Diplomová práca: Use of hand motion for control of digital television receiver

Digitalization of television broadcasting brings new possibilities for TV receiver usage. However, new features of the TV receiver also increase the complexity of its control. Results of research conducted in Great Britain show that the majority of viewers perceive the systems of digital and interactive television being too complex and difficult to use.

The objective of this work is to propose a new concept of TV receiver control that will be suitable for emerging interactive television, but will preserve the easiness-to-use comparable to analogue receivers. The target was achieved by augmenting the traditional remote control to be able to measure and analyse its motion. The measurement of motion is realized by an embedded accelerometer. The advantage of employing an accelerometer is simpler processing of the collected data compared e.g. to image processing (if the motion data were obtained from a system of cameras).