Camera Mouse 2012 User Manual
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1. Camera Mouse 2012 User Manual June 1 2012 Page 10 of 34 O Camera Mouse 2012 Control Camera Mouse To stop Camera Mouse control Ctl 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 Camera Mouse 2012 User Manual June 1 2012 Page 11 of 34 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 2012 Settings File Camera Help Control Exclude Gains Misc Start Up 5 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 Begin Camera Mouse End Camera Mouse control when control when E 4 Seconds of W Mouse moves mouse inactivity T F9 key pressed 7 F3 key pressed Ctr key pressed V Cir key pressed E Play sound when control changes q 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 F92. File Camera Interactive Help UserManual Alt M Alt A a icking 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 Radius Normal Play Clicking Sounds Enable Double Clicking The Help menu can be used to call up the Interactive Help facility as well as this manual The About selection displays the About box About Camera Mouse 2012 CameraMouse Innovative software for people with disabilities Camera Mouse is based on research by Prof James Gips and Prof Margrit Betke and their students Camera Mouse 2012 is designed and directed by Prof Gips Software engineering is by Opcode Consulting LLC under contract from Boston College Copyright 2012 by Trustees of Boston College For more information visit cameramouse org or email gips bc edu Version 2 3 At the bottom of the About box is the version number of the software you are using Camera Mouse 2012 User Manual June 1 2012 Page 32 of 34 WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR CAMERA MOUSE 2012 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 firs
3. Logitech HD Pro Webcam C910 Trouble being heard If 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 Follow my face RightSound Find my face for widescreen viewing Auto focus G Logitech The most useful control here is the digital zoom control for the webcam Camera Mouse 2012 User Manual June 1 2012 Page 29 of 34 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 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
4. video screen that contains your face like looking at yourself in the mirror Camera Mouse 2012 User Manual June 1 2012 Page 2 of 34 O Camera Mouse 2012 Control Mouse Settings Please 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 O Camera Mouse 2012 E Control Mouse To start Camera Mouse control Ctrl key F9 key Auto start Camera Mouse 2012 User Manual June 1 2012 Page 3 of 34 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 2012 window Select a target on the screen perhaps an icon or a feature of the background picture See if you can move the mouse pointer to the target just by moving your hea
5. COMPUTER STARTS On the start up of the computer automatically run Camera Mouse No default 0 Yes People who use Camera Mouse all the time can select Yes here and have Camera Mouse run automatically whenever the computer is started Camera Mouse 2012 User Manual June 1 2012 Page 21 of 34 5 4 3 2 1 tab In addition to running the 5 4 3 2 1 routine on the start up of Camera Mouse 2012 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 2012 Settings File Camera Help Sat Up 54321 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 5 4 3 2 1 button on video window E Run 5 4 3 2 1 routine on loss of trackpoint 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 Camera Mouse 2012 User Manual June 1 2012 Page 22 of 34 O Camera Mouse 2012 O Camera Mouse 2012 Control Mouse Control Camera Mouse Auto tracking in progress Auto tracking in progress Whatever feature on the face is in the middle of the white square at 1 will
6. Innovative software for people with disabilities Camera Mouse 2012 User Manual Version 2 3 June 1 2012 Copyright 2012 by Trustees of Boston College INTRODUCTION AND WELCOME Welcome to the Camera Mouse 2012 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 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 7 or Windows Vista or Windows XP computer and your built in webcam or USB webcam Camera Mouse is completely free and may be distributed freely Copies of Camera Mouse copies of this manual information about programs that work well with Camera Mouse a
7. User Manual June 1 2012 Page 33 of 34 QUESTIONS OR SUGGESTIONS 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 2012 and for information about programs that can be used about Camera Mouse 2012 and for answers to FAQs Frequently Asked Questions that may not be answered in this manual Thank you for using Camera Mouse 2012 Camera Mouse 2012 User Manual June 1 2012 Page 34 of 34
