User-Defined Gesture and Voice Control in Human-Drone Interaction for Police Operations
Julia Hermann, Moritz Plückthun, Ayşegül Doğangün, Marc Hesenius
Abstract
Gesture and voice control are increasingly being used in everyday applications, such as tablets and smartphones, but also for controlling smart home systems or even drones. While several studies exist on how users interact with and issue commands to drones, studies using drones in very specific and highly specialized use cases are rare. In a user-centered approach with twelve German police officers, we examined how police forces would trigger drone functions through self-defined gestures and voice commands. For the study, we considered two deployment scenarios with a total of 21 functions that were developed together with the police. The focus here is on use in large crowds and the pursuit of suspects. We identify sets of custom gestures and possible voice commands.