use of sixth sense technology in biomedical engineering
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USE OF SIXTH SENSE TECHNOLOGY IN
BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERINGM.H.Siddiqui
Department of biomedical engineering
Dr.bhausaheb nandurkar college of engineering & technology
Yavamal (MS) India
Abstract: In the history of medical devices there are so many versions of a device that give high performance, more sensitive and compact in size and with high configuration, less time and space consumption as new features of it.
This is the basic aim of a biomedical engineer to full fill the requirement of the need of the hour. For that I am proposing an idea which will full fill the requirement of the hour. Uses of sixth sense technology in biomedical engineering the hardware that makes Sixth Sense work is a pendant like mobile wearable interface, It has a camera, a mirror and a projector and is connected wirelessly to a Bluetooth or 3G or wifi smart phone that can slip comfortably into one’s pocket, computer can also be attached for different works. The camera recognizes individuals, images, pictures, gestures one makes with their hands. Information is sent to the Smartphone or computer for processing.
The downward-facing projector projects the output
image on to the mirror. Mirror reflects image on to the
desired surface. Thus, digital information is free from
its confines and placed in the physical world.
This is what I want to say in the field of biomedical
engineering where in operation theatre and at ICU, X-
rays, CT Scan, MRI etc, we need some fast and faster
process to which we can attain by use of this technology
known as sixth sense technology. When we start using
sixth sense technology in biomedical devices then we can
have the ECG wave at our hand or at the front wall or
on patient’s body also. In emergency case doctors need
to diagnose the patient’s some factors like blood
pressure ECG etc, very fast for that if he use old
procedures needs lots of time to place an electrode and
then taking the print of graph but by use of sixth sense
technology we can produce continuously the wave form
on wall also and doctor can diagnose very easily and
quickly in few seconds.
A. Advantages of sixth sense technology in biomedical engineering
a) Easy to operate can give high performance.
b) It can be used in cath lab also where there is huge or big space is needed for computer and screen.
c) It can be used for all of instrument to change the digital screen and can replace big computer.
d) It can be used in operation theatre.
e) Hence it can help by performing quickly to patient from death
f) It can be use in diagnosis the film of X-ray, CT Scan, MRI etc.
g) The device is not so costly near about $350 (approximately RS 17,000/-).
h) The device is wearable.
i) . Easy to handle.
j) Fast process can be performed.
k) Space in control room will reduce.
Keyword: sixth sense technology, MRI, CT scan, X rays, biomedical engineering
1. INTRODUCTION
The developer of sixth sense technology is PRANAV MISTRY a student of PhD and research assistant in MIT media lab.
The miniaturization of computing devices allows us to
carry computers in our pockets, keeping us continually
connected to the digital world; there is no link between our
digital devices and our interactions with the physical world.
Information is confined traditionally on paper or digitally on a
screen. SixthSense bridges this gap, bringing intangible, digital
information out into the tangible world, and allowing us to
interact with this information via natural hand gestures. ‘Sixth
Sense’ frees information from its confines by seamlessly
integrating it with reality, and thus making the entire world
your computer. Sixth Sense in scientific (or non-scientific)
terms is defined as Extra Sensory Perception or in short ESP. It
involves the reception of information not gained through any
of the five senses. Nor is it taken from any experiences from
the past or known. Sixth Sense aims to more seamlessly
integrate online information and tech into everyday life. By
making available information needed for decision-making
beyond what we have access to with our five senses, it
effectively gives users a sixth sense.
The SixthSense prototype is composed of a pocket
projector, a mirror and a camera. The hardware components
are coupled in a pendant-like mobile wearable device. Both the
projector and the camera are connected to the mobile
computing device in the user’s pocket.
How sixth sense technologies work?
It simply needs four things to work as mentioned below
A. Camera
B. Projector
C. Mirror
D. Mobile Component
E. Color Markers
A. CAMERA
A webcam captures and recognizes an object in view and
tracks the user’s hand gestures using computer-vision based
techniques. It sends the data to the smart phone. The camera, in
a sense, acts as a digital eye, seeing what the user sees. It also
tracks the movements of the thumbs and index fingers of both
of the user's hands. The camera recognizes objects around you
instantly, with the micro-projector overlaying the information
on any surface, including the object itself or your hand.
B. PROJECTOR
Also, a projector opens up interaction and sharing. The project
itself contains a battery inside, with 3 hours of battery life. The
projector projects visual information enabling surfaces, walls
and physical objects around us to be used as interfaces. We
want this thing to merge with the physical world in a real
physical sense. You are touching that object and projecting
info onto that object. The information will look like it is part of
the object. A tiny LED projector displays data sent from the
smart phone on any surface in view–object, wall, or person.
C. MIRROR
The usage of the mirror is significant as the projector dangles
pointing downwards from the neck.
D. MOBILE
The mobile devices like Smartphone in our pockets transmit
and receive voice and data anywhere and to anyone via the
mobile internet. An accompanying Smartphone runs the Sixth
Sense software, and handles the connection to the internet. A
Web-enabled smart phone in the user’s pocket processes the
video data. Other software searches the Web and interprets the
hand gestures.
E. COLOR MARKER
It is at the tip of the user’s fingers. Marking the user’s fingers
with red, yellow, green, and blue tape helps the webcam
recognize gestures. The movements and arrangements of these
makers are interpreted into gestures that act as interaction
instructions for the projected application interfaces.
2. CO-ORDINATION OF FIVE THINGS MAKES
SIXTHSENSE TECHNOLOGY
The hardware that makes Sixth Sense work is a
pendant like mobile wearable interface
It has a camera, a mirror and a projector and is
connected wirelessly to a Bluetooth or 3G or wifi
smart phone that can slip comfortably into one’s
The camera recognizes individuals, images,
pictures, gestures one makes with their hands
Information is sent to the Smartphone for
processing
The downward-facing projector projects the
output image on to the mirror
Mirror reflects image on to the desired surface
Thus, digital information is freed from its
confines and placed in the physical world
The entire hardware apparatus is encompassed in a
pendant-shaped mobile wearable device. Basically the
camera recognises individuals, images, pictures, gestures
one makes with their hands and the projector assists in
projecting any information on whatever type of surface is
present in front of the person. The usage of the mirror is
significant as the projector dangles pointing downwards from
the neck. To bring out variations on a much higher plane, in
the demo video which was broadcasted to showcase the
prototype to the world, Mistry uses coloured caps on his
fingers so that it becomes simpler for the software to
differentiate between the fingers, demanding various
applications.
The software program analyses the video data caught by
the camera and also tracks down the locations of the coloured
markers by utilising single computer vision techniques. One
can have any number of hand gestures and movements as long
as they are all reasonably identified and differentiated for the
system to interpret it, preferably through unique and varied
fiducially. This is possible only because the ‘Sixth Sense’
device supports multi-touch and multi-user interaction.
From this images we can have clear idea how this sixth sense can be useful and where and where we can apply this technology to make fast and fast process. The cost will not go beyond $350.
In the field of biomedical technology if we start using this technology I can assured that better results can be came out and we can save more life of human being.
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