Daniel Wigdor, Gerald Penn, Kathy Ryall, Alan Esenther, Chia Shen
Multi-touch tabletops have been the focus of significant recent study but, to date, few devices have moved from prototype to installed use. In this paper, we present observation and analysis of a...
Facets of Distributed Display Environments (2008)
Distributed Display Environments come in diversely varied flavors and thus can arise and be applicable in different forms and spaces. In an interactive environment with multiple display surfaces,...
Katherine Everitt, Chia Shen, Kathy Ryall, Clifton Forlines
A key challenge in supporting face-to-face collaborative work is e-document micro-mobility: supporting movement of digital content amongst shared display surfaces and personal devices at arbitrary...
Adding Identity To, Paul H. Dietz, Bret Harsham, Clifton Forlines, Darren Leigh, William Yerazunis, ...
In this paper, we show how traditional physical interface components such as switches, levers, knobs and touch screens can be easily modified to identify who is activating each control. This allows...
Exploring Non-Speech Auditory Feedback at an Interactive Multi-User Tabletop (2008)
Mark S. Hancock, Chia Shen, Clifton Forlines, Kathy Ryall
We present two experiments on the use of non-speech audio at an interactive multi-touch, multi-user tabletop display. We first investigate the use of two categories of reactive auditory feedback:...
Brad Andalman, Kathy Ryall, Wheeler Ruml, Joe Marks
Abstract. Many problems in computer-aided design and graphics involve the process of setting and adjusting input parameters to obtain desirable output values. Exploring different parameter settings...
ABSTRACT Learning Hierarchical Task Models by Defining and Refining Examples (2007)
Andrew Garl, Kathy Ryall, Charles Rich
Task models are used in many areas of computer science including planning, intelligent tutoring, plan recognition, interface design, and decision theory. However, developing task models is a...
David Anderson, James L. Frankel, Joe Marks, Darren Leigh, Kathy Ryall, Eddie Sullivan, ...
We describe a tangible interface for building virtual structures using physical building blocks. We demonstrate two applications of our system. In one version, the blocks are used to construct...
Support for Multi-User, Multi-Touch Applications (2007)
Alan Esenther, Alan Esenther, Cliff Forlines, Cliff Forlines, Kathy Ryall, Kathy Ryall, ...
DiamondTouch is a multi-touch input technology that supports multiple, simultaneous users; it can distinguish who is touching where. We present the DiamondTouch SDK; it provides support for the...
Living with a Tabletop: Analysis and Observations (2007)
Daniel Wigdor, Gerald Penn, Kathy Ryall, Alan Esenther, Chia Shen, Daniel Wigdor, ...
Multi-touch tabletops have been the focus of significant recent study but, to date, few devices have moved from prototype to installed use. In this paper, we present observation and analysis of a...
Experiences with and observations of directtouch tabletops (2006)
Kathy Ryall, Meredith Ringel Morris, Katherine Everitt, Clifton Forlines, Chia Shen
The design of multi-touch multi-user tabletop user interfaces is still in its infancy and is not yet well understood. To date, published experimental results have primarily focused on controlled user...
Gesture Registration, Relaxation, and Reuse for Multi-Point Direct-Touch Surfaces (2006)
Mike Wu Chia, Mike Wu, Chia Shen, Kathy Ryall, Clifton Forlines, Ravin Balakrishnan
Freehand gestural interaction with direct-touch computation surfaces has been the focus of significant research activity recently. While many interesting gestural interaction techniques have been...
Christopher Lee, Darren Leigh, Kathy Ryall, Hiroaki Miyashita, Kazufumi Hirata
We have developed a set of algorithms and software tools to help an antenna designer interactively explore the space of possible subarray positions in a sparse linear phase array, for the purpose of...
Experiences with and observations of directtouch tabletops (2006)
Kathy Ryall, Meredith Ringel Morris, Katherine Everitt, Clifton Forlines, Chia Shen
The design of multi-touch multi-user tabletop user interfaces is still in its infancy and is not yet well understood. To date, published experimental results have primarily focused on controlled user...
