Predictive Touch: A Novel HMI Technology for Intelligent Displays in Automotive

Predictive touch is an emerging HMI technology that can significantly improve the usability and performance of in-vehicle displays [1-4]. It relies on predicting, early in the pointing gesture, the interface item the driver or passenger intends to select on the display and simplifies the selection task. The user need not touch the display as the system can autonomously auto-select the predicted interface component. This video shows a prototype of a predictive touch system operating in real-time, in a laboratory and vehicle environment. It also depicts the prediction results as calculated by the system whilst pointing in a moving car.