research-article

pieTouch: a direct touch gesture interface for interacting with in-vehicle information systems

Authors:

Alexander De LucaAuthors Info & Claims

MobileHCI '09: Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services

Article No.: 22, Pages 1 - 10

https://doi.org/10.1145/1613858.1613887

Published: 15 September 2009 Publication History

Abstract

Touch-sensitive displays seem like a natural and promising option for dealing with the increasing complexity of current in-vehicle information systems (IVIS), but since they can hardly be used without visual attention conventional point touch systems are rarely considered in cars. To ensure road safety, the drivers' visual attention needs to be focused almost entirely to the road. In order to integrate touch screens successfully into cars, new concepts are needed to reduce visual demand. The adaptation of pie menus serving as a visualisation of gestures reduces the user's cognitive load, and we were able to achieve an almost blind interaction with the IVIS. We compared our design to a generic touch system using a dual task evaluation method (Lane Change Task [18][20]), and the results regarding total task completion time, lane deviation and subjective preferences confirm a higher usability and efficiency, as well as an added hedonic quality of pieTouch.

References

[1]

Ablaßmeier, M. Ackermann, C. Broy, V. Gründl, M. Lange, C. Libossek, M. Tönnis, M.&Winter, S. 2006 TUMMIC Abschlußßbericht der Phase III: Mensch-Maschine-Interaktion im Kraftfahrzeug. Technische Universität München.

[2]

Apple iPhone. URL: <http://www.apple.com/de/iphone/>

[3]

Bach, K., Jæger, M., Skov, M. B., and Thomassen, N. 2008. You can touch, but you can't look: interacting with invehicle systems. In Proceeding of CHI '08.

Digital Library

[4]

Bernotat, R. 1970 Plenary Session: Operation Function in Vehicle Control. In Anthropotechnik in der Fahrzeugführung, Applied Ergonomics, Vol 13.

[5]

Bortz, J. 2005 Statistik für Sozial- und Humanwissenschaftler. 5. Auflage, Springer Medizin Verlag Heidelberg.

[6]

Brooke, J. 1996 SUS: a quick and dirty usability scale. In: P. W. Jordan, B. Thomas, B. A. Weerdmeester, A. L. McClelland (eds.). Usability Evaluation in Industry. London, 189--194.

[7]

Broy, Verena. 2008 Benutzerzentrierte, graphische Interaktionsmetaphern für Fahrerinformationssysteme. Doktorarbeit, Technische Universität München.

[8]

Callahan, J., Hopkins, D., Weiser, M.&Shneiderman, B. 1988 An empirical comparision of pie vs. linear menus. In: Proceedings of CHI '88. 95--100.

Digital Library

[9]

DIN Deutsches Institut für Normung (eds.). 2003 Road vehicles -- Ergonomic aspects of transport information and control systems - Specifications and compliance procedures for in-vehicle visual presentation. DIN Deutsches Institut für Normung, Oct. 2003. -- Ref. No.: DIN EN ISO 15008:2003-10.

[10]

DIN Deutsches Institut für Normung (eds.). 2003 Road vehicles -- Ergonomic aspects of transport information and control systems - Dialogue management principles and compliance procedures. DIN Deutsches Institut für Normung, Mar. 2003. -- Ref. No.: DIN EN ISO 15005:2003.

[11]

Driver Focus-Telematics Working Group, Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers. 2003 Statement of Principles, Criteria and Verification Procedures on Driver Interaction with Advanced In-Vehicle Information and Communication Systems.

[12]

European Commission Information Society and Media Directorate-General - G4 ICT for Transport (eds.). 2005 European Statement of Principles on the Design of Human Machine Interaction (ESoP 2005).

[13]

Freymann, R. 2006. HMI: A Fascinating and Challenging Task. In Driver Assistance Technology to Enhance Traffic Safety. 71--81.

[14]

González, I. E., Wobbrock, J. O., Chau, D. H., Faulring, A., and Myers, B. A. 2007. Eyes on the road, hands on the wheel: thumb-based interaction techniques for input on steering wheels. In Proceedings of Graphics interface 2007

Digital Library

[15]

Kurtenbach, G. 1993 The Design and Evaluation of Marking Menus. PhD thesis, University of Toronto.

Digital Library

[16]

Google Code. Iphone-haptics. University of Glasgow. URL: <http://code.google.com/p/iphone-haptics/>

[17]

Hopkins, D. 1991. The design and implementation of pie menus. Dr. Dobb's J. 16, 12 (Dec. 1991), 16--26.

Digital Library

[18]

International Organization For Standardization. ISO 26022 DRAFT. 2008 Road vehicles -- Ergonomic aspects of transport information and control systems -- Simulated lane change test to assess in vehicle secondary task demand. -- International Standard. Geneve.

[19]

Leung, R., MacLean, K., Bertelsen, M. B., and Saubhasik, M. 2007 Evaluation of haptically augmented touchscreen gui elements under cognitive load. In: Proceedings of the 9th international Conference on Multimodal interfaces. Nagoya, Aichi, Japan. 374--381.

