlegel T
Conference: 14th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (AHFE 2023)
Ceonference Date: 24.07-27.07.2023
Publisher: AHFE Open Access, vol 95. AHFE International, USA

2022

Title: A Tangible Based Interaction- and Visualization- Tool for the Analyzation of Individual Mobility Data on an Augmented Reality Table
Authors: Titov W, Schlegel T
Conference: 4rd International Conference, MobiTAS 2022, Held as Part of the 24rd HCI International Conference (HCII 2022)
Ceonference Date: 26.06-01.07.2022
Publisher: Springer

Title: Evaluation of a Mobile and Seamless Travel Companionship in Smart Public Transport
Authors: Titov W, Ayoubi S, Gerlach CF, Schlegel T
Conference: 8th International Conference on Human Interaction & Emerging Technologies (IHIET 2022)
Conference Date: 22.08-24.08.2022
Publisher: AHFE Open Access, vol 68. AHFE International, USA

2021

Title: Benchmark and Survey of Automated Machine Learning Frameworks
Authors: Zoeller M, Huber M
Published: 27.01.2021
Publisher: Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research, 70, 409-472

Titel: Data-based Usage Analysis of Shared e-scooters in the Context of Public Transport
Authors: Oehme R, Titov W, Krauss K, Gnann T, Schlegel T
Conference: Intelligent Human Systems Integration (IHSI 2022), Held as Part of the Intelligent Human Systems Integration Conference (AHFE 2022)
Conference Date: 22.-24.02.2021
Publisher: AHFE Open Access, vol 22. AHFE International, USA

Title: Augmented Reality Passenger Information on Mobile Public Displays – an Iterative Evaluation Approach
Authors: Titov W, Keller C, Schlegel T
Conference: 3rd International Conference, MobiTAS 2021, Held as Part of the 23rd HCI International Conference (HCII 2021)
Conference Date: 24.-29.07.2021
Publisher: Springer

Title: Identifying Mobility Pattern of specific User Types based on Mobility Data
Authors: Gartner T, Titov W, Schlegel T
Conference: 3rd International Conference, MobiTAS 2021, Held as Part of the 23rd HCI International Conference (HCII 2021)
Conference Date: 24.-29.07.2021
Publisher: Springer

Title: Analysis of the Daily Mobility Behavior before and after the Corona Virus Pandemic – a Field Study
Authors: Titov W, Schlegel T
Conference: 3rd International Conference, MobiTAS 2021, Held as Part of the 23rd HCI International Conference (HCII 2021)
Conference Date: 24.-29.07.2021
Publisher: Springer

2020

Title: SmartMMI – Passenger Information PLUS in Public Transport
Presenter: Titov W
Conference: mFUND-Exchange of Expertise on Passenger Data and -Information
Conference Date: 12.03.2020

Title: An Evaluation Environment for User Studies in the Public Transport Domain
Authors: Keller C, Titov W, Trefzger M, Kuspiel J, Gerst N, Schlegel T
Conference: 2nd International Conference, MobiTAS 2020, Held as Part of the 22st HCI International Conference (HCII 2020)
Conference Date: 19.-24.07.2020
Publisher: Springer

Title: A Multi-Device Evaluation Approach of Passenger Information Systems in Smart Public Transport
Authors: Titov W, Tran H, Keller C, Schlegel T
Conference: 2nd International Conference, MobiTAS 2020, Held as Part of the 22st HCI International Conference (HCII 2020)
Conference Date: 19.-24.07.2020
Publisher: Springer

Title: A Passenger Context Model for Adaptive Passenger Information in Public Transport
Authors: Keller C, Titov W, Schlegel T
Conference: 2nd International Conference, MobiTAS 2020, Held as Part of the 22st HCI International Conference (HCII 2020)
Conference Date: 19.-24.07.2020
Publisher: Springer

Title: Toolbox for Analysis and Evaluation of Low-Emmision Urban Mobility
Authors: Boehm F, Keller C, Titov W, Trefzger M, Kuspiel J, Sawilla S, Schlegel T
Conference: 2nd International Conference, MobiTAS 2020, Held as Part of the 22st HCI International Conference (HCII 2020)
Conference Date: 19.-24.07.2020
Publisher: Springer