Katherine Everitt, Chia Shen, Kathy Ryall, Clifton Forlines
Although electronic media has changed how people interact with documents, today´s electronic documents and the environments in which they are used are still impoverished relative to traditional...
Katherine Everitt, Chia Shen, Kathy Ryall, Clifton Forlines
Although electronic media has changed how people interact with documents, today’s electronic documents and the environments in which they are used are still impoverished relative to traditional...
Gesture registration, relaxation, and reuse for multi-point direct-touch surfaces (2006)
Mike Wu, Chia Shen, Kathy Ryall, Clifton Forlines, Ravin Balakrishnan
www.merl.com Freehand gestural interaction with direct-touch computation surfaces has been the focus of significant research activity recently. While many interesting gestural interaction techniques...
Clifton Forlines, Clifton Forlines, Alan Esenther, Alan Esenther, Chia Shen, Chia Shen, ...
In this paper, we discuss our adaptation of a single-display, single-user commercial application for use in a multi-device, multi-user environment. We wrap Google Earth, a popular geospatial...
Clifton Forlines, Alan Esenther, Chia Shen, Daniel Wigdor, Kathy Ryall
www.merl.com In this paper, we discuss our adaptation of a single-display, single-user commercial application for use in a multidevice, multi-user environment. We wrap Google Earth, a popular...
MultiSpace: Enabling Electronic Document Micro-mobility in Table-Centric, (2005)
Katherine Everitt, Chia Shen, Kathy Ryall, Clifton Forlines
Although electronic media has changed how people interact with documents, today's electronic documents and the environments in which they are used are still impoverished relative to traditional...
Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories (2005)
Http Www Merl, Kathy Ryall, Neal Lesh, Hiroaki Miyashita, Shigeru Makino, Tom Lanning, ...
We introduce approximate query techniques for searching and analyzing two-dimensional data sets such as line or scatter plots. Our techniques allow users to explore a dataset by defining QueryLines:...
Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories (2005)
Http Www Merl, Masakazu Furuichi, Yutaka Mihori, Fumiko Muraoka, Alan Esenther, Kathy Ryall, ...
Interactive tabletops are an increasingly common form factor for group collaborations. Visual data, such as maps, are particularly well-suited for interactive tabletop applications. In this...
Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories (2005)
Http Www Merl, Kathy Ryall, Qing Li, Alan Esenther, Kathy Ryall, Qing Li, ...
We introduce the concept of a temporal Magic Lens, a novel interaction technique that supports querying and browsing for video data. Video data is available from an increasingly number of sources,...
Adding Identity To, Paul H. Dietz, Bret Harsham, Clifton Forlines, Darren Leigh, William Yerazunis, ...
In this paper, we show how traditional physical interface components such as switches, levers, knobs and touch screens can be easily modified to identify who is activating each control. This allows...
Exploring Non-Speech Auditory Feedback at an Interactive Multi-User Tabletop (2005)
Marks S. Hancock, Chia Shen, Clifton Forlines, Kathy Ryall
this paper, we present two experiments on the use of non-speech audio at an interactive multi-touch, multiuser tabletop display. The goal of our studies is to understand the effects of auditory...
Gesture Registration, Relaxation, and Reuse for Multi-Point Direct-Touch Surfaces (2005)
Mike Wu, Chia Shen, Kathy Ryall, Clifton Forlines, Ravin Balakrishnan
this paper, we develop and articulate a set of design principles for constructing - in a systematic and extensible manner - multi-hand gestures on touch surfaces that can sense multiple points and...
Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories (2005)
Http Www Merl, Katherine Everitt, Chia Shen, Kathy Ryall, Clifton Forlines, Katherine Everitt
this paper, we introduce Modal Spaces, a "workbench approach" to enhance support for modal interfaces on large, direct-touch input displays. On a physical workbench, location and tool...
Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories (2005)
Http Www Merl, Katherine Everitt, Chia Shen, Kathy Ryall, Clifton Forlines
this paper, we introduce MultiSpace, a research effort which explores the role of the table as a central hub to support ad hoc collaboration in a multi-device environment. The table-centric approach...
Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories (2005)
Http Www Merl, Katherine Everitt, Chia Shen, Kathy Ryall, Clifton Forlines
A key challenge in supporting face-to-face collaborative work is e-document micro-mobility: supporting movement of digital content amongst shared display surfaces and personal devices at arbitrary...
Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories (2005)
Http Www Merl, Hiroaki Miyashita, Darren Leigh, Darren Leigh, Kathy Ryall, Kathy Ryall, ...
Exhaustive searches were applied to uniformly-excited sparse linear arrays to find the configurations with lowest peak sidelobe levels. By removing interior elements from the non-sparse array and...
Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories (2005)
Http Www Merl, Kathy Ryall, Kathy Ryall, Alan Esenther, Alan Esenther, Katherine Everitt, ...
We introduce the concept of identity-differentiating widgets (iDwidgets), widgets parameterized by the identity of their user. Although multi-user applications have become more common, most support...
Gesture Registration, Relaxation, and Reuse for Multi-Point Direct-Touch Surfaces (2005)
Mike Wu Chia, Mike Wu, Chia Shen, Kathy Ryall, Clifton Forlines, Ravin Balakrishnan
Freehand gestural interaction with direct-touch computation surfaces has been the focus of significant research activity recently. While many interesting gestural interaction techniques have been...
iDwidgets: Parameterizing Widgets by User Identity (2005)
Kathy Ryall, Kathy Ryall, Alan Esenther, Alan Esenther, Katherine Everitt, Katherine Everitt, ...
We introduce the concept of identity-differentiating widgets (iDwidgets), widgets parameterized by the identity of their user. Although multi-user applications have become more common, most support...
QueryLines: approximate query for visual browsing (2005)
Kathy Ryall, Neal Lesh, Hiroaki Miyashita, Shigeru Makino, Tom Lanning, Tom Lanning, ...
We introduce approximate query techniques for searching and analyzing two-dimensional data sets such as line or scatter plots. Our techniques allow users to explore a dataset by defining QueryLines:...
Exploring non-speech auditory feedback at an interactive multi-user tabletop (2005)
Marks S. Hancock, Chia Shen, Clifton Forlines, Kathy Ryall
We present two experiments on the use of non-speech audio at an interactive multi-touch, multiuser tabletop display. We first investigate the use of two categories of reactive auditory feedback:...
Temporal Magic Lens: Combined Spatial and (2005)
Kathy Ryall, Qing Li, Alan Esenther, Kathy Ryall, Qing Li, Alan Esenther
We introduce the concept of a temporal Magic Lens, a novel interaction technique that supports querying and browsing for video data. Video data is available from an increasingly number of sources,...
Direct-Touch Input on Large Displays (2005)
Katherine Everitt, Chia Shen, Kathy Ryall, Clifton Forlines, Katherine Everitt
We present a new interaction technique for large direct-touch displays called Modal Spaces. Modal interfaces require the user to keep track of the state of the system. The Modal Spaces technique adds...
Mike Wu, Chia Shen, Kathy Ryall, Clifton Forlines, Ravin Balakrishnan, Mike Wu, ...
Freehand gestural interaction with direct-touch computation surfaces has been the focus of significant research activity recently. While many interesting gestural interaction techniques have been...
Interactive Tabletop Maps for Ubiquitous Computing (2005)
Masakazu Furuichi, Yutaka Mihori, Fumiko Muraoka, Alan Esenther, Kathy Ryall, Dtmap Demo, ...
Interactive tabletops are an increasingly common form factor for group collaborations. Visual data, such as maps, are particularly well-suited for interactive tabletop applications. In this...
iDwidgets: Parameterizing Widgets by User Identity (2005)
Kathy Ryall, Alan Esenther, Katherine Everitt, Clifton Forlines, Meredith Ringel Morris, Chia Shen, ...
Abstract. We introduce the concept of identity-differentiating widgets (iDwidgets), widgets parameterized by the identity of their user. Although multi-user applications have become more common, most...
