Inflatable mouse: volume-adjustable mouse with air-pressure-sensitive input and haptic feedback

  • Authors:
  • Seoktae Kim;Hyunjung Kim;Boram Lee;Tek-Jin Nam;Woohun Lee

  • Affiliations:
  • Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, South Korea;Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, South Korea;Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, South Korea;Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, South Korea;Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, South Korea

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
  • Year:
  • 2008

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Abstract

Inflatable Mouse is a volume-adjustable user interface. It can be inflated up to the volume of a familiar mouse, but be deflated and stored flat in a PC card slot of a laptop computer when not in use. Inflatable Mouse functions just like a typical mouse; moreover, it provides new interaction techniques by sensing the air pressure in the balloon of the mouse. It also addresses some issues associated with pressure-sensing interactions such as the lack of bi-directional input and the lack of effective feedback. Moreover, it can be used as both a control tool and a display tool. In this paper, the design of an Inflatable Mouse prototype is described and potential application scenarios such as zooming in/out and fast scrolling using pressure control are explained. We also discuss the potential use of Inflatable Mouse as an emotional communication tool.