A study of characteristics of pointing devices for television operation

Author

Ishiyama, K. ; Yano, S.

Author_Institution

NHK Sci. & Tech. Res. Labs., Tokyo, Japan

Volume

2

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

1307

Abstract

We aim to clarify the operating characteristics of key-type, trackball-type and gyroscope-type pointing devices for television operation via a graphical user interface (GUI). First, we examined whether the operating characteristics of the three types of pointing device depended on the viewing distance. The results showed that the operating characteristics of the three kinds of pointing device did not depend on viewing distance. Next, we compared the operating characteristics of the pointing devices in two tasks: when the distance to the target was long, and when it was short. The results suggested that the gyroscope type was easier to operate than the other two types, judging from the relation between the gain and the pointing time

Keywords

digital television; graphical user interfaces; human factors; interactive devices; interactive television; multimedia communication; GUI; graphical user interface; gyroscope-type pointing devices; key-type devices; operating characteristics; television operation; trackball devices; viewing distance; Application software; Fingers; Graphical user interfaces; Gyroscopes; Mice; Microcomputers; Personal communication networks; TV; Target tracking; Telephone sets;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 2000 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Nashville, TN

ISSN

1062-922X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6583-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSMC.2000.886034

Filename

886034