Meredith Ringel, Kathy Ryall, Chia Shen, Clifton Forlines, Frederic Vernier
Group work frequently involves transitions between periods of active collaboration and periods of individual activity. We aim to support this typical work practice by introducing four tabletop...
Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories (2004)
Http Www Merl, Shared-display Groupware, Kathy Ryall, Clifton Forlines, Chia Shen, Meredith Ringel Morris, ...
Interactive tabletops have been previously proposed and studied in the domain of co-located group applications However, little fundamental research has been done to explore the issue of size. In this...
Exploring the Effects of Group Size and Table Size on (2004)
Interactions With Tabletop, Kathy Ryall, Clifton Forlines, Chia Shen
Interactive tabletops have been previously proposed and studied in the domain of co-located group applications. However, little fundamental research has been done to explore the issue of size. In...
Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories (2004)
Http Www Merl, Katherine Everitt, Katherine Everitt, Clifton Forlines, Clifton Forlines, Kathy Ryall, ...
We present observational user study findings of UbiTable, a multi-user interactive table top that provides walk-up wireless connections for multiple personal devices. UbiTable offers shared...
Exhaustive Generation and Visual Browsing for Radiation Patterns of Linear Array Antennas (2004)
Darren Leigh, Darren Leigh, Tom Lanning, Tom Lanning, Neal Lesh, Neal Lesh, ...
Almost any obtainable radiation pattern can be achieved with a phased array antenna if the phases and amplitudes are chosen correctly. However, if these are quantized, it can be a time consuming and...
Observations of a shared tabletop user study (2004)
Katherine Everitt, Katherine Everitt, Clifton Forlines, Clifton Forlines, Kathy Ryall, Kathy Ryall, ...
We present observational user study findings of UbiTable, a multi-user interactive table top that provides walk-up wireless connections for multiple personal devices. UbiTable offers shared...
Two Surveys of User Expectations (2004)
Meredith Ringel Morris, Clifton Forlines, Kathy Ryall, Chia Shen, Meredith Ringel Morris
We discuss the findings of two surveys, which presented respondents with a hypothetical situation regarding a conflict over either a paper or a digital document and solicited their free-form...
Exploring the Effects of Group Size and Table Size on Interactions with Tabletop (2004)
Shared-display Groupware, Kathy Ryall, Interactions Tabletop, Shared-display Groupware, Kathy Ryall, Clifton Forlines, ...
Interactive tabletops have been previously proposed and studied in the domain of co-located group applications. However, little fundamental research has been done to explore the issue of size. In...
Meredith Ringel, Kathy Ryall, Chia Shen, Clifton Forlines, Frederic Vernier
Group work frequently involves transitions between periods of active collaboration and periods of individual activity. We aim to support this typical work practice by introducing four tabletop...
Kathy Ryall, Clifton Forlines, Chia Shen
Interactive tabletops have been previously proposed and studied in the domain of co-located group applications. However, little fundamental research has been done to explore the issue of size. In...
Abstract Intelligent Clusters and Collaborative Projector-based Displays (2003)
Ramesh Raskar, Jeroen Van Baar, Paul Beardsley, Clifton Forlines, Paul Dietz, Alan Esenther, ...
As computing has moved off the desktop, visualization research in interaction, computer graphics and usability has become more interdisciplinary. In this paper we focus on our work in two areas. We...
Abstract Intelligent Clusters and Collaborative Projector-based Displays (2003)
Ramesh Raskar, Jeroen Van Baar, Paul Beardsley, Clifton Forlines, Paul Dietz, Alan Esenther, ...
As computing has moved off the desktop, visualization research in interaction, computer graphics and usability has become more interdisciplinary. In this paper we focus on our work in two areas. We...
The GLIDE (Graph Layout Interactive Diagram Editor) system (first presented at GD'96 [4]) improves on general constraint-based approaches to drawing and layout by supporting only a small set of...
