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1 General point "No one input device is perfect for everyone. Wearable computers must be tailored to their user much like a fine suit is tailored to its wearer." (Thad Starner) Text entry ? Selection of system-provided options ? Browsing among commands ? Input Methods for Handheld and Wearable Systems (a disorganized survey) Gábor Blaskó MIThril GyroMouse (www.gyration.com) Footmouse HulaPoint FingerMouse EP0696014 Pressure sensitive input device wearable around a human finger US6154199 Hand positioned mouse Small trackball on index finger
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General point"No one input device is perfect for everyone. Wearable computers must be tailored to their user much like a fine suit is tailored to its wearer." (Thad Starner)
Text entry ?
Selection of system-provided options ?
Browsing among commands ?
Input Methods for Handheld and Wearable Systems
(a disorganized survey)
Gábor Blaskó
MIThril
GyroMouse (www.gyration.com)
FootmouseHulaPoint
FingerMouse
EP0696014 Pressure sensitive input device wearable around a human finger
US6154199 Hand positioned mouse
Small trackball on index finger
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MULTI-FUNCTIONAL ERGONOMIC INTERFACE
position, displacement, force, pressure
GB2376283
Foot activated user interface
Nokia 3650
Nokia 9290
Samsung SPH-I300
Kyocera 7135
Spb keyboard
Sony-Ericsson P800
Fitaly layout
Cirrin: (the CIRculaR INput device)
Graffiti
OPTI II
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QuickWriting
Metropolis Keyboard (43.1 wpm)
US2002101458
Navigational interface for mobile and wearable computers
Seiko InkLink
Halfkeyboard
Twiddler2 Senseboard (www.senseboard.com)
WO0227456 WEARABLE DATA INPUT INTERFACE
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US5581484 Finger mounted computer input device A Method of Key Input with Two Mice
UniGesture TiltType
US6151208
Wearable computing device mounted on superior dorsal aspect of a hand
US6097374 Wrist-pendent wireless optical keyboard
Optical beam interruption
LightGlove
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Thumbscript
SHK: Single Hand Key Card
GB2320315: A keyboard glove for use by the blind
GB2305714: A keyboard glove
Robert Rosenberg: The Chording Glove
16.8 ± 2.5 words/min
17.4 ± 0.6% error rate
after 10 1-hour sessions
US6141643 Data input glove having conductive finger pads and thumb pad, and uses therefor
www.tinmith.net
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Carnegie Mellon University
VuMan
DigitalInk
Piezo -electric microphone
US5212372
PORTABLE TRANSACTION TERMINAL FOR OPTICAL AND KEY ENTRY OF DATA WITHOUT KEYBOARDS AND MANUALLY ACTUATED SCANNERS
Bar code scanner + finger flexion sensor
FingeRing
DataGlove
US6380923 Full -time wearable information managing device and method for the same
Samsung Scurry
Hand gestures and forearm movements
Jun Rekimoto GestureWrist and GesturePad: Unobtrusive Wearable Interaction Devices , ISWC 2001, 2001
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WO02054711
Hands-free, wearable communication device for a wireless communication system
M.Fukumoto , Y.Tonomura ,Wrist Handset Whisper"Whisper: A Wristwatch-Style Wearable Handset,"Proc. of ACM CHI '99, pp.112-119, (May 1999)
NTT DoCoMo Human Interface Labs
Voice
V2.0
480 x 240pixel display
0.87“ x 0.65” display
2 hour battery life
8MB standard memory, 8MB flash
http://www.wearable-electronics.de
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Tradeoffs:
Input method (Buttons vs. Stylus)
Influence:
CPU speed,
Memory speed,
Battery Life
Rex 5001 Rex 6001
Danger Hiptopwww.danger.com
US5514861 Computer and/or scanner system mounted on a glove
www.symbol.com
LPD: Laser Projection Device WearClam
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Wearable context sensitive user interface for interacting with plurality of electronic devices of interest to the user easily accessible, immediately available
carried at all times
comfortably manipulated in an unobtrusive manner to the user and to others
allows the user to be uniquely identified by various electronic apparatus
Temperature, pulse sensor, two -dimensional force (or pressure) sensor, 26 omnidirectional antenna.
