LM3LABS is a start-up company that develops hardware and software for
motion-based control of computers.
[Mollman,Stev]
"Does touchless tech point the way ahead?"
''CNN'', 11 September 2008, accessed on 12 November 2013
History
LM3Labs was founded in 2004 to commercialize products that use technologies developed in part at the
French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS). These technologies use
finger tracking
In the field of gesture recognition and image processing, finger tracking is a high-resolution technique developed in 1969 that is employed to know the consecutive position of the fingers of the user and hence represent objects in 3D.
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gesture interaction, body interaction, and eye and face recognition to provide interaction with computer systems by gestures instead of through hardware such as keyboards and mice. The prototype installation was installed in the executive showroom at the headquarters of mobile phone operator
NTT DoCoMo.
[Chambre de Commerce at d'Industrie Francaise du Japan]
"LM3LABS inscrit l'interactivité dans notre quotidien"
, ''CCIFJ News'', 21 May 2012, accessed on 12 November 2013
Computer interactivity
The technologies developed by LM3LABS combine active and passive
gesture recognition
Gesture recognition is a topic in computer science and language technology with the goal of interpreting human gestures via mathematical algorithms. It is a subdiscipline of computer vision. Gestures can originate from any bodily motion or sta ...
with displays to present and control information.
One system, called Catchyoo, controls
digital signage
Digital signage is a segment of electronic signage. Digital displays use technologies such as LCD, LED, projection and e-paper to display digital images, video, web pages, weather data, restaurant menus, or text. They can be found in public ...
to track user interaction with advertisements.
[Sheng, Ellen "Billboards, Store Displays Get Digital", ''Wall Street Journal'', Eastern Edition, 26 October 2005] The company has also introduced AirStrike, which allows touchless gesture control of computers such moving a window or turning a page.
They have also demonstrated combining Airstrike with a holographic display to create an interactive hologram.
[Ricker, Thomas]
"Video: LM3Labs' AirStrike interactive holograms, because they can"
''Engadget'', 22 April 2008, accessed on 12 November 2013
External links
LM3LABS' blog in EnglishLM3LABS' Japanese blog
References
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Augmented reality
Software companies of Japan
Gesture recognition