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Augmenting the input space of portable displays using add-on hall-sensor grid

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Since handheld and wearable displays are highly mobile, various applications are enabled to enrich our daily life. In addition to displaying high-fidelity information, these devices also support natural and effective user interactions by exploiting the capability of various embedded sensors. Nonetheless, the set of built-in sensors has limitations. Add-on sensor technologies, therefore, are needed. This work chooses to exploit magnetism as an additional channel of user input. The author first explains the reasons of developing the add-on magnetic field sensing technology based on neodymium magnets and the analog Hall-sensor grid. Then, the augmented input space is showcased through two instances. 1) For handheld displays, the sensor extends the object tracking capability to the near-surface 3D space by simply attaching it to the back of devices. 2) For wearable displays, the sensor enables private and rich-haptic 2D input by wearing it on user's fingernails. Limitations and possible research directions of this approach are highlighted in the end of paper.

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    UIST '13 Adjunct: Adjunct Proceedings of the 26th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology
    October 2013
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    DOI:10.1145/2508468
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    1. add-on sensing
    2. hall-sensor grid
    3. magnetism
    4. portable displays
    5. subtle interaction
    6. tangible interaction

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