SpeCam: sensing surface color and material with the front-facing camera of mobile device
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Abstract
SpeCam is a lightweight surface color and material sensing approach for mobile devices which only uses the front-facing camera and the display as a multi-spectral light source. We leverage the natural use of mobile devices (placing it face-down) to detect the material underneath and therefore infer the location or placement of the device. SpeCam can then be used to support discreet micro-interactions to avoid the numerous distractions that users daily face with today's mobile devices. Our two-parts study shows that SpeCam can i) recognize colors in the HSB space with 10 degrees apart near the 3 dominant colors and 4 degrees otherwise and ii) 30 types of surface materials with 99% accuracy. These findings are further supported by a spectroscopy study. Finally, we suggest a series of applications based on simple mobile micro-interactions suitable for using the phone when placed face-down.
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Yeo , H S , Lee , J , Bianchi , A , Harris-Birtill , D & Quigley , A J 2017 , SpeCam: sensing surface color and material with the front-facing camera of mobile device . in Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (MobileHCI '17) . , 25 , ACM , New York, NY , pp. 1-9 , 19th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services , Vienna , Austria , 4/09/17 . https://doi.org/10.1145/3098279.3098541 conference
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Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (MobileHCI '17)
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