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PERCs: Persistently Trackable Tangibles on Capacitive Multi-Touch Displays

Authors:

Christian Cherek,

Thorsten Karrer,

Christian Thoresen,

Kjell Ivar Øvergård,

Jan BorchersAuthors Info & Claims

UIST '15: Proceedings of the 28th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software & Technology

Pages 351 - 356

https://doi.org/10.1145/2807442.2807466

Published: 05 November 2015 Publication History

Abstract

Tangible objects on capacitive multi-touch surfaces are usually only detected while the user is touching them. When the user lets go of such a tangible, the system cannot distinguish whether the user just released the tangible, or picked it up and removed it from the surface. We introduce PERCs, persistent capacitive tangibles that "know" whether they are currently on a capacitive touch surface or not. This is achieved by adding a small field sensor to the tangible to detect the touch screen's own, weak electromagnetic touch detection probing signal. Thus, unlike previous designs, PERCs do not get filtered out over time by the adaptive signal filters of the touch screen. We provide a technical overview of the theory be- hind PERCs and our prototype construction, and we evaluate detection rates, timing performance, and positional and angular accuracy for PERCs on a variety of unmodified, commercially available multi-touch devices.Through their affordable circuitry and high accuracy, PERCs open up the potential for a variety of new applications that use tangibles on today's ubiquitous multi-touch devices.

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PERCs: Persistently Trackable Tangibles on Capacitive Multi-Touch Displays
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. Interaction devices
      1. Touch screens

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UIST '15: Proceedings of the 28th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software & Technology

November 2015

686 pages

ISBN:9781450337793

DOI:10.1145/2807442

General Chair:
Celine Latulipe
UNC Charlotte, USA
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UC Berkeley, USA
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Autodesk Research, Canada

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