<p>The number of text messages sent from mobile phones, has increased dramatically over the last few years. Along with that, we are witnessing a lot of new mobile portal services currently being developed. Many of these services rely on an ability to input text efficiently. The traditional phone keypad is ambiguous because each key encodes more than one letter. At present, the most common way to deal with this problem is using a stored dictionary to guess the intended input. </p><p>This thesis presents a new text entry strategy called Qtap. Instead of using a stored dictionary to guess the intended word, this method uses probabilities of letter sequences. New features that come with Qtap are the usage of the viterbi algorithm to decode input sequences and a non-alphabetic keypad. How the strategy and the keypad used by Qtap were developed, is described throughout the thesis. </p><p>Qtap is also compared to a dictionary-based method, t9, on a non-user level. The results show Qtap is performing well in many senses. The conclusion from this is that a further development of Qtap is motivated. </p><p>A discussion of various modifications and additions to the design, that may yield a performance improvement, is also included.</p>

The number of text messages sent from mobile phones, has increased dramatically over the last few years. Along with that, we are witnessing a lot of new mobile portal services currently being developed. Many of these services rely on an ability to input text efficiently. The traditional phone keypad is ambiguous because each key encodes more than one letter. At present, the most common way to deal with this problem is using a stored dictionary to guess the intended input. This thesis presents a new text entry strategy called Qtap. Instead of using a stored dictionary to guess the intended word, this method uses probabilities of letter sequences. New features that come with Qtap are the usage of the viterbi algorithm to decode input sequences and a non-alphabetic keypad. How the strategy and the keypad used by Qtap were developed, is described throughout the thesis. Qtap is also compared to a dictionary-based method, t9, on a non-user level. The results show Qtap is performing well in many senses. The conclusion from this is that a further development of Qtap is motivated. A discussion of various modifications and additions to the design, that may yield a performance improvement, is also included.

Automatic parking systems are intended to save a lot ofspace and create a more favourable parking experience. In this thesis the main goal was to create a functional and user-friendly rotary parking system. The system consistsof a framework, DC-motor, driveline, ultrasonic distance sensor and platforms. Most of the construction consists of plastic, the remaining parts are made of metal. The system was evaluated using two experiments, one that measured the speed of the system and the other one measuring the level of accuracy. After the first experiment, it was concluded that the system works well for the corresponding speed. The second experiment showed that improvements of the accuracy can be made. / Automatiska parkeringssystem är avsedda att spara utrymme och skapa en bättre parkeringsupplevelse. I denna avhandling var huvudmålet att skapa ett funktionellt och användarvänligt roterande parkeringssystem. Systemet består av ett ramverk, likströmsmotor, drivlina, ultraljudssensor och plattformar. Majoriteten av konstruktionen består av plast, de återstående delarna är gjorda av metall. Systemet utvärderades med hjälp av två experiment, ett som mätte systemets hastighet och ett annat som mätte noggrannheten. Efter det första experimentet drogs slutsatsen att systemet fungerar bra för motsvarande hastighet. Det andra experimentet visade att förbättringar av noggrannheten kan göras.