Laser pointer as a mouse

Toshiharu Wada, Masanobu Takahashi, Keiichiro Kagawa, Jun Ohta

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Abstract

Our goal is to realize a system where a laser pointer can be used like a mouse. Such a system realizes more smooth operativity in presentations as well as some human-computer interaction applications such as games. We realized a function to automatically move the mouse cursor to the laser spot on a screen. Restriction on illumination environment was improved using a frequency-demodulation CMOS image sensor. Methods to realize a spot detection and information transmission such as a mouse click without using a synchronous signal were proposed and verified by the experiments. Such asynchronous operations make a signal line to a laser pointer unnecessary.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSICE Annual Conference, SICE 2007
Pages369-372
Number of pages4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2007
EventSICE(Society of Instrument and Control Engineers)Annual Conference, SICE 2007 - Takamatsu, Japan
Duration: 2007 Sept 172007 Sept 20

Publication series

NameProceedings of the SICE Annual Conference

Conference

ConferenceSICE(Society of Instrument and Control Engineers)Annual Conference, SICE 2007
Country/TerritoryJapan
CityTakamatsu
Period07/9/1707/9/20

Keywords

  • Frequency-demodulation
  • Human interface
  • Laser pointer
  • Presentation

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Control and Systems Engineering
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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