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1. 05 C r File name If the file you select was not saved by the current Camera Mouse 2015 version the program will not be able to open the file and you will receive a message to that effect The selected configuration file was not created by Camera Mouse 2015 v1 0 It can not be used OPEN DEFAULT Open Default allows you to open the current default file The current default settings become the new settings for Camera Mouse Camera Mouse 2015 User Manual November 22 2014 Page 36 of 52 O Camera Mouse 2015 Settings Camera Help Save As Alt 5 Save As Default Alt D Open Alt 0 Open Default Alt F Use Factory Settings Alt a USE FACTORY SETTINGS If you want to return to the original settings that came with the program from the Factory select Use Factory Settings in the File pull down menu This changes the Settings in the window They can then be saved on the disk as the default through the File menu EXIT Selecting Exit in the File menu causes the Settings Window to close Selecting Exit is the same as clicking on the OK button at the bottom of the Camera Mouse Settings window Camera menu Camera Mouse 2015 User Manual November 22 2014 Page 37 of 52 O Camera Mouse 2015 Settings File amera Settings Alt C Change Video Source Alt P Clicking in Camera Mouse is done by dwell time Tum Clicking on and then whenever you hold the mouse pointer over a small area of the screen a
2. Source menu item will be gray and not able to be selected If two or more cameras are connected to the computer then you can choose this menu item to change the cameras for Camera Mouse if you would like Camera Selector 2 Microsoft LifeCam Studio Logitech HD Pro Webcam C920 Please select a camera source to use This menu item also is useful if you have a television tuner or other non related video source connected to your computer Help menu Camera Mouse 2015 User Manual November 22 2014 Page 41 of 52 O Camera Mouse 2015 Settings File Camera T icking Contra nteractive Help User Manual Alt M Welcome Message area of the scree Sis iyii E Cickin EULA Alt E Normal Play Clicking Sounds 4 Clicking Recovery Time 1 Sec Enable Double Clicking 2 E Single click to open an item Windows setting INTERACTIVE HELP and USER MANUAL The Help menu can be used to call up the Interactive Help facility as well as this manual WELCOME MESSAGE The Welcome Message selection displays the message box that was displayed after the Camera Mouse program first was installed Camera Mouse 2015 User Manual November 22 2014 Page 42 of 52 O Welcome Welcome to Camera Mouse Please be sure that your computer and webcam are resting on a table or desktop Camera Mouse will not track well with the computer or tablet on your bed or in your lap orin your hands To turn on Clicking please go to Settings
3. To start Camera Mouse control Ctrl key F9 key Auto start If this option is selected the 5 4 3 2 1 button also appears on the smaller window Camera Mo lice le X If you click on the option Run 5 4 3 2 1 routine on loss of trackpoint Camera Mouse 2015 User Manual November 22 2014 Page 32 of 52 Place 5 4 3 2 1 button on video window then if the head moves off the screen and Camera Mouse loses tracking the 5 4 3 2 1 routine will be run automatically CENTER TRACKPOINT ON ALT KEY PRESS If you click on Center track point on Alt key press then whenever you press the Alt key on the keyboard Camera Mouse immediately will change the feature on the face that is tracked to whatever is at the exact center of the video screen at that moment This acts like 5 4 3 2 1 but without all the preliminaries O Camera Mouse 2015 Settings File Camera Help Start Up 5432 1 The 5 4 3 2 1 routine is a way to change the point on the face that is being tracked without clicking on the image E Run 5 4 3 2 1 routine on F5 key press E Place 54 3 2 1 button on video window E Run 5 4 3 2 1 routine on loss of trackpoint Allow the user to immediately change the point on the face that is being tracked to that at the very center of the screen by pressing the Alt key Center track point on Alt key press Camera Mouse 2015 User Manual November 22 2014 Page 33 of 52 MENUS Now let s take a look at the me
4. 22 2014 Page 17 of 52 If one or the other key does have meaning in the application program you are running you can click off its use for Camera Mouse Similarly if Camera Mouse has control there are three possible ways of switching back to mouse control The easiest way is to just physically move the mouse Or you can press the F9 key or the Ctrl key Which of the three ways is enabled is determined by which boxes are checked under End Camera Mouse control when and the red Stop STOR If you d like you can have Camera Mouse play a brief sound to alert you when control switches Just click a check in the box next to Play sound when control changes You can hear the sound that would be played by clicking on the blue sound icon Exclude tab The Exclude feature prevents the mouse pointer from moving to the edge of the screen O Camera Mouse 2015 Settings File Camera Help Prevent the mouse pointer trom moving to the edges of the screen under Camera Mouse control For example to keep the user from clicking on menus on the top of the screen Exclude Camera Mouse 2015 User Manual November 22 2014 Page 18 of 52 The Exclude feature is included at the request of caregivers who like to run Camera Mouse but don t want the people using the computer to be able to for example click on menus at the top of the screen or on other programs at the bottom of the screen or outside of the current window to the right or left Fo
5. PM AML Document John aliens 5 11 2012 3 01 PM AML Document w akin Daint QARIM AAD OBA VWRAL Dect cnt f Homegroup jE Computer File name Alicia Save as type Am files xml Hide Folders SAVE AS DEFAULT Save As Default allows you to save the current settings as the default settings These are the Camera Mouse Settings that the program uses automatically when it is started up OPEN Open allows you to Open a previously saved Camera Mouse Settings file Camera Mouse 2015 User Manual November 22 2014 Page 35 of 52 fo Open a i J 7 i ay di t Computer OS C Users Jim Camera Mouse Organize New folder Recent Places Name Date modified Type ere Alicia 11 22 2014 4 42 PM AML Document Libraries eee w Antonio Paint 5 6 2012 4 49 PM AML Docurnent E3 Documents F TAE E Antonio Spelling Midas Touch 11 10 2012 10 38 PM AML Document MUSIC ar clicking 5 6 2012 4 49 PM AML Document E Pictures E Videos Control Try 5 11 2012 1 03 PM AML Docurnent default_config_CM_2013 w24 11 18 2012 10 48 PM AML Document default_config_CM_2014 w22 11 30 2013 6 19 PM AML Document default_config_CM_2015 v1 0 11 11 2014 2 55 PM AML Document high gains with clicking 11 10 2012 10 38 PM AML Document John aliens 5 11 2012 3 01 PM AML Document John Paint 5 6 2012 4 49 PM AML Document 287 Paba Ce S77 AA AA SRAL Tien ne eat f Homegroup jE Computer
