Projector-camera system for realizing interaction using water as a medium

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26870812
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Entertainment and game informatics 1; Human interface and interaction
• Research Institution: Tokuyama College of Technology
• Principal Investigator: Koga Takanori 徳山工業高等専門学校, 情報電子工学科, 准教授 (70452828)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: プロジェクタ・カメラシステム / インタラクティブアート / 赤外線画像処理 / ジェスチャ認識 / ヒューマン・コンピュータインタラクション

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this project, a new projector-camera system which can be used for interactive arts was developed. Concretely, a table-top projector-camera system which realizes real-time detection of transparent water blobs by infrared image processing and adaptive interaction using the detected water blobs as a medium with the viewers through projection mapping. Compared with the interactive arts with conventional mediums, our system can entail extraordinary experiences to the viewers by using safe and close transparent water. Furthermore, the proposed method solved the various problems of the conventional methods using colored water or heat; and we clarified the concrete specifications required for the system and verified the effectiveness of the stable utilization method of transparent water as a medium through the construction of a prototype.

Free Research Field

知的画像処理