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Church Fundraising Ideas - Learn How to Raise the Most Money
If you're part of a church group the last thing on your mind might be raising money. But often times it just becomes necessary. The funding is just not there and you have a choice whether to cut programs or other items or figure something else out.
So unless members of your church are willing to step to the plate and meet the financial needs, sometimes you need to hold a church fundraiser.
Types of Church Fundraisers:
Like most types of fundraising groups there are a few major categories that churches can and should consider based on individual needs. There are brochure fundraisers that cost nothing to start. There are candy fundraisers which are about the easiest possible product to sell. Then there are our two highest profit categories that include discount fundraising cards and scratch card fundraisers.
Do we need money to get started?
If upfront money is a consideration for your church then we suggest you go directly to the no upfront cost brochure fundraising section of our website. There you will find more than a dozen different fundraisers that cost nothing to start. Members of your church use free brochures and order forms to pre sell products with. We even have some church-specific no upfront costs fundraisers like our Journey of Faith Candle Fundraiser. We highly recommend that candle line. It's so relevant and so many church groups report outstanding results.
Do I need to part of a group?
We provide fundraising products that can and are used by both individuals as well as groups. In other words you do not need to be part of a church group to hold a church fundraiser. We suggest you look carefully at products you consider to see if there are minimum order requirements that might make that choice less desirable. But the choice is your's and you can use any of our fundraising products to raise money whether you are part of a small group, a large group or you are raising money for yourself.
Why Should I Use Easy Fundraising Ideas for my Church Fundraiser?
Last year along we helped more than 10,000 groups raise money. A large percentage of those groups were church related. That gives us a couple advantages when it comes to church fundraising. First we quickly learn what is working well for groups just like yours. And we also have lots of experience to help you each step of the way. You can rest comfortably knowing we will be there to make sure you have the best church fundraising experience possible.
Church Fundraising Ideas by Church Group Type
There are lots of different groups within a church that might need to raise money. Below you will find a partial list of some of those group.
While we have listed the top church fundraisers on the top right side of this page you can find more fundraising ideas on the following pages as well:
Catholic Church Youth Organization Fundraiser:
In this section we offer some great Catholic Church Youth fundraisers. There are some options that are definitely faith based while many others are the most tried and proven fundraisers that work best for youth groups and all types.
Church Fundraising:
We have a wide selection of Church fundraising programs to help your church or church group raise the money it needs. Many are no risk, no upfront cost, high profit church fundraisers.
Money Makers for Catholic Schools:
Catholic School Fundraising does not have to differ much from any other school fundraising idea. This section will detail all of the top fundraising choices including many that do not cost anything to get started and others that offer 90% profit and more.
Raise Money for Your Choir:
In this section you will find suggestions and ideas for holding a successful choir fundraising campaign. You will find options for any sized group. You will find options that do not require any upfront money. And you will find profits as high as 90% or more.
Raising Funds for Christian Groups:
In this section you will find our top Christian Fundraising Ideas. While some are faith based products others are tried and proven fundraisers that have worked well for Christian fundraising campaigns as well as for many other none faith-based groups.
Raising Money for a Mission Trip:
Mission trip fundraising efforts might be held to pay for you to go on a mission trip or to support a missionaries leaving to head back to the mission field. Church mission fundraisers can be extremely easy depending on how many people are participating and how much money needs to be raised.
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Ideas For Free Church Fundraisers
If your church doesn't really have enough extra funds on hand to pay in advance for a church fundraiser, then obviously you'll be wanting to look at some free church fundraisers. The way these free fundraisers work is that we send out product catalogues or brochures to you, along with all the order forms you'll need to get started. Then you just have your fundraising team go around and collect orders from your supporters, and...
Thinking of Good Church Fundraisers
If this is your first time being in an organizational position with church fundraisers and having to come up with good church fundraising ideas, you may be wondering just how you're going to get through all this. Of course good fundraisers require some effort on your part, but it's not going to be as hard as you may think. Once you get yourself organized and educated on the ins and outs of the fundraiser process,...
Church Fundraisers That Work
If you've been trying to think of church fundraisers that work, it's likely that your top concern is how much profit you can make, and how quickly you can make it. There are many roads to the same destination, but if you're looking for some church fundraising ideas that work, here are some great choices. Pizza cards are a great way to host church fundraisers that work, especially if you anticipate selling 1,000 cards or...
Looking at Church Fundraisers in a Different Way
Your church is one of the most important places in your community. You attend services there, everyone gets together there, the youth group uses it as a meeting place, and any number of activities and club functions happen there. In fact, church is such an important part of our lives that we want to do whatever we can to help out when the church is in need. This is why church fundraisers are so important...
Church Fundraising
Is there any more clear sign of the work of God in this world than when a church is growing and needs to expand to a new building? What about when there is an overwhelming need to serve in the community and help the less fortunate or down trodden? And what about the spreading of God?s word around the country and indeed, around the world, through missions work done by church members? ...
Church Fundraising Ideas
Easy Fundraising Ideas is proud to be home to so many fantastic church fundraising ideas. We have programs that offer profits up to 93% and programs with 1 item minimum order levels both of which are designed to help your church raise as much money as possible as quickly as possible. Because we have so many church fundraising ideas, it makes sense to do a little bit of planning before you begin searching for the...
Church Fundraisers
Easy Fundraising Ideas is very excited to announce one of our newest fundraising programs that is perfect for churches. We feel like church fundraisers should do more than just raise money and, once you see this program, we think you will agree. Our Go Green fundraising programs offers your church a fundraising program with a bigger message. While a cookie dough sale might be fun, we feel like the bible clearly calls us to...
