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TouchLight: an imaging touch screen and display for gesture-based interaction

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ICMI '04: Proceedings of the 6th international conference on Multimodal interfaces

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https://doi.org/10.1145/1027933.1027946

Published: 13 October 2004 Publication History

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A novel touch screen technology is presented. TouchLight uses simple image processing techniques to combine the output of two video cameras placed behind a semi-transparent plane in front of the user. The resulting image shows objects that are on the plane. This technique is well suited for application with a commercially available projection screen material (DNP HoloScreen) which permits projection onto a transparent sheet of acrylic plastic in normal indoor lighting conditions. The resulting touch screen display system transforms an otherwise normal sheet of acrylic plastic into a high bandwidth input/output surface suitable for gesture-based interaction. Image processing techniques are detailed, and several novel capabilities of the system are outlined.

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Index Terms

TouchLight: an imaging touch screen and display for gesture-based interaction
1. Computing methodologies
  1. Artificial intelligence
    1. Computer vision
      1. Computer vision tasks
2. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. Interaction devices
      1. Touch screens

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ICMI '04: Proceedings of the 6th international conference on Multimodal interfaces

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368 pages

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DOI:10.1145/1027933

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Advanced Interfaces
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
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ITC-IRST
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University of California, Santa Barbara, CA

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