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Dual mode IR position and state transfer for tangible tabletops

Published: 13 November 2011 Publication History

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This paper presents a method for tracking multiple active tangible devices on tabletops. Most tangible devices for tabletops use infrared to send information about their position, orientation, and state. The method we propose can be realized as a tabletop system using a low-cost camera to detect position and a low-cost infrared (IR) receiver to detect the state of each device. Since two different receivers (camera and IR-receiver) are used simultaneously we call the method dual mode. Using this method, it is possible to use devices with a large variation of states simultaneously on a tabletop, thus having more interactive devices on the surface.

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Hofer, R. (2011): Tracking technologies for interactive tabletop surfaces, PhD Thesis, ETH Zurich.
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ITS '11: Proceedings of the ACM International Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces
November 2011
295 pages
ISBN:9781450308717
DOI:10.1145/2076354
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Published: 13 November 2011

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  1. IR tracking
  2. active tangible devices
  3. dual mode
  4. multi TUI
  5. tabletop

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ITS'11
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ITS'11: Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces
November 13 - 16, 2011
Kobe, Japan

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