More Web Proxy on the site http://driver.im/

research-article

Modeling the functional area of the thumb on mobile touchscreen surfaces

Authors:

Joanna Bergstrom-Lehtovirta,

Antti OulasvirtaAuthors Info & Claims

CHI '14: Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Pages 1991 - 2000

https://doi.org/10.1145/2556288.2557354

Published: 26 April 2014 Publication History

Abstract

We present a predictive model for the functional area of the thumb on a touchscreen surface: the area of the interface reachable by the thumb of the hand that is holding the device. We derive a quadratic formula by analyzing the kinematics of the gripping hand. Model fit is high for the thumb-motion trajectories of 20 participants. The model predicts the functional area for a given 1) surface size, 2) hand size, and 3) position of the index finger on the back of the device. Designers can use this model to ensure that a user interface is suitable for interaction with the thumb. The model can also be used inversely - that is, to infer the grips assumed by a given user interface layout.

Supplementary Material

MP4 File (p1991-sidebyside.mp4)

Download
196.94 MB

References

[1]

Azenkot, S., Wobbrock, J. O., Prasain, S., and Ladner, R. E. Input finger detection for nonvisual touch screen text entry in Perkinput. In Proc. GI '12, Canadian Information Processing Society (2012), 121--129.

Digital Library

[2]

Azenkot, S., and Zhai, S. Touch behavior with different postures on soft smartphone keyboards. In Proc. MobileHCI '12, ACM (2012), 251--260.

Digital Library

[3]

Bergstrom-Lehtovirta, J., Oulasvirta, A., and Brewster, S. The effects of walking speed on target acquisition on a touchscreen interface. In Proc. MobileHCI '11, ACM (2011), 143--146.

Digital Library

[4]

Cheng, L.-P., Liang, H.-S., Wu, C.-Y., and Chen, M. Y. iGrasp: Grasp-based adaptive keyboard for mobile devices. In Proc. CHI '13, ACM (2013), 3037--3046.

Digital Library

[5]

Clark, J. Designing for touch (section "Rule of thumb"). http://www.netmagazine.com/features/designing-touch.

[6]

Curtis, D. 3.5 inches. http://dcurt.is/3-point-5-inches.

[7]

Dept. of Defense, Human Factors Engineering Technical Advisory Group. Human engineering design data digest. http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA467401.

[8]

Garrett, J. W. The adult human hand: Some anthropometric and biomechanical considerations. Human Factors: The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 13, 2 (1971), 117--131.

[9]

Goel, M., Jansen, A., Mandel, T., Patel, S. N., and Wobbrock, J. O. ContextType: Using hand posture information to improve mobile touch screen text entry. In Proc. CHI '13, ACM (2013), 2795--2798.

Digital Library

[10]

Goel, M., Wobbrock, J., and Patel, S. GripSense: Using built-in sensors to detect hand posture and pressure on commodity mobile phones. In Proc. UIST '12, ACM (2012), 545--554.

Digital Library

[11]

Guiard, Y. Asymmetric division of labor in human skilled bimanual action: The kinematic chain as a model. Journal of Motor Behavior 19 (1987), 486--517.

[12]

Holz, C., and Baudisch, P. Understanding touch. In Proc. CHI '11, ACM (2011), 2501--2510.

Digital Library

[13]

Hoober, S. How do users really hold mobile devices' http://www.uxmatters.com/mt/archives/2013/02/how-do-users-really-hold-mobile-devices.php.

[14]

Jones, L. A., and Lederman, S. J. Human Hand Function. Oxford University Press, 2006.

[15]

Karlson, A., Bederson, B., and Contreras-Vidal, J. Understanding single-handed mobile device interaction. Handbook of research on user interface design and evaluation for mobile technology (2006), 86--101.

[16]

Kim, K.-E., Chang, W., Cho, S.-J., Shim, J., Lee, H., Park, J., Lee, Y., and Kim, S. Hand grip pattern recognition for mobile user interfaces. In Proc. AAAI '06, vol. 21 (2006), 1789--1794.

Digital Library

[17]

Kuo, L.-C., Chiu, H.-Y., Chang, C.-W., Hsu, H.-Y., and Sun, Y.-N. Functional workspace for precision manipulation between thumb and fingers in normal hands. Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology 19, 5 (2009), 829--839.

[18]

Li, Z.-M., and Tang, J. Coordination of thumb joints during opposition. Journal of Biomechanics 40, 3 (2007), 502--510.

[19]

Napier, J. R. The prehensile movements of the human hand. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 38, 4 (1956), 902--913.

[20]

Neumann, D. Kinesiology of the Musculoskeletal System: Foundations for Rehabilitation. Mosby Elsevier, 2010.