6. Time 1 Sec Enable Double Clicking 2M E Single click to open an item Windows setting As soon as Enable Double Clicking is checked a new button appears in the main Camera Mouse window Camera Mouse 2015 User Manual November 22 2014 Page 14 of 52 CO Camera Mouse 2015 Control Mouse To start Camera Mouse control Ctrl key F9 key Auto start If the user clicks on the new 2 click button then the very next click will be a double click So if the user wants to open Paint by double clicking on the Paint icon the user would first click on the 2 click button At this point the colors of the 2 click button would be inverted to indicate it is active Camera Mouse 2015 User Manual November 22 2014 Page 15 of 52 Camera Mouse 2015 Control Camera Mouse To stop Camera Mouse control Ctrl key F9 key Move mouse by hand Then the user would use Camera Mouse to move the mouse pointer directly so it dwells over the Paint icon on the desktop Camera Mouse would double click instead of single clicking and the Paint program would be opened Clicking on the 2 click button tells Camera Mouse that the very next click should be a double click SINGLE CLICK TO OPEN AN ITEM WINDOWS SETTING Single click to open an item Windows setting Double clicking with Camera Mouse takes a while to get used to An alternative is to set up Windows so that programs files and folders are opened with a single click instead
7. We hope you enjoy using Camera Mouse Please dont show this message again ABOUT The About selection displays the About box Camera Mouse 2015 User Manual November 22 2014 Page 43 of 52 About Camera Mouse 2015 CameraMouse Innovative software for people with disabilities Camera Mouse 2015 is based on research by Prot James Gips and Frof Margrit Betke and their students Camera Mouse 2015 is designed and directed by Prof Gips Software Engineering is by OpCode Consulting LLC under contract from Boston College Copyright 2015 by the Trustees of Boston College For more information visit waww cameramouse org or email gips bc edu Version 1 0 The About box shows the version number of the software you are using EULA Selecting EULA in the Help menu shows the End User Licensing Agreement EULA for Camera Mouse Camera Mouse 2015 User Manual November 22 2014 Page 44 of 52 EULA Camera Mouse 2015 End User Licensing Agreement EULA for Camera Mouse Trustees of Boston College BC is making this Software available for free under this agreement as a public service BC grants to you a non exclusive royaltyiree license subject to all the terms and conditions of this agreement i to use and copy the Camera Mouse software the Software for non commercial purposes and i to distribute the Software to others provided that you do so on a non commercial rovaltytree basis via this licen
8. and the mouse still will switch control back and forth to Camera Mouse even though the program is minimized Minimizing the window can be a big help if a child is mesmerized by his or her appearance in the video window or if the Camera Mouse program is distracting the user from the application program To bring the Camera Mouse window back from being minimized just click on the Camera Mouse tab the green squareO that should appear at the very bottom of the Windows screen OD Oo RUNNING CAMERA MOUSE IN WINDOWS 8 Camera Mouse can be run either from the tiled Start screen or from the Windows 8 desktop Once you start Camera Mouse you can switch back and forth between the Start screen the desktop Camera Mouse will continue to operate and control the mouse pointer You can use Camera Mouse to click on tiles and run apps just as you would by using your mouse or touchpad or by touching the screen with your finger DISPLAYING THE IMAGE IN A SMALLER WINDOW By clicking on the button under the video image in the standard Camera Mouse window Camera Mouse 2015 User Manual November 22 2014 Page 7 of 52 Control Mouse Settings you can have the video displayed in a smaller window This window will always stay on top of any application on the desktop This is useful for example if you are monitoring the Camera Mouse program while someone else uses it You can drag the window down to say the bottom right of the screen and look at i
9. open up Paint Same drill Press the spacebar and you are painting by moving your head You can change the colors and shapes in the menus Press the spacebar to stop at any time You can print the picture you have created with a dedication Slow deliberate movements with Camera Mouse are better than fast jerky movements RECENTERING Each time you start up Camera Mouse or switch control to Camera Mouse the mouse pointer usually re centers This can be changed in the Settings window see below So during a session a good way to center the mouse pointer in the screen is to press the Ctrl key or F9 key twice in a row CHANGING THE FEATURE ON THE FACE THAT IS TRACKED At any time you can go into the main Camera Mouse window and use the mouse to click on a new feature on the face to track If you selected the tip of the nose and the green square is slipping try the inside corner of the eyebrow or the ridge between the nose and mouth MINIMIZING THE CAMERA MOUSE WINDOW You can minimize the Camera Mouse window by pressing the Minimize button at the top right of the window the left of the three buttons Camera Mouse 2015 User Manual November 22 2014 Page 6 of 52 If the Camera Mouse window is minimized the window will not appear but the Camera Mouse program will continue to run in the background and to track You can continue to use Camera Mouse to control the mouse pointer while the window is minimized The Ctrl key and the F9 key