8. X If you wear glasses a good spot to track is some unique shape on the structural elements C Camera Mouse 2012 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 What is the 5 4 3 2 1 routine It is 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 Camera Mouse 2012 User Manual June 1 2012 Page 19 of 34 O Camera Mouse 2012 e C Camera Mouse 2012 Control Mouse Control Camera Mouse Auto tracking in progress Auto tracking in progress O Camera Mouse 2012 Control Mouse To start Camera Mouse control Ctrl key F9 key Auto start Camera Mouse 2012 User Manual June 1 2012 Page 20 of 34 The third alternative is to have Camera Mouse 2012 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 6 Program automatically runs 5 4 3 2 1 routine Program automatically tries to locate comer of eye RUN CAMERA MOUSE AUTOMATICALLY WHEN
9. al Movement checkbox allows you to reverse the horizontal movement Display the miror image of the video rm 4 C 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 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 Camera Mouse 2012 User Manual June 1 2012 Page 16 of 34 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 if 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 the screen Determine when to move the mouse pointer to the center of the screen Whenever Camera Mouse begins control Whenever the user clicks on a feature to track Never automatically recenter the mouse pointer 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 point
10. ave 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 Misc tab The Misc tab contains controls for Smoothing Mirror Image and Centering O Camera Mouse 2012 Settings File Camera Help a Mise Make the movement of the mouse pointer less jerky at the cost of some accuracy Display the mirror image of the video r 4 Reverse horizontal movement Determine when to move the mouse pointer to the center of the screen Whenever Camera Mouse begins control Whenever the user clicks on a feature to track D Never automatically recenter the mouse pointer Camera Mouse 2012 User Manual June 1 2012 Page 15 of 34 SMOOTHING Smoothing allows you to smooth out the jerkiness of the mouse pointer movements There are eight possible settings Make the movement of the mouse pointer less jerky at the cost of some accuracy he smoothing Low Display tk Med ithe video Med High High E Very High intal Movement Extreme REVERSE HORIZONTAL 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 Horizont
11. be tracked by the green square O Camera Mouse 2012 Control Mouse To start Camera Mouse control Ctrl key F9 key Auto start If you click on the box Run 5 4 3 2 1 routine on F5 key press Camera Mouse 2012 User Manual June 1 2012 Page 23 of 34 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 5 4 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 O Camera Mouse 2012 Control Mouse 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 Mouse 2012 User Manual June 1 2012 Page 24 of 34 O Camera Mo So a If you click on the option Run 5 4 3 2 1 routine on loss of trackpoint Place 3 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 Now let s take a look at the menu items File menu O Camera Mouse 2012 Settings Camera Help Save As Alt Save As Default Al D Open Alt O Open Default Alte F i ell time Tum Clicking use pointer over a small Use Factory Settings by the Cam
12. d 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 Play Clicking Sounds L Enable Double Clicking A Dwell Time of 0 1 second allows for relatively rapid clicks as might be useful in a video game 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 4 Radius Dwell Time Nomal iSec Play Clicking Sounds g F Enable Double Clicking Camera Mouse 2012 User Manual June 1 2012 Page 9 of 34 DOUBLE CLICKING Once Clicking is turned on it s possible to Enable Double Clicking Dwell Time F Play Clicking Sounds 4 Enable Double Clicking 2H As soon as Enable Double Clicking is checked a new button appears in the main Camera Mouse window O Camera Mouse 2012 Control Camera Mouse To stop Camera Mouse control Ctr key F9 key Move mouse by hand 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 1s active
13. d 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 2012 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 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 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 s
14. er Camera Mouse 2012 User Manual June 1 2012 Page 17 of 34 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 2012 Settings File Camera Help Gickng Cortot Exctude Gains Miso _ St 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 ties to locate comer of eye On the start up of the computer automatically run Camera Mouse No default 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 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 The traditional 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 Camera Mouse 2012 User Manual June 1 2012 Page 18 of 34 bandage on your forehead or mark an