[21]

Ng, A., Brewster, S. A., and Williamson, J. The impact of encumbrance on mobile interactions. In Proc. INTERACT 2013, Springer (2013), 92--109.

[22]

Odell, D., and Chandrasekaran, V. Enabling comfortable thumb interaction in tablet computers: A windows 8 case study. In Proc. HFES '12, vol. 56, SAGE Publications (2012), 1907--1911.

[23]

Oulasvirta, A., and Bergstrom-Lehtovirta, J. Ease of juggling: Studying the effects of manual multitasking. In Proc. CHI '11, ACM (2011), 3103--3112.

Digital Library

[24]

Oulasvirta, A., Reichel, A., Li, W., Zhang, Y., Bachynskyi, M., Vertanen, K., and Kristensson, P. O. Improving two-thumb text entry on touchscreen devices. In Proc. CHI '13, ACM (2013), 2765--2774.

Digital Library

[25]

Parhi, P., Karlson, A. K., and Bederson, B. B. Target size study for one-handed thumb use on small touchscreen devices. In Proc. MobileHCI '06, ACM (2006), 203--210.

Digital Library

[26]

Park, Y. S., and Han, S. H. Touch key design for one-handed thumb interaction with a mobile phone: Effects of touch key size and touch key location. International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics 40, 1 (2010), 68--76.

[27]

Taylor, B. T., and Bove, V. M. The bar of soap: A grasp recognition system implemented in a multi-functional handheld device. In CHI '08 Extended Abstracts, ACM (2008), 3459--3464.

Digital Library

[28]

Trudeau, M. B., Young, J. G., Jindrich, D. L., and Dennerlein, J. T. Thumb motor performance varies with thumb and wrist posture during single-handed mobile phone use. Journal of Biomechanics 45 (2012), 2349--2354.

[29]

Wagner, J., Huot, S., and Mackay, W. BiTouch and BiPad: Designing bimanual interaction for hand-held tablets. In Proc. CHI '12, ACM (2012), 2317--2326.

Digital Library

[30]

Wroblewski, L. Responsive navigation: Optimizing for touch across devices. http://www.lukew.com/ff/entry.asp?1649.

[31]

Yin, Y., Ouyang, T. Y., Partridge, K., and Zhai, S. Making touchscreen keyboards adaptive to keys, hand postures, and individuals - a hierarchical spatial backoff model approach. In Proc. CHI '13, ACM (2013), 2775--2784.

Digital Library

Cited By

Zieher TProbst K(2024)Usability Optimization for Mobile Menu Design: An Empirical Study of Hand Grips and User PreferencesProceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction10.1145/36765088:MHCI(1-19)Online publication date: 24-Sep-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3676508
Eady AGuerrero ACheung VThue DGirouard A(2024)BendAide: A Deformable Interface to Augment Touchscreen Mobile DevicesProceedings of the 50th Graphics Interface Conference10.1145/3670947.3670960(1-10)Online publication date: 3-Jun-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3670947.3670960
Bhaumik RMwaita KSolaroli FAhmed ADe Angeli AHaller M(2024)Interaction with a 3D Surface for an Innovative Input Experience on a Central ConsoleProceedings of the 16th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications10.1145/3640792.3675707(136-148)Online publication date: 22-Sep-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3640792.3675707
Show More Cited By

Index Terms

Modeling the functional area of the thumb on mobile touchscreen surfaces
1. Human-centered computing

Recommendations

Biomechanics of Thumb Touch Gestures on Handheld Devices
CHI EA '16: Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Touch interaction has reached high popularity due to the widespread use of handheld devices. Nowadays, devices with screen sizes above 8 are not uncommon. Grasping such big handheld devices needs two hands to feel comfortable. Consequently, only the two ...
Thumb + Pen Interaction on Tablets
CHI '17: Proceedings of the 2017 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Modern tablets support simultaneous pen and touch input, but it remains unclear how to best leverage this capability for bimanual input when the nonpreferred hand holds the tablet. We explore Thumb + Pen interactions that support simultaneous pen and ...
Drag-and-drop for older adults using touchscreen devices: effects of screen sizes and interaction techniques on accuracy
IHM '14: Proceedings of the 26th Conference on l'Interaction Homme-Machine

This study investigates the accuracy of drag-and-drop interaction for older adults by analyzing the number of supplementary attempts for positioning a target during the execution of tactile puzzle games on two different screen sizes, tablet and ...

Comments

Please enable JavaScript to view thecomments powered by Disqus.

Information & Contributors

Information

Published In

cover image ACM Conferences

CHI '14: Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

April 2014

4206 pages

ISBN:9781450324731

DOI:10.1145/2556288

General Chairs:
Matt Jones
Swansea University, Wales, UK
,
Philippe Palanque
Université Paul Sabatier, France
,
Program Chairs:
Albrecht Schmidt
University of Stuttgart, Germany
,
Tovi Grossman
Autodesk Research, Canada

Copyright © 2014 ACM.

