Design
and
HCI
Applications
of
a
Lo
w Cost
Scanning
Laser
Range nder
b
y
Josh
ua
Andrew
Stric
k
on
Submitted
to
the
Departmen
t
of
Electrical
Engineering
and
Computer
Science
on
F
eb
in
partial
ful llmen
t
of
the
requiremen
ts
for
the
degree
of
Master
of
Engineering
in
Electrical
Engineering
and
Computer
Science
Abstract
A
lo
w cost
scanning
laser
range nder
w
as
dev
elop
ed
and
optimized
for
applications
in
v
olving
real time
h
uman computer
in
teraction
HCI
The
usable
range
extended
across
sev
eral
meters
enabling
the
device
to
b
e
applied
to
suc
h
applications
as
trac
k
ing
hands
e g
as
in
touc
hscreens
in
fron
t
of
large
displa
ys
The
system
w
as
imple
men
ted
as
a
con
tin
uous w
a
v
e
quadrature
phase measuring
range nder
This
thesis
will
examine
the
curren
t
states
of
laser
range nders
and
discuss
the
design
and
func
tion
of
the
protot
yp
e
system
as
w
ell
as
prop
ose
and
demonstrate
new
HCI
applica
tions
of
suc
h
a
lo
w
cost
device
Thesis
Sup
ervisor
Joseph
P
aradiso
Title
Principal
Researc
h
Scien
tist