Kinematic analysis of cursor trajectories controlled with a touchpad

International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 223-239

  Dillen, Hetty ^a   Phillips, James G ^a   Meehan, James W ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SCREENS; CURSOR TRAJECTORY; KINEMATIC ANALYSIS; POINTING DEVICES; SUBMOVEMENTS; TOUCHPAD;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; PSYCHOLOGY COMPUTING;

LAPTOP COMPUTERS;

EID: 30544455533     PISSN: 10447318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327590ijhc1902_4     Document Type: Article

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