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Investigation of Material Properties for Thermal Imaging-Based Interaction

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Yomna Abdelrahman,

Alireza Sahami Shirazi,

Albrecht SchmidtAuthors Info & Claims

CHI '15: Proceedings of the 33rd Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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https://doi.org/10.1145/2702123.2702290

Published: 18 April 2015 Publication History

Abstract

Recent work demonstrated the exciting opportunities that thermal imaging offers for the development of interactive systems. It was shown that a thermal camera can sense when a user touches a surface, performs gestures in the camera's direct field of view and, in addition, performs gestures outside the camera's direct field of view through thermal reflection. In this paper, we investigate the material properties that should be considered for detecting interaction using thermal imaging considering both in- and outdoor settings. We conducted a study to analyze the recognition performance for different gestures and different surfaces. Using the results, we derive guidelines on material properties of surfaces for detecting on-surface as well as mid-air interaction using a thermal camera. We discuss the constrains that should be taken into account using thermal imaging as the sensing technology. Finally, we present a material space based on our findings. The space depicts surfaces and the required properties that enable the different interaction techniques.

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Investigation of Material Properties for Thermal Imaging-Based Interaction
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)

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CHI '15: Proceedings of the 33rd Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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