MK-Pad: a Mouse+Keyboard input technique for distance interaction through a mobile tablet device

Chunchuan Lv; Boyuan Yuan; Ran Bi; Hai Ning; Nancy Diniz; M. L. Dennis Wong

doi:10.1145/2525194.2525260

MK-Pad: a Mouse+Keyboard input technique for distance interaction through a mobile tablet device

Chunchuan Lv, Boyuan Yuan, Ran Bi, Hai Ning, Nancy Diniz, M. L. Dennis Wong

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Abstract

We introduce MK-Pad (Mouse+Keyboard Pad), a technique for entering text and performing mouse operations using a tablet device for distance interaction. MK-Pad uses the screen of a 10.1" tablet touchscreen to host a soft keyboard and turns the screen into a large multi-touch trackpad. The multi-touch capabilities of the tablet make it possible to avoid the need for explicit mode switching between textentry and mouse operations. Similarly, because of the relatively large size of the tablet display, we are able to map the entire external screen onto the tablet display and this provides users with both absolute and relative cursor positioning: tapping causes the cursor to jump to the corresponding location, providing rapid movement across large distances, while clutching using relative mode supports fine positioning control. We conducted two studies. We use data from the first study to inform the design of MK-Pad. In the second study we compare MKPad against the standard mouse and keyboard. The results show that MK-Pad has potential and a good alternative to mouse and keyboard for distance interaction with large displays.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 11th Asia Pacific Conference on Computer Human Interaction
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Pages	231-236
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Print)	9781450322539
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2525194.2525260
Publication status	Published - 2013
Event	Joint 11th Asia Pacific Conference on Computer Human Interaction, APCHI 2013 and the 5th Indian Conference on Human Computer Interaction, India HCI 2013 - Bangalore, India Duration: 24 Sept 2013 → 27 Sept 2013

Conference

Conference	Joint 11th Asia Pacific Conference on Computer Human Interaction, APCHI 2013 and the 5th Indian Conference on Human Computer Interaction, India HCI 2013
Country/Territory	India
City	Bangalore
Period	24/09/13 → 27/09/13

Keywords

Cursor movement
Distance interaction
Large displays
Soft keyboards
Tablet devices
Touch screen

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Human-Computer Interaction
Computer Networks and Communications
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Software

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Lv, C, Yuan, B, Bi, R, Ning, H, Diniz, N & Wong, MLD 2013, MK-Pad: a Mouse+Keyboard input technique for distance interaction through a mobile tablet device. in Proceedings of the 11th Asia Pacific Conference on Computer Human Interaction. Association for Computing Machinery, pp. 231-236, Joint 11th Asia Pacific Conference on Computer Human Interaction, APCHI 2013 and the 5th Indian Conference on Human Computer Interaction, India HCI 2013, Bangalore, India, 24/09/13. https://doi.org/10.1145/2525194.2525260

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