An Easy Church Fundraiser
Is your church group looking for a simple and successful church fundraiser? Look no further than the Money Savings Card. It is the newest fundraising opportunity, and without a doubt one of the most profitable fundraisers available. What is a Money Savings Card? A Money Savings Card is exactly what it sounds like. It is a card that gives the buyer exclusive rights to online shopping discounts at hundreds of stores. ...
Starting Off on the Right Foot with Church Fundraisers
These days, church fundraisers are an essential part of most churches, and will certainly help keep your church and all its wonderful aspects afloat. But just because money is necessary to keep the church running, doesn't mean that church fundraisers have to be so focused on cash and what will happen if you don't get enough. Your church fundraising ideas will be much more successful if you can push the focus over to...
Planning Ahead for Church Fundraising
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Using a Church Fundraiser to Teach the Youth Group
A church fundraiser may seem on the surface like it's mostly about getting money in for the church, but if you get the youth group involved, you can raise the your church fundraiser up to a whole new level, and accomplish several wonderful things in the process. Your youth group is comprised of the most energetic and motivated members of your congregation, and this can be useful both for you and for them where...
Popular Church Fundraising Ideas
If you need some church fundraising ideas to help you raise money for mission trips, the youth group, or anything else, you've come to the right place. We have a whole host of of church fundraising ideas ready to go, and the best part is that each of them is more than appropriate within the context of the Christian faith. The only thing you have to do is look through our interesting and...
Coming Up with Great Church Fundraiser Ideas
If you have been put in a position of organizing the fundraiser for your church's youth group, choir, or even the church itself, the idea can be a bit overwhelming at first. A church fundraiser does need your help, however, in order to be a success, and it's not as much work as you think it's going to be. If you get started early with your preparations, you can soon be well on...
Coming Up with a Maximum Profit Church Fundraising Idea
When your church needs extra money and you want to start thinking of a church fundraising idea, clearly the thing you're most concerned with is profit and how quickly you can reach the goal you have set for yourself. There are many paths to coming up with a church fundraising idea, and once you get the hang of what you're doing, you can really maximize your profits and enjoy the benefits of church fundraising. One...
An Event-Based Church Fundraiser Idea
If you are trying to organize a church fundraiser idea, there are so many different ways to go about it. One of the most profitable and rewarding church fundraiser ideas is to have a church fundraiser event, possibly set up as a choir concert, church festival, or other entertaining activity. But one of the mistakes made with many ideas like this is to rely solely on the price of tickets to raise...
How to Write a Church Fundraising Letter
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Easy Church Fundraisers Ideas
When the time comes around that you're ready to think about some church fundraisers ideas for the youth group, choir, or for funding new church facilities, you may not know where to start. So many churches these days rely on church fundraisers to stay afloat, so you're going to have to come up with brilliant fundraising ideas sooner or later. Good church fundraisers ideas can make the difference between your church getting exactly...
Tips for Writing Church Fundraising Letters
If you are in charge of your church fundraising effort, you can go about this from several angles. You can organize some church fundraising products, such as things you can sell after church or out in the community to try to bring in some money for your fundraiser. There's also the possibility that you could host a church event where you could sell tickets and raise some money in that way. But there's...
Organizing a Catholic Church Fundraising Event
If you are organizing a Catholic church fundraising effort, you probably have no idea of the full scale of possibilities available. One of the best choices is to have some sort of Catholic church fundraising event, possibly some kind of talent show, or maybe a church carnival. But you must not make the mistake of relying only on ticket prices for your church fundraiser - there are a whole range of supplementary...
Coming Up with Good Church Fundraising Activities
When you get to the point that you want to start thinking about church fundraising activities for your choir, youth group, or facilities fund, you may find that you really don't know how to get going. But of course you're going to have to learn how to come up with some good church fundraising activities at some point if your church, like so many others these days, is starting to rely more heavily on...
Getting Started with Free Church Fundraising
If you are organizing church fundraising for a church or church group that is a little short of cash, you might be worried to find that a lot of church fundraising ideas expect you to buy products upfront. This can be stressful if you don't have an existing budget to work from - the whole point of church fundraising is that you need to be bringing money in, not spending even more. So...
How to Select Ideas for Church Fundraisers
Running church fundraisers is not as difficult as many people make it out to be. Churches have a lot of support from the communities they serve, and with the right group of people to go out and look for help, you've got a recipe for success. So now all you need are some great church fundraising ideas that will send you down the road to success, but how do you go about...
Choosing a Church Fundraising Campaign
If the finances at your church are such that you are considering a church fundraising campaign, it's likely that you're mostly thinking about which church fundraising campaigns are available for your kind of group, and how you should go about choosing the church fundraising campaign that's right for you. There are quite a lot of choices out there, so where do you even start with narrowing down the field? Choosing a fundraising campaign is...
Having a Responsible Church Fundraising Policy
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The Mental Aspects of a Church Fundraiser
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"Crazy me don't think there's pain...in Barcelona." Barcelona by surferob
Barcelona Travel Guide: 9,764 reviews and 22,676 photos
I'm lucky enough to have some good friends living in Barcelona, so visits there take on an entirely different dimension than those I've visited where the most familiar thing is my backpack. (The guy of the couple I know works at the Ritz Carlton Hotel, aka "Hotel Beaux Arts".) When I go to Barcelona - I've only been twice - I'm able to fall into the kind of rhythm that I aspire to get into no matter where I am in the world. That being the feeling of being somewhat 'at home' there. At least like a home away from home. It's probably no coincidence that I find it somewhat reminiscent of my own San Diego...not identical, mind you, just a bit similar.