10. 015 User Manual November 22 2014 Page 28 of 52 Again the 5 4 3 2 1 routine puts a white square in the middle of the screen The idea is for you to move so that the point you want to track is in the middle of the white square when the computer counts down from 5 to 4 to 3 to 2 to 1 Whatever is in the middle of the white square at 1 will be tracked by the green square C Camera Mouse 2015 Control Camera Mouse Auto tracking in progress Camera Mouse 2015 User Manual November 22 2014 Page 29 of 52 C Camera Mouse 2015 Control Mouse Auto tracking in progress Whatever feature on the face is in the middle of the white square at 1 will be tracked by the green square Camera Mouse 2015 User Manual November 22 2014 Page 30 of 52 C Camera Mouse 2015 Control Camera Mouse To stop Camera Mouse control Ctrl key F9 key Move mouse by hand If you click on the box Run 5 4 3 2 1 routine on F5 key press Run 5 4 3 2 1 routine on F5 key press then you will be able to run the 5 4 3 2 1 routine whenever you press the function key F5 on the keyboard If you click on Place 5 4 3 2 1 button on video window Place 54 3 2 1 button on video window then a new button appears on the Camera Mouse window Clicking on the button either with the mouse or with Camera Mouse triggers the 5 4 3 2 1 routine Camera Mouse 2015 User Manual November 22 2014 Page 31 of 52 Camera Mouse 2015 54324 Control Mouse
11. 52 Zoom counteract each other in the sense that if you are way zoomed out then you might need higher Horizontal and Vertical Gain settings Note that you usually want Follow my face unclicked or off or Automatic Face Tracking Off in the Camera Settings because Camera Mouse is doing face tracking and if your camera is also then the two can counteract each other in strange ways The only exception we have found is if the person using Camera Mouse has large spastic movements of the head Then putting on automatic Face Tracking in the camera might prove useful Usually you want Auto focus turned on as above Clicking on the Advanced Settings tab shows the following window Logitech Webcam Properties Logitech HD Pro Webcam C920 Advanced Settings Image Quality Fj RightLight Exposure Gain Brightness Contrast Color Intensity White Balance G Anti flicker Image orientation Off Normal NTSC 60Hz Mirrored PAL 50Hz C Logitech Using RightLight usually is good because this causes the camera driver to automatically adjust the brightness and coloring for best viewing and also for best tracking Camera Mouse 2015 User Manual November 22 2014 Page 40 of 52 O Camera Mouse 2015 Settings Camera Help Tee mera Settings Alt C Alt P Change Video Source CHANGE VIDEO SOURCE If there is just one camera or source of video connected to the computer then the Change Video
12. GESTIONS Prof James Gips Fulton Hall 460 Boston College Chestnut Hill MA 02467 www cs bc edu gips gips bc edu Please see the website at www cameramouse org for more information about Camera Mouse and for information about programs that can be used about Camera Mouse and for answers to questions that may not be answered in this manual Thank you for using Camera Mouse 2015 Camera Mouse 2015 User Manual November 22 2014 Page 52 of 52
13. L MOVEMENT We think the most natural way to use Camera Mouse is for the video window to look like a mirror So that when you move your head to the right the image of your head seems to follow you to the right Some people prefer it reversed so that when you move your head to the right the head in the image moves to the screen s right which is to your left The Reverse Horizontal Movement checkbox allows you to reverse the horizontal movement Display the miror image of the video T Reverse horizontal movement Note that this may be complicated by the Camera Settings Most cameras have their own Settings window You can access this window by selecting Camera Settings in the Camera pull Camera Mouse 2015 User Manual November 22 2014 Page 20 of 52 down menu There you ll probably find a Mirror Horizontal setting or something similar We suggest you keep this camera setting off It can get unnecessarily confusing Misc tab The Misc tab contains controls for Smoothing Multiple monitors and Centering 0 Camera Mouse 2015 Settings File Camera Help Make the movement of the mouse pointer less jerky at the cost of Some responsiveness f more than one monitor screen is present Restrict mouse pointer to main monitor Move mouse pointer across all monitors Detemine when to move the mouse pointer to the center of the screen Whenever Camera Mouse begins control O Whenever the user selects a feature to track Ne
14. ce the first version of Camera Mouse was made available for free in June 2007 over 2 900 000 copies have been downloaded from cameramouse org It is very difficult to test Camera Mouse with all the combinations of computer hardware Windows operating systems and cameras If you have problems please notify me at gips bc edu HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS To run Camera Mouse 2015 you will need a computer or tablet with Windows 8 or Windows 7 or Windows Vista or Windows XP Camera Mouse does not run on Windows RT Your computer also needs Microsoft NET Framework 4 0 or higher This already is installed on most computers especially Windows 8 or 7 If it is not installed on your computer the Camera Mouse 2015 Installer will give you the option of downloading it from Microsoft You can download Microsoft NET Framework 4 0 for free at http www microsoft com en us download details aspx id 24872 If you don t have NET Framework 4 0 or higher on your computer and can t download it then you should try Camera Mouse 2013 or Camera Mouse 2011 which use older versions of NEI Framework and also are available on the cameramouse org site You can have Camera Mouse 2015 Camera Mouse 2013 and Camera Mouse 2011 all installed on your computer at the same time You also will need a built in camera or a standard USB webcam We use a Microsoft LifeCam Studio HD or a Logitech HD Pro Webcam C920 for development Just about any good quality webca
