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ECE Skinput Technology

Skinput is a technology developed by Microsoft researchers that allows human skin to serve as an input surface. It uses sensors in an armband to detect vibrations and acoustic signals caused by taps and gestures on the skin. A pico projector then projects a keyboard or other interface onto the user's arm. The armband analyzes the acoustic signature of taps to determine the input. Potential applications include controlling music players, making phone calls, gaming, and helping disabled individuals interact with devices. While promising, challenges remain in miniaturizing the technology and reducing costs.

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ECE Skinput Technology

Skinput is a technology developed by Microsoft researchers that allows human skin to serve as an input surface. It uses sensors in an armband to detect vibrations and acoustic signals caused by taps and gestures on the skin. A pico projector then projects a keyboard or other interface onto the user's arm. The armband analyzes the acoustic signature of taps to determine the input. Potential applications include controlling music players, making phone calls, gaming, and helping disabled individuals interact with devices. While promising, challenges remain in miniaturizing the technology and reducing costs.

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Seminar
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Skinput Technology

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CONTENT
Introduction
Principle
How it works
Implementation
Application
Advantage
Disadvantage
Skinput in future
Conclusion
INTRODUCTION
 Skinput is a technology which uses the surface of the skin as an
input device.

 To capture this acoustic information , they developed a wearable


armband that is non-invasive and easily removable.

 It was developed by Chris Harrison, Densely Tan, and Dan Morris


of the Microsoft Research's Computational User Experiences
Group(MRCUEG)

.
 Skinput allows the user to simply tap their skin in order to
control audio devices, play games, make phone call.

 It uses the sensors to determine where the user taps on their skin.

 Its first public appearance was at Microsoft's Tech Fest 2010


PRINCIPLE OF SKINPUT
 It listens to vibrations in your body.
 Skinput also responds to the various hand gestures.
 The arm is an instrument.

Arm band detects the acoustic signals and convert


them to electronic signals which easily enable the users to
perform simple tasks as browsing through a mobile phone
menu, making calls, controlling portable music players,
etc..
 Skinput, the system is a combination of two technologies:
 the ability to detect the ultra low frequency sound
the ‘Pico’ projectors
.
Pico projector applies the use of projector in a hand
held device.
 An acoustic detector detects the ultra low frequency.
HOW MAKE IT WORKS
PICO- PROJECTOR

A very small projector, basically used in gadgets


The system comprises three main parts:

 The Laser light source


 The Combiner optics
 The Scanning mirror
BIO- ACOUSTICS

 Study of sound waves inside living body.


 When a finger taps the skin, several distinct forms of acoustic
energy are produced.
 Longitudinal Waves
 Transverse Waves

These waves form the integral part of the whole concept of


skinput.
BIO- ACOUSTICS: SENSING

 These signals need to be sensed and worked upon.


 This is done by wearing the wave sensor arm band.
HOW IT WORKS

 In Skinput, a keyboard, menu, or other graphics are


beamed onto a user's palm and forearm from a pico
projector embedded in an armband.
 An acoustic detector in the armband then determines
which part of the display is activated by the user's
touch.
 Their software matches sound frequencies to specific
skin locations, allowing the system to determine which
“skin button” the user pressed.
PROCESSING: Model
IMPLEMENTATION
IMPLEMENTATION ON PARALYZED PERSON
OR PHYSICALLY DISABLE PERSON.

 If a person is paralyzed or physically disable we


can implement this technology. The feature of
skinput technology provides a projected
graphical interface on the skin, so the person
who is paralyzed or physically disable they can
use it easily like making a call, playing game,
control music player application etc.
IMPLEMENTATION IN EDUCATION
SYSTEM
Through the help of Skinput technology we can implement in
education system like we can use calculator or browsing
through a mobile phone etc...
USING FINGERS AS CONTROL PAD OF
GAME

 Through Skinput we can play games with just the movement


of our hands. This will introduce a totally new era of gaming.
Making a Phone Call Using Skinput
 We can turn our arm into a cellphone It will be possible
to make calls by just typing numbers that flash on your
 forearm[6]. All other functions can also be performed
using Skinput. We can also increase or decrease the
volume or
 change the track of our music players like the i-pod
without actually touching the gadget.
Controlling Music Player
Applications Using Skinput
APPLICATIONS

 Mobile
 Gaming
 I-pods
ADVANTAGES
 No need to interact with the gadget directly.
 Don’t have to worry about keypad.
 People with larger fingers get trouble in navigating tiny buttons
and keypads on mobile phones. With skinput this problem
disappears.
DISADVANTAGES
 Though the band seems easy enough to slip on, many people
would not wear a very big band around their arm for the day.
 Not enough research has been conducted on this product to test
the possible skin diseases or types of cancer, one can get from
using this product.
 This technology might start up at very high cost which will not be
affordable for the common man.
 The most profound achievement of Skinput is proving that
the human body can be used as a sensor.
 A person might walk toward their home, tap their palm to
unlock the door and then tap some virtual buttons on their
arms to turn on the TV and start flipping through channels.
 Extensive Research is going on Currently on Skinput to
 make the armband more smaller.
 Incorporate More Devices withThis System.
 Extend accuracy level.
CONCLUSION

 Skinput allows the human body as an input surface.


 It describes a novel, wearable bio-acoustic sensing array that we
built into an armband in order to detect and localize finger taps on
the forearm and hand.
 This system performs well even when the body is in motion.
References
 www.google.com
 www.wikipedia.com
 www.studymafia.org
 www.pptplanet.com
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