Optimizing pressure matrices: Interdigitation and interpolation methods for continuous position input

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This paper provides resources and design recommendations for optimizing position input for pressure sensor matrices, a sensor design often used in eTextiles. Currently applications using pressure matrices for precise continuous position control are rare. One reason designers opt against using these sensors for continuous position control is that when the finger transitions from one sensing electrode to the next, jerky motion, jumps or other non-linear artifacts appear. We demonstrate that interdigitation can improve transition behavior and discuss interpolation algorithms to best leverage such designs. We provide software for reproducing our sensors and experiment, as well as a dataset consisting of 1122 swipe gestures performed on 17 sensors.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationTEI 2019 - Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
Publication date2019
Pages117-126
ISBN (Electronic)9781450361965
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2019
Event13th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction, TEI 2019 - Tempe, United States
Duration: 17 Mar 201920 Mar 2019

Conference

Conference13th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction, TEI 2019
LandUnited States
ByTempe
Periode17/03/201920/03/2019
SponsorACM SIGCHI

    Research areas

  • ETextile, Interdigitation, Interpolation, Piezoresistive, Pressure input, Pressure matrix, Sensor design

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