• Journal of Korea Society of Industrial Information Systems
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.21-30
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• 2011

In this paper, an effective method to detect the laser pointer on the screen using the neural network algorithm for implementing the human-computer interaction system. The proposed neural network algorithm is used to train the patches without a laser pointer from the input camera images, the trained neural network then generates output values for an input patch from a camera image. If a small variation is perceived in the input camera image, amplify the small variations and detect the laser pointer spot in the camera image. The proposed system consists of a laser pointer, low-price web-camera and image processing program and has a detection capability of laser spot even if the background of computer monitor has a similar color with the laser pointer spot. Therefore, the proposed technique will be contributed to improve the performance of human-computer interaction system.

• 한국HCI학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2008.02b
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• pp.257-261
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• 2008

In this paper, intuitive interactions compatible with various software and replaceable with the conventional mouse function are proposed for camera-tracked laser pointer system. For this purpose, this paper designs the motion based interaction using acceleration information from a new laser pointer with 3-axes accelerometer and shows its usability.

• Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.373-385
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• 2008

The evolution of input device for computer has pretty much slowed down after the introduction of mouse as feinting input device. Even though stylus and touch screen were invented later on which provide some alternatives, all these methods were designed to have close range interaction with computer. There are not many options available for user to interact with computer from afar, which is especially needed during presentation. Therefore, in this paper, we try to fill the gap by proposing a laser pointer interaction system to allow user to give pointing input command to the computer from some distance away using only laser pointer, which is cheap and readily available. With the combination of image processing based software, we could provide mouse-like pointing interaction with computer. The proposed system works well not only in currently plane screen, but also in flexible screen by incorporating the feature of non-linear coordinate mapping algorithm in our system so that our system can support non-linear environment, such as curved and flexible wall.

• 한국HCI학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2008.02a
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• pp.332-336
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• 2008

For reliable real-time interaction in a camera-tracked laser pointer system, a new idea is proposed and its feasibility is tested in this paper. In order to improve response time in the system and remove useless visual overload, the function of a laser pointer in the system is divided, the Region of Functional Interest is defined and subsequently its new interactions are introduced. Finally the experiments to measure reliability, accuracy, latency and usability are conducted and the results are presented.

• Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.42-49
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• 2015

In laser pointer interaction systems, laser spot detection is one of the most important technologies, and most of the challenges in this area are related to the varying backgrounds, and the real-time performance of the interaction system. In this paper, we present a robust dictionary construction and update algorithm based on a sparse model of background subtraction. In order to control dynamic backgrounds, first, we determine whether there is a change in the backgrounds; if this is true, the new background can be directly added to the dictionary configurations; otherwise, we run an online cumulative average on the backgrounds to update the dictionary. The proposed dictionary construction and update algorithm for laser spot detection, is robust to the varying backgrounds and noises, and can be implemented in real time. A large number of experimental results have confirmed the superior performance of the proposed method in terms of the detection error and real-time implementation.

• Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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• v.19 no.8
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• pp.1225-1235
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• 2016

This paper presents a method for computer-assisted slide presentation using vision-based gesture recognition. The proposed method consists of a sequence of steps, first detecting a hand in the scene of projector beam, then estimating the smooth trajectory of a hand or a pointing finger using Kalman Filter, and finally interfacing to an application system. Additional slide navigation control includes moving back and forth the pages of the presentation. The proposed method is to help speakers for an effective presentation with natural improved interaction with the computer. In particular, the proposed method of using finger pointing is believed to be more effective than using a laser pointer since the hand, the pointing or finger are more visible and thus can better grab the attention of the audience.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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• 2016.06a
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• pp.347-348
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• 2016

프로젝터와 레이저 포인터를 이용한 상호작용은 널리 알려져 있다. 상호작용을 통해 레이저가 쓰기 동작을 하는 것처럼 보이게 함으로써 프레젠테이션에 활용하거나 마우스 기능을 대신하여 사용자와 영상간의 상호작용을 수행하였다. 본 논문은 위의 연구를 확장하여 스크린 영상에서 레이저를 실시간 검출하여 떨림 정도를 측정하는 방안을 제안한다. 제안된 방법은 레이저 광점이 찍힌 스크린 영상을 카메라로 다시 입력 받는 과정에서 레이저를 정확하게 검출하고 이를 통해 기준점 대비 실험자의 손 떨림의 정도를 수치화 하여, 손 떨림을 검출하고자 할 때 사용되었던 기존 방법인 자세 떨림(postural tremor)이나 운동 떨림(kinetic tremor)과 같은 직관적 관찰에 비해 떨림의 정도를 효과적으로 나타낼 수 있다.