Paper Reading - Human–Computer Interaction on the Skin
Human–Computer Interaction on the Skin
Author
JOANNA BERGSTRÖM and KASPER HORNBÆK, ACM Computing Surveys
Keywords
Skin input, on-body interaction, tracking technologies
WHAT
what skin input is,
which technologies can sense input on the skin,
how to give feedback to the user
WHY
enable new input types
free people from carrying mobile devices and extends input areas to support off-screen input
help to achieve better user experience and effectiveness
HOW
exact queries
forward chaining reference search
screening
inclusion
Results
Input on the skin
Types of input: tapping, touch gestures, deformation of the skin, varying the area of skin contact
Location of input: hands and the fingers, wrist and forearm and others
Evaluating input on the skin: user studies
Technology for skin input
Types of Sensing
Optical
Motion capture systems
Image processing
On-skin
- sound or ultrasound
Touch
- capacitive touch sensors, piezo-electrical sensors, and pressure sensors
Technical Performance
Recognition accuracies
Resolution
Movement of the user
Designing for the skin
Mapping Input to the Features of the Skin
Layout
Input performance
Untangle how the displayed targets are organized on the skin
Landmark
Feedback for Skin Input
Visual feedback
Audio feedback
Challenges
Toward Expressive Input
- how to use the skin for expressive input
Real-Life Use of Skin-Based Interfaces
- how to transfer on-skin interaction from the laboratory to real use
Designing Skin Input and Output
- how to map user interfaces to the skin