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Sixth IEEE Workshop on Mobile Computing Systems and Applications (WMCSA'04)
pp. 144-151
Information Transfer Techniques for Mobile Devices by "Toss" and "Swing" Actions
Koji Yatani, University of Tokyo
Koiti Tamura, University of Tokyo
Massanori Sugimoto, University of Tokyo
Hiromichi Hashizume, National Institute of Informatics
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In recent years, mobile devices have rapidly
penetrated into our daily lives. Several drawbacks of
mobile devices have been mentioned so far, such as
their limited computational capability, small screen
real estate, and, so on, as compared with notebook or
desktop computers. However, by fully utilizing the
most notable feature of mobile devices, that is,
mobility, we can explore possibilities for a new user
interface of the devices. In this paper, we use PDAs
and propose intuitive information transfer techniques
for them, which could not be achieved with notebook
or desktop computers. By using the system called
Toss-It, a user can send information from the user’s
PDA to other electronic devices with a "toss" or
"swing" action, as the user would toss a ball or deals
cards to others. We have developed a circuit board
designed to be attached to a PDA and algorithms for
recognizing "toss" and "swing" actions. Preliminary
user studies of Toss-It indicated that it could correctly
identify receivers of information by "toss" or "swing"
actions. Our research project is in progress, and this
paper describes the current status of the project by
focusing on issues related to HCI (Human Computer
Interaction). We will discuss about several critical
issues to be investigated in our future studies.
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Citation:
Koji Yatani, Koiti Tamura, Massanori Sugimoto, Hiromichi Hashizume,
"Information Transfer Techniques for Mobile Devices by "Toss" and "Swing" Actions,"
wmcsa,
pp. 144-151,
Sixth IEEE Workshop on Mobile Computing Systems and Applications (WMCSA'04),
2004
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