ThickPad: a hover-tracking touchpad for a laptop

  • Authors:
  • Sangwon Choi;Jaehyun Han;Sunjun Kim;Seongkook Heo;Geehyuk Lee

  • Affiliations:
  • KAIST, Daejeon, South Korea;KAIST, Daejeon, South Korea;KAIST, Daejeon, South Korea;KAIST, Daejeon, South Korea;KAIST, Daejeon, South Korea

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 24th annual ACM symposium adjunct on User interface software and technology
  • Year:
  • 2011

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Abstract

We explored the use of a hover tracking touchpad in a laptop environment. In order to study the new experience, we implemented a prototype touchpad consisting of infrared LEDs and photo-transistors, which can track fingers as far as 10mm over the surface. We demonstrate here three major interaction techniques that would become possible when a hover-tracking touchpad meets a laptop