SmartBoardless

Color Recognition Software
Camera Setup

Inspiration

Devices like smart boards are expensive, we aimed to make an affordable alternative to use as a teaching resource available to everyone.

What it does

Using two cameras and a raspberry pi computer, it tracks the movement of a pen to act as a touchscreen for an adjoining laptop.

How we built it

This was built using python and the openCV library to isolate pixels of certain colors from cameras, and translate as mouse movements to another device using HID protocols.

Issues and Improvements

Currently, you cannot use a mouse to determine when to actually click on the screen, it clicks at all times. There can also be some fine tuning to increase precision of the image tracking. The core mechanics are working, but as always it can be perfected with more time.