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Using perceptual grouping for object group selection

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Using perceptual grouping for object group selection
Modern graphical user interfaces support the direct manipulation of objects and efficient selection of objects is an integral part of this user interface paradigm. For the selection of object groups most systems implement only rectangle selection and shiftclicking. This paper presents an approach to group selection that is based on the way human perception naturally groups objects, also known as the "Gestalt" phenomenon. Based on known results from perception research, we present a new approach to group objects by the Gestalt principles of proximity, curve-linearity, and closure. We demonstrate the results with several examples. Keywords Perceptual grouping, Gestalt laws, Proximity, CurveLinearity, Object grouping ACM Classification Keywords H.5.2 User Interfaces: Graphical User Interfaces, I.2.10 Vision and Scene Understanding: Perceptual reasoning
Hoda Dehmeshki, Wolfgang Stürzlinger
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Type Conference
Year 2006
Where CHI
Authors Hoda Dehmeshki, Wolfgang Stürzlinger
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