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HiLight: hiding bits in pixel translucency changes

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Andrew Campbell,

Xia ZhouAuthors Info & Claims

VLCS '14: Proceedings of the 1st ACM MobiCom workshop on Visible light communication systems

Pages 45 - 50

https://doi.org/10.1145/2643164.2643171

Published: 07 September 2014 Publication History

Abstract

We present HiLight, a new form of screen-camera communication without the need of any coded images (e.g. barcodes) for off-the-shelf smart devices. HiLight hides information underlying any images shown on a LED or an OLED screen, so that camera-equipped smart devices can fetch the information by turning their cameras to the screen. HiLight achieves this by leveraging the orthogonal transparency (alpha) channel, a well-known concept in computer graphics, to embed bits into pixel translucency changes without the need of modifying pixel color (RGB) values. We demonstrated HiLight's feasibility using smartphones. By offering an unobtrusive, flexible, and lightweight communication channel between screens and cameras, HiLight opens up opportunities for new HCI and context-aware applications to emerge, e.g. smart glass communicates with screens for additional personalized information to realize augmented reality.

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HiLight: hiding bits in pixel translucency changes
1. Networks
  1. Network types
    1. Mobile networks
    2. Wireless access networks

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VLCS '14: Proceedings of the 1st ACM MobiCom workshop on Visible light communication systems

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ISBN:9781450330671

DOI:10.1145/2643164

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National Taiwan University, Taiwan

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