Click-based ultrasonic gesture recognition
Author(s)
Oluwatosin Olabinjo, Temitope(Temitope Tosin Oluwatosin Olabinjo)
Download1192966483-MIT.pdf (2.873Mb)
Other Contributors
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
Advisor
Dennis M. Freeman and Nathan Blagrove.
Terms of use
Metadata
Show full item recordAbstract
To maximize the potential of future human-computer interaction, advancements in the methods by which people interface with computers must be made. This study aims to establish the foundation for a new, contactless method of input powered by ultrasonic echolocation. The project consists of three main sub-studies; one short COMSOL study, and two rounds of data collection at different levels of detail. We built and analyzed COMSOL models in order to gain an initial sense of the feasibility of ultrasonic gesture recognition. The detailed data collection trials demonstrated a clear correlation between ultrasonic echoes and motion. During the rough data collection trials, we laid the groundwork for future endeavors which aim to use machine learning to build ultrasonic gesture recognition systems. Analysis of the data gained from the rough data collection trials made the preliminary conclusions of the detailed data collection trials more concrete..
Description
Thesis: M. Eng., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, May, 2020 Cataloged from the official PDF of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (page 63).
Date issued
2020Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer SciencePublisher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Keywords
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.