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HRI
2010
ACM
13 years 11 months ago
The hesitation of a robot: a delay in its motion increases learning efficiency and impresses humans as teachable
If robots learn new actions through human-robot interaction, it is important that the robots can utilize rewards as well as instructions to reduce humans' efforts. Additionall...
Kazuaki Tanaka, Motoyuki Ozeki, Natsuki Oka
CHINZ
2005
ACM
13 years 11 months ago
Exploring sketch beautification techniques
Beautification of vague, imprecise sketchy ink input is an interesting area for exploration, especially with the emergence of pen-based systems, such as the Tablet PC. Fifty perce...
Beirong Wang, Jian Sun, Beryl Plimmer
CHINZ
2005
ACM
13 years 11 months ago
Graphical abstract help
re the use of abstracted screenshots as part of a new help interface. Graphstract, an implementation of a graphical help system, extends the ideas of textually oriented Minimal Ma...
Jeff Huang, Bo Lu, Michael B. Twidale
CHINZ
2005
ACM
13 years 11 months ago
InkKit: a generic design tool for the tablet PC
In this paper, we describe the design philosophy, implementation and evaluation of InkKit, an informal design platform that uses pen input on a tablet PC to imitate the informalit...
Ronald Chung, Petrut Mirica, Beryl Plimmer
CHINZ
2005
ACM
13 years 11 months ago
The territory is the map: designing navigational aids
It has been shown that people encounter difficulties in using representations and devices designed to assist navigating unfamiliar terrain. Literature review and self-reported vis...
Nicola J. Bidwell, Christopher Lueg, Jeff Axup
CHI
2005
ACM
13 years 11 months ago
Improving revisitation in fisheye views with visit wear
The distortion caused by an interactive fisheye lens can make it difficult for people to remember items and locations in the data space. In this paper we introduce the idea of vis...
Amy Skopik, Carl Gutwin
CHI
2005
ACM
13 years 11 months ago
Urban probes: encountering our emerging urban atmospheres
Urban Atmospheres captures a unique, synergistic moment – expanding urban populations, rapid adoption of Bluetooth mobile devices, tiny ad hoc sensor networks, and the widesprea...
Eric Paulos, Tom Jenkins
CHI
2005
ACM
13 years 11 months ago
Using an interaction model as a resource for communication in design
Many design models and representations have been proposed to support user-centered system design, such as scenarios, use cases, and prototypes. With these artifacts, designers typ...
Maíra Greco de Paula, Bruno Santana da Silv...
CHI
2005
ACM
13 years 11 months ago
Robotic method of taking the initiative in eye contact
Yoshinori Kuno, Dai Miyauchi, Akio Nakamura