Prototype implementations for a universal remote console specification
CHI '02 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Enhancing human-machine interactions: virtual interface alteration through wearable computers
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Virtualisation d'interfaces matérielles par l'intermédiaire d'un ordinateur porté
IHM 2005 Proceedings of the 17th international conference on Francophone sur l'Interaction Homme-Machine
Embedded web server-based home appliance networks
Journal of Network and Computer Applications
Demonstrating the viability of automatically generated user interfaces
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Energy comparison and optimization of wireless body-area network technologies
Proceedings of the ICST 2nd international conference on Body area networks
ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction (TOCHI)
Users' quest for an optimized representation of a multi-device space
Personal and Ubiquitous Computing
Operating appliances with mobile phones: strengths and limits of a universal interaction device
PERVASIVE'07 Proceedings of the 5th international conference on Pervasive computing
Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia
Exploring smartphone-based web user interfaces for appliances
Proceedings of the 15th international conference on Human-computer interaction with mobile devices and services
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Today's complex appliances are plagued by difficult-to-use interfaces. In many cases, consumers use only a few of the many features on their appliances because the more complex features are hidden by confusing interfaces. This problem can only get worse as appliances get smarter, become more complex, and are subject to more demands by their users. This paper presents two studies that compare the accuracy and speed of real users controlling two common appliances, a stereo and a telephone/answering machine, using two different interaction techniques. Our studies found that people using an appliance interface presented on a handheld computer performed the same set of tasks in half the time while making half the errors as compared to using the appliance's built-in control panel. These studies are motivating us to build a generic remote appliance control system that we call the personal universal controller.