Wearable Computing Device with Gestural Augmentation using LabVIEW

Abstract

Our motivation is from the analysis of Mr. Steve Mann on computational imaging and wearable computing, that brings out sixth sense technology. Wearable computing is the start of, developing, designing, or using very small wearables and sensor devices. This device lets us to move with the data by simple hand gestures. The recognition of gestures are the basic idea behind this device. The main aim of our project is to bring digital and natural worlds nearer, virtually together. Our project work uses a camera which captures the gestures, process it using RT processor (myRIO) by using LabVIEW software and makes the desired action to be done. The application of our device includesi. Gestural camera that permits us for taking images by framing the finger gestures.ii. The data can be copied from physical world, like a paragraph on a printed paper with hand gesture and paste them on a digital device, i.e., gesture based pick from a real paper and drop on a digital computer screen, rather than typing.iii. Replacement of Physical keyboard by printed paper.