TY  - CONF
A1  - Mertens, Alexander
A1  - Jochems, Nicole
A1  - Schlick, Christopher M.
A1  - Dünnebacke, Daniel
A1  - Dornberg, Jan Henrik
A2  - Kalra, Jay
A2  - Lightner, Nancy J.
T1  - A Novel Input Method for Trepidant Users of Telemedical Services
T2  - Advances in Human Factors, Ergonomics, and Safety in Manufacturing and Service Industries
N2  - People with tremor find it often very difficult to use IT services and therefore attain very low levels of effectiveness, efficiency and satisfaction, when doing so. The currently available user interfaces do not guarantee sufficient precision for information input. Individuals suffering from intention tremor show a significant worsening when moving towards a button, precisely because target-oriented movements produce shaking in the affected body parts. For this target group a new method regarding the information input has been developed and evaluated. This technique enables the persons concerned to input information on a touch screen by using a wiping movement. Variations caused by the tremor are compensated with a continuous movement rather than a single direct movement towards a target field. Moreover, the screen surface causes a significant friction that helps to damp tremor forces. The user input can be identified by the computer with high accuracy by means of special heuristics which also assist barrier free access among the target group.
KW  - AAL
KW  - SV5610
KW  - Tremor
KW  - Touchscreen
KW  - Interaction Technique
KW  - HCI
Y1  - 2010
UR  - https://epub.fir.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/336
PB  - CRC Press
CY  - Miami (FL)
ER  -