Toss-it: intuitive information transfer techniques for mobile devices

In recent years, mobile devices have rapidly penetrated into our daily lives. However, several drawbacks of mobile devices have been mentioned so far. The proposed system called Toss-It provides intuitive information transfer techniques for mobile devices, by fully utilizing their mobility. A user of Toss-It can send information from the user's PDA to other electronic devices with a toss or swing action, as the user would toss a ball or deal cards to others. This paper describes the current implementation of Toss-It and its user studies. Author Keywords Mobile devices; information transfer; gesture recognition; location recognition. ACM Classification Keywords H.5.2. User Interfaces: Input devices and strategies; Interaction styles.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2005
• Where: CHI
• Authors: Koji Yatani, Koiti Tamura, Keiichi Hiroki, Masanori Sugimoto, Hiromichi Hashizume
• Keywords: ACM Classification Keywords, CHI 2005, Electronic Devices, Human Computer Interaction, Keywords Mobile Devices