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Blui: low-cost localized blowable user interfaces

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Shwetak N. Patel,

Gregory D. AbowdAuthors Info & Claims

UIST '07: Proceedings of the 20th annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology

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https://doi.org/10.1145/1294211.1294250

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We describe a unique form of hands-free interaction that can be implemented on most commodity computing platforms. Our approach supports blowing at a laptop or computer screen to directly control certain interactive applications. Localization estimates are produced in real-time to determine where on the screen the person is blowing. Our approach relies solely on a single microphone, such as those already embedded in a standard laptop or one placed near a computer monitor, which makes our approach very cost-effective and easy-to-deploy. We show example interaction techniques that leverage this approach.

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Blui: low-cost localized blowable user interfaces
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. Interaction paradigms
      1. Graphical user interfaces

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DOI:10.1145/1294211

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