Digital Library

[20]

Mattes, S. 2003 The lane change task as a tool for driver distraction evaluation. In H. Strasser, H. Rausch,&H. Bubb (Eds.), Quality of work and products in enterprises of the future. Stuttgart: Ergonomia Verlag.

[21]

Microsoft Surface: <http://www.microsoft.com/SURFACE/index.html>

[22]

Neonode Inc. N2. http://www.neonode.com/

[23]

Nielsen, Jakob. 1993 Usability Engineering. Acad. Press, 1993. -8-10, 49--70 S.-ISBN 0-12-518405-0

Digital Library

[24]

Pirhonen, A., Brewster, S., and Holguin, C. 2002 Gestural and audio metaphors as a means of control for mobile devices. Changing Our World, Changing Ourselves. In: Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2002. ACM Press, New York. 291--298.

Digital Library

[25]

Shengdong Zhao, Pierre Dragicevic, Mark H. Chignell, Ravin Balakrishnan, Patrick Baudisch. 2007 earPod: Eyesfree Menu Selection with Touch Input and Reactive Audio Feedback. In: Proceedings of CHI '07. 1395--1404.

Digital Library

[26]

Shneiderman, B., Plaisant, C. 2004 Designing the User Interface: Strategies for Effective Human-Computer Interaction (4th Edition). Pearson Addison Wesley.

Digital Library

[27]

SoftNews NET SRL. Softpedia#8482;. Nokia Chooses VibeTonz Tactile Feedback from Immersion. 2.7.2007. <http://news.softpedia.com/news/Nokia-Chooses-VibeTonz-Tactile-Feedback-from-Immersion-58833.shtml>

[28]

Subramanian, Sriram, Gutwin, Carl, Sanchez, Miguel Nacenta, Power, Chris and Liu. 2005 Haptic and Tactile Feedback in Directed Movements. In: Proceedings of the Workshop on Guidelines for Tactile and Haptic Interfaces 2005. 6 pages.

[29]

TomTom. URL: <http://www.tomtom.com/>

[30]

Tönnis, Marcus; Broy, Verena; Klinker, Gudrun. 2006 A Survey of Challenges Related to the Design of 3D User Interfaces for Car Drivers. In: 3DUI '06: Proceedings of the 3D User Interfaces (3DUI'06). Washington, DC, USA: IEEE Computer Society. 127--134.

Digital Library

[31]

User Interface Design GmbH. AttrakDiff#8482;. Ein Service der User Interface Design GmbH. 22.2.2008. URL: <http://www.attrakdiff.de/>

[32]

Vilimek, R. Hempel, T. Zimmer, A. 2007 Effekte multimodaler Rückmeldung bei der Interaktion mit einem KfZ-Bordsystem per Touchpad. In: VDI-Berichte. 107--112

[33]

Wäller, C., Bendewald, L., Oel, P. 2008 Optimierung der automotiven Touchscreen-Bedienung durch expandierende Ziele. In Useware 2008.

Cited By

Bilius LVatavu RVanderdonckt J(2024)Expanding V2X with V2DUIs: Distributed User Interfaces for Media Consumption in the Vehicle-to-Everything EraProceedings of the 2024 ACM International Conference on Interactive Media Experiences10.1145/3639701.3663643(394-401)Online publication date: 7-Jun-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3639701.3663643
Tabbarah MCao YFang ZLi LJeon M(2024)Sonically-enhanced in-vehicle air gesture interactions: evaluation of different spearcon compression ratesJournal on Multimodal User Interfaces10.1007/s12193-024-00430-3Online publication date: 19-May-2024
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12193-024-00430-3
Tabbarah MCao YAbu Shamat AFang ZLi LJeon M(2023)Novel In-Vehicle Gesture Interactions: Design and Evaluation of Auditory Displays and Menu Generation InterfacesProceedings of the 15th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications10.1145/3580585.3607164(224-233)Online publication date: 18-Sep-2023
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3580585.3607164
Show More Cited By

Index Terms

pieTouch: a direct touch gesture interface for interacting with in-vehicle information systems
1. Computing methodologies
  1. Computer graphics
    1. Graphics systems and interfaces
2. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)

Recommendations

Visual cues supporting direct touch gesture interaction with in-vehicle information systems
AutomotiveUI '10: Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications

Recent in-vehicle information systems are increasingly equipped with touch screens. While classic (i.e. point-based) direct touch interaction has known benefits in non-automotive environments, it primarily relies on visual attention, which makes it a ...
A study of unidirectional swipe gestures on in-vehicle touch screens
AutomotiveUI '13: Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications

Touch screens are increasingly used within modern vehicles, providing the potential for a range of gestures to facilitate interaction under divided attention conditions. This paper describes a study aiming to understand how drivers naturally make swipe ...
CapWidgets: tangile widgets versus multi-touch controls on mobile devices
CHI EA '11: CHI '11 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems

We present CapWidgets, passive tangible controls for capacitive touch screens. CapWidgets bring back physical controls to off-the-shelf multi-touch surfaces as found in mobile phones and tablet computers. While the user touches the widget, the surface ...

