ECE497 Project Gesture Based Control

Team members: Jake Bellis

Draft Feedback
Good you see you are getting this started. Needs much more work.

I'm using the following template to grade. Each slot is 10 points. 0 = Missing, 5=OK, 10=Wow!

 00 Executive Summary 00 Installation Instructions 00 User Instructions 00 Highlights 00 Theory of Operation 00 Work Breakdown 00 Future Work 00 Conclusions 00 Demo 00 Late Comments: I'm looking forward to seeing this.

Score: 10/100

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Executive Summary
This project is meant to use gesture control to perform various functions. The functions are as yet undefined.

The project can accurately detect gestures using the Sparkfun Breakout for the Avago APDS 9960.

Literally all I have working is an accurate detection of gestures. There is nothing to control yet. This was the result of extremely poor planning on my part.

I am hoping to get the gesture sensor to control inputs and outputs today.

Packaging
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Installation Instructions
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User Instructions
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Highlights
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Theory of Operation
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Work Breakdown
Interfacing with the APDS-9960 - Jake Bellis

This is the only thing completely as of now as I had a really bad quarter. The only thing I am able to accomplish is detecting whether a hand was swiped left, right, up, or down over the sensor.

Future Work
With the time constraints, I was only able to detect up, down, left, and right gestures. I would like to be able to detect more complex gestures in the future. Additionally, I would like to do more complex tasks with gesture control that were not implemented in this project.

Conclusions
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