Designing laser gesture interface for robot control

Kentaro Ishii; Shengdong Zhao; Masahiko Inami; Takeo Igarashi; Michita Imai

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-03658-3_52

Designing laser gesture interface for robot control

Kentaro Ishii, Shengdong Zhao, Masahiko Inami, Takeo Igarashi, Michita Imai

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Abstract

A laser pointer can be a powerful tool for robot control. However, in the past, their use in the field of robotics has been limited to simple target designation, without exploring their potential as versatile input devices. This paper proposes to create a laser pointer-based user interface for giving various instructions to a robot by applying stroke gesture recognition to the laser's trajectory. Through this interface, the user can draw stroke gestures using a laser pointer to specify target objects and commands for the robot to execute accordingly. This system, which includes lasso and dwelling gestures for object selection, stroke gestures for robot operation, and push-button commands for movement cancellation, has been refined from its prototype form through several user-study evaluations. Our results suggest that laser pointers can be effective not only for target designation but also for specifying command and target location for a robot to perform.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Human-Computer Interaction - INTERACT 2009 - 12th IFIP TC 13 International Conference, Proceedings
Pages	479-492
Number of pages	14
Edition	PART 2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-03658-3_52
Publication status	Published - 2009
Event	12th IFIP TC 13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, INTERACT 2009 - Uppsala, Sweden Duration: 2009 Aug 24 → 2009 Aug 28

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Number	PART 2
Volume	5727 LNCS
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Other

Other	12th IFIP TC 13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, INTERACT 2009
Country/Territory	Sweden
City	Uppsala
Period	09/8/24 → 09/8/28

Keywords

Human-robot interaction
Laser pointer
Stroke gesture
User interface

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Theoretical Computer Science
Computer Science(all)

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Ishii, K., Zhao, S., Inami, M., Igarashi, T., & Imai, M. (2009). Designing laser gesture interface for robot control. In Human-Computer Interaction - INTERACT 2009 - 12th IFIP TC 13 International Conference, Proceedings (PART 2 ed., pp. 479-492). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 5727 LNCS, No. PART 2). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-03658-3_52

Designing laser gesture interface for robot control. / Ishii, Kentaro; Zhao, Shengdong; Inami, Masahiko et al.
Human-Computer Interaction - INTERACT 2009 - 12th IFIP TC 13 International Conference, Proceedings. PART 2. ed. 2009. p. 479-492 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 5727 LNCS, No. PART 2).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Ishii, K, Zhao, S, Inami, M, Igarashi, T & Imai, M 2009, Designing laser gesture interface for robot control. in Human-Computer Interaction - INTERACT 2009 - 12th IFIP TC 13 International Conference, Proceedings. PART 2 edn, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), no. PART 2, vol. 5727 LNCS, pp. 479-492, 12th IFIP TC 13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, INTERACT 2009, Uppsala, Sweden, 09/8/24. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-03658-3_52

Ishii K, Zhao S, Inami M, Igarashi T, Imai M. Designing laser gesture interface for robot control. In Human-Computer Interaction - INTERACT 2009 - 12th IFIP TC 13 International Conference, Proceedings. PART 2 ed. 2009. p. 479-492. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); PART 2). doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-03658-3_52

Ishii, Kentaro ; Zhao, Shengdong ; Inami, Masahiko et al. / Designing laser gesture interface for robot control. Human-Computer Interaction - INTERACT 2009 - 12th IFIP TC 13 International Conference, Proceedings. PART 2. ed. 2009. pp. 479-492 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); PART 2).

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