• 대한인간공학회지
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• 제35권6호
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• pp.569-580
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• 2016

Objective: This study aims to identify the most effective keyboard layout in the area of performance for securing usability in a smart watch-using environment and to verify the usability of touch keyboard calibrated by hand. Background: It is necessary to understand the environmental characteristics in using the smart watch and to secure the usability of touch keyboard based on this understanding in order to take account of the users who use the touch screen in the extreme input conditions caused by the small screen of a smart watch. Method: 30 participants in this study were required to input characters using the QWERTY keyboard and 3x4 keypad (Naratgul, Chunjiin), which were familiar with them, in order to grasp the keyboard layout suitable in the smart watch- using environment; the performance (error rate, performance time) of this case was measured. In addition, 30 participants in this study were required to input the characters setting the QWERTY keyboard with calibrated touch area and the one with uncalibrated touch area, based on the characteristics of touch behavior, by finger typing the keyboard, with the performance (error rate and performance time) of this case measured. Results: QWERTY keyboard (93.3sec) is found to be 31.2% faster than Naratgul keyboard, a kind of 3x4 keypad, and 43.6% faster than Chunjiin keyboard, in the area of efficiency, in the results of the usability evaluation regarding the keyboard layout. QWERTY keyboard with calibrated touch area (7.5%) is found to be 23.5% improved compared to the QWERTY keyboard with uncalibrated touch area (9.8%) in the area of accuracy (error rate). The results of the usability evaluation regarding the QWERTY keyboard with touch area calibrated by finger typing the keyboard and QWERTY keyboard with calibrated touch area (80.7sec) is found to be 5.7% improved compared to QWERTY keyboard with uncalibrated touch area (85.6sec) in the area of efficiency (performance time). Conclusion: QWERTY keyboard is found to have an effective layout in the area of efficiency in the smart watch-using environment, and its improved usability is verified in the areas of accuracy and efficiency in the QWERTY keyboard with a touch area calibrated by finger typing the keyboard. Application: The results of this study may be used to set up the basic touch keyboard of the smart watch. The input usability is expected to secure the smart watch-using environment, which is an extreme input condition by applying QWERTY keyboard with touch area calibrated by finger typing the keyboard.

• 대한인간공학회지
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.145-156
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• 2017

Objective: This study aims to compare the usability of the adaptive touch design method with that of the height adjustable design method that are applied to the Korean QWERTY keyboard and Naratgul keyboard on smartphones, examine the results, and present practical implications. Background: Smartphone manufacturers have failed to satisfy every user with their uniform touch keyboard designs that do not consider the high use rates of keypad use. In reality, touch keyboard designing customized for every individual is impossible, but there need to be researches on was to improve usability by having touch areas changed automatically depending on user behaviors or having users adjust the keyboard height depending on their hand size. Method: As for the design methods, an object group was given smartphones with the adaptive touch design method and the other group those with the height adjustable design method. As they entered the same characters in the smartphones, typing error rates and text input speed were measured and the average values were compared. 35 individuals who would frequently use smartphones in daily life participated in the experiment. The group variable was the type of touch keyboards, and the test variables were typing error rates and text input speed, for which a T-test was implemented. Results: As for the QWERTY keyboard, the significant improvement effect was verified as the typing error rate of the adaptive touch design method was 4.21% but that of the height adjustable design method was 3.28% although there was no significant difference in terms of text input speed. As for the Naratgul keyboard, in contrast, the typing error rate of the adaptive touch design method was 2.5% while that of the height adjustable design method was 1.48%, which indicates a measure of improvement, but the effect was not significant. On the other hand, the text input speed per minute was improved as much as 22.2%, which is significant. Conclusion: First, the Korean touch keyboard usability of the adaptive touch design method and that of the height adjustable design method, when applied to Model A of Company L, showed significant difference from each other. Second, the height adjustable design method was applied to the QWERTY keyboard, the typing error rate was improved significantly. This indicates that as the keyboard height was raised, the number of buttons within the range of fingering decreased, decreasing the touch bias was reduced. Third, the height adjustable design method was applied to the Naratgul keyboard, the text input speed was improved. Application: When the QWERTY keyboard was applied to a smartphone as small as 5.5inch or less, it is highly probably that the height adjustable design method decreases the typing error rate. It may be considered to develop additional UX functions to make the keyboard font larger or give users the option to adjust button intervals in utilization of the SW advantages of the height adjustable design method.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2001년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.125-130
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• 2001

