TouchAble: a camera-based multitouch system

  • Authors:
  • Lin-Shung Huang;Feng-Tso Sun;Pei Zhang

  • Affiliations:
  • Carnegie Mellon University;Carnegie Mellon University;Carnegie Mellon University

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 8th ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

Touchscreens enable users to interact directly and intuitively with computers by simply touching the display area without requiring any intermediate devices. There are various touchscreen technologies that generally utilize resistive or capacitive panels. Typical touchscreens are constrained by the fixed size and high cost panels. Many research efforts have been made towards achieving multitouch functionality using vision-based systems. However, existing approaches have limitations such as relying on pre-defined gestures [5], requiring users to wear a glove with a custom pattern [4], or using infrared light pens [2].