Publication IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Information and SystemsVol.E100-DNo.6pp.1271-1279 Publication Date: 2017/06/01 Publicized: 2017/03/16 Online ISSN: 1745-1361 DOI: 10.1587/transinf.2016EDP7331 Type of Manuscript: PAPER Category: Human-computer Interaction Keyword: shadow cursor, screen coordinates calibration, tabletop display, interaction design,
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Summary: This paper discusses the use of a common computer mouse as a pointing interface for tabletop displays. In the use of a common computer mouse for tabletop displays, there might be an angular distance between the screen coordinates and the mouse control coordinates. To align those coordinates, this paper introduces a screen coordinates calibration technique using a shadow cursor. A shadow cursor is the basic idea of manipulating a mouse cursor without any visual feedbacks. The shadow cursor plays an important role in obtaining the angular distance between the two coordinates. It enables the user to perform a simple mouse manipulation so that screen coordinates calibration will be completed in less than a second.