From: "John J. Deneen" <JJDeneen@ricochet.net>
On Oct. 20-21, 1999, at the 2nd IEEE & ACM International Workshop on Augmented
Reality '99, I met Bruce and Susie Howard who have developed "Lightgloves" for a
virtual keyboard.
The virtual keyboard is created by an IR grid by using a set of 5 LEDs and
fiber-optics strands for each hand to track the movement of fingers/thumbs mapped
to each key. Signals from these lightgloves are then coupled to a set wireless
radios strapped to each wrist for sending to a remote base station connected to a
computer. I put Neil Scott of the Archimedes Project at Stanford in contact with
them, but have not been informed of its status for commercialization.
Below is contact info from my files:
Lightglove, R. Bruce Howard, President, Harmonic Research
5208 Sudley Rd.
Manassas, VA 20109
703-754-3032 Tele/Fax
bhoward@harmonics.net
Picture of a Lightglove
http://www.infocharms.com/corporate/press/articles/iw-hongkong-99/show/3.htm
Subject: Lightglove Appreciation
Date: Sun, 24 Oct 1999 17:13:50 -0400
From: "Susie M.G. Howard" <mghoward@harmonics.net>
To: <jjdeneen@ricochet.net>
Dear John,
It was a pleasure meeting you & Gordon. We are looking forward to future
collaborations concerning the use of
our product to better the living conditions of those who need some assistance.
We have received an inquiry from
Stanford concerning a license agreement and will respond to them when we have
learned a little more about the
process.
You were such a vast wealth of information that we wanted to thank you for
taking time to acclimate us to the
industry. We are hoping that our technology can be assimilated into a vast array
of products to help the disabled as well as astronauts in space.
Please email us the info you had mentioned concerning Standford. We are eager
to get this technology to those
who can finalize the specific applications for those that need the devices.
Take care,
Susie M.G. Howard
jimoriset@aol.com wrote:
> From: jimoriset@aol.com
>
> In a message dated 03/27/2000 2:11:29 AM Pacific Standard Time,
> unrev-II@onelist.com writes:
>
> >
> > Here is some more background on "One-Handed Typing Devices":
> > http://www.stanford.edu/~valya/hci.html
> >
>
> I tried the BAT keyboard a few years ago and returned it. What I wanted, and
> told them I wanted but they didn't pick up on it, is what I call a TYPEWRITER
> GLOVE.
>
> A Typewriter Glove would slip on one hand. The hand could be in any position,
> such as resting lightly on one's stomach while lying down, or in one's lap
> while sitting. Sensors in the joints of the glove would input to the
> computer, and a simple combination of finger positions could easily represent
> more than the entire ASCII key set and all abbreviations. It would be
> somewhat like signing (using sign language) and could even be patterned
> similarly. I do not know sign language, so cannot speak for that.
>
> I have tried to give this idea away. I don't know why no one has picked up on
> it.
> With a Typewriter Glove, there would be no carpal tunnel syndrome, no stress
> to hold the hand, wrist and arm in a fixed position. You could type with the
> hand or arm in any position, as long as your hand is in the glove.
>
> Any takers?
>
> Jim Morrissett
> 760 751 0188
>
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