An Evaluation of Touch and Pressure-Based Scrolling and Haptic Feedback for In-car Touchscreens

Ng, A. and Brewster, S. (2017) An Evaluation of Touch and Pressure-Based Scrolling and Haptic Feedback for In-car Touchscreens. In: AutomotiveUI 2017, Oldenburg, Germany, 24-27 Sep 2017, pp. 11-20. ISBN 9781450351508 (doi: 10.1145/3122986.3122997)

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Abstract

An in-car study was conducted to examine different input techniques for list-based scrolling tasks and the effectiveness of haptic feedback for in-car touchscreens. The use of physical switchgear on centre consoles is decreasing which allows designers to develop new ways to interact with in-car applications. However, these new methods need to be evaluated to ensure they are usable. Therefore, three input techniques were tested: direct scrolling, pressure-based scrolling and scrolling using onscreen buttons on a touchscreen. The results showed that direct scrolling was less accurate than using onscreen buttons and pressure input, but took almost half the time when compared to the onscreen buttons and was almost three times quicker than pressure input. Vibrotactile feedback did not improve input performance but was preferred by the users. Understanding the speed vs. accuracy trade-off between these input techniques will allow better decisions when designing safer in-car interfaces for scrolling applications.

Item Type:Conference Proceedings
Status:Published
Refereed:Yes
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:Brewster, Professor Stephen and Ng, Dr Alexander
Authors: Ng, A., and Brewster, S.
College/School:College of Science and Engineering > School of Computing Science
ISBN:9781450351508
Published Online:24 September 2017
Copyright Holders:Copyright © 2017 Association for Computing Machinery
First Published:First published in Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications: 11-20
Publisher Policy:Reproduced in accordance with the publisher copyright policy
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Project CodeAward NoProject NamePrincipal InvestigatorFunder's NameFunder RefLead Dept
670071HappinessStephen BrewsterEuropean Commission (EC)645145COM - COMPUTING SCIENCE