FlashTouch: Touchscreen Communication Combining Light and Touch

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FlashTouch: Touchscreen Communication Combining Light and Touch

FlashTouch is implemented by digitizing visible light and capacitive touch and using them as communication media for data transmission. The touchscreen emits digitized visible light, and a phototransistor senses the level of this light, which changes at a constant speed. Capacitive touch sensing can be used for sending binary data by switching touch status. The technology realizes non-wire or non-wireless communication by using only the touchscreen as a communication medium.

Masa Ogata
Keio University

Yuta Sugiura
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology

Michita Imai
Keio University