Automatic hand or head gesture interface for individuals with motor impairments, senior citizens and young children
Mário Saleiro, João M. F. Rodrigues, J. M. H. du Buf · Portuguese National Funding Agency for Science, Research and Technology (RCAAP Project by FCT) · 2009
Senior citizens, very young children and users with different kinds of impairments are often prevented from enjoying the benefits of latest technologies for assistance, accessibility and usability, often due to unfriendly or expensive interfaces. We present a friendly and inexpensive system that allows one to interact with a computer, using only a few distinct but intuitive gestures which are translated into mouse actions. The gestures can be carried out by the head or by the hand, which are automatically selected, without any kind of prior calibration or special environment. For each kind of user a different frontend is presented, adapted to specific needs, nevertheless access to all the functionalities of the operating systems can be given if requested.