Gesturenail:Wireless Hand Gesture System

Abstract

The hand gesture input systems will be adopted for use in many applications anytime and anywhere. In this research, a stating notification when and where a user can start using hand gestures for input are focused. However existing devices and systems could be used only in certain situations because of safety issues and the limitations of the devices. In this paper, a Wireless Nail Gesture System is suggestted and we developed a proof-of-concept model of the Wireless Nail Gesture System that can be installed on artificial nails using an LED and a coil. The LED light notifies whether the finger is within a RF(Radio Frequency) gesture space that is the magnetic field generated by a transmission antenna. The RF supplies the power and the signal. The greatest benefit of this system is that users can wear the device anytime and anywhere. In addition, by measuring the impedance of the transmission antenna, the system distinguishes three states: (1) outside the gesture space, (2) ON gesturewithin the gesture space and (3) OFF gesture within the gesture space. For example, to indicate the ON gesture, the user covers the LED on the fingernail with another finger. A usability study of thesuggested system determined how the notification system affected the users’ success rate and speed at searching for a hand gesture space. If the system does not notify the user to start, the task success rate drops to 85%. If the system notifies the user to start, the task success rate is 100% in all sessions. The experiment also revealed that the start notification reduces the task time by 0.7s from 22.1s.