15. click will be issued by the Camera Mouse Normal Play Clicking Sounds 4 Clicking Recovery Time 1 Sec Enable Double Clicking zM E Single click to open an item Windows setting CAMERA SETTINGS Camera Settings takes you to the control window for the USB camera you are using Camera Settings are provided by the manufacturer of the webcam you are using For example with my Logitech HD Pro Webcam C920 camera here s the window I see when I first click on Camera Settings Camera Mouse 2015 User Manual November 22 2014 Page 38 of 52 a Logitech Webcam Properties Logitech HD Pro Webcam C920 Trouble being heard lf you are having trouble with your microphone you may have the wrong microphone selected To select the right microphone go to your video calling application and look for the microphone input setting i h Follow my face Fj Auto focus C WE n af wf The most useful control here is the digital zoom control for the webcam cy a By adjusting the zoom you can adjust the size of the face in the video window In the examples above the zoom control is one notch up so the face appears to be larger in the video window than with the default webcam setting If the facial feature with the Camera Mouse track point often moves off the edge of the screen then it would be good to zoom out the camera some more if you can The Gain settings and the Camera Mouse 2015 User Manual November 22 2014 Page 39 of
16. e screen Detemine when to move the mouse pointer to the center of the screen Whenever Camera Mouse begins control O Whenever the user selects a feature to track 9 Never automatically recenter the mouse pointer Camera Mouse 2015 User Manual November 22 2014 Page 22 of 52 The two other choices are to re center the mouse pointer whenever a new feature on the face is selected and to never have Camera Mouse re center the mouse pointer Start Up tab The Start Up tab allows you to change how the feature to track is acquired when Camera Mouse is started and also allows you to determine whether or not Camera Mouse is run automatically when your computer is started O Camera Mouse 2015 Settings On the start up of the program acquire feature to track by User clicks on a feature on the face default Program automatically runs 5 4 3 2 1 routine Program automatically tries to locate comer of eye On the start up of the computer automatically run Camera Mouse No defaut Yes ACQUIRING FEATURE TO TRACK AT PROGRAM START UP There are three possible ways that Camera Mouse can acquire the point to track when the program begins Camera Mouse 2015 User Manual November 22 2014 Page 23 of 52 On the start up of the program acquire feature to track by User clicks on a feature on the face default 6 Program automatically runs 5 4 3 2 1 routine Program automatically tries to locate comer of eye The traditi
17. ey F9 key Move mouse by hand The third alternative is to have Camera Mouse automatically try to find the corner of the eye to track on start up On the start up of the program acquire feature to track by User clicks on a feature on the face default Program automatically runs 5 4 3 2 1 routine Program automatically tries to locate comer of eye Camera Mouse 2015 User Manual November 22 2014 Page 27 of 52 RUN CAMERA MOUSE AUTOMATICALLY WHEN COMPUTER STARTS On the start up of the computer automatically run Camera Mouse No default A Yes People who use Camera Mouse all the time can select Yes here and have Camera Mouse run automatically whenever the computer is started 5 4 3 2 1 tab In addition to running the 5 4 3 2 1 routine on the start up of Camera Mouse 2015 there are three other ways the 5 4 3 2 1 can be initiated depending on which boxes are checked in the 5 4 3 2 1 tab of Settings O Camera Mouse 2015 Settings File Camera Help 543 21 The 5 4 3 2 1 routine is a way to change the point on the face that is being tracked without clicking on the image E Run 5 4 3 2 1 routine on F5 key press E Place 54 3 2 1 button on video window E Run 5 4 3 2 1 routine on loss of trackpoint Allow the user to immediately change the point on the face that is being tracked to that at the very center of the screen by pressing the Alt key Center track point on Alt key press Camera Mouse 2
18. innovative software for people with disabilities Camera Mouse 2015 User Manual James Gips Boston College November 22 2014 Copyright 2015 by Trustees of Boston College INTRODUCTION AND WELCOME Welcome to the Camera Mouse 2015 user manual Camera Mouse is a program that allows you to control the mouse pointer on a Windows computer just by moving your head Camera Mouse uses a standard built in camera or USB webcam to track your head If you move your head to the left the mouse pointer moves to the left and so on Clicking can be done by dwell time If you hold the mouse pointer within a certain area of the screen for say a second a mouse click will be issued by the program The purpose of Camera Mouse is to help people with physical disabilities to access the computer In particular Camera Mouse has proved very helpful to people who have no voluntary movement below the neck people who can voluntarily control only their head People with Cerebral Palsy traumatic brain injury ALS Multiple Sclerosis and various other disorders have used Camera Mouse to access the computer and internet Camera Mouse has been put to many other uses as well Camera Mouse is software that is designed to work with your Windows 8 or Windows 7 or Windows Vista or Windows XP computer and your built in camera or USB webcam Camera Mouse is completely free and may be distributed freely Copies of Camera Mouse copies of this manual infor
19. licking on and then whenever you hold the mouse pointer over a small area of the screen a click will be issued by the Camera Mouse F Clicking Radius Normal Play Clicking Sounds 4 Clicking Recovery Time 1 Sec Enable Double Clicking z E Single click to open an item Windows setting On start up Clicking generally is off in Camera Mouse E Clicking Radius Dwell Time Normal 1 Sec Play Clicking Sounds 4 Enable Double Clicking Clicking in Camera Mouse is done using Dwell Time That means that if you hold the mouse pointer on the screen within a certain small area for a certain period of time then a mouse click will be issued Camera Mouse 2015 User Manual November 22 2014 Page 11 of 52 If you turn on Clicking then you can change the Radius of the area and the amount of time during which the mouse pointer must be held in the area the Dwell Time W Clicking Radius Dwell Time Normal Sec E Play Clicking Sounds Si i i A eee E 1 Sec Clicking Recovery Time 15 Sec 2 Sec 3 Dec A Dwell Time of 0 1 second allows for relatively rapid clicks as might be useful in a video game In general 1 second seems to work well PLAY CLICKING SOUNDS You can have the program alert you with a clicking sound whenever it issues a click by checking Play Clicking Sounds You can listen to the sound the program would make when a click is issued by clicking on the blue sound icon Clicki