So my impressions and memories of this glorious city are a tad unique. Still, I can objectively look at it and say that it's a must-see type of city for any traveler, especially those looking to soak up some of culture-rich Western Europe. It has many attributes as a destination. It's big in size and scale, has more than enough fodder for you history buffs, world-class shopping (or so I'm told), and last but not least is just teeming with art. Art seeps from the pores of this city, from its metro stops and lampposts to its churches and parks. Granted, most of it has the unmistakable signature of hometown boy Antony Gaudi, but there's no harm in that I suppose (although I'll leave that to the art buffs to decide). On the more practical side, accomodations seem to be plentiful although I have little direct experience in this area, with the exception of one hostel which I will be giving a strong recommendation for in my 'Accomodations' section. Add to that the welcoming climate, vibrant streetlife and aforementioned Metro, which is as remarkably simple and convenient as those in other major cities, and you have all the makings of a great European stopover.
- Pros:SUN....both falling from the sky and emanating from the streets.
- Cons:Catalan language is difficult to just 'pick up'
- In a nutshell:If you're going as far as the South of France, consider crossing the Pyrenees to have a look.
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The cathedral is nowhere near Gracia. Gracia is on the other side of the Eixample. About 30 mins walk from the cathedral, maybe more.
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Awesome page about my most favorite city in the world! ;-)
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Great page and tips on the most beautiful of large cities I ever visited :-)
I simply love the city and the view from Montjuic is not to beat. Great tip about the elevator in the Cathedral, 4 times in BCN and I still didn't see it. Viva Barcelona!
excellent page! hope to visit barcelona too one day
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Words strain to portray the magnificence of the two operas we recently had the pleasure of seeing: Borodins Prince Igor at Town Hall Theater, Middlebury, and Massenets Werther at the Paramount Theatre, Rutland.
The operas brought live in HD from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, were simply brilliant, the monumental Prince Igor production with the bass-baritone Ildar Abdrazakov as the vainglorious prince, soprano Oksana Dyka and mezzo-soprano Anita Rachvelishvili as Princess Konchakovna; and Werther, with the stunning tenor Jonas Kaufmann as the unrequited-in-love melancholic and the mezzo-soprano Sophie Koch as the equally exciting and intense Charlotte.
These operas are two of this seasons Met Opera HD Live series that are simultaneously transmitted from the Met to both of the above theaters.
While the sound system at Town Hall Theater could use improvement, at the Paramount, it was as good as could be expected from digital transmission. But then what could capture in retention the soaring high C of Sophie Koch, except, of course, being at the Met? Unfortunately, sound transmission also occasionally broke on certain octave ralentando. But then, we were in Vermont.
The Met Live in HD series continues through April and May, so for an exceptional afternoon of drama, voice and music, please go.
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By Roxanne McKnight
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Women in the Mexia area who are interested in education and civic projects will find friends with similar interests in the Woman's Friday Club.
This uniquely Mexia organization was formed in 1897 by eight housewives who yearned for something more than their many daily tasks.
"They were raising families, mostly young families, and the women had a meaningless existence in a lot of ways, and they wanted something to pique their appetite for learning" said Wynona Lipsett, past president of the Woman's Friday Club and currently its treasurer.
The founders took turns meeting in each other's homes every Friday to study books, plays, musical subjects and similar matters. The original purpose of the club was to further the interests and personal growth of the members, but their focus quickly turned outward, especially toward bettering their home city.
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Staff Writer
The battle against cancer is fought on many fronts, and most are difficult. Raising money to help others with the financial cost of cancer, however, can be pleasant, even fun, when it comes to the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life.
Limestone County will hold this year's Relay on Saturday, Oct. 18, at Fort Parker State Park, with opening ceremonies starting at 6 p.m.
Mary Brantner, mission and advocacy chair of Limestone County Relay for Life, recently spoke to the Rotary Club of Mexia about the event, along with her daughter Sheila Shields, this year's co-chair of the Limestone County event with her sister Kim Freeman. Brantner said her family is heavily involved in Relay in memory of her husband and her mother, both of whom died from cancer.
"The area we have picked at Fort Parker is beautiful," Shields said, noting that the site this year has been moved to a camping area of the park.
Parkview Regional Hospital and Ennis Regional Medical Center have announced that Kevin Zachary will step down from his position as chief executive officer (CEO) of both facilities, effective Oct. 31.
Zachary, who has served as CEO of Parkview Regional since 2011 and CEO of Ennis Regional since 2013, is leaving to be CEO of Logan Regional Medical Center in Logan, West Va., another hospital within the LifePoint Hospitals network.
"We are grateful to Kevin for his stellar leadership of both Parkview Regional and Ennis Regional and are excited for him to continue serving LifePoint in his new post at Logan Regional Medical Center," said Robert Klein, chief operating officer (COO) of LifePoint Hospitals' Central Group, of which Parkview Regional Hospital and Ennis Regional Medical Center are a part.
To read more, pick up a copy of Thursday's The Mexia News, or subscribe to our e-edition.
By Roxanne McKnight
Staff Writer
No action was taken to lift the burn ban at Limestone County commissioners court's Sept. 22 meeting, but the court did agree to put blacktop on four miles of a road in the southern part of the county that gets so dusty it is a safety hazard. The court discussed but ultimately tabled a vote on buying a tank to store red diesel.
