There will be four deliverables in this project. They are listed as follows:
• Hardware
A next generation MID built specifically for the innovative MMI. This hardware platform consists of components not present in the first generation MID, including touch sensors, higher resolution camera, a more powerful CPU for computation and analysis, etc.
• Software
Sensor algorithms, including those of motion sensor, visual sensor and touch sensor, developed on the second generation MID platform.
• User group & market studies
A user group study will be conducted on the younger generations of mobile device users to collect their feedbacks on MMI; another market study will be conducted to analyze products in the market related to our MMI, in terms of functions and user experience.
• Patent applications
Two MMI-related patents will be filed in this project to protect our intellectual properties.
这个项目的目标是探索移动设备的非传统人机界面（MMI）。移动设备的天然局限为：显示屏和字母数字软体键盘细小，以及缺乏硬体键盘。因此，传统移动设备的MMI在提供用户体验方面限制颇大。这个项目将侧重於外部显示屏和基於传感器的输入技术，推动新一代的移动人机界面。这些创新人机界面为的是提高下一代移动设备製造商竞争优势，使他们的产品吸引年轻或精通技术的用户群体。
