Group 2 (2007)

Student Members:
Thomas Bigelow
Carl Bernard
Michael Guilmette
Sean Leblanc

Faculty Advisor:
Dr. Luidong Xing

Project Title:
Multiple Display Controller System

Project Description:
Current Navy personnel work at a station that utilizes multiple displays interfaced to a single computer. The input device for this computer is a trackball rather than a standard mouse. When the user needs to move the mouse cursor between different displays, he rolls the cursor to the edge of the current display and it moves over to the next monitor. The problem is that the movement between monitors is not a seamless transition, and the user has to apply significant force to the trackball to move between screens. This causes the mouse cursor to move rapidly once it reaches the next display and the user loses track of the cursor. While this might not seem to be more than a minor inconvenience, after four or five hours of work at the station it becomes a significant problem. The Naval Undersea Warfare Center is looking to create a different method of moving the mouse cursor between displays. Specifically, a system is needed to move the mouse cursor between displays based on the movement of the individual's head.