15. era Mouse Exit Alt X Radius Dwell Time Nonmal 1 Sec Play Clicking Sounds Enable Double Clicking Camera Mouse 2012 User Manual June 1 2012 Page 25 of 34 Different Camera Mouse Settings might be used with different software or by different people With Camera Mouse 2012 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 Antonio s settings for use with the Paint program O Save As t Computer OS C Users Jim Camera Mouse OO l Organize New folder sy eee ee Name Date modified Type ME Desktop limit to center 5 6 2012 4 36 PM AML Document J Downloads high gains with clicking 5 6 2012 4 35 PM XML Document Fe Dropbox John 5 6 2012 4 34 PM XML Docurnent di Magic Briefcase Extreme 5 6 2012 4 33 PM XML Document El Recent Places default_config_CM_2012 v2 2 5 6 2012 4 33 PM XML Document clicking 5 6 2012 4 32 PM AML Docurnent Desktop Maria Read 5 6 2012 4 32 PM XML Document Libraries Maria Aliens 5 6 2012 4 32 PM XML Document a Documents zi ohn Paint AAAA 41 PR MI Docurnent File name Antonio Paint Save as type Xml files xml Hide Folders SAVE AS DEFAULT Save As Default allows you to save the current settings as the default s
16. ettings 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 2012 User Manual June 1 2012 Page 26 of 34 O Open OW J Computer O5 C Users Jim Camera Mouse r Organize New folder sk 2 Name Date modified Favorites EE Desktop Antonio Paint 5 6 2012 4 49 PM XML Document a Downloads limit to center 5 6 2012 4 36 PM AML Document E Dropbox high gains with clicking 5 6 2012 4 35 PM AML Document di Magic Briefcase John 5 6 2012 4 34 PM AML Document E Recent Places Extreme 5 6 2012 4 33 PM AML Document default_config_CM_2012 v22 5 6 2012 4 33 PM XML Document E Desktop clicking 5 6 2017 4 32 PM XML Docurnent Libraries Maria Read 6 2012 4 32 PM AML Docurnent a Documents Maria Aliens 5 6 2012 4 32 PM AML Document a Music John Paint 5 6 2012 4 31 PM XML Document fm Pictures i lahn alene A777017 2 58 DMA YL Mariment If the file you select was not saved by the current Camera Mouse 2012 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 2012 v2 2 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 2012 User Ma
17. ing out a new version about every two months Camera Mouse 2012 is designed to work with Windows 7 as well as Window Vista and Windows XP and with the 64 bit versions of the operating systems as well as with the 32 bit versions 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 be edu HARDWARE To run Camera Mouse 2012 you will need a computer with Windows 7 or Windows Vista or Windows XP and a webcam We use a Logitech HD Pro Webcam C910 or a Microsoft LifeCam Studio for development Just about any good quality webcam should do including most built in webcams Very inexpensive webcams can produce noisier images which Camera Mouse can have a difficult time tracking BEFORE USING CAMERA MOUSE 2012 Before using Camera Mouse 2012 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 on CD or the latest driver that is 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 GETTING STARTED WITH CAMERA MOUSE 2012 Place the webcam above or below your monitor so it is pointing at you Start up Camera Mouse 2012 by double clicking on the shortcut icon on your desktop You should see a window with a
18. 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 g 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 1f 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 Camera Mouse 2012 User Manual June 1 2012 Page 12 of 34 Exclude tab The Exclude feature prevents the mouse pointer from moving to the edge of the screen O Camera Mouse 2012 Settings File Camera Help Gicking Corri Excude Gains Misc Stat Up 54221 Prevent the mouse pointer from moving to the edges of the screen under Camera Mous control For example to keep the user from clicking on menus on the top of the screen Exclude t The Exclude feature is included at the request of caregivers who like to run Camera Mouse but don t want the peop
19. ld 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 that should appear with the other active programs at the very bottom of the Windows screen Camera Mouse 2012 User Manual June 1 2012 Page 5 of 34 DISPLAYING THE IMAGE IN A SMALLER WINDOW By clicking on the button under the video image in the standard Camera Mouse 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 it 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 O Camera MoE Camera Mouse 2012 User Manual June 1 2012 Page 6 of 34 CAMERA MOUSE SETTINGS Pressing the Settings button in the main Camera Mouse window O Camera Mouse 2012 Control Mouse To start Camera Mouse control Ctrl key F9 Key Auto start brings up the Settings window O Camera Mouse 2012 Settings File Camera Help Clicking in Camera Mouse is done by dwell