Skilled typists can type characters or words without looking at keyboard, relying on the finger's relative position. If the relative positions of the fingers can be identified, a virtual keyboard may be accomplished by applying the concept of "DataGlove" or "FingerRing". The virtual keyboard may be efficient as a new mobile input device supporting QWERTY keyboard layout. For the purpose of investigating skilled typing pattern, in this paper the touch-positions of the fingers are measured with a touchscreen while five skilled typists type a long sentence. From these measurements it can be observed that the groups of touch-positions are classified into alphabet characters. Though there are some overlapped groups we can find constant distances capable of being discriminated among the groups from investigation of the change of touch-position for touch-time. Based on the analysis, the prediction algorithm of the constant distance is proposed and evaluated, which is useful for realization of a portable virtual keyboard.le virtual keyboard.

• 대한산업공학회지
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• 제39권2호
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• pp.99-104
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• 2013

With diversity of mobile services (e.g., messenger, and social network service) on smartphone, the demand of text input using a soft keyboard is increasing. However, studies on subjective and physiological responses of users for various touch locations are lacking. The present study investigated the ergonomic effects according to touch locations of a soft keyboard on smartphone. The experiment of the present study measured perceived discomfort using Borg's CR-10 scale and electromyography (EMG) on forearm (abductor pollicis longus, and extensor digitorum communis) and thumb (abductor pollicis brevis, and first dorsal interossei) muscles. Perceived discomfort was significantly varied from 0.7 (extremely weak discomfort) to 2.5 (weak discomfort) depending on touch locations. %MVC according to touch locations was only significant at abductor pollicis brevis which varied from 10% to 23%. The experimental results of the present study can be utilized in the ergonomic design of a soft keyboard.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제9권9호
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• pp.720-726
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• 2003

A virtual keyboard may be efficient as a new mobile input device supporting QWERTY keyboard layout. As a preliminary study for developing a virtual keyboard, the typing pattern of a skilled human is investigated. In the study the touch-positions of the fingers are measured with a touchscreen while five skilled typists perform typing of long sentences. From these measurements it can be observed that the groups of touch-positions are classified into alphabetic characters. Though there are some mismatches, we can find constant distances capable of being discriminated among the groups. Based on the analysis the prediction algorithm of the constant distance is proposed and evaluated, which is useful for realization of a portable virtual keyboard.

• 스마트미디어저널
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.54-59
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• 2018

스마트폰과 태블릿PC 등 터치스크린을 활용한 휴대기기의 사용이 늘어나면서 데스크탑 컴퓨터나 노트북으로 수행하던 작업을 스마트폰과 태블릿PC를 이용하여 수행하는 일이 많아졌다. 그런데 휴대성을 갖춰야하는 스마트기기의 특성상, 쿼티 자판은 작은 화면 안에 조밀하게 배치된다. 그리고 이러한 점은 기계식 쿼티 자판을 사용할 때와는 다른 양상의 오타가 발생하는 원인으로 작용한다. 각 버튼이 차지하는 공간이 충분했던 기계식 쿼티 자판과 달리, 터치스크린에서의 쿼티 자판은 각 버튼에 할당되는 영역이 작아 사용자가 누르려고 의도했던 버튼이 아닌 주변의 버튼이 입력되는 경우가 자주 발생하게 된다. 본 논문에서는 어절 유니그램과 바이그램 확률을 이용한 n-gram 언어 모델 방법으로 터치스크린 환경에서 쿼티 자판으로 입력되는 문자 입력 오류를 자동으로 교정하는 방법을 제안하였다.

