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Adding context to multi-touch region selections

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Sven Strothoff,

Klaus HinrichsAuthors Info & Claims

MUM '13: Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia

Article No.: 15, Pages 1 - 8

https://doi.org/10.1145/2541831.2541846

Published: 02 December 2013 Publication History

Abstract

As applications originating on desktop computers find their way onto multi-touch enabled mobile devices many interaction tasks that were designed for computer mice spread to new touch-based environments. One example is region selection, for instance in image editing applications. Several studies already investigated multi-touch object selections however, region selections have not been closely examined.

Our proposed selection technique was designed for multi-touch interaction and better suits mobile devices. Taking advantage of multiple touches enables the user to easily extend, modify and refine selections based on the order and relative position---the context---of touches.

We were concerned that controlling more degrees of freedom with our technique could negatively impact simple selections. To evaluate its performance we present a user study that compares it to currently used techniques. Results show that our multi-touch region selection represents a good compromise of speed and precision, while providing the possibility to easily refine the selected region.

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Strothoff SStuerzlinger WHinrichs KNunes NCostanza EOlivier PSchöning J(2015)Pins 'n' TouchesProceedings of the 2015 International Conference on Interactive Tabletops & Surfaces10.1145/2817721.2817731(191-200)Online publication date: 15-Nov-2015
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2817721.2817731

Index Terms

Adding context to multi-touch region selections
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. Interaction devices
      1. Touch screens
    2. Interaction paradigms

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MUM '13: Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia

December 2013

333 pages

ISBN:9781450326483

DOI:10.1145/2541831

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Universität Passau, Germany
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Luleå University of Technology, Sweden
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University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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TU Darmstadt, Germany

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Strothoff SStuerzlinger WHinrichs KNunes NCostanza EOlivier PSchöning J(2015)Pins 'n' TouchesProceedings of the 2015 International Conference on Interactive Tabletops & Surfaces10.1145/2817721.2817731(191-200)Online publication date: 15-Nov-2015
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2817721.2817731

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