François Bérard's Publications

Journal article

IJHCS24 Bérard, F. (2024) Congruent Indirect Touch vs. mouse pointing performance, in the International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, Elsevier, Vol. 187.
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EBR18 Cattan, É. Perrier, P. Bérard, F. Gerber, S. Rochet-Capellan, A. (2018) Adaptation to visual feedback delays on touchscreens with hand vision, in Experimental Brain Research, Springer, Vol. 236, Issue 12-2018, pp.3191-3201.
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LCN02 Coutaz, J. Lachenal, C. Bérard, F. Barralon, N. (2002) Quand les surfaces deviennent interactives, (in french), in Les cahiers du numérique, Lavoisier, Vol. 3, Numéro 4-2002, pp.101-126.
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PR00 Oliver, N. Pentland, A. Bérard, F. (2000) LAFTER: a real-time face and lips tracker with facial expression recognition, in the journal of Pattern Recognition, Vol. 33, Issue 8, August 2000.
Honorable Mention winner of the Twenty-Seventh Annual Pattern Recognition Society Award
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CACM00 Coutaz, J. Crowley, J. L. Bérard, F. (2000) Things that see: Machine Perception for Human Computer Interaction, in the Communications of the ACM, Vol. 43, No. 3, March 2000.
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International conferences

ACM/UIST25 Q. Zoppis, S. Pujades, L. Nigay, and F. Bérard. (2025) Efficient Finger Model and Accurate Tracking for Hover-and-Touch, Mid-air and Microgesture Interaction. In ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST)
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` ACM/UIST20 T. Louis, J. Troccaz, A. Rochet-Capellan, and F. Bérard. (2020) Gyrosuite: General-purpose interactions for handheld perspective corrected displays, In ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST)
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ACM/AVI20 Louis, T. Troccaz, J. Rochet-Capellan, A. Hoyek, N. and Bérard, F. (2020) When High Fidelity Matters: AR and VR Improve the Learning of a 3D Object, In ACM Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces (AVI), Ischia, Italy.
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ACM/ISS19 Louis, T. Troccaz, J. Rochet-Capellan, A. and Bérard, F. (2019) Is it Real? Measuring the Effect of Resolution, Latency, Frame rate and Jitter on the Presence of Virtual Entities, In ACM Conference on Interactive Surfaces and Spaces (ISS), Daejeon, Republic of Korea.
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IEEE/ISMAR18 Bérard, F. and Louis, T. (2018) A low-latency, high-precision handheld perspective corrected display, In IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality Adjunct (ISMAR-Adjunct), Munich, Germany.
ISMAR 2018 Best Demonstration Award
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ACM/ISS17 Louis, T. et Bérard, F. (2017) Superiority of a Handheld Perspective-Coupled Display in Isomorphic Docking Performances, in ACM conference on Interactive Surfaces and Spaces (ISS), Brighton, UK.
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ACM/CHI17 Bérard, F. et Louis, T. (2017) The Object Inside: Assessing 3D Examination with a Spherical Handheld Perspective-Corrected Display, in ACM conference on Computer-Human Interaction (CHI), Denver, USA.
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ACM/CHI17 Cattan, E. Rochet-Capellan, A. Perrier, P. et Bérard, F. (2017) Does Practice Make Perfect? Learning to Deal with Latency in Direct-Touch Interaction, in ACM conference on Computer-Human Interaction (CHI), Denver, USA.
Honorable Mention Award (top 4%)
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ACM/ISS16 Cattan, E. Rochet-Capellan, A. et Bérard, F. (2016) Effect of Touch Latency on Elementary vs. Bimanual Composite Tasks, in ACM International Conference on Interactive Surfaces and Spaces (ISS), Niagara Falls, Canada.
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ACM/ITS15 Cattan, E. Rochet-Capellan, A. Perrier, P. and Bérard, F. (2015) Reducing Latency with a Continuous Prediction: Effects on Users' Performance in Direct-Touch Target Acquisitions, in ACM conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces (ITS), Madeira, PT.
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ACM/ITS15 Cattan, E. Rochet-Capellan, A. and Bérard, F. (2015) A Predictive Approach for an End-to-End Touch-Latency Measurement, in ACM conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces (ITS), Madeira, PT.
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ACM/CHI15 Bérard, F. Rochet-Capellan, A. (2015) The Transfer of Learning as HCI Similarity: Towards an Objective Assessment of the Sensory-Motor Basis of Naturalness, in ACM conference on Computer-Human Interaction (CHI), Seoul, KR.
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ACM/AVI14 Rousset, E. Bérard, F. Ortega, M. (2014) Two-Finger 3D Rotations for Novice Users: Surjective and Integral Interactions, in ACM conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces (AVI), Como, IT.
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ACM/ITS13 Bérard, F. Blanch, R. (2013) Two Touch System Latency Estimators: High Accuracy and Low Overhead, in ACM conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces (ITS), St Andrews, UK.
