What is a Laser Mouse?

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• What is a Laser Mouse?
• Laser Mouse is a tool that will enable users to
  control a mouse on a projection screen using a
  laser pointer.  Users will no longer be tied to
  the mouse on their laptop while giving
  presentations.
• Who would ever use such a thing?
• Professors
• Seminar Speakers
• Business Professionals giving Presentations

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How Does it Work?
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Sleep? Whats That?
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Project Schedule

• Week 4 Get Camera Working and interfaced to
  FPGA and VGA Monitor
• Week 5 Obtain Laser Pointer coordinates from
  camera image and use crosshair to display on
  monitor and calibrate
• Week 6 Send mouse coordinates to laptop via
  PS/2 port
• Week 7 Work on mapping between camera pixels,
  laptop pixels, and projection screen pixels.
  Work on steadying mouse movements on projected
  screen
• Week 8 Add buttons to laser interface for
  standard mouse click
• Week 9 Flex Time and Final Project
  Documentation
• Week 10 Flex Time and Final Project Demo

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Any Questions?