Design a Multi-Touch Table and Apply to Interior Furniture Allocation

Authors:
Chien-Hsu Chen;Ken-Hao Nien;Fong-Gong Wu
Affiliations:
Department of Industrial Design, National Cheng-Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan 701;Department of Industrial Design, National Cheng-Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan 701;Department of Industrial Design, National Cheng-Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan 701
Venue:
UAHCI '09 Proceedings of the 5th International on ConferenceUniversal Access in Human-Computer Interaction. Part II: Intelligent and Ubiquitous Interaction Environments
Year:
2009

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Abstract

This is a study based on the integration of FTIR multi-touch technology with Industrial Design to produce a multi-touch table. An multi-touch system interface is also developed through this study. Furniture allocation is applied as the content to provide users practical operating experience on the multi-touch interface. The process includes FTIR structure related testing, hardware technology and specifications; and the exterior design. The system interface includes image recognition system and multi-touch application, and is developed in FLASH. This study not only uses the easy-to-use characteristics of the multi-touch technology but also integrates PV3D to link the 3D scene with the user interface. This provides a real-time 3D simulation image that the user can view the result of the furniture allocation while controlling the user interface. Observation and interviews are made on the users to evaluate the advantages and related problems of the multi-touch technology for future study and development.