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LightTouch: Passive Gadgets for Extending Interactions on Capacitive Touchscreens by Automating Touch Inputs

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Kaori Ikematsu,

Yoshihiro KawaharaAuthors Info & Claims

UIST '20 Adjunct: Adjunct Proceedings of the 33rd Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology

Pages 10 - 12

https://doi.org/10.1145/3379350.3416169

Published: 20 October 2020 Publication History

Abstract

We present LightTouch, a passive gadget to enhance touch interactions on unmodified capacitive touchscreens. It simulates finger operations such as tapping, swiping, or multi-touch gestures using conductive materials and photoresistors embedded inside the objects. The touchscreen emits visible light and the photoresistor senses the level of this light, which changes its resistance value. By controlling the screen brightness, it connects or disconnects the path between the GND and the touchscreen, thus allowing the touch inputs to be controlled. In contrast to conventional physical extensions for touchscreens, our technique does not require continuous finger contact on the conductive part nor the use of batteries. Our technique opens up new possibilities for touch interaction such as for enhancing the trackability of tangibles beyond the simple automation of touch inputs.

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Cited By

Okamoto MMurao K(2021)Multi-Touch Interaction Generation Device by Spatiotemporally Switching ElectrodesElectronics10.3390/electronics1012147510:12(1475)Online publication date: 19-Jun-2021
https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics10121475
Kato KIkematsu KKawahara Y(2020)CAPath: 3D-Printed Interfaces with Conductive Points in Grid Layout to Extend Capacitive Touch InputsProceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction10.1145/34273214:ISS(1-17)Online publication date: 4-Nov-2020
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3427321

Index Terms

LightTouch: Passive Gadgets for Extending Interactions on Capacitive Touchscreens by Automating Touch Inputs
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. Interaction devices
      1. Touch screens

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UIST '20 Adjunct: Adjunct Proceedings of the 33rd Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology

October 2020

203 pages

ISBN:9781450375153

DOI:10.1145/3379350

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Microsoft Research, USA
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University of British Columbia, Canada
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Okamoto MMurao K(2021)Multi-Touch Interaction Generation Device by Spatiotemporally Switching ElectrodesElectronics10.3390/electronics1012147510:12(1475)Online publication date: 19-Jun-2021
https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics10121475
Kato KIkematsu KKawahara Y(2020)CAPath: 3D-Printed Interfaces with Conductive Points in Grid Layout to Extend Capacitive Touch InputsProceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction10.1145/34273214:ISS(1-17)Online publication date: 4-Nov-2020
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3427321

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