The DiamondTouch table is a multi-touch, interactive PC interface product from Circle Twelve Inc. It is a human interface device that has the capability of allowing multiple people to interact simultaneously while identifying which person is touching where. The technology was originally developed at Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories (MERL) in…
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DiamondTouch topic overview
The analysis highlights History, Research, Technology and Products as prominent areas in the source structure around DiamondTouch.
Related topics
52
Source areas
3
Connected nodes
55
Extracted relationships
106
Concept neighborhoods
23
Bridge connections
55
What this topic covers Research coverage
Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.
Overview · 24 topics
Notable Research · 18 topics
History · 10 topics
Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.
Key facts & relationships
High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.
Developers
Circle Twelve Inc, MERL
Operating system
Microsoft Windows
Explore all related topics Closing gaps
A structured outline of related entities, concepts and subtopics. Open any item to build a new map centered on it.
Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.
Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.
How DiamondTouch connects Entity context
Entity context groups extracted connections by relationship type. Counts show recurrence in the analyzed source; the examples are research signals, not claims about importance.
The extracted context around DiamondTouch shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, DiamondTouch → Annual International Meeting, Autism Research, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Calgary, Cambridge, Center, CHI, Collaborative Puzzle Game, CSCW, Department’s Real Time Crime, DiamondSpin, FBK, Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Haifa, IMFAR, Israeli, Issues, Lego, Linux, MERL Another extracted example is DiamondTouch → ACM Conference, ACM International Conference, ACM Symposium, Carnegie Mellon University, CHI, Chia Shen, Computer Supported Cooperative Work, Computing Systems, Darren Leigh, Georgia Institute, HCI, HCII, Horizontal Interactive Human-Computer Systems, Human Factors, Human-Computer Interaction, IEEE International Workshop, In, Interactive Tabletops, International Conference, MERL. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.
DiamondTouch
Top relations
related to Notable Research· 41
DiamondTouch → Annual International Meeting, Autism Research, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Calgary, Cambridge, Center, CHI, Collaborative Puzzle Game, CSCW, Department’s Real Time Crime, DiamondSpin, FBK, Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Haifa, IMFAR, Israeli, Issues, Lego, Linux, MERL
related to history· 33
DiamondTouch → ACM Conference, ACM International Conference, ACM Symposium, Carnegie Mellon University, CHI, Chia Shen, Computer Supported Cooperative Work, Computing Systems, Darren Leigh, Georgia Institute, HCI, HCII, Horizontal Interactive Human-Computer Systems, Human Factors, Human-Computer Interaction, IEEE International Workshop, In, Interactive Tabletops, International Conference, MERL
related to overview· 7
DiamondTouch → Apple, HP TouchSmart, Jeff Han, Microsoft Surface, The, The DiamondTouch, While
Relationships are represented as Subject → Predicate → Object triples. Confidence describes extraction strength, not the real-world importance of a relationship; lower-confidence rows may be contextual rather than explicit.
TTTA extracted 106 structured relationships around DiamondTouch. Examples in this analysis include DiamondTouch → Developers → Circle Twelve Inc, MERL and DiamondTouch → Operating system → Microsoft Windows. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.
Subject
Predicate
Object
Confidence
Src
DiamondTouch
Developers
Circle Twelve Inc, MERL
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infobox
DiamondTouch
Operating system
Microsoft Windows
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infobox
DiamondTouch
Website
http://www.circletwelve.com
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infobox
gaming
instance of
While product literature mentions consumer uses
0.80
text
customers of the DiamondTouch are using it for business
instance of
While product literature mentions consumer uses
0.80
text
office applications.The principal feature that distinguishes the DiamondTouch table from other multi-touch interfaces
instance of
While product literature mentions consumer uses
0.80
text
such as the Apple iPhone
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While product literature mentions consumer uses
0.80
text
HP TouchSmart
instance of
While product literature mentions consumer uses
0.80
text
Microsoft Surface or do-it-yourself systems inspired by the work of Jeff Han
instance of
While product literature mentions consumer uses
0.80
text
is that the DiamondTouch table can identify who is touching where
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While product literature mentions consumer uses
0.80
text
Linux that support multiple pointing devices.Multi-modal interfaces that combine speech recognition
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works with operating systems
0.80
text
direct touch interactions were explored by researchers at University of Calgary
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works with operating systems
0.80
text
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Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods
Concept neighborhoods group terms that sit near one another in the extracted graph. They are useful for discovering adjacent language and context, but proximity does not by itself imply a factual relationship.
The concept neighborhoods around DiamondTouch bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Table, Merl and System. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.
DiamondTouch
Table
Merl
System
Technology
Circle
Twelve
Work
Product
Inc
Touch
Applications
Interfaces
diamondtouch
Table
Merl
System
Technology
Circle
Twelve
Work
Product
Inc
Touch
Applications
Interfaces
human interface device
People
Researchers
System
User
Developed
Merl
University
Collaboration
Device
Interface
Computer
Design
acm symposium on user interface software and technology
People
Researchers
Design
Interface
Touch
User
Developed
Merl
University
Collaboration
Device
Presented
technology entertainment design (ted)
University
User
Multi-touch
Developed
Presented
Researchers
Twelve
Interface
Groupware
Explored
Including
Touch
multi-touch
Design
Table
Developed
Software
Interface
University
Interactive
Product
Allows
Inc
Including
Touch
human-computer interaction (hci)
Researchers
University
Merl
System
Tabletop
Research
Interface
Design
Explored
Touch
User
Multi-user
mitsubishi electric research laboratories
Presented
Tabletop
Work
Merl
Including
Technology
Interaction
Systems
Twelve
University
Groupware
Allows
Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges
Semantic bridges connect parts of the graph that would otherwise be more separate. A bridge is a structural signal in this analysis, not a claim that the two topic areas are equivalent.
For DiamondTouch, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects DiamondTouch with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.
Number of nodes, edges, triples, density and central hubs. Use it to gauge the size and connectivity of the map.
DiamondTouch
Nodes56
Edges55
Triples106
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.035714
Components1
Source & methodology
TTTA analyzes the structure around DiamondTouch to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Research, Technology & Products, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.
