Multi-touch: A new tactile 2-d gesture interface for human-computer interaction

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 632-636

  Westerman, Wayne ^a   Elias, John G ^a   Hedge, Alan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b College of Human Ecology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MULTI-TOUCH SURFACE (MTS);

ARRAYS; COMPUTER HARDWARE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ERGONOMICS; GESTURE RECOGNITION; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; SENSORS;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 0442326520     PISSN: 10711813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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