Gesture recognition using MEMS micro-mirror based Infrared imaging

You just move in particular way in front of your TV or computer, you can program the system to do some set of operations for each movement or gesture, all this without even pressing a mouse or keyboard or not even touching. The 3D gesture based user interface technology concept is called "Perceptual Computing". It requires scanning and sensing the reflection from the image using Infrared light using MEMS micromirrors. Some of the natural gestures such as pointing your finger, or nodding your head in particular motion, each such movements can be programmed for initiating very related tasks. Below is the full release by STMicroelectronics on how their micro mirrors enabling perceptual computing: STMicroelectronics announced that ST was providing micro-mirrors and control devices for Perceptual Computing initiatives at Intel. In addition to the ASIC control devices, ST supplies a tiny MEMS mirror that moves thousands of times per second to scan an infrared light beam, painting an invisible grid on objects in front of it. The light reflected back from the object is captured and analyzed for 3D imaging and gesture applications. The use of MEMS technology to realize the mirror enables small and robust systems with high-performance and low-energy characteristics ideally suited to a wide variety of consumer devices, creating new dimensions in the natural interaction of people wit...