20. le 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 For example setting the Top Exclude amount to 10 would prevent the user from moving the mouse pointer to the top 10 of the screen Camera Mouse 2012 User Manual June 1 2012 Page 13 of 34 Gains tab The Gains determine how your head movements are translated into the mouse pointer movements O Camera Mouse 2012 Settings File Camera Help High Gain causes small head movements to result in large mouse pointer movements Horizontal Gain Vertical Gain 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 rad Medium Vertical Gain Tv Medium High High Very High Extreme Camera Mouse 2012 User Manual June 1 2012 Page 14 of 34 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 h
21. 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 C910 Advanced Settings Image Quality f J RightLight Exposure Brightness Contrast Color Intensity et Anti flicker Image orientation Off Normal NTSC 60Hz Mirrored PAL 50Hz C Logitech Camera Mouse 2012 User Manual June 1 2012 Page 30 of 34 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 O Camera Mouse 2012 Settings File Camere Help T Choking Camera Settings Alte Change Video Source 9 Alt P CHANGE VIDEO SOURCE If there is just one camera or source of video connected to the computer then the Change Video 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 gt Microsoft LifeCam Studio Logitech HD Pro Webcam C910 Please select a camera source to use Ea This menu item also is useful if you have a television tuner or other non related video source connected to your computer Camera Mouse 2012 User Manual June 1 2012 Page 31 of 34 Help menu O Camera Mouse 2012 Settings
22. nd answers to Frequently Asked Questions can be found at WWw Cameramouse or g 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 IC2 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 worked well but only with a small group of webcams Camera Mouse 2008 was the same as Camera Mouse 2007 but worked with a much wider variety of webcams We have continued to Camera Mouse 2012 User Manual June 1 2012 Page 1 of 34 make improvements in Camera Mouse each year We have added new features and tracked down and corrected problems and kept up with changes in Windows We usually br
23. nual June 1 2012 Page 27 of 34 C Camera Mouse 2012 Settings fA nra Help ee Aiia At 5 Save As Default An 0 Open Alte Open Default Alt F 2 h Use Factory Settings byt Exit Alt x 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 O Camera Mouse 2012 Settings File oly ickin Camera 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 click will be issued by the Camera Mouse E Clicking Radius Normal Play Clicking Sounds Enable Double Clicking 2g Camera Mouse 2012 User Manual June 1 2012 Page 28 of 34 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 C910 camera here s the window I see when I first click on Camera Settings a Logitech Webcam Properties
24. t 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 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 Camera Mouse 2012 is a major rewrite The functional specifications user interface and overall project are the responsibility of Jim Gips Don Green heads the software engineering working with Christine Hsu Nason his colleague at OpCode Consulting and with Matt McGowan The new 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 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 Camera Mouse 2012
25. 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 Gicking Radius Dwell Time Normal 1 Sec Play Clicking Sounds 4 _ Enable Double Clicking 2 P Camera Mouse 2012 User Manual June 1 2012 Page 7 of 34 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 7 Clicking tab O Camera Mouse 2012 Settings File Camera Help Cicking Control Excude Gans Mise Sieup 542 21 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 licking Radius Normal Play Clicking Sounds Enable Double Clicking 2 M On start up Clicking generally is off in Camera Mouse 2012 E Clicking Radius Dwell Time Normal 1 Sec Play Clicking Sounds 4 Enable Double Clicking 2 A Camera Mouse 2012 User Manual June 1 2012 Page 8 of 34 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 issue
26. top 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 Camera Mouse 2012 User Manual June 1 2012 Page 4 of 34 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 2012 WINDOW You can minimize the Camera Mouse 2012 window by pressing the Minimize button at the top right of the window the left of the three buttons 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 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 chi
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