TABLE OF CONTENTS

Declaration by the candidate ii

Certificate iii

Acknowledgement iv

Abstract v

List of figures ix

List of tables x

List of abbreviation xi

Chapter1--Project Background 1
1.1 Introduction 1
1.2 Review of the physical mouse 2
1.2.1 Mechanical mouse 5
1.2.2 Optical and laser mouse 5
1.3 Problem Statement 7
1.4 Motivation of Virtual Mouse 8
1.4.1 Convenient 8
1.4.2 Cost Effective 8
1.5 Project Scope 9
1.6 Project Objective 10
1.7 Impact, Significance and Contribution 11

CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW 12

2.1 Visual Panel 15
2.2 Visual Mouse Using a Webcam 16
2.3 Portable Vision Based Human Computer Interaction (HCI) 18
2.4 Conclusion 20

CHAPTER 3 SYSTEM DESIGN 22

3.1 System Design 22
3.1.1 Calibration Phase 24
3.1.2 Recognition Phase 25
3.2 Application Layout 28
 3.3 Implementation Issues and Challenges 32

CHAPTER 4 METHOD AND TECHNOLOGIES INVOLVED 34

4.1 Methodology 34
4.2 Hardware and Software Requirement 39
4.2.1 Hardware Requirement 39
4.2.2 Software Requirement 40
4.3 Verification Plan 45

CHAPTER 5 IMPLEMENTATION AND TESTING 49

5.1 Overview 49
5.2 Performance in Various Environments 52

CHAPTER 6 CONCLUSION 54
6.1 Overview 54
6.2 Limitation 56
6.3 Future Works 58

REFERENCES 60