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Proposer

John See

Title

HoloWand: A Gesture-based Air Pen for Multiple Device Control

Goal

An innovatively designed air pen that implements composite gesture control for multiple electronic devices

Description

This project aims to develop a "magic pen" or "air pen" that incorporates a gyroscope and accelerometer to recognise gestures and/or handwriting "in the air". The wand allows users to control wirelessly various simulated electronic devices through gestures. To scale up the recognition capability, this project will also explore composite gestures i.e. a combination of simple gestures, which allows specific devices with similar actions to be controlled more intuitively, without the need to register a large, diverse set of specific gestures. The project will be assessed on the effectiveness of the gesture recognition module (corresponding to the intended control or action) and the overall usability of the designed wand. *[This is a student proposed project, and it will be co-supervised with Dr Rosalind Deena Kumari]

Resources

Hardware (microcontroller, gyroscope, and accelerometer sensors, wirings), A 3D printer is not an immediate necessity to enclose the sensors but can be borrowed if needed.

Background

Reasonable level of understanding of hardware-software programming and embedded systems.

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Difficulty Level

High

Ethical Approval

Full

Number Of Students

1

Supervisor

John See

Keywords

hardware-software interface, embedded systems, gesture recognition, gesture control

Degrees

Bachelor of Science in Computing Science