Emergency Management Director Matt Groveton told the court the Keetch-Byram Drought Index readings of the county's moisture indicate conditions have gotten even drier than they had been. KBDI readings range from zero, meaning total saturation, to 700, meaning no moisture whatsoever. A reading of 570 is considered drought stage, but the burn ban may be initiated even before that reading is reached if conditions are considered dangerous. The current burn ban has been in effect since Aug. 4.
"I understand our KBDI has actually gone up to 600-something," County Judge Daniel Burkeen said to Groveton.
By Roxanne McKnight
Staff Writer
A woman and her elderly father fled for their lives late Wednesday afternoon after a fire broke out in their Mexia home.
The fire started about 6:15 p.m. on Sept. 24 in a wooden frame house at 1206 E. Palestine Street.
Della Forge said she and her father, Arthur Lee Forge, who lived in the home, said they heard an unexpected sound and suddenly realized their house was on fire.
"I don't know what happened," Forge said. "It just started popping. The wires, I guess."
To read more, pick up a copy of Saturday's The Mexia News, or subscribe to our e-edition.
By Roxanne McKnight
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Registered sex offenders in Mexia will find new limitations on where they can go and where they can live after city council passed a new ordinance to that effect Tuesday.
The new law makes it illegal for certain sexual offenders to reside within 1,000 feet of premises where children gather, or loiter within 300 feet of the public way around a child-safety zone. The ordinance provides exceptions and penalties, including a fine not to exceed $2,000 per day of a continuing violation.
Child-safety zones include the city park, churches, playgrounds and restaurants with playground equipment.
"This proposed ordinance is really to protect the health, safety and welfare of children in this community," Mexia Sgt. Detective Rodney Irvin told the council before the vote.
Camp Coffee, Cobbler, and Jam Music Series
Back by popular demand, the Bluegrass Solution from Houston will entertain visitors with their hard-driving bluegrass and bluegrass gospel music Saturday evening, Sept. 27.
Everyone is invited to gather 6-8 p.m. under the 1893 Dance Pavilion within the Confederate Reunion Grounds, 1738 FM 2705, Mexia.
Guests will also enjoy cobblers cooked over the campfire by Mexia's Boy Scout Troop 70 along with coffee provided by Friends of the Confederate Reunion Grounds.
To read more, pick up a copy of Thursday's Mexia News, or subscribe to our e-edition.
By Roxanne McKnight
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County officials held the final public hearing before voting on the budget and new tax rate for the upcoming fiscal year. The hearing took place Monday, Sept. 22, shortly after the end of the regular commissioners court meeting.
Three people spoke, one on behalf of providing adequate funding for Old Fort Parker; and two urging the court to use fiscal restraint regarding the tax rate.
Although the court had announced that an anonymous donor had pledged the additional $6,000 requested by the Old Fort Parker board of directors, County Judge Elenor Holmes said she wanted to be sure the members of the court realized how significant Old Fort Parker is.
She said the fort's dire financial situation makes running the fort difficult for Sarah McReynolds, who oversees the day-to-day operation of the facility.
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Limestone County may get its own elections administrator in January. County commissioners moved budget lines to the anticipated new office at their Sept. 8 meeting when they were discussing the budget. The court made a few more decisions concerning the Nov. 4 election at the same meeting, accepted the salaries of the county auditor, her staff and district court personnel; and also heard reports from the Sheriff's Office and Juvenile Detention Center.
During budget planning, County Judge Daniel Burkeen noted that funds from the county clerk's office would be moved in the new budget that begins Oct. 1 to a new elections administrator office that if approved would be set up by the county to begin Jan. 1. Funds from the treasurers office designated for voter registration also were moved to the election administrator office in the budget.
Three-year-old Caleb Shamblin (in front with the pom and cow bell) was ready to run out on the field with his Paw Patrol buddies last Friday night at Black Cat Field before the start of Mexia's game against Waco La Vega. For more on that game, and other sports news, turn to Pages B1 and B3.
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The utility and enjoyment of computer systems can be enhanced by providing better user interfaces. User interfaces for computers systems have evolved significantly since the personal computer (PC) first became widely available. Early PCs were limited to user input devices, such as the keyboard and serial mouse, and were primarily text-based. However, a vast improvement in the speed and the power of microprocessors, greater availability of low-cost memory, and improved programming functionality have all contributed to the creation of much more sophisticated user interface designs and hardware, and the development of much more user-friendly graphic operating systems.
One particular area of advancement in user interface technology pertains to the recent development of an interactive display, to which a number of commonly assigned patent applications have been directed. An interactive display presents graphic images to a user on a flat surface, such as the top of a table or other housing format. In addition, this surface is responsive to input by a user. A PC is coupled to the interactive display to provide the processing power that yields a rich user interactive experience, offering more sophisticated command and interface features, and a far more natural interactive approach in providing input to the system, particularly as related to displayed images.
Interactive display systems that have been developed typically employ specialized optical systems adapted for projecting images and for detecting user input. An optical user input detection system can be based on illuminating a surface of the interactive display with infrared light, which is invisible to a user and does not interfere with the display of images by a projection system or other form of display device. With these types of detection systems, any objects that are located on or near the surface of the display will reflect the infrared light back to the detection system, where it can be detected as user input.
Interactive displays are thus being developed with the capability to process the signals produced in response to the non-visible light reflections from an object placed on or near the display surface, to determine the size, geometry, and even the trajectory of the object. This functionality of an interactive display provides a technological platform for developing completely new applications that were not possible with prior generations of conventional user interfaces. For example, this form of interactive display lends itself to simultaneous use by multiple users positioned around the interactive display surface. However, tracking multiple users of an interactive display system presents a challenge, particularly if the users are allowed to simultaneously access different individual user accounts or profiles that are associated with use of the interactive display system.
