Building a multi-touch display based on computer vision techniques
HOME RESEARCH/DEMOS PROJECTS ACTIVITIES PUBLICATIONS CITATIONS COURSES STUDENTS LINKS RESTRICTED	Brief description We present the development of a multi-touch display based on computer vision techniques. The developed system is built upon low cost, off-the-shelf hardware components and a careful selection of computer vision techniques. The resulting system is capable of detecting and tracking several objects that may move freely on the surface of a wide projection screen. It also provides additional information regarding the detected and tracked objects, such as their orientation, their full contour, etc. All of the above are achieved robustly, in real time and regardless of the visual appearance of what may be independently projected on the projection screen. We also present indicative results from the exploitation of the developed system in three application scenarios and discuss directions for further research. Sample results Interactive exhibition: "Macedonia: from fragments to pixels": Visit the web site of the exhibition “Macedonia: from fragments to pixels” featuring several interactive exhibits (including the multitouch display) developed in the context of the Ambient Intelligence Programme of FORTH-ICS. Contributors Dimitris Grammenos, Damien Michel, T. Sarmis, Xenophon Zabulis, Antonis A. Argyros, Constantine Stephanidis. This work has been supported by the FORTH-ICS internal RTD Programme “Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments”. Relevant publications · D. Grammenos, X. Zabulis, D. Michel, T. Sarmis, G. Georgalis, K. Tzevanidis., A.A. Argyros, C. Stephanidis, “Design and Development of Four Prototype Interactive Edutainment Exhibits for Museums” to appear in the Proceedings of HCI International, Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek, Orlando, Florida, USA, 9-14 July 2011. · D. Michel, A.A. Argyros, D. Grammenos, X. Zabulis, T. Sarmis, “Building a multi-touch display based on computer vision techniques”, in proceedings of the IAPR Conference on Machine Vision and Applications (MVA’09), pp. 74-77, Hiyoshi Campus, Keio University, Japan, May 20-22, 2009. The electronic versions of the above publications can be downloaded from my publications page.
Last update:	14 July 2011, Antonis Argyros, argyros@ics.forth.gr