Title :
Determination of placement of a body-attached mouse as a pointing input device for wearable computers
Author :
Thomas, Bruce ; Grimmer, Karen ; Makovec, Dan ; Zucco, Joanne ; Gunther, Bernard
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Comput. Inf. Sci., Univ. of South Australia, Mawson Lakes, SA, Australia
Abstract :
We believe the notion of hands free operation is critical to the successful use of wearable computer systems. As such, we investigated possible placements of an input device for a wearable computer on different portions of the user´s body, while the user assumed different postures (sitting, standing, kneeling, and prone).
Keywords :
ergonomics; human factors; mouse controllers (computers); portable computers; body-attached mouse; hands free operation; input device; kneeling; pointing input device; postures; prone; sitting; standing; wearable computer systems; Australia; Computer displays; Guidelines; Information science; Lakes; Mice; Portable computers; Thigh; Torso; Wearable computers;
Conference_Titel :
Wearable Computers, 1999. Digest of Papers. The Third International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-0428-0
DOI :
10.1109/ISWC.1999.806925