This new type of interactive display provides an opportunity for users to more efficiently conduct online commerce, since a user can readily interact with and navigate within programs and websites using gestures and by moving objects around on the display surface. However, in addition to simply selecting input options, an interactive display can assist in completing transactions in other ways. Frequently, consumers shopping online for clothing are required to select a size for an item in order to complete a transaction. For example, shoes, pants, shirts, jackets, and gloves are all items that are available in different sizes. However, users may not recall the correct size for an item such as a glove. It would be desirable to employ the imaging capability of an interactive display to directly determine the size of user's hand, thereby enabling the correct size of glove to be determined. Also, user profiles can be associated with biometric data such as hand sizes, so that the sizing of other articles of clothing stored in association with the profile of each user of an interactive display can readily be recalled from memory to complete a size selection during an online transaction. Therefore, interest currently exists in employing interactive displays and developing appropriate software for biometric measurements that can be employed to facilitate user identification and provide other functionality.
The description below includes a discussion of a method that can be implemented using a computer for producing user biometric data based on user input to an interactive display. The interactive display is able to simultaneously detect inputs at a plurality of locations proximate to the surface of the interactive display that is employed both for displaying images and detecting a user input. As discussed in more detail below, the method includes first receiving a user input based on detecting the user input from a portion of a user, e.g., from a user's hand. However, the user input can be from other types of biological entities, such as an animal like a dog or cat, and is not limited just to being provided by a human. A detection signal produced in response to the user input can be processed to identify biometric indicia associated with the user input. Based on the biometric indicia identified, user biometric data can be produced. The user biometric data can include parameters describing one or more physical characteristics associated with the portion of the user that was sensed, or can be employed to simply identify the user from among a group of users of the interactive display.
This Summary has been provided to introduce a few concepts in a simplified form that are further described in detail below in the Description. However, this Summary is not intended to identify key or essential features of the claimed subject matter, nor is it intended to be used as an aid in determining the scope of the claimed subject matter.
Various aspects and attendant advantages of one or more exemplary embodiments and modifications thereto will become more readily appreciated as the same becomes better understood by reference to the following detailed description, when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein:
Exemplary embodiments are illustrated in referenced Figures of the drawings. It is intended that the embodiments and Figures disclosed herein are to be considered illustrative rather than restrictive. Furthermore, in the claims that follow, when a list of alternatives uses the conjunctive "and" following the phrase "at least one of" or following the phrase "one of," the intended meaning of "and" corresponds to the conjunctive "or."
Exemplary Computing System
The following discussion is intended to provide a brief, general description of a suitable computing environment in which certain methods may be implemented. Further, the following discussion illustrates a context for implementing computer-executable instructions, such as program modules, with a computing system. Generally, program modules include routines, programs, objects, components, data structures, etc., that perform particular tasks or implement particular abstract data types. The skilled practitioner will recognize that other computing system configurations may be applied, including multiprocessor systems, mainframe computers, personal computers, processor-controlled consumer electronics, personal digital assistants (PDAs) (but likely not when used as a server of digital media content), and the like. One implementation includes distributed computing environments where tasks are performed by remote processing devices that are linked through a communications network. In a distributed computing environment, program modules may be located in both local and remote memory storage devices.
With reference to
A basic input/output system 26 (BIOS), which contains the fundamental routines that enable transfer of information between elements within the PC 20, such as during system start up, is stored in ROM 24. PC 20 further includes a hard disk drive 27 for reading from and writing to a hard disk (not shown), a magnetic disk drive 28 for reading from or writing to a removable magnetic disk 29, and an optical disk drive 30 for reading from or writing to a removable optical disk 31, such as a compact disk-read only memory (CD-ROM) or other optical media. Hard disk drive 27, magnetic disk drive 28, and optical disk drive 30 are connected to system bus 23 by a hard disk drive interface 32, a magnetic disk drive interface 33, and an optical disk drive interface 34, respectively. The drives and their associated computer readable media provide nonvolatile storage of computer readable machine instructions, data structures, program modules, and other data for PC 20. Although the described exemplary environment employs a hard disk 27, removable magnetic disk 29, and removable optical disk 31, those skilled in the art will recognize that other types of computer readable media, which can store data and machine instructions that are accessible by a computer, such as magnetic cassettes, flash memory cards, digital video disks (DVDs), Bernoulli cartridges, RAMs, ROMs, and the like, may also be used.
