Real Time Mono-vision Based Customizable Virtual Keyboard Using Finger Tip Speed Analysis

User interfaces are a growing field of research around the world specifically for PDA's, mobile phones, tablets and other such gadgets. One of the many challenges involved are their adaptability, size, cost and ease of use. This paper presents a novel mono-vision based touch and type method on customizable keyboard drawn, printed or projected on a surface. The idea is to let the user decide the size, orientation, language as well as the position of the keys, a fully user customized keyboard. Proposed system also takes care of keyboard on uneven surfaces. Accurate results are found by the implementation of the proposed real time mono-vision based customizable virtual keyboard system. This paper uses a phenomenal idea that the finger tip intended to type must be moving fastest relative to other fingers until it does a hit on a surface.

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