Julia Schwarz
Robert Xiao
Jennifer Mankoff
Scott E. Hudson
Chris Harrison
ABSTRACT
Tablet computers are often called upon to emulate classical pen-and-paper input. However, touchscreens typically lack the means to distinguish between legitimate stylus and finger touches and touches with the palm or other parts of the hand. This forces users to rest their palms elsewhere or hover above the screen, resulting in ergonomic and usability problems. We present a probabilistic touch filtering approach that uses the temporal evolution of touch contacts to reject palms. Our system improves upon previous approaches, reducing accidental palm inputs to 0.016 per pen stroke, while correctly passing 98% of stylus inputs.
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Index Terms
- Probabilistic palm rejection using spatiotemporal touch features and iterative classification
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