Ubiquitous Pointing and Drawing

Authors

  • Kristian Jantz Institut für Informatik, Freie Universität Berlin
  • Gerald Friedland International Computer Science Institute, Berkeley (CA), USA
  • Raul Rojas Institut für Informatik, Freie Universität Berlin

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3991/ijet.v2i1.67

Abstract


This paper presents a system that enables a presenter to work directly on the projection without the typical interruption of the presentation flow being caused by a mouse or keyboard activity. The lecturer simply uses his fingers as a natural and intuitive pointing device. The system consists of an LED, a standard webcam, a video projector, and a small software system running on a notebook computer. The camera is positioned such that it views the projection area. After a few calibration clicks, the mouse emulation is functional at any place of the projection area.

Author Biographies

Kristian Jantz, Institut für Informatik, Freie Universität Berlin

Kristian Jantz is a researcher at the multimedia group of the computer science department of the Free University of Berlin. His work concentrates on novel techniques for substituting the traditional chalkboard.

Gerald Friedland, International Computer Science Institute, Berkeley (CA), USA

Since November 1st, Gerald Friedland is a research associate at the International Computer Science Institute Berkeley. Before that he was a full-time researcher at the multimedia group of the computer science department of the Free University of Berlin. His work concentrates on smart audio and video recording technologies for electronic learning. He received several national (German) and international research awards. Among them the European Academic Software Award in 2002, for the creation of the E-Chalk system. He is member of the editorial advisory board of ITSE (International Journal on Interactive Technology and Smart Education) and is chairing the IEEE International Workshop on Multimedia Technologies for E-Learning. He is also a member of the editorial team of IJET.

Raul Rojas, Institut für Informatik, Freie Universität Berlin

Raul Rojas is professor of artifical intelligence and head of the multimedia group of the computer science department of the Free University of Berlin. He has initiated the E-Chalk project in 2000 with the goal of providing an update of the traditional chalkboard.

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Published

2006-12-20

How to Cite

Jantz, K., Friedland, G., & Rojas, R. (2006). Ubiquitous Pointing and Drawing. International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET), 2(1). https://doi.org/10.3991/ijet.v2i1.67

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 1 (2007)

Section

Short Papers