The experimental research of the thumb’s comfortable control area

  • Hui min Hu
  • , Junmin Du*
  • , Chaoyi Zhao
  • , Fan Yang
  • , Ling hua Ran
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Thumb control area is a significant concern for manipulating handheld controllers. In order to obtain the thumb’s comfortable control area of Chinese people, experimental measurements were designed and carried out. The measuring parameters included right thumb size, comfortable control area and comfortable control angle range. The data showed that with the increase of control angle (from 0° to 90°), the thumb’s comfortable control far-end limit and the near-end limit presented a monotonic increasing tendency. The thumb’s comfortable control far-end limit equaled to the thumb length when control angle was about 60°. Combined with the Chinese people hand size database, typical percentiles of thumb sizes were calculated. The results can provide references for handheld controller interface design, especially those for single-handed operations.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationDigital Human Modeling
Subtitle of host publicationApplications in Health, Safety, Ergonomics and Risk Management: Ergonomics and Health - 6th International Conference, DHM 2015 Held as Part of HCI International 2015, Proceedings
EditorsVincent G. Duffy
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages44-52
Number of pages9
ISBN (Print)9783319210698
DOIs
StatePublished - 2015
Event6th International Conference on Digital Human Modeling, DHM 2015 Held as Part of 17th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCI International 2015 - Los Angeles, United States
Duration: 2 Aug 20157 Aug 2015

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume9185
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference6th International Conference on Digital Human Modeling, DHM 2015 Held as Part of 17th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCI International 2015
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityLos Angeles
Period2/08/157/08/15

Keywords

  • Experimental measurement
  • Handheld controller
  • Interface design
  • Thumb control area

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