LightCloth: Sensible illuminating optical fiber cloth for creating interactive surfaces

Sunao Hashimoto; Ryohei Suzuki; Youichi Kamiyama; Masahiko Inami; Takeo Igarashi

doi:10.1145/2470654.2470739

LightCloth: Sensible illuminating optical fiber cloth for creating interactive surfaces

Sunao Hashimoto, Ryohei Suzuki, Youichi Kamiyama, Masahiko Inami, Takeo Igarashi

Graduate School of Media Design

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Abstract

This paper introduces an input and output device that enables illumination, bi-directional data communication, and position sensing on a soft cloth. This "LightCloth" is woven from diffusive optical fibers. Since the fibers are arranged in parallel, the cloth has one-dimensional position information. Sensor-emitter pairs attached to bundles of contiguous fibers enable bundle-specific light input and output. We developed a prototype system that allows full-color illumination and 8-bit data input by infrared signals. We present as an application a chair with a Light-Cloth cover whose illumination pattern is specified using an infrared light pen. Here we describe the implementation details of the device and discuss possible interactions using the device.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	CHI 2013
Subtitle of host publication	Changing Perspectives, Conference Proceedings - The 31st Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Pages	603-606
Number of pages	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2470654.2470739
Publication status	Published - 2013
Event	31st Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: Changing Perspectives, CHI 2013 - Paris, France Duration: 2013 Apr 27 → 2013 May 2

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Name	Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

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Other	31st Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: Changing Perspectives, CHI 2013
Country/Territory	France
City	Paris
Period	13/4/27 → 13/5/2

Keywords

Diffusive optical fiber
Illumination
Light communication
Position sensing
Soft deformable user interface

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Software
Human-Computer Interaction
Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design

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Hashimoto, S., Suzuki, R., Kamiyama, Y., Inami, M., & Igarashi, T. (2013). LightCloth: Sensible illuminating optical fiber cloth for creating interactive surfaces. In CHI 2013: Changing Perspectives, Conference Proceedings - The 31st Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 603-606). (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings). https://doi.org/10.1145/2470654.2470739

LightCloth: Sensible illuminating optical fiber cloth for creating interactive surfaces. / Hashimoto, Sunao; Suzuki, Ryohei; Kamiyama, Youichi et al.
CHI 2013: Changing Perspectives, Conference Proceedings - The 31st Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. 2013. p. 603-606 (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Hashimoto, S, Suzuki, R, Kamiyama, Y, Inami, M & Igarashi, T 2013, LightCloth: Sensible illuminating optical fiber cloth for creating interactive surfaces. in CHI 2013: Changing Perspectives, Conference Proceedings - The 31st Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings, pp. 603-606, 31st Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: Changing Perspectives, CHI 2013, Paris, France, 13/4/27. https://doi.org/10.1145/2470654.2470739

Hashimoto S, Suzuki R, Kamiyama Y, Inami M, Igarashi T. LightCloth: Sensible illuminating optical fiber cloth for creating interactive surfaces. In CHI 2013: Changing Perspectives, Conference Proceedings - The 31st Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. 2013. p. 603-606. (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings). doi: 10.1145/2470654.2470739

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