School of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Aizu, Tsuruga, Ikki-machi, Aizu-Wakamatsu City, Fukushima, 965-8580, Japan.
Sensors (Basel). 2012;12(5):5775-90. doi: 10.3390/s120505775. Epub 2012 May 4.
An ultimate goal for Ubiquitous Computing is to enable people to interact with the surrounding electrical devices using their habitual body gestures as they communicate with each other. The feasibility of such an idea is demonstrated through a wearable gestural device named Magic Ring (MR), which is an original compact wireless sensing mote in a ring shape that can recognize various finger gestures. A scenario of wireless multiple appliances control is selected as a case study to evaluate the usability of such a gestural interface. Experiments comparing the MR and a Remote Controller (RC) were performed to evaluate the usability. From the results, only with 10 minutes practice, the proposed paradigm of gestural-based control can achieve a performance of completing about six tasks per minute, which is in the same level of the RC-based method.
普及计算的最终目标是使用户能够使用他们与他人交流时的习惯身体姿势与周围的电子设备进行交互。通过名为 Magic Ring（MR）的可穿戴手势设备证明了这个想法的可行性，它是一种原始的紧凑型无线感应磁体，呈环形，可以识别各种手指手势。选择无线多个电器控制的场景作为案例研究来评估这种手势界面的可用性。通过比较 MR 和遥控器（RC）进行实验来评估可用性。从结果来看，仅需 10 分钟的练习，基于手势的控制方法就可以达到每分钟完成约 6 个任务的水平，与基于 RC 的方法相当。