Title: Augmented Reality Passenger Information on Mobile Public Displays
Authors: Titov W, Schlegel T
Conference: 23 Workshop GeNeMe 2020 – Communities in New Media
Conference Date: 07.-09.10.2020

Title: Connection Setup to Mobile Public Displays – Requirements and Data Exchange
Authors: Rickert C, Schlegel T
Conference: 1st Workshop on Evaluating Intelligent and Ubiquitous Mobility Systems, EvalIUMS 2020, Held as Part of the 50 Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Informatik (GI 2020)
Conference Date: 28.09.2020-02.10.2020

2019

Title: Travel Companion in Public Transport Vehicles – the SmartMMI-Project Trams of Karlsruhe
Presenter: Keller C
Conference: Symposium: Vehicles of Tram-, Lightrail- and Subway- Trains
Conference Date: 12.-13.02.2019

Title: Light Rail Window of the Future
Authors: Titov W, Keller C, Schlegel T
Magazine: Research News 2019 – Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences
Publisher: Rectorate of the Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences – Technology and Economics
Release date: 18.03.2019

Title: Methodology for Qualitative Assessment of the Passenger Information in Public Transportation Systems
Authors:  Metelka S, Titov W, Schlegel T
Conference: Hands on Sustainable Mobility : International Students Workshop and Conference
Conference Date: 19.-24.05.2019
Publisher: Centro Universitário de Brusque

Title: A Context Aware Evaluation Tool for Individual Mobility
Authors: Trefzger M, Titov W, Keller C, Böhm F, Schlegel T
Conference: Hands on Sustainable Mobility : International Students Workshop and Conference
Conference Date: 19.-24.05.2019
Publisher: Centro Universitário de Brusque

Title: Understanding the Usefulness and Acceptance of Adaptivity in Smart Public Transport
Authors: Keller C, Struwe S, Titov W, Schlegel T
Conference: 1st International Conference, MobiTAS 2019, Held as Part of the 21st HCI International Conference (HCII 2019)
Conference Date: 26.-31.07.2019
Publisher: Springer

Title: Evaluation of a Smart Public Display in Public Transport
Authors:  Keller C, Titov W, Sawilla S, Schlegel T
Conference: Mensch und Computer 2019
Conference Date: 08.-11.09.2019
Publisher: Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V.

Title: How to get in Touch with the Passenger: Context-Aware Choices of Output Modality in Smart Public Transport
Authors: Keller C, Schlegel T
Conference: International Symposium on Wearable Computers
Conference Date: 09.-13.09.2019
Publisher: ACM Digital Library

Title: Context-Sensitive Travel Companion on Smart Public Displays in Public Transport
Presenter: Titov W
Conference: UITP-Training of Technologie Region Karlsruhe (TRK) “Data and Bussiness Intelligence”
Conference Date: 22.11.2019

2018

Title: SmartMMI – Context-Sensitive Travel Companion in Public Transport
Presenter: Titov W, Gruber G
Conference: 2. mFUND Conference of BMVI “Data as a Motor for Mobility 4.0”
Conference Date: 16.-17.10.2018

Title: SmartMMI – Analysis Resuls of the Requirement Analysis
Authors: Keller C, Titov W, Schlegel T
Format: Information document for the research project “Model and Context-based Mobility Information on Smart Public Displays and Mobile Devices in Public Transport”

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76133 Karlsruhe

Phone: +49 (0)721 925-2569
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E-Mail: Thomas.Schlegel@hs-karlsruhe.de
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SmartMMI @mFUND exchange of expertise on passenger data and information

(Foto: Annette Hillebrand, WIK)

On 12 March the “mFUND exchange of expertise: passenger data and information” took place in the DB mindbox in Berlin. Under the title “SmartMMI – Passenger Information PLUS in Public Transport”, University of Applied Sciences Karlsruhe presented the project plan and the current progress of SmartMMI to the participants of the mFUND accompanying research. Together, the participants of the expert exchange discussed challenges and best practice examples for data acquisition and data protection in public transport. The exchange networks mFUND projects of similar topics and different project statuses, thus the individual research projects benefit from mutual experiences.

SmartMMI choosen by BMVI for the mFUND video series 2019/2020

The smart light rail window of the future!

A smart light rail window where passengers can find out where to interchange, whether their travel is running like planed or whether there is a disrubtion. Our SmartMMI project, sponsored by the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI), was selected by the mFUND video series for funding in 2018/2019.