A number of program modules may be stored on the hard disk 27, magnetic disk 29, optical disk 31, ROM 24, or RAM 25, including an operating system 35, one or more application programs 36, other program modules 37, and program data 38. In one implementation, programs 36 can include object recognition software that is suitable for use with the optical system of an interactive display. In another implementation, program modules 37 can include various program modules for determining biometric parameters and for applying biometric data for use with applications. A user may enter commands and information in PC 20 and provide control input through input devices, such as a keyboard 40 and a pointing device 42. Pointing device 42 may include a mouse, stylus, wireless remote control, or other pointer, but in connection with the presently described embodiments, such conventional pointing devices may be omitted, since the user can employ an interactive display system for input and control. As used in the following description, the term "mouse" is intended to encompass any pointing device that is useful for controlling the position of a cursor on the screen. Other input devices (not shown) may include a microphone, joystick, haptic joystick, yoke, foot pedals, game pad, satellite dish, scanner, or the like. Also, PC 20 may include a Bluetooth radio or other wireless interface for communication with other interface devices, such as printers, or the interactive display table described in detail below. These and other input/output (I/O) devices can be connected to processing unit 21 through an I/O interface 46 that is coupled to system bus 23. The phrase "I/O interface" is intended to encompass each interface specifically used for a serial port, a parallel port, a game port, a keyboard port, and/or a universal serial bus (USB). System bus 23 can also be connected to a camera interface (not shown), which is coupled to an interactive display 60 in order to receive signals from a digital video camera that is included within interactive display 60, as discussed in greater detail below. The digital video camera may be instead coupled to an appropriate serial I/O port, such as to a USB port. System bus 23 can also be connected through I/O interface 46 or another interface, to a light source within an interactive display in order to provide control signals to the light source, as discussed in greater detail below. Furthermore, system bus 23 can also be connected through I/O interface 46 or another interface to a light detector within an interactive display in order to receive user input. Optionally, a monitor 47 can be connected to system bus 23 via an appropriate interface, such as a video adapter 48; however, the interactive display system described below can provide a much richer display and also interact with the user for input of information and control of software applications and is therefore preferably coupled to the video adaptor. In general, PCs can also be coupled to other peripheral output devices (not shown), such as speakers (through a sound card or other audio interface—not shown) and printers.
Certain methods described in detail below, can be practiced on a single machine, although PC 20 can also operate in a networked environment using logical connections to one or more remote computers, such as a remote computer 49. Remote computer 49 can be another PC, a server (which can be configured much like PC 20), a router, a network PC, a peer device, or a satellite or other common network node, (all not shown) and typically includes many or all of the elements described above in connection with PC 20, although only an external memory storage device 50 has been illustrated in
When used in a LAN networking environment, PC 20 is connected to LAN 51 through a network interface or adapter 53. When used in a WAN networking environment, PC 20 typically includes a modem 54, or other means such as a cable modem, Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) interface, or an Integrated Service Digital Network (ISDN) interface for establishing communications over WAN 52, such as the Internet. Modem 54, which may be internal or external, is connected to the system bus 23 or coupled to the bus via I/O device interface 46, i.e., through a serial port. In a networked environment, program modules, or portions thereof, used by PC 20 may be stored in the remote memory storage device. It will be appreciated that the network connections shown are exemplary and other means of establishing a communications link between the computers may be used, such as wireless communication and wide band network links.
Exemplary Interactive Display
A light source 66 can comprise any of a variety of light emitting devices, such as a light emitting diode (LED), laser diode, and other suitable light sources. In some implementations, light source 66 can be a light source that can be driven to scan in two orthogonal dimensions, i.e., in the X and Y directions. In this implementation, the scanning mechanism used for light source 66 can be a rotating mirror, a galvanometer mirror, or other well known scanning mechanisms commonly used for producing a raster scan of a surface with a light beam. In general, light source 66 is configured for emitting light having a wavelength in the infrared (IR) spectrum, which is therefore not visible to the human eye. However, any wavelength of light can be used that is invisible to the human eye, so as to avoid interfering with the display of visible images provided on interactive display surface 64. Light source 66 can be mounted in any position on the interior side of frame 62, depending on the particular light source used. The light that is produced by light source 66 is directed upwardly toward the underside of interactive display surface 64, as indicated by dashed lines 78 a, 78 b, and 78 c. Light emitted from light source 66 is reflected from any objects that are on or adjacent to interactive display surface 64 after passing through a translucent layer 64 a of the table, comprising a sheet of vellum or other suitable translucent material with light diffusing properties.
As used in the description and claims that follow, the term "proximate to" is used with the intent that this phrase encompass both an object that is either touching the interactive display surface or is separated from the interactive display surface by short distance, e.g., by up to 3 centimeters or more, depending on factors such as the reflectivity of the object. Although only one light source 66 is shown, it will be appreciated that a plurality of such light sources may be mounted at spaced-apart locations around the interior sides of frame 62 to provide an even illumination of the interactive display surface. The light produced by light source 66 may either exit through the table surface without illuminating any objects, as indicated by dash line 78 a; illuminate objects on the table surface, as indicated by dash line 78 b; and/or illuminate objects a short distance above (i.e., proximate to) the interactive display surface but not touching it, as indicated by dash line 78 c. Also, although the discussion herein refers to "infrared light" being used for detecting a portion of a user, it should be understood that any other non-visible light can be used for this purpose, such as ultraviolet light, and it is considered that such other non-visible light is encompassed within the scope of the claims included herein. Further, it is contemplated that the present approach can be used in connection with other methods for detecting an object that is positioned proximate the interactive display surface. For example, a capacitive sensor might be used to detect a portion of a user placed proximate to the interactive display surface.
In the example shown in this exemplary embodiment, objects above interactive display surface 64 include a "touch" object 76 a that rests "on" or at least partially touches the display surface, and a "hover" object 76 b that is close to, but not in actual contact with the interactive display surface. Thus, both touch and hover objects can be "adjacent to" the display surface, as that term is used in the following description. As a result of using translucent layer 64 a under the interactive display surface to diffuse light passing through the interactive display surface, as an object approaches the top of interactive display surface 64, the amount of IR light that is reflected by the object increases to a maximum level when the object is actually in contact with the display surface.
As illustrated in
IR light reflected from objects on or above the table surface may be: (a) reflected back through translucent layer 64 a, through IR pass filter 86 a and into light detector 68, as indicated by dash lines 80 a and 80 b; or, (b) reflected or absorbed by other interior surfaces within the interactive display 60 without entering light detector 68, as indicated by dash line 80 c.
