A multi-touch surface using multiple cameras

Authors:
Itai Katz;Kevin Gabayan;Hamid Aghajan
Affiliations:
Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA;Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA;Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Venue:
ACIVS'07 Proceedings of the 9th international conference on Advanced concepts for intelligent vision systems
Year:
2007

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Abstract

In this paper we present a framework for a multi-touch surface using multiple cameras. With an overhead camera and a side-mounted camera we determine the fingertip positions. After determining the fundamental matrix that relates the two cameras, we calculate the three dimensional coordinates of the fingertips. The intersection of the epipolar lines from the overhead camera with the fingertips detected in the side camera image provides the fingertip height. Touches are detected when the measured fingertip height from the touch surface is zero. We interpret touch events as hand gestures which can be generalized into commands for manipulating applications. We offer an example application of a multi-touch finger painting program.