Towards developing perceivable tactile feedback for mobile devices

International Journal of Human Computer Studies

Volumn 69, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 705-719

  Qian, Huimin ^a   Kuber, Ravi ^a   Sears, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mobile interfaces; Tactile icons; Tactile perception

Indexed keywords

AMOUNT OF INFORMATION; CELLULAR TELEPHONES; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; MOBILE INTERFACE; MOBILE TECHNOLOGY; NON-VISUAL INTERACTION; REALISTIC CONDITIONS; RECOGNITION RATES; SMALL SIZE; TACTILE FEEDBACK; TACTILE ICONS; TACTILE INTERFACE; TACTILE PERCEPTION; TACTONS; TWO-STATE; VISUAL CHANNELS; VISUAL DEMAND; VISUAL DISPLAY;

DESIGN; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; MOBILE DEVICES; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; TELEPHONE; USER INTERFACES;

CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS;

EID: 80051492663     PISSN: 10715819     EISSN: 10959300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhcs.2011.06.003     Document Type: Article

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