Reference Information:
Title: Sensing Foot Gestures from the Pocket
Authors: Jeremy Scott, David Dearman, Koji Yatani, and Khai N. Truong.
Venue: UIST’10, October 3–6, 2010, New York City, NY, USA.
Summary: For their paper, the authors researched the applicability of sensing gestures from a cell phone when it is in your pocket, with no buttons or touch screens exposed. They tested with 4 main gestures, so see if the user could trigger specific actions using the phone's accelerometer. They found that the best place was to mount the phone was on the hip, using a belt clip. The front and back pockets did not have as high as accuracy when it came to interpreting which gesture was which.
Discussion: This was a very unusual paper. It's hard to imagine this sort of gesture system having much applicability. Apple's iPhone has a "Shake To Shuffle" mode turned on by default in their current phones, and it's one of the most irritating features I've ever come across. You'll just be walking along, and suddenly your phone will sense that you moved, and it will move onto the next song. I've always turned it off almost immediately.
I agree, this seems like terrible use of the accelerometer. The practicality of such a gesture just seems so low.
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