20. m should do including most built in webcams Inexpensive webcams including some built in to notebook computers or tablets can produce noisy or muddy images which Camera Mouse can have a more difficult time tracking BEFORE USING CAMERA MOUSE 2015 If you are using a USB webcam before using Camera Mouse you should install the webcam according to the instructions from the manufacturer Be sure to install the driver software for the webcam that comes with the webcam or the latest driver that 1s downloaded from the manufacturer s website Do not try to use a generic Windows camera driver If you can test to make sure the webcam works before using Camera Mouse Place the webcam above or below your monitor so it is pointing at you Camera Mouse 2015 User Manual November 22 2014 Page 2 of 52 If you are using a notebook computer or tablet be sure it is resting on a table or desktop Camera Mouse will not function well with the computer or tablet on your bed or in your lap or in your hands GETTING STARTED WITH CAMERA MOUSE 2015 Start up Camera Mouse 2015 by double clicking on the shortcut icon on your desktop Initially you should see the following message O Welcome Welcome to Camera Mouse Please be sure that your computer and webcam are resting on a table or desktop Camera Mouse will not track well with the computer or tablet on your bed or in your lap orin your hands To turn on Clicking please go to Settings We hope yo
21. mation about programs that work well with Camera Mouse and answers to Frequently Asked Questions can be found at cameramouse org A LITTLE HISTORY Camera Mouse was invented by Prof James Gips Boston College and Prof Margrit Betke then at Boston College now at Boston University The original version of Camera Mouse was made available to some families of children with disabilities and some schools and facilities on an experimental basis The Camera Mouse technology then was licensed by Boston College to Camera Mouse Inc a start up company out of the C2 Institute at the University of Texas Austin Camera Mouse Inc developed a commercial version and made it available on their website at Wwww cameramouse com and through other channels With the demise of the company the license was revoked by Boston College in April 2007 and all the rights to use the intellectual property given in the license were returned to Boston College People continued to inquire about Camera Mouse but no version was available We decided to develop Camera Mouse 2007 and make it available for free on the web Camera Mouse 2007 Camera Mouse 2015 User Manual November 22 2014 Page 1 of 52 worked well but only with a small group of webcams Camera Mouse 2008 worked with a much wider variety of webcams We have continued to make improvements in Camera Mouse We have added new features and tracked down and corrected problems and kept up with changes in Windows Sin
22. ng Radius Dwell Time Nomai 1Sec Play Clicking Sounds 4 E Clicking Recovery Time 1 Sec CLICKING RECOVERY TIME The Clicking Recovery Time provides the opportunity for a delay between a click and the next click For example if Clicking Recovery Time is checked and 2 Seconds is selected then after each click the Camera Mouse program will wait for 2 seconds before beginning the examination of whether the mouse pointer is dwelling in a small area long enough to cause a click Camera Mouse 2015 User Manual November 22 2014 Page 12 of 52 O Camera Mouse 2015 Settings File Camera Help Clicking in Camera Mouse is done by dwell time Tum Clicking on and then whenever you hold the mouse pointer over a small area of the screen a click will be issued by the Camera Mouse Radius E Play Clicking Sounds Clicking Recovery Time 0 1 Sec 0 25 Sec 0 5 Sec F Enable Double Clicking 9 79 Sec 1 Sec 1 5 Sec E Single click to open an iter RS DOUBLE CLICKING Once Clicking is turned on it s possible to Enable Double Clicking Camera Mouse 2015 User Manual November 22 2014 Page 13 of 52 O Camera Mouse 2015 Settings File Camera Help Clicking in Camera Mouse is done by dwell time Tum Clicking on and then whenever you hold the mouse pointer over a small area of the screen a click will be issued by the Camera Mouse Dwell Time Radius E Play Clicking Sounds 4 E Clicking Recovery
23. nu items File menu O Camera Mouse 2015 Settings Save As Alt Save 4s Default Alt D Open Alt 0 Open Default AR E ell time Tum Clicking use pointer over a small Use Factory Settings by the Camera Mouse Normal Play Clicking Sounds Clicking Recovery Time Enable Double Clicking 2 E E Single click to open an item Windows setting Different Camera Mouse Settings might be used with different software or by different people With Camera Mouse 2015 you can Save the settings through the File pull down menu SAVE AS The Save As menu option allows you to give the current settings a name and then save them on the disk for future use ALL of the settings under all the tabs are saved in one file For example to save Alicia s settings Camera Mouse 2015 User Manual November 22 2014 Page 34 of 52 O Save As a ai ay di t Computer OS C Users Jim Camera Mouse Organize New folder al Recent Places Name Date modified Type eee Antonio Paint 5 6 2012 4 49 PM AML Docurnent Antonio Spelling Midas Touch 11 10 2012 10 38 PM AML Docurnent diaoui 2 clicking 5 6 2012 4 49 PM XML Document d cna E Control Try 5 11 2012 1 03 PM XML Document oor default_config_CM_2013 v24 11 18 201210 48PM XML Document a ii default_config_CM_2014 w22 11 30 2013 6 19 PM AML Document default_config_CM_2015 v1 0 11 11 2014 2 55 PM AML Document high gains with clicking 11 10 2012 10 38
