DOC developed the DOE for use in Celluon's MagicCube, an ultra-portable, full-sized virtual computer keyboard. DigitalOptics will be the sole manufacturer of the new keyboard DOE, which will be available in multiple languages, for Celluon, a vendor of portable input applications.
"Our laser key projection keyboard is a revolutionary step in mobile input," said Ray Cha, CEO of Celluon, Seoul, Korea. "This new DOE from DigitalOptics enables Celluon's MagicCube to extend its capabilities as a leading projection keyboard using the 3D electronic perception technology."
A Youtube video shows the keyboard in action:
But this kind of devices doesn't need ToF sensor, am I right?
ReplyDeleteCelluon talks about 3D sensor, not telling if it's ToF or something else.
ReplyDeleteI thought Canesta had been thinking about this idea for a long time. I remember I read something about it a while back. Am I correct?
ReplyDeleteYeah, they've had the base technology to do this from at least 2004.
ReplyDelete2004 is about the time when Celluon was established, formed JV with Canesta and got $950K from Canesta. See Celluon history here:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.celluon.com/company/history.htm?sm=1_3
I had old Celluon device, took it apart, of course :) And I guess it's time modulated IR laser line (horizontal, near surface) and sensor with simple demodulation pixels (or subtraction of two (on/off) images). I'm quite sure it's based on simple triangulation.
ReplyDelete$199 is too high a price!
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