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Tap2Count: numerical input for interactive tabletops

Published: 13 November 2011 Publication History

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We present a technique to enter numbers on interactive multi-touch tabletops using the 10 fingers of both hands. We recognize the number of fingers simultaneously touching the screen and interpret them as digits from 0 to 9 to represent any number in the decimal system. Our technique works independent from the location and orientation of users at the tabletop and does not occlude screen space, rendering it an interesting alternative to commonly used techniques for numerical input on touchscreens, such as virtual keyboards and handwriting recognition systems.

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ITS '11: Proceedings of the ACM International Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces
November 2011
295 pages
ISBN:9781450308717
DOI:10.1145/2076354
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Published: 13 November 2011

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  1. interactive surfaces
  2. interactive tabletops
  3. multi-touch
  4. numerical input
  5. text input

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ITS'11
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ITS'11: Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces
November 13 - 16, 2011
Kobe, Japan

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  • (2018)Comparing methods for numerical input in immersive virtual environmentsVirtual Reality10.1007/s10055-017-0312-522:1(63-77)Online publication date: 1-Mar-2018
  • (2018)qVRty: Virtual Keyboard with a Haptic, Real-World RepresentationHCI International 2018 – Posters' Extended Abstracts10.1007/978-3-319-92279-9_36(266-272)Online publication date: 7-Jun-2018
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  • (2013)DigiTapsProceedings of the 26th annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology10.1145/2501988.2502056(85-90)Online publication date: 8-Oct-2013

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