F-Pointer: Prototype testing of the finger-manipulated device Remberto Martinez Gonzalez NIT 2003 remware@hotmail.com 20.9.2018 NIT 2003: finger manipulation device
NIT 2003: finger manipulation device Contents 1/2 Introduction Finger manipulation techniques (FMT) Devices: needs and problems Research plan Objectives Schedule Methods Materials 20.9.2018 NIT 2003: finger manipulation device
NIT 2003: finger manipulation device Contents 2/2 Description of test Experiment setup Preliminary results Discussions of results Applications Conclusions References 20.9.2018 NIT 2003: finger manipulation device
NIT 2003: finger manipulation device Introduction 1/3 Finger manipulation techniques (FMT) Needs of input devices: wearable computing, mobiles phones. Task: pointing and selection, text entry input Examples touch pad - finger track ball - hand and finger mouse - hand and finger rubber stick - finger joystick - hand and finger Anatomy of hand, fingers. The best tool The problem [1] http://www.synaptics.com/products/index.cfm 20.9.2018 NIT 2003: finger manipulation device
NIT 2003: finger manipulation device Introduction 2/3 [4] Nozomu MATSUI and Yoshikazu YAMAMOTO, A New Input Method of Computers with One CCD Camera: Virtual Keyboard, INTERACT’01, pp. 678-679 Function of device: portable, independent of user, wearable, interactive obtrusive or not virtual keyboard: expensive solution [2,3]Y. Nakamura, Advanced Robotics: Redundancy and Optimization. Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley, 1991. 20.9.2018 NIT 2003: finger manipulation device
NIT 2003: finger manipulation device Introduction 3/3 Problem miniaturisation in mobile devices and wearable computing. designing inexpensive sensitive techniques for recording finger motion and position without direct contact or special fixation to finger. 20.9.2018 NIT 2003: finger manipulation device
NIT 2003: finger manipulation device Research Plan 1/3 Objectives The project explore the developing of new techniques for human computer interaction. Usability testing of F-Pointer prototype. 20.9.2018 NIT 2003: finger manipulation device
NIT 2003: finger manipulation device Research Plan 2/3 Schedule 20.9.2018 NIT 2003: finger manipulation device
NIT 2003: finger manipulation device Research Plan 3/3 Methods Overview FMT techniques Usability investigation Materials Hardware: desktop PC, F-pointer Software: OS, test entry input 20.9.2018 NIT 2003: finger manipulation device
NIT 2003: finger manipulation device Materials Experimental setup pointing device. calibration software. Tool developed + Joystick driver desktop PC, SB + game port + speaker Users: novice, dominant hand, PC experience, gender, sessions learning time: 5 minutes 20.9.2018 NIT 2003: finger manipulation device
NIT 2003: finger manipulation device F-Pointer device F-Pointer prototype & principles IR LED IR-Photodiode 20.9.2018 NIT 2003: finger manipulation device
NIT 2003: finger manipulation device Software used in Test driver for Joystick & game port VB Interface: snapshot of program Task: text input (afap) 20 independent words, randomly generated in keyboard layout Output: user performance (wpm, errors, Rtime) 20.9.2018 NIT 2003: finger manipulation device
NIT 2003: finger manipulation device Preliminary results 1/2 CPS = inputChar / time = numChar / inputChar speed = * CPS 20.9.2018 NIT 2003: finger manipulation device
NIT 2003: finger manipulation device Preliminary results 2/2 20.9.2018 NIT 2003: finger manipulation device
Discussions and perspectives Users stressed position for arm, hand. Better: lifted like phone or resting arm. Learning time & previous knowledge. Device sensitivity, best area of performance Software sound feedback & keyboard layout could be improved Task real text entry input: text dictation, creation. 20.9.2018 NIT 2003: finger manipulation device
NIT 2003: finger manipulation device Applications mobile phone embedded, hybrid input device on mouse or on keyboard or stand alone. New Computer Mouse developed to prevent Mouse Arm Syndrome. Johan ULLMAN, Fredrik WARTENBERG, Pia ULLMAN, Nils KANGAS by using Ullman mouse like a pen, muscles in the forearm and upper arm are at rest and the user's hand and forearm are in a more natural position, rather than being twisted around horizontally, as they are when a mouse is used [5,6] http://www.ullman.se/ullmanmouse/mouse/ 20.9.2018 NIT 2003: finger manipulation device
NIT 2003: finger manipulation device Conclusions The results of the project can be used for development and assessment of input devices and new features in user interfaces. 20.9.2018 NIT 2003: finger manipulation device
NIT 2003: finger manipulation device References [1] http://www.synaptics.com/products/index.cfm [2] http://web.mit.edu/smascaro/Public/Mascaro-2001-ICRA-Nailsensor.pdf [3]http://darbelofflab.mit.edu/HAHC/phase2accomplishments/2d.htm [4] http://www.yy.ics.keio.ac.jp/~nozomu/research/vk/ [5] http://www.ullman.se/ullmanmouse/mouse/ [6] Motionless Electronic Pen http://www.geocities.com/hoh21.geo/ [7..] References used in NIT 2003 lectures 20.9.2018 NIT 2003: finger manipulation device
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