Vinteraction: Vibration-based information transfer for smart devices

Takuro Yonezawa, Jin Nakazawa, Hideyuki Tokuda

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15 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

According to the spread of smart devices such as smartphones and smart tablets, opportunities to communicate between them will be more increased. Though we usually use WiFi and Bluetooth, it is still burden task for end-users. Many previous techniques to collaborate devices easily has been also proposed, they are not always best solution in some situations. This paper proposes a new interaction method called Vinteracion, which leverages combination of vibrator and accelerometer to send information from smart device to the other smart device. Vinteraction enables users to use touch interaction like Near Field Communication, which provides easy and intuitive way. We present an algorithm and implementation of vibration-based communication that can be adapted to any combination of smart devices. We also present several applications which leverages Vinteraction effectively. Through an evaluation by using popular six products, we confirmed that Vinteraction is easy to use transfer method with current products with reasonable performance.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2015 8th International Conference on Mobile Computing and Ubiquitous Networking, ICMU 2015
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages155-160
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9784907626129
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2015 Mar 13
Event2015 8th International Conference on Mobile Computing and Ubiquitous Networking, ICMU 2015 - Hakodate, Japan
Duration: 2015 Jan 202015 Jan 22

Publication series

Name2015 8th International Conference on Mobile Computing and Ubiquitous Networking, ICMU 2015

Other

Other2015 8th International Conference on Mobile Computing and Ubiquitous Networking, ICMU 2015
Country/TerritoryJapan
CityHakodate
Period15/1/2015/1/22

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Networks and Communications

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