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ACM/CHI13 Glesser, D. Bérard, F. Cooperstock, J. R. (2013) Overcoming Limitations of the Trackpad for 3D Docking Operations, in ACM CHI 2013 Extended Abstracts (CHI), Paris, France.
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ACM/ITS12 Bérard, F. Rochet-Capellan, A. (2012) Measuring the Linear and Rotational User Precision in Touch Pointing, in ACM conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces (ITS), Boston, USA.
Best Paper Nominee
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IFIP/INTERACT11 Bérard, F. Wang, G. Cooperstock, J. R. (2011) On the Limits of the Human Motor Control Precision: the Search for a Device's Human Resolution, in IFIP conference on Human-Computer Interaction (INTERACT), Lisbon, Portugal.
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ACM/GI11 Wang, G.McGuffin, M. Bérard, F. Cooperstock, J. R. (2011) Pop-up Depth Views for Improving 3D Target Acquisition, in the Proceedings of Graphics Interface (GI), St. John's, Canada.
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ACM/ITS09 Bérard, F. Laurillau, Y. (2009) Single User MultiTouch on the DiamondTouch: From 2 x 1D to 2D, in ACM conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces (TABLETOP), Banff, Canada.
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IFIP/INTERACT09 Bérard, F. Ip, J. Benovoy, M. El-Shimy, D. Blum, J. R. Cooperstock, J. R. (2009) Did "Minority Report" Get it Wrong? Superiority of the Mouse over 3D Input Devices in a 3D Placement Task, in IFIP conference on Human-Computer Interaction (INTERACT), Uppsala, Sweden.
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ICVS06 Borkowski, S. Letessier, J. Bérard, F. Crowley, J. L. (2006) User-Centric Design of a Vision System for Interactive Applications, in IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision Systems (ICVS 06)
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PERVASIVE'05 Cakmakci, O. Bérard, F. (2005) Back to Paper: A Technique for Browsing Multimedia Information by Pointing on Handwritten Notes, in the proceedings of the third international conference on Pervasive Computing (PERVASIVE'05), Munich, Germany.
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ACM/UIST'04 Letessier, J. Bérard, F. (2004) Visual Tracking of Bare Fingers for Interactive Surfaces, in ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST), Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA.
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IEEE/PROCAM'03 Bérard, F. (2003) The Magic Table: Computer-Vision Based Augmentation of a Whiteboard for Creative Meetings, in IEEE workshop on Projector-Camera Systems (PROCAM), Nice, France.
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ACM/PUI'01 Hardenberg, C. Bérard, F. (2001) Bare-Hand Human-Computer Interaction, in ACM workshop on Perceptive User Interfaces (PUI 2001), Orlando, Florida.
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IFIP/INTERACT'99 Bérard, F. (1999) The Perceptual Window: Head Motion as a new Input Stream, in IFIP conference on Human-Computer Interaction (INTERACT), Edinburgh, Scotland.
A web page contains movies of the system in use.
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IFIP/EHCI'98 Coutaz, J. Bérard, F. Carraux, E. Crowley, J. (1998) Early experience with the mediaspace CoMedi, in IFIP Working Conference on Engineering for Human-Computer Interaction, Heraklion, Crete.
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AAAI98 Black, M. Bérard, F. Jepson, A. Newman, W. Saund, E. Socher, G. and Taylor, M. (1998) The Digital Office: Overview, AAAI Spring Symposium on Intelligent Environments, Stanford, California.
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IFIP/INTERACT'97 Bérard, F. Coutaz, J. and Crowley, J.L. (1997) Robust Computer Vision for Computer Mediated Communication, in Procs. of the Sixth IFIP Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, Sydney, Australia.
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IFIP/INTERACT'97 Coutaz, J. Crowley, J.L. Bérard, F. and Salber, D. (1997) Eigen Space Coding as a Means to Support Privacy in Computer Mediated Communication, in Procs. of the Sixth IFIP Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, Sydney, Australia.
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IEEE/CVPR'97 Oliver, N. Pentland, A.P. and Bérard, F. (1997) LAFTER: Lips and Face Real Time Tracker, in IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Puerto Rico.
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IEEE/CVPR'97 Crowley, J.L. and Bérard, F. (1997) Multi-Modal Tracking of Faces for Video Communications, in IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Puerto Rico.
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IEEE/AFGR'96 Coutaz, J. Bérard, F. and Crowley, J.L. (1996) Coordination of perceptual processes for Computer Mediated Communication, in Procs. of Second International Conference on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition, Killington, Vermont.
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AFGR'95 Crowley, J.L. Bérard, F. and Coutaz, J. (1995) Finger Tracking as an Input Device for Augmented Reality, in Procs. of International Workshop on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition, Zurich, Switzerland.
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National conference

