TY - GEN
T1 - LightCloth
T2 - 31st Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: Changing Perspectives, CHI 2013
AU - Hashimoto, Sunao
AU - Suzuki, Ryohei
AU - Kamiyama, Youichi
AU - Inami, Masahiko
AU - Igarashi, Takeo
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2013 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Diffusive optical fiber
KW - Illumination
KW - Light communication
KW - Position sensing
KW - Soft deformable user interface
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U2 - 10.1145/2470654.2470739
DO - 10.1145/2470654.2470739
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84877974816
SN - 9781450318990
T3 - Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings
SP - 603
EP - 606
BT - CHI 2013
Y2 - 27 April 2013 through 2 May 2013
ER -