HIT-Wear: A Menu System Superimposing on a Human Hand for Wearable Computers
HIT-Wear: A Menu System Superimposing on a Human Hand for Wearable Computers
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HIT-Wear：用于可穿戴计算机的叠加在人手上的菜单系统
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1999
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K. Chihara
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H. Sasaki;T. Kuroda;Y. Manabe;K. Chihara
近年来计算机硬件的发展促进了可穿戴计算机的研究。许多研究工作集中在各种应用和可穿戴计算机的硬件配置。然而，对于可穿戴计算机的界面系统的研究却很少，而界面系统的好坏直接决定了可穿戴计算机的可用性。因此，本文提出了“HIT-Wear”（Hand Interface Technology for Wearable Computers），一种创新的可穿戴计算机输入界面，利用增强现实技术的视觉反馈和物理感觉。该系统为用户提供了一个真正直观的非接触式输入界面。由于“HIT-Wear”只需要一个安装在透视头戴式显示器上的摄像头，而不需要任何设备，因此该接口使用户能够空手轻松操作可穿戴计算机。本文以“HIT-Wear”为例介绍了“HandMenu系统”。当使用者张开的手调用这个手动菜单系统时，菜单通过头戴式显示器出现在指尖上。用户通过用另一只手的食指触摸特定指尖来从菜单中选择特定项。当用户用他/她自己的手指物理地触摸菜单项时，用户可以确定他/她选择了菜单项。因此，该手动菜单界面使得用户能够直观地选择菜单而无需任何附加设备。
The recent developments of computer hardware have stimulated the study of Wearable Computers. Many research works focus on various applications and hardware configurations of wearable computers. However, there are few research works on the interface system, which determines the usability of wearable computers. Therefore, this paper presents “HIT-Wear” (Hand Interface Technology for Wearable Computers), an innovative input interface for wearable computers, utilizing visual feedback and physical senses with Augmented Reality technology. This system gives the user a truly intuitive non-contact input interface. As “HIT-Wear” requires only one camera mounted on a seethrough head mounted display without any devices, this interface enables the users to easily operate wearable computers with empty hands. This paper presents “HandMenu System” as an example of “HIT-Wear”. When the wide opened hand in the users sight calls up this handmenu system, the menu appears on the fingertips of a hand through the head mounted display. The user selects a certain item from the menu by touching a certain fingertip with the index finger of the other hand. As the user touches on a menu item with his/her own finger physically, the user can be certain that he/she selects the menu item. Therefore, this hand-menu interface enables the user to select a menu intuitively without any additional devices.