The Samsung Eyecan+
Samsung has developed a new tool called Eyecan+, which is an eye-tracking device that allows a user to interface with a computer. It works by reading eye movements and blinking to perform common operations such as typing, copying, pasting, clicking, scrolling and zooming in and out.
Originally developed to help people with partial paralysis and quadriplegia, the portable wireless tool can currently respond to eye movements from a distance of 60 to 70 centimeters away. The device has a brief sensitivity calibration tool, much like that of a Touchscreen. Unlike, Google Glasses, this technology does not require that a user wear any sort of interface device.
While still in it’s infancy, the technology is continuing to be developed by Samsung, who currently has no plans to commercialize the technology, however, the company has said that it offer it as future open source technology for others to expand it’s development, by expanding it’s distance range, and the features of the interface.
The technology has capability of being useful in a multitude of commercial applications such as:
- Self serve kiosks that will no longer require a keyboard or a Touchscreen.
- Mobile phone interface kits.
- Vehicle interface kits that allow controlling of onboard electronics without touching anything.
- Security system interfaces, like controlling locks or security cameras at a distance.
If you would like more information on this technology as it advances, please contact the CCS Retail Systems Sales Department.
– John