24. of 52 le F lt owe oe gt D ES t Control Panel 3 Search Conirol Panel File Edit View Tools Help Adjust your computer s settings System and Security Review your computer s status Back up your computer Find and fix problems _ Network and Internet View network status and tasks Choose homegroup and sharing options Hardware and Sound View devices and printers Add a device Programs Uninstall a program View by Category User Accounts and Family Safety Ia Add or remove user accounts a Set up parental controls for any user Appearance and Personalization Change the theme Change desktop background Adjust screen resolution Clock Language and Region Change keyboards or other input methods Ease mt Access Let Wirkebws suggest settings Optimize visual display In Ease of Access select Change how your mouse works Khe gt Control Panel Ease of Access gt File Edit View Tools Help Control Panel Hom ee Ease of Access Center ope safe 2 Windows suggest settings Change how your mouse works Network and Internet Hardware and Sound i Speech Recog nition Start speech recognition Set up a microphone Programs User Accounts and Family Appearance and Personalization Clock Language and Region e Ease of Access Change how your keyboard works Then select the size and type of mouse pointer you would like Camera Mouse 2015 User Manual November 22 2014 O
25. of a double click This can be accomplished in the Windows Control Panel under Control Panel gt Appearance and Personalization gt Folder Options gt Specify single or double click to open Camera Mouse 2015 User Manual November 22 2014 Page 16 of 52 Instead of going to the Windows Control Panel we put an option for this Windows setting on the Click tab of the Camera Mouse Settings This makes opening programs and files much easier using Camera Mouse Since this is a Windows setting it continues after Camera Mouse 1s closed Control tab The Control tab determines how we can switch from mouse control to Camera Mouse control and back from Camera Mouse control to mouse control O Camera Mouse 2015 Settings File Camera Help These settings determine when control is switched from the mouse to Camera Mouse and when control is switched back from Camera Mouse to the regular mouse control when control when Seconds of Mouse moves mouse inactivity FS key pressed F9 key pressed Ciri key pressed Ctrl key presse E Play sound when control changes If the mouse has control there are three possible ways to begin Camera Mouse control of the mouse pointer you can leave the mouse untouched for a couple of seconds you can press the F9 key or you can press the Ctrl key Which of these methods will work is determined in the Begin Camera Mouse control when setting with the green Go Camera Mouse 2015 User Manual November
26. ol Mouse To start Camera Mouse control Ctrl key F9 key With high zoom my head fills the video image Natural head movements cause the area being tracked to move out of the video image thereby automatically causing Camera Mouse to lose tracking though it does reacquire usually a different track point when you move your head back in to the video image The bottom line is that many environmental factors affect tracking Best is to experiment to see what works best for you in your specific environment MAKING THE MOUSE POINTER LARGER AND EASIER TO SEE Some people report losing the mouse pointer on the screen when using Camera Mouse You can make the mouse pointer larger than usual and thus easier to see using the Windows Control Panel These instructions are for my Windows 7 Home Premium Other versions of Windows are similar but may not be exactly the same Camera Mouse 2015 User Manual November 22 2014 Page 48 of 52 In the Windows menu select Control Panel e Internet Explorer Li Camera Mouse 2012 Documents D EaglePaint Pictures Excel 2013 3 Music amp EagleAliens El Adobe Acrobat X Pro ius Games Recent Items Computer EE EagleEyes 2012 Control Panel Windows Media Player R ERAN ae Default Programs iTunes Help and Support Devices and Printers gt All Programs In the Control Panel select Ease of Access Camera Mouse 2015 User Manual November 22 2014 Page 49
27. onal way is for the user to click on the point on the face to track In the figures above we have used the corner of the eye Some people use the ridge on the face between the nose and mouth difficult with a beard Some people use the tip of the nose You can even put a small bandage on your forehead or mark an X If you wear glasses a good spot to track is some unique shape on the structural elements Camera Mouse 2015 Control Mouse To start Camera Mouse control Ctrl key F9 key Auto start The second alternative is to have Camera Mouse run the 5 4 3 2 1 routine whenever the program is started Camera Mouse 2015 User Manual November 22 2014 Page 24 of 52 What is the 5 4 3 2 1 routine Itis a way of setting the point on the face that is being tracked When the 5 4 3 2 1 routine starts a white square not a green square appears at the very center of the screen and a white 5 appears on top of it Camera Mouse then counts down from 5 to 4 to 3 to 2 to 1 The idea is to move your face so the feature you want to track is under the white square when the countdown ends C0 Camera Mouse 2015 Control Camera Mouse Auto tracking in progress Camera Mouse 2015 User Manual November 22 2014 Page 25 of 52 C Camera Mouse 2015 Control Mouse Auto tracking in progress Camera Mouse 2015 User Manual November 22 2014 Page 26 of 52 C Camera Mouse 2015 Control Camera Mouse To stop Camera Mouse control Ctrl k
28. ptimize visual display Replace sounds with visual cues Page 50 of 52 i j j amp Ease of Access Center Make the mouse easier to use File Edit View Tools Help Make the mouse easier to use When you select these settings they will automatically start each time you log on Mouse pointers Change the color and size of mouse pointers Regular he i Regular Black k i H Regular White Inverting E Large White Large Black Large gt R I Inverting Extra Large l Extra Large gt Extra Large hite Black Inverting And click OK This should make the mouse pointer more visible and Camera Mouse easier to use WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR CAMERA MOUSE Camera Mouse was invented by Prof James Gips Boston College and Prof Margrit Betke then at Boston College now at Boston University in 1999 2000 The initial version was developed by Peter Fleming and then Chris Fagiani who were undergraduates at Boston College The initial version made use of a 1 000 Sony pan tilt zoom video camera and a special purpose video capture board The first prototype using a USB webcam was developed by Jon Gips The Camera Mouse technology was licensed by Boston College to Camera Mouse Inc a start up company based in Texas in 2004 They developed and sold a webcam based commercial version of the program but couldn t make a financial success of it In 2007 Wajeeha Akram a graduate student at Boston University
