Infrared based Mouse control

This project moves and clicks a mouse cursor on a computer screen by tracking where the user’s eye-movements using infrared eye-tracking technology and a gyroscope. It can be useful for people with physical disabilities and provide them with a way to control the monitor. Instead of using a camera they are using a combination of LED’s and phototransistors which have reduced the cost of the project by a huge margin. The LED’s used are mounted on a custom made spectacles like think, which doesn’t restrain user from making any movement and hence giving this device an edge over other products presently available. All of these glasses-mounted components namely the LED system along with the gyroscope are connected to a microcontroller, which parses the LED and gyroscope data into USART packets and transmits it wirelessly. The packets are read by a wireless receiver on a separate ATMega1284P board, which moves the mouse cursor using a Java program based on the information received. The LED’s used are low power LED’s which also doesn’t damage the user eye. You can read more about… Continue reading