January 13, 2008
TVs to Learn 'Sign Language'
PhysOrg reports on JVC´s "Snap & Gesture" TV technology, enabling users to communicate using a pre-programmed "sign language."
The TV, which is still in the demo stage, contains a microphone to detect clapping, a video camera to recognize finger movements, and a set of sensors that can help the system memorize customized gestures.
To control the TV, a user claps their hands three times to make a menu with icons appear.
To select channels, manage the set-up, and do everything a remote control can do using hand waves, a user claps or finger snaps.
For more immediate control of common operations, such as changing the volume, users can clap a certain way. The system can also be programmed so that specific clapping patterns result in going to specific channels (for example, two claps means switch to Comedy Central).
JVS does not have an expected release date for the "Snap & Gesture" TV. "
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