29. r example setting the Top Exclude amount to 10 would prevent the user from moving the mouse pointer to the top 10 of the screen Gains tab The Gains determine how your head movements are translated into the mouse pointer movements Camera Mouse 2015 Settings High Gain causes small head movements to result in lange mouse pointer movements Horizontal Gain Display the miror image of the video r 4 L Reverse horizontal movement HORIZONTAL GAIN AND VERTICAL GAIN Camera Mouse 2015 User Manual November 22 2014 Page 19 of 52 If the Horizontal Gain is Low then horizontal movements of your head result in relatively short horizontal movements of the mouse pointer If the Horizontal Gain is Very High then horizontal movements of your head result in relatively long horizontal movements of the mouse pointer The same for the Vertical Gain There are seven possible Gain settings Horizontal Gain E gt Medium Vertical Gain Medium High High Very High Extreme Often people have a more difficult time moving the head vertically than horizontally It is not unusual to set the Vertical Gain higher than the Horizontal Gain An alternative to setting the Gains is to go into the Camera pull down menu and select Camera Settings The Camera Settings have been provided by the camera manufacturer Within the Camera Settings there often is place to Zoom in or out Zooming in effect increases the Gains REVERSE HORIZONTA
30. se agreement Royaltyfree means that you may not charge any third party any fees royalties or take any form of compensation for their use or distribution of the Software BC retains all intellectual property and proprietary rights in and to the Software fou may not modify or remove from the Software any copyright or proprietary notice license agreement or any disclaimer or documentation that accompanies the Software You may not reverse engineer decompile disassemble or otherwise attempt to derive the source code forthe Software The name Camera Mouse is proprietary and you may not use any name trademark or logo of BC without the prior written pennission of BC in each case You are solely responsible for the selection management control and use of the Software and the outcomes of such use The Software is provided on an AS S basis BC makes no warranties of any kind express or implied with respect to the Software and expressly disclaims all warranties of title non nfringement merchantability and fitness for particular purpose In no event shall BC or its officers trustees employees or agents be liable for any direct indirect special incidental punitive or OK HINTS FOR IMPROVING TRACKING The quality of tracking in Camera Mouse obviously is very important for the performance and usefulness of the program We work all the time to improve the tracking Here I would like to discuss measures tha
31. square cut from a Post It with an X drawn on it to illustrate C Camera Mouse 2015 Control Camera Mouse To stop Camera Mouse control Ctrl key F9 key Move mouse by hand The lighting is very important You want high contrast on the face A bright light or bright window behind the head can darken the face and make it difficult for Camera Mouse to track Of course the lighting can change during the course of the day and into the night Lighting that works well at noon might not work at 5 pm or at 9 pm You also want high contrast as the user moves or turns his head so be careful of strong lighting from one side The quality of the camera being used is very important I recently bought a not inexpensive notebook computer that has a terrible built in camera The video image just looks muddy Unfortunately it seems that the well known manufacturer decided to save money by building in a low quality camera I find myself attaching a Microsoft LifeCam Studio HD 50 at Amazon to the notebook Camera Mouse 2015 User Manual November 22 2014 Page 46 of 52 Experiment with the Camera Settings C Camera Mouse 2015 Settings Especially experiment with the camera zoom if your camera allows changes in the zoom Here is low zoom Camera Mouse 2015 Control Mouse To start Camera Mouse control Ctrl key F9 key Here is high zoom Camera Mouse 2015 User Manual November 22 2014 Page 47 of 52 Camera Mouse 2015 Contr
32. t now and then to see if the tracking slips You can still take control with the mouse and click on the smaller video window to reset the tracking To return the Camera Mouse window to its normal size click on the button below the video image Camera Mouse 2015 User Manual November 22 2014 Page 8 of 52 CAMERA MOUSE SETTINGS Clicking the Settings button in the main Camera Mouse window Camera Mouse 2015 Control Mouse To start Camera Mous control Ctrl key F9 key Auto start brings up the Settings window Camera Mouse 2015 User Manual November 22 2014 Page 9 of 52 O Camera Mouse 2015 Settings File Camera Help Clicking in Camera Mouse is done by dwell time Tum Clicking on and then whenever you hold the mouse pointer over a small area of the screen a click will be issued by the Camera Mouse E Clicking Normal Play Clicking Sounds Clicking Recovery Time 1 Sec Enable Double Clicking 2M E Single click to open an item Windows setting Settings uses a tab based interface with three pull down menus File Camera Help Let s go through the various Camera Mouse Settings tabs starting at the left The question mark icon at the bottom right brings up the interactive Help feature for the current tab Clicking tab Camera Mouse 2015 User Manual November 22 2014 Page 10 of 52 O Camera Mouse 2015 Settings File Camera Help Clicking in Camera Mouse is done by dwell time Tum C
33. t you can take to improve the tracking The most common mistake that people make is to try to use Camera Mouse with the computer on their lap or while lying in bed or with the tablet in their hands To track well it is vital that the camera and usually that means the computer or tablet is resting rock solid on a table or desk If you are using a Windows tablet you should get a stand for it That 1s why we added the Welcome message to Camera Mouse 2015 As the green square is intended to indicate Camera Mouse is tracking just a small square area on your face In its tracking Camera Mouse does not understand faces or facial features at all just small square areas That area should be as unique in its visual content as possible For example clicking on an area in my forehead is not a good idea One part of my forehead looks just the same as other parts of my forehead so the tracking point as indicated by the green square is Camera Mouse 2015 User Manual November 22 2014 Page 45 of 52 likely to slip and slide across my forehead From visual inspection and from experience good spots to track are at the corner of my eye or the corner of my eyebrow If I didn t have a moustache then the ridge between my nose and mouth probably would work well My nostril can work OK The bridge on my glasses works well if Iam wearing glasses Putting a piece of adhesive tape or masking tape with an X drawn in black ink on my forehead works well Here is me with a
