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3D Ultrasound Fingertip Tracking

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Computer Aided Systems Theory – EUROCAST 2022 (EUROCAST 2022)

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This contribution describes a 3D fingertip tracking system based on a planar array of ultrasound (US) transducers. The echo paths between US transducer pairs are measured periodically in order to detect the distance to reflecting objects. Due to the signal bandwidth provided by the latest capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer technology it is possible to resolve the US echo paths with sufficient accuracy and speed.

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  1. Institute of Signal Processing, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Linz, Austria

    Eugen Pfann & Mario Huemer

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  1. University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain

    Roberto Moreno-Díaz

  2. Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Oberösterreich, Austria

    Franz Pichler

  3. Department of Computer Science and Institute of Cybernetics, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain

    Alexis Quesada-Arencibia

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Pfann, E., Huemer, M. (2022). 3D Ultrasound Fingertip Tracking. In: Moreno-Díaz, R., Pichler, F., Quesada-Arencibia, A. (eds) Computer Aided Systems Theory – EUROCAST 2022. EUROCAST 2022. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 13789. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-25312-6_32

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