The GLIDE (Graph Layout Interactive Diagram Editor) system (first presented at GD'96 [4]) improves on general constraint-based approaches to drawing and layout by supporting only a small set of...
The GLIDE (Graph Layout Interactive Diagram Editor) system (first presented at GD'96 [4]) improves on general constraint-based approaches to drawing and layout by supporting only a small set of...
Semi-Automatic Antenna Design Via Sampling and Visualization (2002)
Aaron Quigley, Darren Leigh, Neal Lesh, Joe Marks, Kathy Ryall, Kent Wittenburg, ...
this paper we propose a middle ground between this traditional approach and fully automatic optimization. We use computation to sample a space of possible antenna designs, and we rely on human...
S.: DiamondTouch SDK: Support for Multi-User Multi-Touch (2002)
Alan Esenther, Cliff Forlines, Kathy Ryall, Sam Shipman
DiamondTouch [1] is a multi-touch input technology that supports multiple, simultaneous users; it can distinguish who is touching where. We present the DiamondTouch SDK; it provides support for the...
Learning Hierarchical Task Models by Defining and Refining Examples (2001)
Andrew Garland, Kathy Ryall, Charles Rich
Task models are used in many areas of computer science including planning, intelligent tutoring, plan recognition, interface design, and decision theory. However, developing task models is a...
Human-Guided Simple Search (2000)
Joe Marks, Brian Mirtich, David Ratajczak, Kathy Ryall, David Anderson, David Anderson, ...
Scheduling, routing, and layout tasks are examples of hard operations-research problems that have broad application in industry. Typical algorithms for these problems combine some form of gradient...
Tangible Interaction Graphical Interpretation: A New Approach to 3D Modeling (2000)
David Anderson, David Anderson, James Frankel, James L. Frankel, Joe Marks, Joe Marks, ...
Construction toys are a superb medium for creating geometric models. We argue that such toys, suitably instrumented or sensed, could be the inspiration for a new generation of easy-to-use, tangible...
Building Virtual Structures With Physical Blocks (1999)
David Anderson James, James L. Frankel, Joe Marks, Darren Leigh, Kathy Ryall, Eddie Sullivan, ...
We describe a tangible interface for building virtual structures using physical building blocks. We demonstrate two applications of our system. In one version, the blocks are used to construct...
Design Gallery Browsers Based on 2D and 3D Graph Drawing (Demo) (1998)
Andalman, Brad, Ryall, Kathy, Ruml, Wheeler, Marks, Joe, Shieber, Stuart
Many problems in computer-aided design and graphics involve the process of setting and adjusting input parameters to obtain desirable output values. Exploring different parameter settings can be a...
Graph Multidrawing: Finding Nice Drawings Without Defining Nice (1998)
Biedl, Therese, Marks, Joe, Ryall, Kathy, Whitesides, Sue
This paper proposes a multidrawing approach to graph drawing. Current graph-drawing systems typically produce only one drawing of a graph. By contrast, the multidrawing approach calls for...
Design Gallery Browsers Based on 2D and 3D Graph Drawing (Demo) (1998)
Andalman, Brad, Ryall, Kathy, Ruml, Wheeler, Marks, Joe, Shieber, Stuart
Many problems in computer-aided design and graphics involve the process of setting and adjusting input parameters to obtain desirable output values. Exploring different parameter settings can be a...
Graph Multidrawing: Finding Nice Drawings Without Defining Nice (1998)
Biedl, Therese, Marks, Joe, Ryall, Kathy, Whitesides, Sue
This paper proposes a multidrawing approach to graph drawing. Current graph-drawing systems typically produce only one drawing of a graph. By contrast, the multidrawing approach calls for...
Design Gallery Browsers Based on 2D and 3D Graph Drawing (Demo) (1998)
Andalman, Brad, Ryall, Kathy, Ruml, Wheeler, Marks, Joe, Shieber, Stuart
Many problems in computer-aided design and graphics involve the process of setting and adjusting input parameters to obtain desirable output values. Exploring different parameter settings can be a...
