Abstract
This paper examines three gaze-added methods, the Auto, Manual, and SemiAuto, that have a potential to increase the efficiency of target selection operations in general GUI environments such as MS-Windows and Mac-OS. These three methods employ the human's eye gaze and a hand (mouse operation) together to enable users to select a target even if the jittery motions of an eye and the measurement error of an eye-tracking device have occurred. The result of the experiment under an environment in which small targets are placed in a narrow layout showed that the operational efficiency with the SemiAuto method was the best among three methods; and, the SemiAuto method was the same or faster than the mouse-only operation without increasing errors greatly. Especially concerning the discontinuous selection situation (a target selection whose cursor position is randomly located), the operation with the SemiAuto method was about 31% faster than the mouse-only operation.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 17-24 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2005 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Desktop environment
- Eye tracking device
- Eye-gaze interface
- Human-computer interaction
- Input device
- Mouse operation
- Usability
- User interface design
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Software
- Information Systems
- Computer Science Applications
- Computer Networks and Communications
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering