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International Journal of Scientific Research in Computer Science Applications and Management Studies
An Insight to Touch-Less Touch-Screen
Deepak Chahal1, Vidit Narang2
Professor , Student Scholar (MCA 2 Year)2, Jagan Institute of Management Studies, Sector-5, Rohini ,New Delhi, India.
1 nd
deepak.chahal@jimsindia.org
Abstract: In today's era, there is very less number of people
who are not using touchscreen devices. Almost every person is
using touchscreen systems from mobile phones to laptops.
Furthermore, technology has been upgrading now with time.
Now, along with touchscreen systems; the touchless devices
have been invented. As the name suggests, in "touchless
touchscreen systems" no touch is required by the user, only the
hand or finger gestures are enough for the system to
understand. Hence, the difficulties faced by a user with a
scratched screen, hanged touch or display failure are negligible
with this touchless touchscreen mounted system, thus making it
more acceptable device for youth. In this research paper, you
will get to know about working, various advantages and
different application of touchless touchscreen devices.
Keywords: Screen, Device, Glass, Gesture, Interface, System.
I. INTRODUCTION
Touch-screen is a display screen which is associated with
an input device. The screens are sensitive to human touch or
pressure. But due to simultaneous touch at a particular place,
it might harm the touch sensor and this can cause damage.
In touch-screen display, the main problem occurs when it
gets cracked as due to the cracks the touch of the screen
cannot be operated by simple touching. Thus to make it
easier and simple a new technology introduced that is touch-
less touch-screen displays.
Touch-less screen accredits us to turn any satisfactory
surface into a multi-touch but without actually touching the
surface with the help of sensors. This technology uses finger
motion without any kind of touch. This technology uses
simple sweeping of hands or movement of hands in a certain
direction. The main purpose of this touch-less touch-screen
technology is to make life easy, simple and more convenient
[1].
The machines involved in touch-less touch-screen
technology requires the use of the sensor. But the sensor is
neither hand mounted nor present on the screen, can be
placed either near the screen or on the table. Sensors
recognize the position of an object from even 5 feet of
distance and this proves that without using any finger or
without any kind of touch we can operate the system easily.
This technology involves a compact hardware setup which
can be fitted into a device like a mobile phone or laptops.
The system doesn't involve any special kind sensors to wear
on hand or any other part of the body, the user is only
required to form gestures from a distance which is sensed by
the device and this is all due to the pixel sense.
"Pixel Sense" accredits the way by which the technology
actually performs the task. It includes IR rays. Actual work
starts when the light hits the glass, (which is used as a touch-
sensitive covering over IR-backlight), the light gets reflected
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and reaches to sensors which are mounted around the
system, they get converted into an electrical signal from
light energy and this signal is referred to as a "value”. These
values or electrical signals create a picture. Then the same
picture is analyzed using image processing techniques and
displayed on the screen to the client[2].
II. WORKING
The system is based on optical pattern recognition, uses
the lens to detect hand motion on a solid state optical matrix
sensor. Sensors are placed around the screen that is being
used, they detect the motion by interacting with the line-of-
sight of and thereafter interpreted into on-screen
movements. There is a stop unintentional gestures being
used as an input that is not completely clear, but it looks
promising nonetheless. The system is can easily detect
movements in 3-D without putting fingers on the screen.
Firstly, the image in motion comes (like hand/fingers) in
front of the sensor. Then the sensor identifies the image and
afterward, light enters into the sensor and hits the pixel
matrix, after hitting to pixel matrix, the photodiode converts
the incoming light changed into electric charge. The sensor
then generates electric signals and these electric signals are
processed to provide the output to the user. The Touch-less
interfaces do not require that we have to wear any special
sensors on our hand for navigation control. We have to point
fingers at the screen and manipulate an object in 3D. The
best part of the Touchless touch screen is that the
technology will be easily small enough to be implemented
into mobile and everywhere [3].
