A comparison of two control-display gain measures for head-controlled computer input devices

Human Factors

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 390-403

  Schaab, John A ^a,d   Radwin, Robert G ^a,c,e   Vanderheiden, Gregg C ^a,c   Hansen, Per Krogh ^b,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Pointer Systems Inc   (United States)

^c University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^d INTEL CORPORATION   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL DISPLAY GAIN MEASURES; HEAD CONTROLLED INPUT DEVICES; KINESTHETIC FEEDBACK;

ANGLE MEASUREMENT; BIOFEEDBACK; COMPUTER PERIPHERAL EQUIPMENT; DISPLAY DEVICES;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PROPRIOCEPTION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; SELF-HELP DEVICES; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 0030248734     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1518/001872096778702042     Document Type: Article

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