MicroJarvis - Next Gen UI
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Developed by:
ATUL RAMACHANDRAN - atulanand94@gmail.com
SHRIKANTH SURESH HEGDE - sshegde99@gmail.com
Converting Fiction into Reality
Program
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MicroJarvis version 1.1.1 is the initial Public Release of the Product.
It is free for Personal Use.
MicroJarvis enables you to control your Computer
Via only a webcam and Hand Gestures.
MICROJARVIS
Designed by: SHRIKANTH SURESH
HEGDE and R ATUL
USER MANUAL
Basic
Notification Box: Top middle bar: Shows current status i.e.
whether hand is detected or not, a hand value and appropriate actions taking
place depending on the hand gesture.
Webcam output: Top right window. Shows webcam output and hand
detected by putting a white rectangle around it
Setting: settings
can be launched by right clicking MicroJarvis taskbar icon
Setting are:
Mouse sensitivity:
by changing mouse sensitivity speed of movement of mouse pointer can be
varied
Web scroll
sensitivity: by changing mouse sensitivity amount of scroll in web page can
be changed
Volume Control:
volume control for multimedia by hand gestures is enabled by clicking volume
control
Calibration:
àTo
run calibration go to Taskbar icon and right click and select calibrate
àYou
will have two windows one showing binary image (CalibarteData) feed and other showing six slide bars
àMake
all h_min, s_min, v_min slide bars zero (minimum) and h_max, s_max, v_max slide bars 255 (minimum). You will see a white
image.
àNow
start reducing h_max slide bar until you see only hand and face being white
(some noise is allowed)
àNow
start increasing s_min till background noise reduces to zero
àStart
increasing v_min until further noise is removed
àPress “c” to finish configuration
Mouse
Control
When predefined web, music, video players are not running
only then normal mouse movements are enabled.
Control:
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Mouse pointer is controlled by hand position and
as hand moves mouse pointer also moves accordingly.
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Four finger gesture is used to control mouse
Left Click
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two finger gesture is used to control mouse
Right Click
Mouse Right Click
Mouse Left Click
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If left
click and right click are not working then run Calibration once
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If hand
is not detected at all then please move to a place with more uniform background
Gallery Control
Default gallery application are
1. dllhost.exe (default windows 8 photo viewer)
2. PicasaPhotoViewer.exe (Picasa3 photo viewer)
You can add extra photo viewers by mentioning application
executable in gallery.txt in
MicroJarvis
Folder in program files (x86). You can also remove default
applications by deleting them in the same file
Control:
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By moving hand downwards next images are
displayed
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By moving hand upwards previous images are
displayed.
àIf hand is not detected
at all then please move to a place with more uniform background
Music Control
Default gallery application are
1. iTunes.exe (default windows 8 photo viewer)
2. winamp.exe (Picasa3 photo viewer)
You can add extra photo viewers by mentioning application
executable in mediaplayers.txt in
MicroJarvis Folder in program files (x86). You can also remove default
applications by deleting them in the same file
Control:
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By moving hand upwards volume is increased
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By moving hand downwards volume is reduced
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Play/Pause is controlled by four finger gesture
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Next songs are played by moving hand from left
to right
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Previous songs are played by moving hand from
right to left
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If play/pause
is not working then run Calibration once
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If hand
is not detected at all then please move to a place with more uniform background
Web Control
Default web application are
1. chrome.exe (Google chrome)
2. firefox.exe (Mozilla Firefox)
3.iexplore.exe (Internet Explorer)
You can add browsers by mentioning application executable in
webbrowsers.txt in MicroJarvis
Folder in program files (x86). You can also remove default
applications by deleting them in the same file
Control:
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Web page is scrolled down by moving hand
downwards
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Web page is scrolled up by moving hand upwards
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Three/ four finger gesture is used to control
Left Click
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If left
Click is not working then run Calibration once
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If hand
is not detected at all then please move to a place with more uniform background
We will put Video
tutorials soon on YouTube. Please stay tuned.
