EarTouch: Turning the ear into an input surface

Takashi Kikuchi; Yuta Sugiura; Katsutoshi Masai; Maki Sugimoto; Bruce H. Thomas

doi:10.1145/3098279.3098538

EarTouch: Turning the ear into an input surface

Takashi Kikuchi, Yuta Sugiura, Katsutoshi Masai, Maki Sugimoto, Bruce H. Thomas

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Abstract

In this paper, we propose EarTouch, a new sensing technology for ear-based input for controlling applications by slightly pulling the ear and detecting the deformation by an enhanced earphone device. It is envisioned that EarTouch will enable control of applications such as music players, navigation systems, and calendars as an "eyes-free" interface. As for the operation of EarTouch, the shape deformation of the ear is measured by optical sensors. Deformation of the skin caused by touching the ear with the fingers is recognized by attaching optical sensors to the earphone and measuring the distance from the earphone to the skin inside the ear. EarTouch supports recognition of multiple gestures by applying a support vector machine (SVM). EarTouch was validated through a set of user studies.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services, MobileHCI 2017
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery, Inc
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450350754
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3098279.3098538
Publication status	Published - 2017 Sept 4
Event	19th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services, MobileHCI 2017 - Vienna, Austria Duration: 2017 Sept 4 → 2017 Sept 7

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Name	Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services, MobileHCI 2017

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Other	19th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services, MobileHCI 2017
Country/Territory	Austria
City	Vienna
Period	17/9/4 → 17/9/7

Keywords

Earphone
Photo reflective sensor
Skin deformation

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Computer Networks and Communications
Information Systems
Human-Computer Interaction
Software

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Kikuchi, T., Sugiura, Y., Masai, K., Sugimoto, M., & Thomas, B. H. (2017). EarTouch: Turning the ear into an input surface. In Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services, MobileHCI 2017 [27] (Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services, MobileHCI 2017). Association for Computing Machinery, Inc. https://doi.org/10.1145/3098279.3098538

EarTouch: Turning the ear into an input surface. / Kikuchi, Takashi; Sugiura, Yuta; Masai, Katsutoshi et al.
Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services, MobileHCI 2017. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, 2017. 27 (Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services, MobileHCI 2017).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Kikuchi, T, Sugiura, Y, Masai, K, Sugimoto, M & Thomas, BH 2017, EarTouch: Turning the ear into an input surface. in Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services, MobileHCI 2017., 27, Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services, MobileHCI 2017, Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, 19th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services, MobileHCI 2017, Vienna, Austria, 17/9/4. https://doi.org/10.1145/3098279.3098538

Kikuchi T, Sugiura Y, Masai K, Sugimoto M, Thomas BH. EarTouch: Turning the ear into an input surface. In Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services, MobileHCI 2017. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc. 2017. 27. (Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services, MobileHCI 2017). doi: 10.1145/3098279.3098538

Kikuchi, Takashi ; Sugiura, Yuta ; Masai, Katsutoshi et al. / EarTouch : Turning the ear into an input surface. Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services, MobileHCI 2017. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, 2017. (Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services, MobileHCI 2017).

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