TY - JOUR
T1 - Movement time for motion-impaired users assisted by force-feedback
T2 - Effects of movement amplitude, target width, and gravity well width
AU - Hwang, Faustina
AU - Keates, Simeon
AU - Langdon, Patrick
AU - Clarkson, P. John
PY - 2005/12
Y1 - 2005/12
N2 - This paper presents a study investigating how the performance of motion-impaired computer users in "point and click" tasks varies with target distance (A), target width (W), and force-feedback gravity well width (GWW). Six motion-impaired users performed "point and click" tasks across a range of values for A, W, and GWW. Times were observed to increase with A, and to decrease with W. Times also improved with GWW, and, with the addition of a gravity well, a greater improvement was observed for smaller targets than for bigger ones. It was found that Fitts' Law gave a good description of behaviour for each value of GWW, and that gravity wells reduced the effect of task difficulty on performance. A model based on Fitts' Law is proposed, which incorporates the effect of GWW on movement time. The model accounts for 88.8% of the variance in the observed data.
AB - This paper presents a study investigating how the performance of motion-impaired computer users in "point and click" tasks varies with target distance (A), target width (W), and force-feedback gravity well width (GWW). Six motion-impaired users performed "point and click" tasks across a range of values for A, W, and GWW. Times were observed to increase with A, and to decrease with W. Times also improved with GWW, and, with the addition of a gravity well, a greater improvement was observed for smaller targets than for bigger ones. It was found that Fitts' Law gave a good description of behaviour for each value of GWW, and that gravity wells reduced the effect of task difficulty on performance. A model based on Fitts' Law is proposed, which incorporates the effect of GWW on movement time. The model accounts for 88.8% of the variance in the observed data.
KW - Fitts' law
KW - Force-feedback
KW - Haptic
KW - Motion-impaired
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=31044448307&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s10209-005-0114-5
DO - 10.1007/s10209-005-0114-5
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:31044448307
SN - 1615-5289
VL - 4
SP - 85
EP - 95
JO - Universal Access in the Information Society
JF - Universal Access in the Information Society
IS - 2
ER -