A maker turns a 20-year-old Wii Remote into a camera-based controller that recognises lights, shutters and a TV, and works about two times in three in real use.
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A camera-based classifier can tell which appliance a remote points at, in this build. 78 percent validation accuracy and about two in three successes in real use.
The project began with OpenMate, an open-source design that turns a Wii Remote shell into a universal remote with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, infrared and motion sensing.
He defined seven classes: kitchen light, hallway light, big roller shutter, small roller shutter, TV, floor lamp and an unknown class.
Inside the original shell there was little free space. His first plan to power the board from two AA batteries failed, because the boost converter could not supply current peaks…
In real use he found that the remote works about two times in three. He notes that the six target classes look fairly distinct, and that adding several near-identical roller…
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