Translucent layer 64 a diffuses both incident and reflected IR light. Thus, as explained above, "hover" objects such as hover object 76 b that are closer to interactive display surface 64 will reflect more IR light back to light detector 68 than objects of the same reflectivity that are farther away from the display surface. Light detector 68 senses the IR light reflected from "touch" and "hover" objects within its operating field and produces a detection signal corresponding to the reflected IR light that it receives. This detection signal is input to the PC 20 for processing to determine a location of each such object, and optionally, other parameters, such as the size, orientation, shape, and trajectory of the object. It should be noted that a portion of an object, such as a user's forearm, may be above the table while another portion, such as the user's hand or finger, can be in contact with the display surface. In some implementation, the interactive display includes software modules for recognizing portions of a user and generating biometric data related to the detected portion of the user. In addition, other parameters associated with an object may be detected. For example, an object may include an IR light reflective pattern or coded identifier, such as a bar code, on its bottom surface that is specific to that object or to a class of related objects of which that object is a member. Accordingly, the detection signal from one or more light detectors 68 can also be used for detecting each such specific object, as well as determining other parameters of the object or associated with the object, in response to the IR light reflected from the object and/or from a reflective pattern.
Embodiments are thus operable to recognize an object and/or its position relative to the interactive display surface 64, as well as other information, by detecting its identifying characteristics using the reflected IR light from the object. Details of the logical steps implemented to thus detect and identify an object, its orientation, and other parameters are explained in the commonly-assigned patent applications, including application Ser. No. 10/814,577 entitled "Identification Of Object On Interactive Display Surface By Identifying Coded Pattern," and application Ser. No. 10/814,761 entitled "Determining Connectedness And Offset Of 3D Objects Relative To An Interactive Surface," both of which were filed on Mar. 31, 2004. The disclosure and drawings of these two patent applications are hereby specifically incorporated herein by reference as background information.
PC 20 may be integral to interactive display table 60, as shown in the embodiment of
If an interactive display table 60′ is connected to an external PC 20 (as in
An important and powerful feature of interactive display table 60 or 60′ (i.e., of either of the embodiments of the interactive display table discussed above) is its ability to display graphic images or a virtual environment for games or other software applications and to enable a user interaction with the graphic image or virtual environment visible on interactive display surface 64, by identifying objects (or characteristics thereof) that are resting atop the display surface, such as an object 76 a, or that are hovering just above it, such as an object 76 b. It should be understood that objects 76 a and 76 b are illustrative rather than limiting, and represent any object proximate to display surface 64 that will reflect IR light, including portions of a user. Furthermore, these objects may also be detected using an entirely different approach, so that a signal responsive to the detection of such objects can be employed for determining biometric data for the object, as discussed herein.
Again referring to
Alignment devices 74 a and 74 b are provided and include threaded rods and rotatable adjustment nuts 74 c for adjusting the angles of the first and second mirror assemblies to ensure that the image projected onto the display surface is aligned with the display surface. In addition to directing the projected image in a desired direction, the use of these two mirror assemblies provides a longer path between projector 70 and translucent layer 64 a to enable a longer focal length (and lower cost) projector lens to be used with the projector. In some alternate implementations, an LCD panel or an organic light emitting diode (OLED) panel can be employed instead of a video projector for producing images on the interactive display surface. In one alternative implementation, a different type of user input detection system can be employed, such as a planar capacitive detector. In another such implementation, an area light detector can be employed that is integrated with a flat panel display. These and other alternatives will be recognized by the skilled practitioner as providing a substantially similar functionality relative to the above described embodiments, although different in technological implementation.
The foregoing and following discussions describe an interactive display device in the form of interactive display table 60 and 60′. Nevertheless, it is understood that the interactive display surface need not be in the form of a generally horizontal table top. The principles described in this description suitably also include and apply to display surfaces of different shapes and curvatures and that are mounted in orientations other than horizontal. Thus, although the following description refers to placing physical objects "on" the interactive display surface, physical objects may be placed adjacent to the interactive display surface by placing the physical objects in contact with the display surface, or otherwise adjacent to the display surface.
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In the discussion that follows, the illustrated methods can be implemented in some embodiments with components, devices, and techniques as discussed with reference to
Method 400 begins at a step 410, when user input is received by the interactive display. The user input can be provided by the user positioning a portion of the user's body so that infrared light is reflected from the portion of the user and detected by the interactive display. User input can be received at any time that a detection system of an interactive display table is enabled for detecting infrared light reflected from objects that are proximate to the interactive display surface. While the user input will likely most often be provided with a user's hand or portions thereof, in some cases, the user input can alternatively be provided by a foot, a portion of a user's face, or another physical part of the user that is positioned on or sufficiently close to the interactive display surface to reflect infrared light back into the interactive display for detection by the video camera or other suitable detector.
In a step 420, a detection signal is generated, e.g., by video camera 68 (
In a step 430, the detection signal is processed to identify biometric indicia associated with the user input. In certain implementations, the biometric indicia identify one or more physical characteristics of a portion of a user, for example, the user's hands, fingers, face and feet. The foregoing list is not intended to be exhaustive, but rather illustrative of the several forms of user biometric data that are expected to have particular utility for implementation with an interactive display. In one implementation, the detection signal is analyzed with an object recognition algorithm in order to identify one or more biometric indicia and produce a biometric recognition signal in response to each identified indicia. In another implementation, the detection signal can be conditioned to specifically prepare the signal for processing with the object recognition algorithm. In this implementation, the signal, which may represent an image, can be subjected to filtering and other digital image processing techniques that enhance imaging of certain physical characteristics of the portion of the user captured in the image. One example of such a processing technique includes applying an optical Fourier transform to the signal produced by detecting the reflected infrared light.
