• DocumentCode
    2817734
  • Title

    Using finger-pointing to operate secondary controls in automobiles

  • Author

    Cairnie, Niall ; Ricketts, Ian W. ; McKenna, Stephen J. ; McAllister, Gordon

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Appl. Comput., Dundee Univ., UK
  • fYear
    2000
  • fDate
    2000
  • Firstpage
    550
  • Lastpage
    555
  • Abstract
    Driver inattention is the cause of many automobile accidents. The operation of secondary vehicle controls has been found to be a cause of driver inattention. In this paper, we describe a prototype finger-pointing interface for the operation of these controls. A 6-DOF sensor is used to compute the point targeted on the display, located in front of the driver. The prototype graphical user interface (GUI) is described. Specifically, we provide experimental results concerning the sizes of button that can be used in the finger-pointing interface. We also discuss the types of GUI controls that we have found feasible to operate using our system
  • Keywords
    automobiles; computer vision; graphical user interfaces; automobiles; computer vision; finger-pointing interface; graphical user interfac; secondary control operation; sensor; Automobiles; Computer crashes; Computer displays; Computer interfaces; Control systems; Graphical user interfaces; Prototypes; Radio control; Road safety; Vehicle driving;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Intelligent Vehicles Symposium, 2000. IV 2000. Proceedings of the IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Dearborn, MI
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-6363-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IVS.2000.898405
  • Filename
    898405