Touch Interface on Back of the Hand
last modified: August 16, 2011
We propose a wristband-shaped touch input device. Our system uses the surface of the user’s hand as a touchpad. The wristband device detects a position of user’s fingertip by using infrared photo reflective sensors. The user who wears the sensor can input pointing action by touching across the surface of his/her back of hand. Additionally, haptic sensation on the skin surface of the hand supports the user to control various small computing devices (especially touch screen devices) without any visual assistance.
Movie
Brief Description on YouTube
Demonstration Movie in SIGGRAPH 2011 Emerging Technologies
Publications
- Kei Nakatsuma, Hiroyuki Shinoda, Yasutoshi Makino, Katsunari Sato, and Takashi Maeno, “Touch Interface on Back of the Hand,” in SIGGRAPH 2011 Emerging Technologies [PDF]
Members
Core Members:
Yasutoshi Makino* (Concept, Software & Hardware)
Kei Nakatsuma (Concept, Hardware & Software)
Collaborators:
Katsunari Sato*, Keisuke Hasegawa
Advisors:
Hiroyuki Shinoda, Takashi Maeno*
*: Keio University
Acknowledgements
The project is partly supported by
- Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists B (21700185) (Japan)
- Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows (21-5508) (Japan)