34. ture of the background picture See if you can move the mouse pointer to the target just by moving your head If you have difficulty reaching a portion of the screen physically move the mouse to take back control click on the Settings button to open up the Camera Mouse Settings window and change the Gain settings as described below Practice moving the mouse pointer around the screen with your head until it comes easy Camera Mouse 2015 User Manual November 22 2014 Page 5 of 52 If you haven t already you should download the Aliens and Paint program from the cameramouse org Downloads page Also the Staggered Speech onscreen keyboard program from staggeredspeech org and the Midas Touch program from midastouch org In Camera Mouse click on a point on your face so it s tracking Now open up the Aliens program Try to keep your head steady so Camera Mouse continues to track Press the Ctrl key or the F9 key or wait 4 seconds Move your head slowly The red crosshairs should move with your head Now still with your head steady press the space bar The first alien should appear Move your head so the crosshair is on top of the alien You should hear and see an explosion as the alien blows up It s just contact with the center of the crosshair No need for clicking with Aliens or Paint Close Aliens when you are finished But take a look at the manual or menus You can substitute any photo for the Alien With Camera Mouse tracking your head
35. u enjoy using Camera Mouse Please dont show this message again On clicking OK you should see a window with a video screen that contains your face like looking at yourself in the mirror Camera Mouse 2015 User Manual November 22 2014 Page 3 of 52 Camera Mouse 2015 Control Mouse Piease click on feature on face to track Use the mouse to click on a unique feature of your face We usually use the inside corner of an eyebrow or eye or the ridge below the nose A green square should appear where you clicked Move your head around very slowly at first The green square should track the feature If by chance it loses the feature then move the mouse and select a different feature by clicking on it Camera Mouse 2015 User Manual November 22 2014 Page 4 of 52 Camera Mouse 2015 Control Mouse To start Camera Mouse control Ctrl key F9 key Auto start Once the feature on your face is being tracked by the computer just press the Ctrl key or function key F9 or wait 4 seconds Auto start Now the tracking of your head should control the mouse pointer As you move your head slowly to the right the mouse pointer should move to the right To return back to mouse control you can move the mouse or press the F9 key or the Ctrl key again You can tell whether the mouse or the Camera Mouse is in control by looking below your picture in the Camera Mouse window Select a target on the screen perhaps an icon or a fea
36. ver automatically recenter the mouse pointer SMOOTHING Smoothing allows you to smooth out the jerkiness of the mouse pointer movements There are eight possible settings Camera Mouse 2015 User Manual November 22 2014 Page 21 of 52 Make the movement of the mouse pointer less jerky at the cost of some responsiveness Low f more than i Pr High en is present Restrict n High ee 8 Restrict n Very High fain monitor Move mo Edreme all monitors MULTIPLE MONITORS f more than one monitor screen is present Restrict mouse pointer to main monitor Move mouse pointer across all monitors If you have a single monitor screen on your computer this setting is grayed out and is not applicable If you have multiple monitors this setting determines whether Camera Mouse will move the mouse pointer across just the main monitor or across all the monitors connected to the computer CENTERING THE MOUSE POINTER You may not notice at first but Camera Mouse automatically re centers the mouse pointer in the middle of the screen each time Camera Mouse begins control Thus 1f Camera Mouse has control and you press the Ctrl key twice then control will switch over to the mouse and then back to Camera Mouse and the mouse pointer will be placed in the center of the screen Some Camera Mouse users emailed to request that we provide other options for when Camera Mouse should place the mouse pointer in the center of th
37. working with Prof Betke developed a research version of Camera Mouse Camera Mouse 2007 was engineered and implemented under contract with Boston College by Donald Green of Mekinesis with the functional specifications of the program developed by Jim Gips Don and Jim and Matt McGowan continued to expand and improve the program in releases of Camera Mouse 2008 2009 2010 and 2011 In 2009 2010 Sophia Yen advised us on how to put the whole Camera Mouse project on a strategically sound path Camera Mouse 2012 was a complete rewrite The functional specifications user interface and overall project are the Camera Mouse 2015 User Manual November 22 2014 Page 51 of 52 responsibility of Jim Gips Don Green heads the software engineering working with Christine Hsu Nason his colleague at OpCode Consulting The automatic feature detection routine for locating the eye on start up is based on work by Yinghao Cai when she was a Visiting Scholar at Boston College Camera Mouse 2013 is directly based on Camera Mouse 2012 Camera Mouse 2014 is designed to work better with Windows 8 and 8 1 Camera Mouse 2015 adds some requested options Clicking Recovery Time Center on Alt key press Our efforts currently are supported by gifts from the Philanthropy Committee of Mitsubishi Electronic Research Labs MERL and Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation for which we are most grateful Boston College is most generous in its continuing support QUESTIONS OR SUG

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