Forearm menu: using forearm as menu widget on tabletop system

Authors:
Takamasa Adachi;Seiya Koura;Fumihisa Shibata;Asako Kimura
Affiliations:
Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Japan;Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Japan;Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Japan;Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Japan
Venue:
Proceedings of the 2013 ACM international conference on Interactive tabletops and surfaces
Year:
2013

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Abstract

In this study, we propose a menu interaction technique that utilizes the forearm (the part of the arm between the elbow and the hand) on direct input surfaces such as tabletop systems. On such systems, users commonly operate various types of data, such as images, video, audio, and documents, using menus for each type of data. In this study, we focus on the space on user's forearms as a very easy-to-access area for displaying a menu to control the data in operation. In addition, since the tabletop surface and the forearm can be used as different layers, they can be divided into a "working area" and an "area for menu operation." Thus, a menu can be displayed without being hidden by the hand or forearm.