TY - GEN
T1 - FlexCase
T2 - 34th Annual Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2016
AU - Rendl, Christian
AU - Kim, David
AU - Parzer, Patrick
AU - Fanello, Sean
AU - Zirkl, Martin
AU - Scheipl, Gregor
AU - Haller, Michael
AU - Izadi, Shahram
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2016 ACM.
PY - 2016/5/7
Y1 - 2016/5/7
N2 - FlexCase is a novel flip cover for smartphones, which brings flexible input and output capabilities to existing mobile phones. It combines an e-paper display with a pressure- and bendsensitive input sensor to augment the capabilities of a phone. Due to the form factor, FlexCase can be easily transformed into several different configurations, each with different interaction possibilities. We can use FlexCase to perform a variety of touch, pressure, grip and bend gestures in a natural manner, much like interacting with a sheet of paper. The secondary e-paper display can act as a mechanism for providing user feedback and persisting content from the main display. In this paper, we explore the rich design space of FlexCase and present a number of different interaction techniques. Beyond, we highlight how touch and flex sensing can be combined to support a novel type of gestures, which we call Grip & Bend. We also describe the underlying technology and gesture sensing algorithms. Numerous applications apply the interaction techniques in real-world examples, including enhanced e-paper reading and interaction, a new copy-and-paste metaphor, high degree of freedom 3D and 2D manipulation, and the ability to transfer content and support input between displays in a natural and flexible manner.
AB - FlexCase is a novel flip cover for smartphones, which brings flexible input and output capabilities to existing mobile phones. It combines an e-paper display with a pressure- and bendsensitive input sensor to augment the capabilities of a phone. Due to the form factor, FlexCase can be easily transformed into several different configurations, each with different interaction possibilities. We can use FlexCase to perform a variety of touch, pressure, grip and bend gestures in a natural manner, much like interacting with a sheet of paper. The secondary e-paper display can act as a mechanism for providing user feedback and persisting content from the main display. In this paper, we explore the rich design space of FlexCase and present a number of different interaction techniques. Beyond, we highlight how touch and flex sensing can be combined to support a novel type of gestures, which we call Grip & Bend. We also describe the underlying technology and gesture sensing algorithms. Numerous applications apply the interaction techniques in real-world examples, including enhanced e-paper reading and interaction, a new copy-and-paste metaphor, high degree of freedom 3D and 2D manipulation, and the ability to transfer content and support input between displays in a natural and flexible manner.
KW - Deformation
KW - Flexible
KW - Grip detection
KW - Input
KW - Output
KW - Sensor
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84995762498&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1145/2858036.2858314
DO - 10.1145/2858036.2858314
M3 - Conference contribution
T3 - Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings
SP - 5138
EP - 5150
BT - CHI 2016 - Proceedings, 34th Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
PB - Association for Computing Machinery
Y2 - 7 May 2016 through 12 May 2016
ER -