Yu-Hsiang Chen, Ben Zhang, Claire Tuna, Yang Li, Edward A. Lee and Björn Hartmann
EECS Department
University of California, Berkeley
Technical Report No. UCB/EECS-2013-200
December 10, 2013
http://www2.eecs.berkeley.edu/Pubs/TechRpts/2013/EECS-2013-200.pdf
We introduce a novel method for selecting and controlling smart appliances in physical spaces through a head-worn computing device with near-eye display and wireless communication. We augment a commercial wearable computing device, Google Glass, with a narrow-beam IR emitter for this purpose. This configuration yields a usable beam width of 2 to 4 feet (60 to 120cm) for targeting at room scale. We describe a disambiguation technique if infrared targeting hits multiple targets simultaneously. A target acquisition study with 14 participants shows that selection using head orientation with our device outperforms list selection on a wearable device. We also report qualitative data from using our device to control multiple appliances in a smart home scenario.
BibTeX citation:
@techreport{Chen:EECS-2013-200, Author = {Chen, Yu-Hsiang and Zhang, Ben and Tuna, Claire and Li, Yang and Lee, Edward A. and Hartmann, Björn}, Title = {A Context Menu for the Real World: Controlling Physical Appliances Through Head-Worn Infrared Targeting}, Institution = {EECS Department, University of California, Berkeley}, Year = {2013}, Month = {Dec}, URL = {http://www2.eecs.berkeley.edu/Pubs/TechRpts/2013/EECS-2013-200.html}, Number = {UCB/EECS-2013-200}, Abstract = {We introduce a novel method for selecting and controlling smart appliances in physical spaces through a head-worn computing device with near-eye display and wireless communication. We augment a commercial wearable computing device, Google Glass, with a narrow-beam IR emitter for this purpose. This configuration yields a usable beam width of 2 to 4 feet (60 to 120cm) for targeting at room scale. We describe a disambiguation technique if infrared targeting hits multiple targets simultaneously. A target acquisition study with 14 participants shows that selection using head orientation with our device outperforms list selection on a wearable device. We also report qualitative data from using our device to control multiple appliances in a smart home scenario.} }
EndNote citation:
%0 Report %A Chen, Yu-Hsiang %A Zhang, Ben %A Tuna, Claire %A Li, Yang %A Lee, Edward A. %A Hartmann, Björn %T A Context Menu for the Real World: Controlling Physical Appliances Through Head-Worn Infrared Targeting %I EECS Department, University of California, Berkeley %D 2013 %8 December 10 %@ UCB/EECS-2013-200 %U http://www2.eecs.berkeley.edu/Pubs/TechRpts/2013/EECS-2013-200.html %F Chen:EECS-2013-200