FullPull: A Stretchable UI to Input Pulling Strength on Touch Surfaces

Tatsuya Maeda, Keita Kuwayama, Kodai Ito, Kazuyuki Fujita, Yuichi Itoh

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Abstract

Touch surfaces are used as input interfaces for many devices such as smartphones, tablets, and smartwatches. However, the flexibility of the input surface is low, and the possible input operations are limited to planar ones such as touch and swipe. In contrast, in the field of HCI, there has been much research on increasing the number of input interactions by attaching augmented devices with various physical characteristics to the touch surface. However, most of these interactions are limited to operations where pressure is applied to the input surface. In this study, we propose FullPull, which consists of a rubber tube filled with conductive ink and a suction cup to attach the rubber tube to the surface. FullPull allows users to input pulling depth and strength on the touch surface. We implemented a prototype FullPull device which can be attached to an existing capacitive touch surface and can be pulled by a user. We then evaluated the accuracy of tensile strength estimation of the implemented device. The results showed that the outflow current value when stretched could be classified into four tensile strength levels.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationUIST 2022 Adjunct - Adjunct Proceedings of the 35th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery, Inc
ISBN (Electronic)9781450393218
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022 Oct 29
Event35th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, UIST 2022 - Bend, United States
Duration: 2022 Oct 292022 Nov 2

Publication series

NameUIST 2022 Adjunct - Adjunct Proceedings of the 35th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology

Conference

Conference35th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, UIST 2022
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityBend
Period22/10/2922/11/2

Keywords

  • Capacitive touch surface
  • HCI
  • Outfow current value
  • Rubber
  • Tensile

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Software
  • Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design
  • Human-Computer Interaction

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