RF-IDraw: Virtual touch screen in the air using RF signals

Deepak Vasisht, Jue Wang, Dina Katabi

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Abstract

In this extended abstract, we discuss high-level design principles and future applications that can be enabled by RF-IDraw, an RF-based trajectory tracing system originally proposed in [16]. RF-IDraw achieves trajectory tracing accuracy of a few centimeters and hence, enables novel applications in gaming, gesture based interfaces, indoor navigation and the like, using RF-signals which could not be possible with existing RF positioning systems. The accurate trajectory tracing is the result of an interesting antenna array design principle, wherein we exploit the tradeoff between ambiguity and resolution in the antenna array formulation to improve the resolution of the RF-positioning systems. The current implementation of RF-IDraw runs using commercial, off-the-shelf RFID readers and enables a realtime virtual touch screen which can be used for applications like in-the-air gesture recognition and word recognition. This application can be used in variety of ways to interact with any computing device, including, but not limited to, sensors, smartphones, laptops and projector-screens.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationS3 2014 - Proceedings of the 6th ACM MobiCom Workshop on Wireless of the Students, by the Students, for the Students
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
Pages1-3
Number of pages3
ISBN (Electronic)9781450330732
DOIs
StatePublished - 2014
Externally publishedYes
Event6th ACM MobiCom Workshop on Wireless of the Students, by the Students, for the Students, S3 2014 - Maui, United States
Duration: Sep 7 2014Sep 7 2014

Publication series

NameS3 2014 - Proceedings of the 6th ACM MobiCom Workshop on Wireless of the Students, by the Students, for the Students

Other

Other6th ACM MobiCom Workshop on Wireless of the Students, by the Students, for the Students, S3 2014
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityMaui
Period9/7/149/7/14

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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