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Innovations in User Interfaces for Pervasive Computing

Authors:
Javier Oliver
Begoña García

Keywords: pervasive computing interfaces; gesture input

Abstract:
Pervasive computing needs efficient interaction techniques to reduce the burden of the user, and to provide more transparent computing environments. This can be achieved by taking into account the ergonomics, physical location and cognitive load involved in using the system. To improve some of these issues, one can try to innovate existing interaction techniques and in this paper, we mention two improvements on the traditional manipulation of small touch sensitive screens. One of these improvements is back of device interaction, in which the screen is not occluded by the finger of the user. Instead, the screen cursor is moved by touching on the back of the device. The other improvement that is explained is the use of magnetic field detectors to increase the active area of manipulation of small screens. Another approach to obtain more fluid and transparent interfaces is to use gesture (i.e., human body movements) as input device. In this paper, we also give an overview of some of the characteristics of the use of body movements as input device, including eye movement, facial expression and other movements.

Pages: 126 to 129

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2013

Publication date: September 29, 2013

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4278

ISBN: 978-1-61208-289-9

Location: Porto, Portugal

Dates: from September 29, 2013 to October 3, 2013