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Student Project | Science and Technology | India | Volume 7 Issue 5, May 2018
Wireless Gesture Controlled Pointing Device
Muhammad Asif [3] | Rahul Choudhary | Sujata Yadav [3] | Shanu Sharma | Ramona Devi [5] | Narinder Singh [2]
Abstract: The aim of this project was to create an intuitive glove-based pointing device for multiple applications and to be able to create not just a working project but a fully developed device in terms of intuitive functionality and practical, usable features. It involved working with accelerometers and translates the motion of the hand into various applications in a virtual interface. It is most intuitive for us to use things based on our hand motions, as they form a very basic form of communication, signaling and gesturing. In order to translate these motions into the virtual world we use the accelerometer sensors. The orientation of accelerometers with the ground tells us the orientation our hand is in, because of the components of gravity. Human Computer Interaction is a branch in which developer makes user friendly system. Now days, many persons suffer from repetitive strain injuries due to continuous use of mouse. To avoid such serious problem of injuries and pains, a wearable wireless device is proposed in this project. Due to simple gestures such as left click, right click, and drag operation rotation operation and pointing operation, the proposed device achieves user friendliness and effectively enhances user?s interaction with computer. We designed and built a wireless computer pointing device with accelerometer-based movement control. Our implementation allows the user to wear a set of hardware (glove) and control cursor on screen through different hand orientations and finger presses. Users can control their computers with their hands still in mid-air without the hassle of desks surfaces and wires. The proposed system makes the use of accelerometer to sense hand gestures, and according to hand gestures it will perform typical actions such as left click, right click, drag operation, rotation operation and pointing operation. The mouse will be a hand mounted device that maps the movement of the user?s hand onto the computer?s mouse pointer, having all the standard functionalities as that of a computer mouse. The system is connected to a computer using standard USB and supports Windows, mac and LINUX operating systems. Right movement, Left Movement, right and left clicks are the functionalities implemented.
Keywords: Human Computer Interaction, Gesture, Accelerometer, Teensy ++ 2.0, Wireless Mouse, RF module-Transmitter and receiver, Arduino UNO (ATMEGA328) microcontroller
Edition: Volume 7 Issue 5, May 2018,
Pages: 1829 - 1846