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Coherence evaluation of input vocabularies to enhance usability and user experience

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Ekaterina Peshkova,

Martin HitzAuthors Info & Claims

EICS '17: Proceedings of the ACM SIGCHI Symposium on Engineering Interactive Computing Systems

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https://doi.org/10.1145/3102113.3102118

Published: 26 June 2017 Publication History

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What is and to what end do we study coherence of an input vocabulary? How can we quantify this attribute? We define the term coherence of an input vocabulary (e.g., for gesture interaction) based on mental models associated with its entries and explain how coherence can support intuitive interaction. We define mean coherence score as an indirect measure based on guessability of vocabulary entries. As a demonstration, we report the results of a user study in which we applied the suggested method to measure coherence of five gesture input vocabularies for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle navigation. Then, we discuss the obtained results and distinguish the flaw and key vocabulary entries for a deeper understanding of the input vocabularies.

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Brenner MStutz P(2022)Towards Gesture-based Cooperation with Cargo Handling Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: A Conceptual Approach2022 Sixth IEEE International Conference on Robotic Computing (IRC)10.1109/IRC55401.2022.00008(8-17)Online publication date: Dec-2022
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Coherence evaluation of input vocabularies to enhance usability and user experience
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
2. Software and its engineering
  1. Software creation and management
    1. Designing software
      1. Requirements analysis

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Villarreal-Narvaez SSluÿters AVanderdonckt JVatavu R(2023)Brave New GES World: A Systematic Literature Review of Gestures and Referents in Gesture Elicitation StudiesACM Computing Surveys10.1145/363645856:5(1-55)Online publication date: 7-Dec-2023
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3636458
Brenner MStutz P(2022)Towards Gesture-based Cooperation with Cargo Handling Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: A Conceptual Approach2022 Sixth IEEE International Conference on Robotic Computing (IRC)10.1109/IRC55401.2022.00008(8-17)Online publication date: Dec-2022
https://doi.org/10.1109/IRC55401.2022.00008
Bachmann DWeichert FRinkenauer G(2018)Review of Three-Dimensional Human-Computer Interaction with Focus on the Leap Motion ControllerSensors10.3390/s1807219418:7(2194)Online publication date: 7-Jul-2018
https://doi.org/10.3390/s18072194
Peshkova EHitz MAhlstrom DAlexandrowicz RKopper A(2017)Exploring intuitiveness of metaphor-based gestures for UAV navigation2017 26th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN)10.1109/ROMAN.2017.8172298(175-182)Online publication date: Aug-2017
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Peshkova EHitz M(2017)Exploring user-defined gestures to control a group of four UAVs2017 26th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN)10.1109/ROMAN.2017.8172297(169-174)Online publication date: Aug-2017
https://doi.org/10.1109/ROMAN.2017.8172297

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