Gesture-Based Input for Drawing Schematics on a Mobile Device

Author

Chivers, Daniel ; Rodgers, Peter

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Univ. of Kent, Canterbury, UK

fYear

2011

fDate

13-15 July 2011

Firstpage

127

Lastpage

134

Abstract

We present a system for drawing metro map style schematics using a gesture-based interface. This work brings together techniques in gesture recognition on touch-sensitive devices with research in schematic layout of networks. The software allows users to create and edit schematic networks, and provides an automated layout method for improving the appearance of the schematic. A case study using the metro map metaphor to visualize social networks and web site structure is described.

Keywords

cartography; data visualisation; gesture recognition; graphical user interfaces; mobile computing; social networking (online); touch sensitive screens; Web site structure; automated layout method; gesture recognition; gesture-based input; gesture-based interface; metro map metaphor; metro map style schematics drawing; mobile device; schematic layout; schematic network; social network; touch-sensitive device; Color; Equations; Layout; Mathematical model; Mobile handsets; Optimization; Software; Gesture-Based Input; Metro Maps; Mobile Device; Schematics; Sketching Input;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information Visualisation (IV), 2011 15th International Conference on

Conference_Location

London

ISSN

1550-6037

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0868-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IV.2011.50

Filename

6004032