FLUX: A Tilting Multi-Touch and Pen Based Surface - Media ...
FLUX: A Tilting Multi-Touch and Pen Based Surface - Media ...
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<strong>FLUX</strong>: A <strong>Tilting</strong> <strong>Multi</strong>-<strong>Touch</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Pen</strong><br />
<strong>Based</strong> <strong>Surface</strong><br />
Jakob Leitner, James Powell, Peter Br<strong>and</strong>l, Thomas Seifried,<br />
Michael Haller<br />
<strong>Media</strong> Interaction Lab<br />
Upper Austria University of Applied Sciences<br />
Hagenberg - Austria
• Diamond<strong>Touch</strong><br />
• multi-user/touch<br />
• 32" / 42" size<br />
(diagonal)<br />
• Microsoft <strong>Surface</strong><br />
• multi touch<br />
• 32" size (diagonal)<br />
• SMART Table<br />
• multi touch<br />
• 27" size (diagonal)<br />
Commercially available products:
Anoto <strong>Pen</strong> Technology:
Anoto <strong>Pen</strong> Technology:
a. Digital <strong>Pen</strong><br />
b. Plexiglas<br />
c. Table<br />
d. ANOTO pattern<br />
e. <strong>Touch</strong>ing surface<br />
f. IR-based tracking
+High resolution pen tracking (600dpi)<br />
+High speed pen tracking (75Hz)<br />
+Large sizes possible (>4 000 000 km²)<br />
+Arbitrary shapes possible (circle, freeform)<br />
+<strong>Multi</strong>ple pens (7 per Bluetooth reciever)<br />
-Shadows<br />
-Unflexible setup<br />
-Direct touch support<br />
Pros <strong>and</strong> Cons:
Anoto pens &<br />
recharging<br />
stations<br />
3mm scratch-resistant acrylic cover<br />
HP Colorlucent Backlit UV foil<br />
with printed Anoto pattern<br />
5mm transparent glass plate
+High resolution pen tracking (600dpi)<br />
+High speed pen tracking (75Hz)<br />
+Large sizes possible (>4 000 000 km²)<br />
+Arbitrary shapes possible (circle, freeform)<br />
+<strong>Multi</strong>ple pens (7 per Bluetooth reciever)<br />
+No shadows<br />
+Flexible setup<br />
-Direct touch support<br />
Pros <strong>and</strong> Cons:
• FTIR (Frustrated Total Internal<br />
Reflection), Jeff Han, 2005<br />
• cf. fingerprint reader<br />
• only allows touches with fingers<br />
• requires a compliant surface, so<br />
that touches also get<br />
recognized during dragging<br />
operations<br />
Direct touch support:
Anoto + FTIR<br />
Anoto tracking (1 st layer):<br />
• Relevant for the Anoto<br />
tracking<br />
• Projection screen (diffuser)<br />
• Scratch resistant film can be<br />
applied on top to increase<br />
durability of the surface.<br />
FTIR tracking (1 st – 3 rd layer):<br />
• (a) Polycarbonate plate is<br />
covered with<br />
• (b) a compliant surface layer<br />
• (c) <strong>and</strong> a diffuse layer on<br />
top.
LED: SFH485P<br />
top: HP backlit UV<br />
Compliant surface:<br />
0,18 mm transparent latex sheet<br />
Bottom:<br />
6 mm polycarbonate sheet<br />
Final Setup:
Pros:<br />
+High resolution pen tracking (600dpi)<br />
+High speed pen tracking (75Hz)<br />
+Large sizes possible (>4 000 000 km²)<br />
+Arbitrary shapes possible (circle, freeform)<br />
+<strong>Multi</strong>ple pens (7 per Bluetooth reciever)<br />
+No Shadows<br />
+Flexible Setup<br />
+Direct touch support
<strong>FLUX</strong>
Flexible Setup which automatically adapts to intended use
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