Xing-Dong Yang

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Understanding User Requirements for Creating Sensor-Powered Smart Car Cabins Through Retrofitting

In this paper, we explore a novel approach that leverages retrofitting to create sensor-powered smart car cabins. We propose that retrofitting offers a promising way to complement and extend the capabilities of built-in smart cabin sensors provided by car manufacturers. To understand how retrofitting solutions should…

UIST '25CorrespondingIoT Device Privacy +2

LiDArgus: Accommodating Diverse Privacy Preferences in LiDAR Sensing Through Configurable Sub-Zoning

LiDAR sensors are increasingly being adopted in smart home environments to enable user activity recognition for a wide range of applications, including resident safety monitoring, health tracking, and behavior modeling. While the advantages of LiDAR-based activity recognition are well recognized, supporting diverse pr…

CHI '253rd AuthorHaptic Wearables +1

IntelliLining: Activity Sensing through Textile Interlining Sensors Using TENGs

We introduce a novel component for smart garments: smart interlining, and validate its technical feasibility through a series of experiments. Our work involved the implementation of a prototype that employs a textile vibration sensor based on Triboelectric Nanogenerators (TENGs), commonly used for activity detection.…

CHI '254th AuthorElectronic Textiles (E-textiles) +1

BIT: Battery-free, IC-less and Wireless Smart Textile Interface and Sensing System

The development of smart textile interfaces is hindered by the inclusion of rigid hardware components and batteries within the fabric, which pose challenges in terms of manufacturability, usability, and environmental concerns related to electronic waste. To mitigate these issues, we propose a smart textile interface a…

UIST '245th+ AuthorMuseum & Cultural Heritage Digitization +1

Lumina: A Software Tool for Fostering Creativity in Designing Chinese Shadow Puppets

Shadow puppetry, a culturally rich storytelling art, faces challenges transitioning to the digital realm. Creators in the early design phase struggle with crafting intricate patterns, textures, and basic animations while adhering to stylistic conventions - hindering creativity, especially for novices. This paper prese…

CHI '245th+ AuthorContext-Aware Computing +1

Tagnoo: Enabling Smart Room-Scale Environments with RFID-Augmented Plywood

Tagnoo is a computational plywood augmented with RFID tags, aimed at empowering woodworkers to effortlessly create room-scale smart environments. Unlike existing solutions, Tagnoo does not necessitate technical expertise or disrupt established woodworking routines. This battery-free and cost-effective solution seamles…

CHI '245th+ Author3D Modeling & Animation +1

InkBrush: A Sketching Tool for 3D Ink Painting

InkBrush is a new sketch-based 3D drawing tool for creating 3D ink paintings using free-form 3D ink strokes. It offers a digital calligraphy brush and various editing tools to generate realistic ink-like brush strokes with attributes like hairy edges, ink drips, and scattered dots. Users can adjust parameters such as…

CHI '244th AuthorCircuit Making & Hardware Prototyping

WooDowel: Electrode Isolation for Electromagnetic Shielding in Triboelectric Plywood Sensors

We present a new approach to address the challenges associated with maintaining the functionality of triboelectric vibration sensors in smart plywood during woodworking operations involving nails and screws. The current state-of-the-art sensor design employs non-overlapping electrodes, which unfortunately leads to sig…

UBICOMP '23CorrespondingDeaf & Hard-of-Hearing Support (Captions, Sign Language, Vibration) +1

“It’s Not an Issue of Malice, but of Ignorance”: Towards Inclusive Video Conferencing for Presenters Who are d/Deaf or Hard of Hearing

"As video conferencing (VC) has become necessary for many professional, educational, and social tasks, people who are d/Deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) face distinct accessibility barriers. We conducted studies to understand the challenges faced by DHH people during VCs and found that they struggled to easily present o…

DIS '23CorrespondingFull-Body Interaction & Embodied Input +2

Multimodal Direct Manipulation in Video Conferencing: Challenges and Opportunities

Tools supporting immersive live video conferencing (VC) have gained popularity recently across diverse application domains. A core component of the experience is augmenting video communication with multimodal interactive media. While many direct-manipulation techniques for VC communication have been proposed in existi…

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