Skinput Technology

ByFALAK SOOD

09ITMG1130ECE,

Contents What is Skinput Principle of Skinput How it works Advantages Conclusion

What is Skinput

Giving input through skin. Was developed by Chris Harrison

(Carnegie Mellon University), Microsoft Research.

Skin Interface

Principle of Skinput

It "listens" to the vibrations in your body.

“Skinput” also responds to various hand gestures.

The arm is an instrument.

How it works

It needs Bluetooth connection. It uses a microchip-sized Pico

projector to display menu. An acoustic detector to detect sound

vibrations.

Skin Interface

The three input location sets evaluated in the study.

Waves Generated

Waves Generated

Wearable Arm Bands

Two arrays of five sensing elements.

Bone conduction microphones.

Microphones Placed near: Humerus Radius

Wearable Arm Bands

Higher Accuracy

BMI Effects

High BMI( Body Mass Index) is correlated with decreased accuracies.

No direct relation with gender of the participant.

Advantages

No need to interact with the gadget directly.

Don’t have to worry about keypad. People with larger fingers get trouble

in navigating tiny buttons and keyboards on mobile phones. With Skinput that problem disappears.

Conclusion

Since we cannot simply make buttons and screens larger it will be an alternative approach

Skin put's are not available yet, but could be in the next few years.