Stylus enhancement to enrich interaction with computers

  • Authors:
  • Yu Suzuki;Kazuo Misue;Jiro Tanaka

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Computer Science, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan;Department of Computer Science, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan;Department of Computer Science, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

  • Venue:
  • HCI'07 Proceedings of the 12th international conference on Human-computer interaction: interaction platforms and techniques
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

We introduce a technique to enrich user interaction with a computer through a stylus. This technique allows a stylus to be manipulated in the air to operate applications in new ways. To translate the stylus manipulation into application behavior, we take an approach that we attach an accelerometer to the stylus. Such a stylus allows control through new operations like rolling and shaking, as well as through conventional operations like tapping or making strokes. An application can use these operations to switch modes or change parameters. We have implemented a number of applications, called the "Oh! Stylus Series," that can be used with our proposed technique.