Touchable area: An empirical study on design approach considering perception size and touch input behavior

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 49, Issue , 2015, Pages 21-30

  Jung, Eui S ^a   Im, Youngjae ^b  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute for Defense Analyses   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Design approach; Input behavior and hit rate; Touch user interface; Touchable area

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; SMARTPHONES;

DESIGN APPROACHES; DIRECT MANIPULATION; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; HIT RATE; INTERFACE DESIGNERS; MOBILE TOUCH DEVICES; TOUCHABLE AREA; USER INTERACTION DESIGN;

USER INTERFACES;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISPLAY SYSTEM; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDEX FINGER; MALE; MAN MACHINE INTERACTION; MOBILE PHONE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBJECT MANIPULATION; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOUCH; TOUCH USER INTERFACE; TOUCHABLE AREA;

EID: 84930204058     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: 18728219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2015.05.008     Document Type: Article

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