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Exploring Continuous Pressure Input for Mobile Phones
Exploring Continuous Pressure Input for Mobile Phones
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Clarkson, Edward C.
Patel, Shwetak Naran
Pierce, Jeffrey S.
Abowd, Gregory D.
Patel, Shwetak Naran
Pierce, Jeffrey S.
Abowd, Gregory D.
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The input capabilities of mobile phones are limited by their physical form factor. Approaches to augmenting those capabilities that expand the input space without negatively impacting size or weight are particularly desirable. We propose adding simple pressure sensors under the keypad buttons to provide multiple channels of continuous pressure input. Pressure input supports a larger and more interesting interaction space without some of the unusual or unwanted qualities of some other approaches. We describe an implementation of our pressure-augmented system and show a number of interaction techniques, some old and some new, facilitated by continual pressure. We contrast these techniques with previous sensor-augmentation devices and highlight notable differences and advantages.
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2006
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