Comments

Information & Contributors

Information

Published In

cover image ACM Other conferences

MobileHCI '09: Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services

September 2009

473 pages

ISBN:9781605582818

DOI:10.1145/1613858

Conference Chair:
Reinhard Oppermann
Fraunhofer FIT
,
Program Chairs:
Markus Eisenhauer
Fraunhofer FIT
,
Matthias Jarke
RWTH Aachen + Fraunhofer FIT
,
Volker Wulf
University of Siegen + Fraunhofer FIT

Copyright © 2009 Copyright is held by the author/owner(s).

In-Cooperation

Publisher

Association for Computing Machinery

New York, NY, United States

Publication History

Published: 15 September 2009

Permissions

Request permissions for this article.

Request Permissions

Check for updates

Author Tags

Qualifiers

Research-article

Conference

MobileHCI '09

MobileHCI '09: 11th International Conference on Human Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services

September 15 - 18, 2009

Bonn, Germany

Acceptance Rates

MobileHCI '09 Paper Acceptance Rate 23 of 95 submissions, 24%;

Overall Acceptance Rate 202 of 906 submissions, 22%

Contributors

Other Metrics

View Article Metrics

Bibliometrics & Citations

Bibliometrics

Article Metrics

29
Total Citations
View Citations
1,263
Total Downloads

Downloads (Last 12 months)17
Downloads (Last 6 weeks)0

Reflects downloads up to 05 Mar 2025

Other Metrics

View Author Metrics

Citations

Cited By

Bilius LVatavu RVanderdonckt J(2024)Expanding V2X with V2DUIs: Distributed User Interfaces for Media Consumption in the Vehicle-to-Everything EraProceedings of the 2024 ACM International Conference on Interactive Media Experiences10.1145/3639701.3663643(394-401)Online publication date: 7-Jun-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3639701.3663643
Tabbarah MCao YFang ZLi LJeon M(2024)Sonically-enhanced in-vehicle air gesture interactions: evaluation of different spearcon compression ratesJournal on Multimodal User Interfaces10.1007/s12193-024-00430-3Online publication date: 19-May-2024
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12193-024-00430-3
Tabbarah MCao YAbu Shamat AFang ZLi LJeon M(2023)Novel In-Vehicle Gesture Interactions: Design and Evaluation of Auditory Displays and Menu Generation InterfacesProceedings of the 15th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications10.1145/3580585.3607164(224-233)Online publication date: 18-Sep-2023
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3580585.3607164
Chau EYu JGoncu CWithana A(2021)Composite Line Designs and Accuracy Measurements for Tactile Line Tracing on Touch SurfacesProceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction10.1145/34885365:ISS(1-17)Online publication date: 5-Nov-2021
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3488536
Rossmy BRümelin SWiethoff AKaltenbrunner MMurer MWolf KOakley I(2021)StringTouch - From String Instruments towards new Interface MorphologiesProceedings of the Fifteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction10.1145/3430524.3440628(1-10)Online publication date: 14-Feb-2021
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3430524.3440628
Murali PKaboli MDahiya R(2021)Intelligent In‐Vehicle Interaction TechnologiesAdvanced Intelligent Systems10.1002/aisy.2021001224:2Online publication date: 3-Oct-2021
https://doi.org/10.1002/aisy.202100122
Bilius LVatavu R(2020)A Synopsis of Input Modalities for In-Vehicle Infotainment and Consumption of Interactive MediaProceedings of the 2020 ACM International Conference on Interactive Media Experiences10.1145/3391614.3399400(195-199)Online publication date: 17-Jun-2020
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3391614.3399400
Rossmy Bvan den Hoven ELoke LShaer Ovan Dijk JKun A(2020)Metaphors and Technologies for New Tangible User InterfacesProceedings of the Fourteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction10.1145/3374920.3374963(925-929)Online publication date: 9-Feb-2020
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3374920.3374963
Bilius LVatavu R(2020)A multistudy investigation of drivers and passengers’ gesture and voice input preferences for in-vehicle interactionsJournal of Intelligent Transportation Systems10.1080/15472450.2020.184612725:2(197-220)Online publication date: 18-Nov-2020
https://doi.org/10.1080/15472450.2020.1846127
Zahabi MMcCollum E(2019)An Application of Machine Learning for Police Mobile Computer Terminal Usability EvaluationProceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting10.1177/107118131963102563:1(1194-1198)Online publication date: 20-Nov-2019
https://doi.org/10.1177/1071181319631025
Show More Cited By

View Options

Login options

Check if you have access through your login credentials or your institution to get full access on this article.

Full Access

Get this Publication

View options

PDF

View or Download as a PDF file.

eReader

View online with eReader.

Figures

Tables

Media

View Table of Conten