Novel user interaction styles with flexible/rollable screens

Abstract

In this paper, we present a novel device concept and interactions, using paper like rollable displays. Concept is designed for devices like mobile phones, tablets, e-ink readers, etc. which have one side and dual side rollable screens. Sensors are used to identify physical modes of device and also visible regions in a physical mode. Latest advances in silicon technology will aid in device packaging with IC chips, camera, battery, etc. Device concept is evaluated using low-fidelity prototypes and evaluation results show that interactions based on physical rolling fare well on novelty and usability aspects.

HCI meets Material Science

“…Several studies investigate the user interaction with rollable devices and explore the physical modes of interaction [110,154,224]. However, the authors all noted that despite recent developments in flexible displays, the components required to realise such devices are still unavailable and the focus of their studies landed primarily on the interaction with the rolling mechanisms rather than the display technology itself.…”

Multi-plié

“…The use of foldable and roll-up screens for display and interaction has been widely studied in HCI. In particular in the context of mobile devices, Paperphone [23] studies interaction gestures to fold a flexible screen, Nagaraju et al [29] define an interaction design space for roll-up screens.…”

Developing User Interface Design Guideline for Flexible Display and Case Studies of its Application

“…The summary of the preceding researches by the display types are as in the following Table 1. Studied on the rollable display prototype that an individual can carry around by hand and that several people can use it together Nagaraju (2013) Defined the physical structure which might appear on a rollable display as well as the single or multiscreen from each structure, and studied the interface using the screens Researched on how the users recognized and use it by reviewing the number and overlapping shape of a display by how it is folded Ramakers, Schöning, & Luyten (2014) Realized the mobile prototypes that can be transformed into various types like a big or small book type or a ring type, and studied new interaction methods through comparisons of the physical limitation methods or touch methods to manipulate S* Sato et al (2009) Studied the possible designs using the elasticity and transparency through technical studies on the elasticity and transparent tabletop prototype Yun et al (2012) Discussed the interaction method of pushing it hard with a hand by using the elasticity, and also studied the navigation and interface designs effective for complicated multi-dimensional data structure search Discussed on the designs depending on the possibility of incorporation of tactile techniques on a stretchable display * C=Curved Display, B=Bendable Display, R=Rollable Display, F=Foldable Display, S=Stretchable Display…”