A multitouch software architecture

Florian Echtler; Gudrun Klinker

doi:10.1145/1463160.1463220

A multitouch software architecture

Florian Echtler, Gudrun Klinker

Informatics 16 - Associate Professorship of Augmented Reality

Technical University of Munich

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Abstract

In recent years, a large amount of software for multitouch interfaces with various degrees of similarity has been written. In order to improve interoperability, we aim to identify the common traits of these systems and present a layered software architecture which abstracts these similarities by defining common interfaces between successive layers. This provides developers with a unified view of the various types of multitouch hardware. Moreover, the layered architecture allows easy integration of existing software, as several alternative implementations for each layer can co-exist. Finally, we present our implementation of this architecture, consisting of hardware abstraction, calibration, event interpretation and widget layers.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	NordiCHI 2008
Subtitle of host publication	Building Bridges - Proceedings of the 5th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction
Pages	463-466
Number of pages	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/1463160.1463220
State	Published - 2008
Event	NordiCHI 2008: Building Bridges - 5th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction - Lund, Sweden Duration: 20 Oct 2008 → 22 Oct 2008

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Name	ACM International Conference Proceeding Series
Volume	358

Conference

Conference	NordiCHI 2008: Building Bridges - 5th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction
Country/Territory	Sweden
City	Lund
Period	20/10/08 → 22/10/08

Keywords

Architecture
Framework
Multitouch
Widgets

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Echtler, F & Klinker, G 2008, A multitouch software architecture. in NordiCHI 2008: Building Bridges - Proceedings of the 5th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction. ACM International Conference Proceeding Series, vol. 358, pp. 463-466, NordiCHI 2008: Building Bridges - 5th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, Lund, Sweden, 20/10/08. https://doi.org/10.1145/1463160.1463220

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