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Enabling Interactive Bathroom Entertainment Using Embedded Touch Sensors in the Bathtub

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We propose a new entertaining bathroom environment with applications controlled via capacitive touch sensors embedded in the bathtub. The bathtub touch sensor system, called TubTouch, provides a new touch user interface near to the edge of the bathtub for persons who are bathing. TubTouch can be used to control both existing bathroom equipment, such as water heaters, jacuzzis, TVs, audio, and lighting, and a variety of new applications. In this paper, we give an overview of the TubTouch system and discuss its entertainment applications used in daily life.

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  1. Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering, Kyoto Sangyo University, Japan

    Shigeyuki Hirai

  2. Department of Frontier Informatics, Graduate School, Kyoto Sangyo University, Japan

    Yoshinobu Sakakibara

  3. Department of Science, Graduate School, Kyoto Sangyo University, Japan

    Hironori Hayashi

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  1. Shigeyuki Hirai
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  1. Human Media Interaction/Creative Technology, University of Twente, Drienerlolaan 5, 7522 NB, Enschede, The Netherlands

    Dennis Reidsma

  2. School of Science and Technology, Department of Human System Interaction, Kwansei Gakuin University, Gakuen Sanda 2-1, 669-1337, Sanda, Japan

    Haruhiro Katayose

  3. Human Media Interaction, University of Twente, Drienerlolaan 5, 7522 NB, Enschede, The Netherlands

    Anton Nijholt

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Hirai, S., Sakakibara, Y., Hayashi, H. (2013). Enabling Interactive Bathroom Entertainment Using Embedded Touch Sensors in the Bathtub. In: Reidsma, D., Katayose, H., Nijholt, A. (eds) Advances in Computer Entertainment. ACE 2013. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 8253. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03161-3_49

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