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A study of unidirectional swipe gestures on in-vehicle touch screens

Burnett, Gary; Crundall, Elizabeth; Large, David; Lawson, Glyn; Skrypchuk, Lee

Authors

Gary Burnett

Elizabeth Crundall

DAVID LARGE David.R.Large@nottingham.ac.uk
Senior Research Fellow

GLYN LAWSON GLYN.LAWSON@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Associate Professor

Lee Skrypchuk



Abstract

Touch screens are increasingly used within modern vehicles, providing the potential for a range of gestures to facilitate interaction under divided attention conditions. This paper describes a study aiming to understand how drivers naturally make swipe gestures in a vehicle context when compared with a stationary setting. Twenty experienced drivers were requested to undertake a swipe gesture on a touch screen in a manner they felt was appropriate to execute a wide range of activate/deactivate, increase/decrease and next/previous tasks. All participants undertook the tasks when either driving within a right-hand drive, medium-fidelity simulator or whilst sitting stationary. Consensus emerged in the direction of swipes made for a relatively small number of increase/decrease and next/previous tasks, particularly related to playing music. The physical action of a swipe made in different directions was found to affect the length and speed of the gesture. Finally, swipes were typically made more slowly in the driving situation, reflecting the reduced resources available in this context and/or the handedness of the participants. Conclusions are drawn regarding the future design of swipe gestures for interacting with in-vehicle touch screens.

Citation

Burnett, G., Crundall, E., Large, D., Lawson, G., & Skrypchuk, L. (2013). A study of unidirectional swipe gestures on in-vehicle touch screens. doi:10.1145/2516540.2516545

Conference Name The 5th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications 
Start Date Oct 28, 2013
End Date Oct 30, 2013
Acceptance Date Oct 27, 2013
Publication Date 2013
Deposit Date May 9, 2019
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Pages 22-29
ISBN 9781450324786
DOI https://doi.org/10.1145/2516540.2516545
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/2035768
Publisher URL https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?doid=2516540.2516545
Additional Information Published in Proceeding : AutomotiveUI '13 Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications
Pages 22-29

Eindhoven, Netherlands — October 28 - 30, 2013
ACM New York, NY, USA ©2013
ISBN: 978-1-4503-2478-6 doi 10.1145/2516540.2516545

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