One-handed thumb interaction of mobile devices from the input accuracy perspective

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 746-756

  Park, Yong S ^a   Han, Sung H ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Adjusting touch recognition areas; Mobile devices; One handed thumb interaction; Precise target selection; Pressing patterns

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY MEASURES; ADJUSTING TOUCH RECOGNITION AREAS; KEY LOCATION; KEY SIZES; ONE-HANDED; PRECISE TARGET SELECTION; PRESSING PATTERNS; TARGET SIZE; TASK COMPLETION TIME; TOUCH INTERFACES; TOUCH SCREEN;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESIGN; EXPERIMENTS; LOCATION; MOBILE DEVICES; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; TELEPHONE SETS;

FLUORESCENT SCREENS;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEVICE; ELECTRONICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVICE INTERACTION; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MOBILE DEVICE; MOBILE PHONE; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THUMB; TOUCH SCREEN;

EID: 77957748786     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2010.08.001     Document Type: Article

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