Gesture Vocabularies for Hand Gestures for Controlling Air Conditioners in Home and Vehicle Environments
With the growing prevalence of modern technologies as part of everyday life, mid-air gestures have become a promising input method in the field of human–computer interaction. This paper analyses the gestures of actual users to define a preliminary gesture vocabulary for home air conditioning (AC) sy...
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| description | With the growing prevalence of modern technologies as part of everyday life, mid-air gestures have become a promising input method in the field of human–computer interaction. This paper analyses the gestures of actual users to define a preliminary gesture vocabulary for home air conditioning (AC) systems and suggests a gesture vocabulary for controlling the AC that applies to both home and vehicle environments. In this study, a user elicitation experiment was conducted. A total of 36 participants were filmed while employing their preferred hand gestures to manipulate a home air conditioning system. Comparisons were drawn between our proposed gesture vocabulary (HomeG) and a previously proposed gesture vocabulary which was designed to identify the preferred hand gestures for in-vehicle air conditioners. The findings indicate that HomeG successfully identifies and describes the employed gestures in detail. To gain a gesture taxonomy that is suitable for manipulating the AC at home and in a vehicle, some modifications were applied to HomeG based on suggestions from other studies. The modified gesture vocabulary (CrossG) can identify the gestures of our study, although CrossG has a less detailed gesture pattern. Our results will help designers to understand user preferences and behaviour prior to designing and implementing a gesture-based user interface. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a06c79bfb04b41a79905bd4af58e349a2023-11-17T16:31:39ZengMDPI AGElectronics2079-92922023-03-01127151310.3390/electronics12071513Gesture Vocabularies for Hand Gestures for Controlling Air Conditioners in Home and Vehicle EnvironmentsHasan J. Alyamani0Faculty of Computing and Information Technology in Rabigh, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi ArabiaWith the growing prevalence of modern technologies as part of everyday life, mid-air gestures have become a promising input method in the field of human–computer interaction. This paper analyses the gestures of actual users to define a preliminary gesture vocabulary for home air conditioning (AC) systems and suggests a gesture vocabulary for controlling the AC that applies to both home and vehicle environments. In this study, a user elicitation experiment was conducted. A total of 36 participants were filmed while employing their preferred hand gestures to manipulate a home air conditioning system. Comparisons were drawn between our proposed gesture vocabulary (HomeG) and a previously proposed gesture vocabulary which was designed to identify the preferred hand gestures for in-vehicle air conditioners. The findings indicate that HomeG successfully identifies and describes the employed gestures in detail. To gain a gesture taxonomy that is suitable for manipulating the AC at home and in a vehicle, some modifications were applied to HomeG based on suggestions from other studies. The modified gesture vocabulary (CrossG) can identify the gestures of our study, although CrossG has a less detailed gesture pattern. Our results will help designers to understand user preferences and behaviour prior to designing and implementing a gesture-based user interface.https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/12/7/1513modern technologygestureshuman–computer interactionair conditionersmart homevehicle |
| spellingShingle | Hasan J. Alyamani Gesture Vocabularies for Hand Gestures for Controlling Air Conditioners in Home and Vehicle Environments Electronics modern technology gestures human–computer interaction air conditioner smart home vehicle |
| title | Gesture Vocabularies for Hand Gestures for Controlling Air Conditioners in Home and Vehicle Environments |
| title_full | Gesture Vocabularies for Hand Gestures for Controlling Air Conditioners in Home and Vehicle Environments |
| title_fullStr | Gesture Vocabularies for Hand Gestures for Controlling Air Conditioners in Home and Vehicle Environments |
| title_full_unstemmed | Gesture Vocabularies for Hand Gestures for Controlling Air Conditioners in Home and Vehicle Environments |
| title_short | Gesture Vocabularies for Hand Gestures for Controlling Air Conditioners in Home and Vehicle Environments |
| title_sort | gesture vocabularies for hand gestures for controlling air conditioners in home and vehicle environments |
| topic | modern technology gestures human–computer interaction air conditioner smart home vehicle |
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