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Grips and Gestures on a Multi-Touch Pen

May 7, 2011 | Media and Technology
This paper explores the interactive possibilities enabled when the barrel of a digital pen is augmented with a multi-touch sensor. We present a novel multi-touch pen (MTPen) prototype and discuss its alternate uses beyond those of a standard stylus, such as allowing new touch gestures to be performed using the index finger or thumb and detecting how users grip the device as a mechanism for mode switch-ing. We also discuss the hardware and software implemen-tation challenges in realizing our prototype, and showcase how one can combine different grips (tripod, relaxed tripod, sketch, wrap) and gestures (swipe and double tap) to enable new interaction techniques with the MTPen in a prototype drawing application.

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  • 2013 11 26 jim spadaccini
    Principal Investigator
  • Hyunyoung Song
    Author
    Microsoft Research
  • Hrvoje Benko
    Author
    Microsoft Research
  • Francois Guimbretiere
    Author
    Cornell University
  • Shahram Izadi
    Author
    Microsoft Research
  • Xiang Cao
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    Microsoft Research
  • Ken Hinckley
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    Microsoft Research
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    NSF
    Award Number: 1010028
    Resource Type: Report
    Discipline: Computing and information science | Education and learning science
    Audience: Museum/ISE Professionals | Scientists | Evaluators
    Environment Type: Media and Technology | Websites, Mobile Apps, and Online Media

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