Prediction of impulsive input on gamepad using force-sensitive resistor

Abstract

In this paper, we propose a method to predict impulsive input on a gamepad. We use a force-sensitive resistor to observe pressure on the gamepad button, and prediction is achieved by simple filtering processes. To evaluate our method, we conducted a user study in which users were encouraged to make impulsive inputs. The results showed that the system predicted an ON event of the button 30.82 ms in advance on average and an OFF event 29.30 ms in advance. Prediction accuracy was 97.87% for predicting ON events and 81.74% for predicting OFF events.