[Paper] A Proposal of Future Electronic Paper in the Office
Hirohito Shibata, Yasuji Fukase, Keisuke Hashimoto, Yasuhiro Kinoshita, Hideo Kobayashi, Satoshi Nebashi, Makoto Omodani, Tatsumi Takahashi · ITE Transactions on Media Technology and Applications · 2016
size electronic paper device that can cover most official documents came into market and it supported handwriting with a digital pen.It seems to be suited for Abstract This paper explores how electronic paper should be used in office work in the future.Nine participants used an A4-size electronic paper device in their actual work.The results revealed that the electronic paper device is easy to handle as a device and it was well suited to support reading and writing activities which includes frequent hand-using actions such as moving, holding, and pointing to the device.However, participants felt difficulty in page navigation and overviewing documents and these features are inevitable to support document-related work in the office.To resolve this, we suggest that electronic paper should focus on its strengths and make other devices compensate for its weaknesses.In this framework, multiple devices support a single activity together by making use of strengths of each device.We also discuss three application domains: active reading, collaborative work using documents, and note-taking in the field.