Grasp Interaction with Tablets

✍ Scribed by Katrin Wolf (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 139
• Series: T-Labs Series in Telecommunication Services
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book presents guidelines for a future device type: a tablet that allows ergonomic front- and back-of-device interaction. These guidelines help designers and developers of user interfaces to build ergonomic applications for tablet devices, in particular for devices that enable back-of-device interaction. In addition, manufacturers of tablet devices obtain arguments that back-of-device interaction is a promising extension of the interaction design space and results in increased input capabilities, enriched design possibilities, and proven usability. The guidelines are derived from empirical studies and developed to fit the users’ skills to the way the novel device type is held. Three particular research areas that are relevant to develop design guidelines for tablet interaction are investigated: ergonomic gestures, interaction areas, and pointing techniques.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Introduction....Pages 1-8
Related Work....Pages 9-16
An Ergonomic Gesture Repertoire for Grasp-Based Interaction....Pages 17-36
Ergonomic Characteristics of Grasp-Based Touch Gestures Executed on Two Tablet Sides....Pages 37-48
Interaction Areas on the Front and on the Back of Tablets....Pages 49-66
Front- and Back-of-Device Pointing with Direct Touch....Pages 67-89
Pointing on Tablets with Grasping Hands....Pages 91-107
Design Guidelines....Pages 109-114
Conclusion and Future Work....Pages 115-121
Back Matter....Pages 123-128

✦ Subjects

Engineering Design; Media Design; Signal, Image and Speech Processing