Near touch interactions: understanding grab and release actions.

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dc.contributor.authorBalali Moghaddam, Aras
dc.contributor.supervisorTory, Melanie
dc.contributor.supervisorSwindells, Colin Edward
dc.date.accessioned2012-08-17T22:48:08Z
dc.date.available2012-08-17T22:48:08Z
dc.date.copyright2012en_US
dc.date.issued2012-08-17
dc.degree.departmentDepartment of Computer Science
dc.degree.levelMaster of Science M.Sc.en_US
dc.description.abstractIn this work, I present empirically validated techniques to realize gesture and touch interaction using a novel near touch tracking system. This study focuses on identifying the intended center of action for grab and release gestures close to an interactive surface. Results of this experiment inform a linear model that can approximate the intended location of grab and release actions with an accuracy of R^2 = 0.95 for horizontal position and R^2 = 0.84 for vertical position. I also present an approach for distinguishing which hand was used to perform the interaction. These empirical model data and near touch tracking system contributions provide new opportunities for natural and intuitive hand interactions with computing surfaces.en_US
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.bibliographicCitationAras Balali Moghaddam, Jeremy Svendsen, Melanie Tory, and Alexandra Branzan Albu. 2011. Integrating touch and near touch interactions for information visualizations. In Proceedings of the 2011 annual conference extended abstracts on Human factors in computing systems (CHI EA '11). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 2347-2352. DOI=10.1145/1979742.1979934 http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1979742.1979934en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/4135
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rights.tempAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.subjectHuman Factorsen_US
dc.subjectnear touchen_US
dc.subjectmulti touchen_US
dc.subjecthand interactionen_US
dc.subjectinteractive surfacesen_US
dc.subjectuser studyen_US
dc.subjecthand trackingen_US
dc.subjecthardware prototypeen_US
dc.subjectbimanualen_US
dc.subjectopencven_US
dc.subjectaction centeren_US
dc.subjectgesture centeren_US
dc.subjecthand centeren_US
dc.titleNear touch interactions: understanding grab and release actions.en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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