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ThreadSense: Locating Touch on an Extremely Thin Interactive Thread

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CHI '20: Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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https://doi.org/10.1145/3313831.3376779

Published: 23 April 2020 Publication History

Abstract

We propose a new sensing technique for one-dimensional touch input workable on an interactive thread of less than 0.4 mm thick. Our technique locates up to two touches using impedance sensing with a spacing resolution unachievable by the existing methods. Our approach is also unique in that it locates a touch based on a mathematical model describing the change in thread impedance in relation to the touch locations. This allows the system to be easily calibrated by the user touching a known location(s) on the thread. The system can thus quickly adapt to various environmental settings and users. A system evaluation showed that our system could track the slide motion of a finger with an average error distance of 6.13 mm and 4.16 mm using one and five touches for calibration, respectively. The system could also distinguish between single touch and two concurrent touches with an accuracy of 99% and could track two concurrent touches with an average error distance of 8.55 mm. We demonstrate new interactions enabled by our sensing approach in several unique applications.

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ThreadSense: Locating Touch on an Extremely Thin Interactive Thread
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. Interaction devices

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CHI '20: Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

April 2020

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ISBN:9781450367080

DOI:10.1145/3313831

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Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands
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Monash University, Australia
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Newcastle University, UK
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RMIT, Australia
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University of British Columbia, Canada
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University of Canterbury, New Zealand
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University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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National University of Singapore, Singapore
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Future University Hakodate, Japan & De La Salle University, Philippines
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