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Dry erase board lined with IR sensors to record pen strokes [video]

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Re: Dry erase board lined with IR sensors to record pen strokes [video]

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Really impressive. Must be pretty sensitive IR sensors to not have false detections when the marker/eraser gets close to the board but doesn't touch it. Any info on the hardware and software stack?

Looks like it did actually have an FP+ on the eraser there if you compare the phone to what he actually erased onscreen.

I'll second the request for more info though!

Re: Dry erase board lined with IR sensors to record pen strokes [video]

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Really impressive. Must be pretty sensitive IR sensors to not have false detections when the marker/eraser gets close to the board but doesn't touch it. Any info on the hardware and software stack?

Thanks. If the pen is about 2mm off the surface, there is a false positive. Also haven't done palm rejection yet, so your palm needs to be off the board to write.

Re: Dry erase board lined with IR sensors to record pen strokes [video]

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Really impressive. Must be pretty sensitive IR sensors to not have false detections when the marker/eraser gets close to the board but doesn't touch it. Any info on the hardware and software stack?

Thanks. If the pen is about 2mm off the surface, there is a false positive. Also haven't done palm rejection yet, so your palm needs to be off the board to write.

I used an off the shelf IR touch frame bought from Aliexpress: http://www.aliexpress.com/wholesale?catId=0&initiative_id=AS... All touch inputs fed into Raspbery PI with a wifi dongle.
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