Graph Multidrawing: Finding Nice Drawings Without Defining Nice (1998)
Biedl, Therese, Marks, Joe, Ryall, Kathy, Whitesides, Sue
This paper proposes a multidrawing approach to graph drawing. Current graph-drawing systems typically produce only one drawing of a graph. By contrast, the multidrawing approach calls for...
Scratchpad: Mechanisms for Better Navigation in Directed Web Searching (1998)
Dale Newfield, Bhupinder Singh Sethi, Kathy Ryall
Current navigation mechanisms for the World Wide Web promote a depth-first search for information on pages in hyperspace. This search strategy frequently results in the unintentional and often...
Scratchpad: Mechanisms for better navigation in directed Web searching (1998)
Dale Newfield, Bhupinder Singh Sethi, Kathy Ryall
Current navigation mechanisms for the World Wide Web promote a depth-first search for information on pages in hyperspace. This search strategy frequently results in the unintentional and often...
Scratchpad: Mechanisms for better navigation in directed Web searching (1998)
Dale Newfield, Bhupinder Singh Sethi, Kathy Ryall
Current navigation mechanisms for the World Wide Web promote a depth-first search for information on pages in hyperspace. This search strategy frequently results in the unintentional and often...
An Interactive System for Drawing Graphs (1997)
Ryall, Kathy, Marks, Joe, Shieber, Stuart
In spite of great advances in the automatic graph drawing of medium and large graphs, the tools available for drawing small graphs exquisitely (that is, with the aesthetics commonly found in...
An Interactive System for Drawing Graphs (1997)
Ryall, Kathy, Marks, Joe, Shieber, Stuart
In spite of great advances in the automatic graph drawing of medium and large graphs, the tools available for drawing small graphs exquisitely (that is, with the aesthetics commonly found in...
An Interactive System for Drawing Graphs (1997)
Ryall, Kathy, Marks, Joe, Shieber, Stuart
In spite of great advances in the automatic graph drawing of medium and large graphs, the tools available for drawing small graphs exquisitely (that is, with the aesthetics commonly found in...
An Interactive Constraint-Based System for Drawing Graphs (1997)
Kathy Ryall, Joe Marks, Stuart Sheiber
The glide system is an interactive constraint-based editor for drawing small- and medium-sized graphs (50 nodes or fewer) that organizes the interaction in a more collaborative manner than in...
An Interactive System for Drawing Graphs (1996)
Kathy Ryall, Joe Marks, Stuart Shieber
. In spite of great advances in the automatic drawing of medium and large graphs, the tools available for drawing small graphs exquisitely (that is, with the aesthetics commonly found in professional...
An Interactive System for Drawing Graphs (1996)
Kathy Ryall, Joe Marks, K. Ryall, J. Marks, Stuart Shieber
In spite of great advances in the automatic drawing of medium and large graphs, the tools available for drawing small graphs exquisitely (that is, with the aesthetics commonly found in professional...
Kathy Ryall, Joe Marks, Stuart Shieber, K. Ryall, J. Marks, S. Shieber
In spite of great advances in the automatic drawing of medium and large graphs, the tools available for drawing small graphs exquisitely (that is, with the aesthetics commonly found in professional...
Semi-Automatic Delineation of Regions in Floor Plans (1995)
Kathy Ryall, Joe Marks, Murray Mazer, Stuart Shieber
The ability to recognize regions in a bitmap image has applications in various areas, from document recognition of scanned building floor plans to processing of scanned forms. We consider a technique...
Annotating Floor Plans Using Deformable Polygons (1993)
Kathy Ryall, Joe Marks, Murray Mazer, Stuart Shieber
The ability to recognize regions in a bitmap image has applications in various areas, from document recognition of scanned building floor plans to processing of scanned forms. We consider the use of...
Graph Multidrawing: Finding Nice Drawings Without Defining Nice
Therese Biedl, Joe Marks, Kathy Ryall, Sue Whitesides
. This paper proposes a multidrawing approach to graph drawing. Current graph-drawing systems typically produce only one drawing of a graph. By contrast, the multidrawing approach calls for...