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3-Steps Keyboard: Reduced Interaction Interface for Touchless Typing with Head Movements

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Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Computer Recognition Systems CORES 2017 (CORES 2017)

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This paper introduces a novel technique for touchless typing with head movements allowing to reach any alphabet character in only three steps. Head movements are frequently used for human-computer interaction by users with motor impairments unable to operate standard computer input devices. In such interfaces great difficulty is typing. Many directional head movements are required to reach subsequent characters using the on-screen keyboard and additional mechanism (like eye blink or mouth open) supplements the selection process. In this paper, a reduced interaction keyboard for touchless typing with head movements is proposed. The solution is based on recognition of head movements in four main directions.

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  1. Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin, Żołnierska 52, 71-210, Szczecin, Poland

    Adam Nowosielski

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    Marek Kurzynski

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    Michal Wozniak

  3. Department of Systems and Computer Networks, Wrocław University of Technology , Wroclaw, Poland

    Robert Burduk

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Nowosielski, A. (2018). 3-Steps Keyboard: Reduced Interaction Interface for Touchless Typing with Head Movements. In: Kurzynski, M., Wozniak, M., Burduk, R. (eds) Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Computer Recognition Systems CORES 2017. CORES 2017. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 578. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59162-9_24

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