Image Input Device Controlled by Mini-Computer

FlowMouse: A Computer Vision-Based Pointing and Gesture Input Device

We introduce FlowMouse, a computer vision-based pointing device and gesture input system. FlowMouse uses optical flow techniques to model the motion of the hand and a capacitive touch sensor to enable and disable interaction. By using optical flow rather than a more traditional tracking based method, FlowMouse is exceptionally robust, simple in design, and offers opportunities for fluid gesture...

User Interface Input by Device Movement

This paper develops a user interface to input by moving a terminal device. First, a concept of the portable viewer with magnifying glass-like operation already proposed and remaining problems are described. Next, a new method to detect the device movement using optical flow is proposed. Then, a prototype with an embedded 32-bit MPU is built to verify the proposed method. As a result, basic func...

Personal Food Computer: A new device for controlled-environment agriculture

Due to their interdisciplinary nature, devices for controlled-environment agriculture have the possibility to turn into ideal tools not only to conduct research on plant phenology but also to create curricula in a wide range of disciplines. Controlled-environment devices are increasing their functionalities as well as improving their accessibility. Traditionally, building one of these devices f...

Device Queues Input

The mini-screen: an innovative device for computer assisted surgery systems.

In this paper we focus on the design of Computer Assisted Surgery (CAS) systems and more generally Augmented Reality (AR) systems that assist a user in performing a task on a physical object. Digital information or new actions are defined by the AR system to facilitate or to enrich the natural way the user would interact with the real environment. We focus on the outputs of such systems, so tha...