Permission to make digital or hard copies of all or part of this work for personal or classroom use is granted without fee provided that copies are not made or distributed for profit or commercial advantage and that copies bear this notice and the full citation on the first page. Copyrights for components of this work owned by others than ACM must be honored. Abstracting with credit is permitted. To copy otherwise, or republish, to post on servers or to redistribute to lists, requires prior specific permission and/or a fee. Request permissions from [email protected]

Sponsors

SIGCHI: ACM Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction

Publisher

Association for Computing Machinery

New York, NY, United States

Publication History

Published: 26 April 2014

Permissions

Request permissions for this article.

Request Permissions

Check for updates

Author Tags

Qualifiers

Research-article

Conference

CHI '14

Sponsor:

SIGCHI

CHI '14: CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

April 26 - May 1, 2014

Ontario, Toronto, Canada

Acceptance Rates

CHI '14 Paper Acceptance Rate 465 of 2,043 submissions, 23%;

Overall Acceptance Rate 6,199 of 26,314 submissions, 24%

Upcoming Conference

CHI 2025

Sponsor:
sigchi

ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

April 26 - May 1, 2025

Yokohama , Japan

Contributors

Other Metrics

View Article Metrics

Bibliometrics & Citations

Bibliometrics

Article Metrics

101
Total Citations
View Citations
1,511
Total Downloads

Downloads (Last 12 months)105
Downloads (Last 6 weeks)6

Reflects downloads up to 21 Dec 2024

Other Metrics

View Author Metrics

Citations

Cited By

Zieher TProbst K(2024)Usability Optimization for Mobile Menu Design: An Empirical Study of Hand Grips and User PreferencesProceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction10.1145/36765088:MHCI(1-19)Online publication date: 24-Sep-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3676508
Eady AGuerrero ACheung VThue DGirouard A(2024)BendAide: A Deformable Interface to Augment Touchscreen Mobile DevicesProceedings of the 50th Graphics Interface Conference10.1145/3670947.3670960(1-10)Online publication date: 3-Jun-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3670947.3670960
Bhaumik RMwaita KSolaroli FAhmed ADe Angeli AHaller M(2024)Interaction with a 3D Surface for an Innovative Input Experience on a Central ConsoleProceedings of the 16th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications10.1145/3640792.3675707(136-148)Online publication date: 22-Sep-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3640792.3675707
Yeh YIrudayaraj AVogel D(2024)Single-handed Folding Interactions with a Modified Clamshell Flip PhoneProceedings of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems10.1145/3613904.3642554(1-14)Online publication date: 11-May-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3613904.3642554
Yamanaka SUsuba HSato J(2024)Behavioral Differences between Tap and Swipe: Observations on Time, Error, Touch-point Distribution, and Trajectory for Tap-and-swipe Enabled TargetsProceedings of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems10.1145/3613904.3642272(1-12)Online publication date: 11-May-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3613904.3642272
Coutrix CProst C(2024)Impact of Fingernails Length on Mobile Tactile InteractionProceedings of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems10.1145/3613904.3642037(1-21)Online publication date: 11-May-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3613904.3642037
Zhao KWu CXu THe LSerrano MRoudaut A(2024)Grip-Reach-Touch-Repeat: A Refined Model of Grasp to Encompass One-Handed Interaction with Arbitrary Form Factor DevicesProceedings of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems10.1145/3613904.3642022(1-17)Online publication date: 11-May-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3613904.3642022
Wu JWang ZWang LDuan YLi J(2024)FanPad: A Fan Layout Touchpad Keyboard for Text Entry in VR2024 IEEE Conference Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (VR)10.1109/VR58804.2024.00045(222-232)Online publication date: 16-Mar-2024
https://doi.org/10.1109/VR58804.2024.00045
Lee LYau YHui P(2024)Perceived User Reachability in Mobile UIs Using Data Analytics and Machine LearningInternational Journal of Human–Computer Interaction10.1080/10447318.2024.2327199(1-24)Online publication date: 25-Mar-2024
https://doi.org/10.1080/10447318.2024.2327199
Borah PSorathia K(2023)Investigating user performance and preference for two magnitude levels of size and angle of bend on a smartphone-sized flexible deviceBehaviour & Information Technology10.1080/0144929X.2023.2245062(1-27)Online publication date: 13-Sep-2023
https://doi.org/10.1080/0144929X.2023.2245062
Show More Cited By

View Options

Login options

Check if you have access through your login credentials or your institution to get full access on this article.

Full Access

Get this Publication

View options

PDF

View or Download as a PDF file.

eReader

View online with eReader.

Media

Figures

Other

Tables

View Table of Contents