Toward More Sensitive Mobile Phones

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Toward More Sensitive Mobile Phones

• Ken Hinckley
• Eric Horvitz
• Attentional User Interfaces Project
• Microsoft Research

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Voice Recording

• Just talk into it, like a cell phone
• To record you

• Must be holding device
• Tilt like a phone
• Hold close to face
• Reduces attention vs. find hold button.

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Mobile Phones

• Naturally occurring gestures of use
• Holding up to ear answers call
• Must be holding device
• Tilt like a phone
• Hold close to face
• Less distracting
• No TALK button / flip top
• Polite cell phone

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Mobile Phones

• Same gesture answers incoming call
• No wrestling with TALK button / flip top
• ? activate voice recog Call Eric at home
• Polite cell phone
• Ring volume softens as soon as you pick it up
• Notices when you look at caller ID
• Mutes ring if you choose to ignore call

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Related Work

• Profile auto-selection
• Sawhney schmandt

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Quiet Ringing

• xxx

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Acknowledging and Ignoring Calls

• xxx

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Target Device for Notifications

• xxx

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Vibration Notification

• xxx

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Call Answering Gesture

• xxx

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Voice Recognition Context

• xxx

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Backlight Activation (Power Management)

• xxx

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Speakerphone Mode

• Ericsson R520

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Conclusions

• Mobile Phone features
• Games, Activity Detection, etc.
• Same commands can work across many sizes of
  device Pager ? PocketPC ? TabletPC
• Next sensors on iPaq w/wireless connectivity
• Promising direction to enhance PocketPC UI

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Power Management

• Prevent power off while using device
• Based on touch/tilt activity
• Or, activate backlight when looking at PocketPC

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Other Fun Stuff

• Kirby TiltnTumble 29.99
• Detect activity, e.g. Walking

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Can Sensors Enhance PocketPC UI?

• Sensors
• Tilt
• Touch
• Proximity
• 3.00 parts cost
• Sensors will be free everywhere
• What new SW features?