Title
Towards interactive car interiors: the active armrest
Abstract
Modern cars are often equipped with touch-based interaction systems, such as touchscreens or touchpads. However, they are typically exposed within the car environment. In this paper, we present the Active Armrest. This regular car armrest is equipped with capacitive proximity sensors that combine limb detection and recognition of gestures. The sensors are designed for invisible integration into existing environments and can be used to create interactive surfaces in a car. We investigate two different types of gestural interaction, touch gestures with the arm lifted and free-air finger gestures performed above the interactive area, while the arm stays on the armrest. The system was integrated into a prototype and tested for gesture recognition precision and usability.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.1145/2639189.2670191
NordiCHI
Keywords
Field
DocType
capacitive proximity sensors,gesture interaction,input devices and strategies,invisible interfaces
Computer vision,Interaction systems,Proximity sensor,Computer science,Gesture,Usability,Gesture recognition,Capacitive sensing,Human–computer interaction,Artificial intelligence
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
6
0.51
3
Authors
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Andreas Braun1304.85
Stephan Neumann25911.55
Sönke Schmidt361.18
Reiner Wichert425029.12
Arjan Kuijper560.84