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SRI LANKAN ELECTRICAL = AND COMPUTER=20 ENGINEER INVENTS A DEVICE THAT TAKES COMMANDS FROM HAND GESTURES = THAT=20 COULD REPLACE REMOTE CONTROLLER

By Walter=20 Jayawardhana

A Sri Lankan Electrical and Computer Engineer Dr. D. M. Prashan = Premaratne and his former student Quang Nguyen have perfected a = system of=20

Making electronic commands by hand gestures that could replace = a remote=20 controller to operate a television set , a VCR or a set top box , = reported=20 Computer Vision Research Journal of the institute of Engineering = and=20 Technology in Australia.

The invention that could possibly make the curse of the missing = remote=20 controller a thing of the past had been developed by the = University=20 teacher and his past pupil through a new Australian technology = which=20 converts simple hand gestures into electronic commands that can = operate=20 devices ,the journal said.

The researches in University of Wollongong in new South Wales = Australia=20 have operated a television set and a VCR successfully by using ten = hand=20 gestures the report further revealed.

A small camera captures an image of a gesture like a closed = fist and=20 matches it to a pre-defined command which then instructs the = device what=20 to do.

An open palm, a thumb up, or a pistol gesture are some of the = gestures=20 used in commanding different operations. \

By using different hand gestures one could turn the devices on = or off,=20 change channels adjust the volume and play or stop a video, the = journal=20 said.

The remote control by hand gesturing is the brain child of the=20 Wollongong University=92s School of Electrical Computer and=20 Telecommunication Engineering teacher Dr. D.M. Prashan Premaratne = and his=20 former student Quang Nguen . All this started as a student = project.=20

According to Dr. Premaratne the system works hundred percent = accurate=20 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=20 at an extra cost of 50 dollars. He further added that he is = currently=20 discussing with Sony Europe to introduce his system to their = gaming=20 devices.

Dr. Premaratne who received his early education in primary = school=20 Welimada, St. Thomas College Bandarawela, and Central School = Bandarawela=20 received his higher education at the University of Melbourne in = Australia=20 and the National University , Singapore

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