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Evaluation of User-Friendliness of a Compact Input Device with Simple Tactile Feedback

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Smart Graphics (SG 2004)

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Compact input devices are rather user-unfriendly because their narrow key pitch confuses finger pressure at a key touch pad. We have attempted to improve user-friendliness of such input devices by introducing a mechanism that enhances tactile feedback and creating an illusion of more distinguishable tactile space than the actual one. A trial model with such a mechanism is demonstrated and a GUI in association with haptic feedback of the device is effectively introduced.

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  1. Imaging Science and Engineering Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, 226-8503, Japan

    Itsuo Kumazawa

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  1. Media Informatics, University of Munich, Germany

    Andreas Butz

  2. Institute for Geoinformatics, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Weselerstrasse 253, 48161, Münster, Germany

    Antonio Krüger

  3. School of Computing Science, Culture Lab, Newcastle University, NE1 7RU, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

    Patrick Olivier

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Kumazawa, I. (2004). Evaluation of User-Friendliness of a Compact Input Device with Simple Tactile Feedback. In: Butz, A., Krüger, A., Olivier, P. (eds) Smart Graphics. SG 2004. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3031. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-24678-7_12

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