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Messy tabletops: clearing up the occlusion problem

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CHI EA '13: CHI '13 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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https://doi.org/10.1145/2468356.2468627

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When introducing interactive tabletops into the home and office, lack of space will often mean that these devices play two roles: interactive display and a place for putting things. Clutter on the table surface may occlude information on the display, preventing the user from noticing it or interacting with it. We present a technique for dealing with clutter on tabletops which finds a suitable unoccluded area of the display in which to show content. We discuss the implementation of this technique and some design issues which arose during implementation.

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Sgouropoulos KStergiopoulou EPapamarkos N(2014)A Dynamic Gesture and Posture Recognition SystemJournal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems10.1007/s10846-013-9983-776:2(283-296)Online publication date: 1-Nov-2014
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1007/s10846-013-9983-7

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Messy tabletops: clearing up the occlusion problem
1. Human-centered computing

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CHI EA '13: CHI '13 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems

April 2013

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ISBN:9781450319522

DOI:10.1145/2468356

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Glasgow University
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Susanne Bødker
University of Aarhus

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Sgouropoulos KStergiopoulou EPapamarkos N(2014)A Dynamic Gesture and Posture Recognition SystemJournal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems10.1007/s10846-013-9983-776:2(283-296)Online publication date: 1-Nov-2014
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