A hands free interface that can access both real world and PC world

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26350666
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Rehabilitation science/Welfare engineering
• Research Institution: Hiroshima City University
• Principal Investigator: iwaki satoshi 広島市立大学, 情報科学研究科, 教授 (00453209)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 谷口 和弘 広島市立大学, 情報科学研究科, 講師 (30448047) ; 池田 徹志 広島市立大学, 情報科学研究科, 講師 (50397618)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: インタフェース / 実世界 / レーザポインタ / レーザ距離センサ / 支援ロボット

Outline of Final Research Achievements

With an application to a living support robot in mind, we developed an interface that allows access to both PC icons and real objects. We developed a system to point any real object by controlling the direction of a laser pointer mounted on a pan tilt actuator by user’s head movement. In addition, we developed a method of "clicking (3D position measurement)", "dragging and dropping" real objects using a TOF (Time Of Flight) type laser sensor. Finally, we developed a method to improve its visibility by superimposing and displaying artificial markers around the laser spot on the PC screen. As a result of performance evaluation experiments by multiple subjects for the above three methods, the effectiveness of the proposed method was confirmed.

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