Fig : Working of touch-less touch-screen
Gesture-Based Graphical User Interface (GBUI): For the
translation of hand movements into computer commands the
leap motion controller is used. In the start, various tests were
conducted to initiate its working and to understand its basic
interaction. The leap motion controller is basically used to
test the identification of sign language. Different finger
spelling alphabets were chosen for the relative simplicity of
individual signs. This includes a diverse range of
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movements involving various alphabets. The main aim of
these tests was to examine the capabilities and accuracy of
the controller to identify hand movements. In gesture-based
graphical user interface the main idea is to sense the
movement of fingers. This device is equipped with multiple
sensors around the perimeter of the system and these sensors
have the powers to sense the finger movements in 3-
dimensional. The client uses their hand/fingers to make
different gestures which are understandable to the device. It
is like a touch phone but the main difference is that in case
of touch phone we have to touch the screen whereas in this
GBUI only the finger gestures are used and this feature
makes it fascinating for users. According to researchers, it is
concluded that mouse inputs and touch system will not be a
more acceptable technique for users in coming time; in
short, the future will be touch-less soon.
III. TOUCH LESS SDK
For the enhancement or development of applications with
more functionality, push notification, advertisement
software development kit is used. It is kind of a tool for
software development. SDK permits to create applications
for a particular software package, video game, computer
system, hardware platform, software framework. For .NET
application, Touch-less SDK proved to be an open source
SDK. Basically, it allows developers to make a multi-touch
based application which uses a webcam for input. It tracks
the colored markers and then publishes the information via
events to the users of software development and this entitles
"Touch without touching"[4].
Advantages
1. Provides the clear display of pictures.
2. No risk of cracks during hard touch, as it provides a
touchless device.
3. User-friendly, for example: in case of wet hands the
touch is quite difficult which creates a problem for the
client in case of touchpads but in this kind system only
gestures are required. Hence, makes it easy to use.
4. It catches the gestures even from a distance due to the
strong sensors placed around the device.
5. Due to mishaps, the cracks develop on screen and this
puts the system in no-working condition but in the case
of touchless devices this cannot be a huge problem for
the user.
Disadvantages:
1. Quite expensive.
2. As the gestures are required to control the device,
so well trained person is required to work.
3. Sensors catch the gestures from a limited distance
only.
Applications:
1. Touchless monitortouch-less monitors are basically
designed to overcome the problem of simultaneous
touch, as doctors who mostly wear gloves faces the
problem in display touch. Thus for them displays
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which includes capacitive sensors and having the
capability to understand the hand gestures from a
distance of 15 – 20 cm away from the screen. The
software identifies these gestures and further translates
them into commands. The display screens are based on
technology from Tactyl Services at the Ce-Bit show
and Touch-Ko which was recently demonstrated by
White Electronic Designs.
2. Touchless UI This system involves various gestures
which permit us to use applications and move them to
another system with easy and simple hand movements.
Thus after reading a file, we can easily push it to the
side of the screen.
IV. FUTURE SCOPE
This touch-screen touch-less device might be having
demerit along with merits, in regard to rotation of hands and
touching. These problems may arise due to the movement of
fingers, or hand location or location of fingertips where the
user feels that his/her fingers are still at that moment but
they are not so and the user is failing to observe that issue.
We can take an example to make it understandable, like the
user tries to make sign ‘A' by joining index finger of one
hand to the thumb of another hand and at that moment due
to imbalance at their contact point the gesture gets disturbed
and the device with UI fails to understand the language
whereas it will detect other digits easily due to stationary
gestures.
V. CONCLUSION
The device includes merits and demerit also but no one
can deny its benefits as the advantages are more, which
makes the invention quite successful. It fulfills the needs of
the user. Every second person is using a touchscreen device
in today's world and with growing demands, a new device
with much better functions is required to be invented. Thus,
the touchless touchscreen is the one which provides better
results to its client in comparison to other touchscreen
systems. It reduces the risk of scratches and cracked display.
It is convenient for the business purpose, conferences, for
studies and many more. The device mounted with sensors in
surroundings, which senses the gestures or hand/finger
moment and converts it to the system understandable
language.
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