IHM'15 Rousset, E. Bérard, F., et Ortega, M. (2015) Study of the effect of the directness of the interaction on novice users when drawing straight lines., actes de la 27ème Conférence Francophone sur l'Interaction Homme-Machine (IHM'15), Toulouse, France.
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IHM'04 Demeure, A. Rouillard, S. Bérard, F. et Calvary, G. (2004) Requis et pistes pour les futures boîtes à outils d'interaction graphique., actes de la 16ème Conférence Francophone sur l'Interaction Homme-Machine (IHM'04), Namur, Belgique, pp. 211-214.
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ERGO-IHM'00 Bérard, F. Coutaz, J. and Crowely, J.L. (2000) Le tableau Magique : un outil pour l'activité de réflexion, actes de la conférence "Ergonomie et Informatique Avancée, Interaction Homme-Machine", Biarritz, France.
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IHM'99 Thevenin, D. Bérard, F. and Coutaz, J. (1999) Capture d'Inscriptions pour la Réalité Augmentée, actes de la 11ème conférence francophone sur l'Interaction Homme-Machine, Montpellier, France.
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IHM'96 Bérard, F. and Coutaz, J. (1996) Coopération de Techniques Sensorielles pour une Interaction Écologique, actes des 8ème journées sur l'Interaction Homme-Machine, Grenoble, France.
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IHM'94 Bérard, F. Coutaz, J. and Crowley, J.L. (1994) Suivi du doigt en Vision par Ordinateur : Application au Bureau Numérique, actes des 6ème journées de l'Ingénierie des Interfaces Homme-Machine, Lille, France.
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Thesis, Reports, Others...

TR06 Bérard, F. (2006) The GML canvas: Aiming at Ease of Use, Compactness and Flexibility in a Graphical Toolkit, CLIPS-IMAG Technical Report.
TR-IMAG-CLIPS-IIHM-200601
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ASTI01 Bérard, F. (2001) Augmentation d'un tableau blanc par des techniques de Vision par Ordinateur, Vidéo présentée à la journée AFIHM de la conférence ASTI'2001.
http://lis.univ-tlse1.fr/asti2001/detail.htm#Berard
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THESIS99 Bérard, F. (1999) Vision par ordinateur pour l'interaction homme-machine fortement couplée, Thèse de Doctorat de l'Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France
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TR99 Bérard, F. (1999) A study on Two-Dimensional Scrolling with Head Motion, (initial study, rate control interaction only) CLIPS-IMAG Technical Report.
TR-IMAG-CLIPS-IIHM-199901
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DEA94 Bérard, F. (1994) Vision par Ordinateur pour la Realité Augmentée : Application au Bureau Numérique, Rapport de DEA en Informatique (Master's thesis), Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France
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