Julien Olivier

31.4: Invited Paper: Specifying and Characterizing Tactile Performance for Multi-Touch Panels: Toward a User-Centric Metrology

Whereas Visual Human Factor studies provide abundant literature to characterize display modules, building a specification for touch sensitive systems — and more specifically for multi-touch capable ones — remains substantially empirical. Existing metrology gives useful data with regards to the mechanical and optical performances of touch panels. However, it fails to measure what matters most to the user: tactile performance. with fast-growing market demand for multi-touch panels, the need arises for a user-centric metrology to objectively evaluate the usability of available solutions.