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Touch detection for planar interactive displays based on lateral depth views

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This work regards fingertip contact detection and localization upon planar surfaces, for the purpose of providing interactivity in augmented, interactive displays that are implemented upon these surfaces. The proposed approach differs from the widely employed approach where user hands are observed from above, in that user hands are imaged laterally. An algorithmic approach for the treatment of the corresponding visual input is proposed. The proposed approach is extensively evaluated and compared to the top view approach. Advantages of the proposed approach include increased sensitivity, localization accuracy, scalability, as well as, practicality and cost efficiency of installation.

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This work has been supported by the FORTH-ICS internal RTD Programme “Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments”.

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    Antonios Ntelidakis, Xenophon Zabulis, Dimitris Grammenos & Panagiotis Koutlemanis

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Ntelidakis, A., Zabulis, X., Grammenos, D. et al. Touch detection for planar interactive displays based on lateral depth views. Multimed Tools Appl 76, 12683–12707 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11042-016-3695-5

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