Principal Investigators: Radu-Daniel Vatavu (University of Suceava, Romania) and Jean Vanderdonckt (Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium)
Funded by UEFISCDI, Romania and Wallonie-Bruxelles International, Belgium
Funding scheme: PNIII P3 - European and International Cooperation
Running period: January 2021 - December 2022 (24 months)
Abstract
We plan to develop in this project new algorithmic approaches, software tools, and applications
for gesture interaction based on radar sensing technology.
To this end, we start by addressing the lack of structured knowledge in the community regarding
radar-based algorithms and input techniques for gesture interaction,
which we believe prevents thorough understanding of the practical opportunities of this technology.
We propose a new algorithmic technique for recognizing radar gestures as well as
applications of gesture-based interaction.
Objectives
The main objective of this project is to facilitate and support the scientific collaboration between
Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava and
Université catholique de Louvain to foster research activities on the topic of gesture-based interaction.
Our specific objectives are:
Perform a critical analysis of the input techniques and applications for radar-based interaction with computing systems
Propose a new algorithmic approach for effective recognition of radar-based gestures
Demonstrate radar-based input for practical interactive computer systems
The research activities are conducted in the Machine Intelligence and Information Visualization (MintViz) Research Laboratory of the
MANSiD Research Center (Romania) and the Louvain Interaction Laboratory (Belgium).
The following videos demonstrate combined touch input and mid-air gesture interactions. Mid-air gestures are sensed by the Walabot radar that is placed on the lower frame of the TV set
in the first video and under the table in the second video. Other locations for placing a radar sensor are possible as discussed in our paper
(Siean et al., 2022) on this topic.
The following testimonial video features some of our team members talking about their research topics of interest in relation to this project, but also the larger context of the ongoing scientific collaboration between Université catholique de Louvain and Ștefan cel Mare University of Suceava. Video recording and post production was done at LouRIM (Louvain Research Institute in Management and Organizations) by Laura Vecchiato of the UCL Coordination of Doctoral Activities & Communication Support.
Software
Our software application implementing combined touch and mid-air gesture interactions can be downloaded here: RAR
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Cristian Pamparău, PhD student
Alexandru-Ionut Șiean, PhD student
Adrian-Vasile Catană, PhD student
Laura-Bianca Bilius, PhD student
Irina Popovici, PhD student
Adrian Aiordăchioae, PhD student
Laetitia Lambillotte, PhD student
Nathan Magrofuoco, PhD student
Soreangsey Kiv, PhD student
Santiago Villarreal, PhD student
Mehdi Ousmer, PhD student
Quentin Sellier, PhD student
Arthur Sluÿters, PhD student
Sanae Abdelouassaa, Master's student