Mouse and display tablets as cursor control devices

International Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1221-1232

  Stevenson, Roger ^a   Phillips, James G ^a   Triggs, Tom J ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fitts' law; Gain; Graphics tablet; Mouse; Touch sensitive screen

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; DISPLAY DEVICES; MICE (COMPUTER PERIPHERALS); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TACTILE READING AIDS;

FITT LAWS; GAIN; GRAPHICS TABLET; MOUSE; TOUCH SENSITIVE SCREEN;

CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 10444222517     PISSN: 02180014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218001404003733     Document Type: Conference Paper

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