I'm interested in doing some gesture recognition using the accelerometer of the eZ430. Has anybody else been thinking along these lines? I'm envisioning using something like Palm's graffiti for easily recognized characters, but I'm at loss as to how to efficiently detect different gestures. -Eric
Palm's graffiti uses touch screen. Wii's game controller uses accelerometer. But either methods take a lot of code. You probably can transmit the accelerometer reading to a PC (Chronos can already to that) and do the gesture recognition in the PC. There is already a PC program that plots the received data, you need to modify that program to recognize gestures. On 1/16/10, Eric Allen <ericpallen@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm interested in doing some gesture recognition using the accelerometer of > the eZ430. Has anybody else been thinking along these lines? I'm envisioning > using something like Palm's graffiti for easily recognized characters, but > I'm at loss as to how to efficiently detect different gestures. > > -Eric >
Yeah, I know it's a challenge, but why else do it? I can't go with the PC, because the goal is to allow data entry directly into the watch itself while on the go. Just getting numbers working would be a success for the project. On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 11:41 PM, Lichen Wang <lichen.wang.actisys@gmail.com > wrote: > Palm's graffiti uses touch screen. Wii's game controller uses > accelerometer. But either methods take a lot of code. You probably can > transmit the accelerometer reading to a PC (Chronos can already to > that) and do the gesture recognition in the PC. There is already a PC > program that plots the received data, you need to modify that program > to recognize gestures. > > On 1/16/10, Eric Allen <ericpallen@gmail.com> wrote: > > I'm interested in doing some gesture recognition using the accelerometer > of > > the eZ430. Has anybody else been thinking along these lines? I'm > envisioning > > using something like Palm's graffiti for easily recognized characters, > but > > I'm at loss as to how to efficiently detect different gestures. > > > > -Eric > > >
"Yeah, I know it's a challenge, but why else do it?" That's the spirit! Use the Chronos as an input device for PC may be fun too. For example, wave you hand to make PowerPoint change to next or previous slide. If that is not challenging enough, try point your fingers to make the cursor to where you are pointing. On 1/17/10, Eric Allen <ericpallen@gmail.com> wrote: > Yeah, I know it's a challenge, but why else do it? I can't go with the PC, > because the goal is to allow data entry directly into the watch itself while > on the go. Just getting numbers working would be a success for the project. > > On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 11:41 PM, Lichen Wang <lichen.wang.actisys@gmail.com >> wrote: > >> Palm's graffiti uses touch screen. Wii's game controller uses >> accelerometer. But either methods take a lot of code. You probably can >> transmit the accelerometer reading to a PC (Chronos can already to >> that) and do the gesture recognition in the PC. There is already a PC >> program that plots the received data, you need to modify that program >> to recognize gestures. >> >> On 1/16/10, Eric Allen <ericpallen@gmail.com> wrote: >> > I'm interested in doing some gesture recognition using the accelerometer >> of >> > the eZ430. Has anybody else been thinking along these lines? I'm >> envisioning >> > using something like Palm's graffiti for easily recognized characters, >> but >> > I'm at loss as to how to efficiently detect different gestures. >> > >> > -Eric >> > >> >
> > Use the Chronos as an input device for PC may be fun too Totally! I thought the PPT control was a great demo, but why do I have to push physical buttons to control it? Is there code or drivers available for the SimpliciTI RF dongle for other platforms? On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 12:21 PM, Lichen Wang <lichen.wang.actisys@gmail.com > wrote: > "Yeah, I know it's a challenge, but why else do it?" That's the spirit! > > Use the Chronos as an input device for PC may be fun too. For example, > wave you hand to make PowerPoint change to next or previous slide. If > that is not challenging enough, try point your fingers to make the > cursor to where you are pointing. > > On 1/17/10, Eric Allen <ericpallen@gmail.com> wrote: > > Yeah, I know it's a challenge, but why else do it? I can't go with the > PC, > > because the goal is to allow data entry directly into the watch itself > while > > on the go. Just getting numbers working would be a success for the > project. > > > > On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 11:41 PM, Lichen Wang < > lichen.wang.actisys@gmail.com > >> wrote: > > > >> Palm's graffiti uses touch screen. Wii's game controller uses > >> accelerometer. But either methods take a lot of code. You probably can > >> transmit the accelerometer reading to a PC (Chronos can already to > >> that) and do the gesture recognition in the PC. There is already a PC > >> program that plots the received data, you need to modify that program > >> to recognize gestures. > >> > >> On 1/16/10, Eric Allen <ericpallen@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > I'm interested in doing some gesture recognition using the > accelerometer > >> of > >> > the eZ430. Has anybody else been thinking along these lines? I'm > >> envisioning > >> > using something like Palm's graffiti for easily recognized characters, > >> but > >> > I'm at loss as to how to efficiently detect different gestures. > >> > > >> > -Eric > >> > > >> > > >