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SRI LANKAN ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEER INVENTS A DEVICE THAT TAKES COMMANDS FROM HAND GESTURES THAT COULD REPLACE REMOTE CONTROLLER

By Walter Jayawardhana

A Sri Lankan Electrical and Computer Engineer Dr. D. M. Prashan Premaratne and his former student Quang Nguyen have perfected a system of

Making electronic commands by hand gestures that could replace a remote controller to operate a television set , a VCR or a set top box , reported Computer Vision Research Journal of the institute of Engineering and Technology in Australia.

The invention that could possibly make the curse of the missing remote controller a thing of the past had been developed by the University teacher and his past pupil through a new Australian technology which converts simple hand gestures into electronic commands that can operate devices ,the journal said.

The researches in University of Wollongong in new South Wales Australia have operated a television set and a VCR successfully by using ten hand gestures the report further revealed.

A small camera captures an image of a gesture like a closed fist and matches it to a pre-defined command which then instructs the device what to do.

An open palm, a thumb up, or a pistol gesture are some of the gestures used in commanding different operations. \

By using different hand gestures one could turn the devices on or off, change channels adjust the volume and play or stop a video, the journal said.

The remote control by hand gesturing is the brain child of the Wollongong University’s School of Electrical Computer and Telecommunication Engineering teacher Dr. D.M. Prashan Premaratne and his former student Quang Nguen . All this started as a student project.

According to Dr. Premaratne the system works hundred percent accurate under normal lighting conditions and responsive to commands from a distance of 10 meters.

He said the hand gesturing device could be added to any top box device at an extra cost of 50 dollars. He further added that he is currently discussing with Sony Europe to introduce his system to their gaming devices.

Dr. Premaratne who received his early education in primary school Welimada, St. Thomas College Bandarawela, and Central School Bandarawela received his higher education at the University of Melbourne in Australia and the National University , Singapore

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