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Sato, Kitajima & Fukui (2002)

Sato, S., M., Kitajima, M., & Fukui, Y. (2002). A Mouse with Realtime Adaptive Mickey Ratio Adjustment by Grasping Force. UIST'02 (User Interface Software & Technology 2002).

 

A Mouse with Realtime Adaptive Mickey Ratio Adjustment by Grasping Force

In remote pointing devices, there is relationship between the motion of operation terminal and that of the pointer. In usual, the gain of this relationship is not adaptive in operation even though it is adjustable before the operation. But this gain adjustment is a quite difficult function. According to Fitts' law, pointing tasks is easier when the target is larger and the distance is shorter. Large gain means the short distance and small target, small gain means, as opposite to above, long distance and large target. This paper proposes a realtime adaptive gain adjustment for an answer of this dilemma. This adjustment function is recommended to be controlled by operator's grasping force of operation terminal to avoid increase of complexity of operation. For an example, a computer mouse with realtime adaptive Mickey ratio adjuster is considered.

 

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