DocumentCode
2497504
Title
A gesture-based remote control for finger disabled people
Author
Murata, Yoshitoshi ; Sato, Nobuyoshi ; Takayama, Tsuyoshi ; Onodera, Shinetsu
Author_Institution
Fac. of Software & Inf. Sci., Iwate Prefectural Univ., Takizawa, Japan
fYear
2012
fDate
2-5 Oct. 2012
Firstpage
406
Lastpage
410
Abstract
A remote control is presented that enables finger disabled people to easily control various types of devices and appliances. It uses an Android smartphone, a Bluetooth/infrared conversion unit, and user gestures. Experimental evaluation demonstrated that it is easily usable by non-disabled people, except for the electronic program guide function.
Keywords
Bluetooth; gesture recognition; handicapped aids; interactive devices; smart phones; telecontrol; Android smartphone; Bluetooth-infrared conversion unit; finger disabled people; gesture based remote control; user gestures; Androids; Bluetooth; Home appliances; Humanoid robots; TV; Thumb; finger disabled; gesture; remote control; smartphone;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Consumer Electronics (GCCE), 2012 IEEE 1st Global Conference on
Conference_Location
Tokyo
Print_ISBN
978-1-4673-1500-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/GCCE.2012.6379641
Filename
6379641
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