• 한국멀티미디어학회논문지
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.396-403
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• 2017

In recent years, the use of touch screens has expanded, and devices such as remote controllers have been developed in various ways to control and access contents at long range. The wireless-based touch screen is used in classroom, seminar room, and remote video conversation in addition to the TV remote control. The purpose of the study is to design a smart phone-based intuitive interface that can perform the role of a wireless mouse and a wireless keyboard at range using Bluetooth and to develop an application that integrates functions of a mouse and a keyboard. Firstly, touch interaction model for controlling software such as PowerPoint by connecting to a general PC on a smart phone has been studied. The most simple touch operation interface is used to reproduce the function of existing devices and design more simply. The studies of the extension of interfaces with various functions are important, but development of optimized interfaces for users will become more important in the future. In this sense, this study is valuable.

• 한국컴퓨터정보학회논문지
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• 제17권12호
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• pp.219-228
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• 2012

본 논문에서는 키넥트의 3차원 영상정보를 이용하여 손가락 움직임을 검출하고 이 정보를 이용하여 종이건반 피아노를 구현하는 방법을 제안한다. 키넥트의 컬러영상과 깊이영상을 이용하여 먼저 건반 식별을 위해 필요한 건반 패턴 정보와 사용자의 종이건반 누름 여부를 판정하기 위한 건반깊이 정보를 검출한다. 배경의 깊이정보를 이용하여 입력된 깊이정보로부터 손 영역을 검출할 경우 종이건반과 접촉한 손가락 끝부분이 잘려나가는 문제를 해결하기 위해 스킨 컬러를 이용하여 정확도를 향상시켰다. 그리고 면적을 이용한 외곽선 검출과 convex hull 알고리즘을 이용하여 손가락 끝점을 검출하고 건반 패턴 정보와 비교하여 건반 누름을 판정하였다. 본 논문에서 제안하는 방법을 이용하여 종이건반 피아노 성능평가를 수행한 결과 높은 검출 정확도를 보였다. 구현된 종이건반 피아노 기능을 활용하여 피아노 연주 입력장치를 구현함으로써 PC기반 피아노 연주시스템 구현의 편리성을 보였으며 악기 초보자가 PC 기반 피아노 연주 학습에 사용자 인터페이스로 활용할 수 있는 가능성을 확인하였다.

• 한국정보과학회논문지:컴퓨팅의 실제 및 레터
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• 제15권11호
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• pp.866-870
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• 2009

최근 터치스크린을 탑재한 휴대폰의 출시가 늘어나면서 기존의 모바일 게임 콘텐츠를 터치스크린 콘텐츠로 변환하여 재사용하고자 하는 요구가 증가하고 있다. 하지만, 기존에 개발된 콘텐츠는 터치스크린 인터페이스를 갖고 있지 않기 때문에 터치스크린 콘텐츠로 자동 변환하는 것은 매우 어려운 문제이다. 본 논문에서는 터치스크린 인터페이스가 없는 모바일 게임 콘텐츠에 대하여 키보드 인터페이스 정보를 이용하여 자동으로 터치스크린 인터페이스를 생성하는 방법을 제안한다. 이 방법은 콘텐츠에서 사용되는 키 이벤트의 종류를 분석하여 최적의 스크린 키보드 레이아웃을 구성하고, 터치스크린 이벤트에 대해 자동으로 대응되는 키 이벤트를 발생시켜 키보드 이벤트 핸들러가 실행되는 터치 스크린 인터페이스를 생성한다. 끝으로, 실험을 통해 콘텐츠에 최적화된 터치스크린 인터페이스가 생성됨을 확인한다.

• 한국HCI학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국HCI학회 2008년도 학술대회 1부
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• pp.262-268
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• 2008

Recently, as the demand for multimedia services based on the wireless technologies and mobile devices increases, Full-touch screen mobile devices adopting touch screen keyboards are emerging to cope with the limited display size and take advantage of the flexibility in the design of user interfaces. However, the text entry task, which is one of the main features of the mobile devices, decreases the competitive advantages of the touch screen keyboards over the physical keyboards or keypads due to the lack of physical feedbacks and the frequent occurrence of mistyping. This study aims to introduce a novel text entry method named Fuzzy Touch and compare this method with the conventional text entry method on a touch screen keyboard in terms of the performance (time, number of touch) and the subjective ratings (ease of use, overall preference).