In another implementation, the biometric indicia can include a predetermined set of biometric measurements that can be used to model the detected portion of a user. For example, a biometric recognition signal can be generated that corresponds to a distal or proximal measurement from a geometrically determined position, such as the base of a hand to another portion of the hand, such as the tip(s) of one or more phalanges, where these parts of the hand are identified by an object recognition algorithm or other suitable technique. In this manner, an estimation of the distance between the geometrically determined position and a tip of one or more phalanges can be determined, providing biometric data corresponding to the user input. These types of estimations of physical properties enable the biometric data to be associated with a user profile for the user.
Furthermore, these biometric data distinguish the user from another user of the interactive display system. Once a user has been identified by providing user input employed by the interactive display system to produce the biometric data, the biometric data can be employed to access the user profile for that user.
In a step 440, the user biometric data are thus produced based on the biometric indicia identified in step 430, as discussed above. The user biometric data can include one or more parameters describing various physical characteristics associated with the portion of the user that reflected the infrared light. For example, the biometric data can include a parameterized representation of a portion of the user's hand, face, or foot, with each parameter identifying a specific measurement or estimation of a physical characteristic that is usable to uniquely identify the portion of the user. Many biometric identification techniques will be known to the skilled practitioner, and therefore need not be discussed herein in detail.
In one implementation, the biometric recognition signal is analyzed to first select one of a plurality of predetermined biometric archetypes templates. In this implementation, the biometric archetype templates are each associated with a specific portion of a user and define a set of biometric parameters for describing one or more physical characteristics of that specific portion. For example, a hand archetype template can include parameters for measurements for one or more of the phalanges, e.g., distances from tip to tip of each phalange, or distances from the tip of one or more phalanges to the base of the palm, proximal and distal measurements of the palm, and other measurements determined to be biometrically relevant. Similarly, a biometric archetype for a foot and a face will each have unique parameters that are quite distinct from the parameters for the hand archetype. Thus, each biometric archetype template describes a specific set of predetermined parameters for measurement and can also include mathematical models and predetermined ratios related to specific part of a user's body that tend to differ from one individual to another. The predetermined biometric archetype template can be selected based upon an initial set of estimations and can be compared to selected parameters of each archetype. Since the expected biometric parameters for a hand will be significantly different from those of a foot or a face, the archetype of each can be readily automatically selected by the software on the interactive display system based on a comparison of a few simple estimations produced using the image signal.
In another implementation, once the biometric archetype has been selected, at least one biometric parameter is determined from the user input. In one example, a subset of parameters for each archetype can be designated as essential parameters, with the remaining parameters designated as nonessential. In this example, essential parameters can be measured or estimated to populate the template, while nonessential parameters can be populated with default values.
In yet another implementation, a user biometric archetype can be generated that includes the determined biometric parameters. In this implementation, a specific user's measured or estimated parameters are employed to populate an instance of a biometric archetype. The instance can then be saved or used for interfacing with other currently running processes. In another embodiment, the biometric data can be associated with a particular user profile. In one example, the biometric data can be the instance of the biometric archetype populated with a specific user's measured or estimated parameters. In this manner, biometric parameters determined for a specific portion of a user, as determined from user input, can be specifically associated with a particular user account or user profile associated with the interactive display system. In some implementations, the user account can be related to logging on to the interactive display system. In other implementations, the user biometric data can be associated with a process hosted by a service at a remote location, for example an online application. Generally, a user profile or user account associates and stores certain personal preferences that a user has previously selected. These preferences can include desktop configuration preferences, access permissions and other security settings, shopping cart information including address and payment data, transaction history information and biometric data such as a user biometric archetype.
Turning now to
In a step 520, the biometric input is received. The biometric input can be received at any time that an interactive display is enabled for receiving the input. In some implementations, the receiving of the biometric input can be based on infrared light that is transmitted through a first side of the interactive display surface such that a portion of the infrared light is reflected back through the interactive display surface from an object such as a hand, that is proximate to a second side of the interactive display surface, as described with references to
In a step 530, biometric data is determined for the user form from the biometric input. In some implementations, the biometric data can be determined at any time after the user input is received. In some implementations, a user profile can be determined by comparing the biometric data derived from the user input to stored user biometric data associated with a set of stored user profiles. In this implementation, the user profile can be determined by identifying when a predetermined number of properties of the stored user biometric data match or otherwise correspond to the biometric data derived from the received user input. In this manner, a user authentication can be provided for a user account when the predetermined properties match the user biometric data associated with a specific user account. In one example, a user can place a hand on the surface of the interactive display, which can be received as user input, and the biometric data derived from the user input can be compared to biometric data stored in the memory of the interactive display for one or more users having access rights to the interactive display system. When a certain number of predetermined properties in the biometric data for the user input match those of a specific one of the stored biometric data, the user is associated with the matching stored biometric data and is authenticated so that access can be granted to that user's interactive table account.
In another implementation, the user's biometric data can be determined by invoking a biometric data control that is configured for communicating with a user input detection system and for processing the user input. In this implementation, an object recognition analysis can then be performed on the user input to identify at least one biometric parameter and a biometric profile template can be populated with biometric data derived from the object recognition analysis.
In a step 540, one or more properties of the determined biometric data are exposed, enabling an application to access or call the properties. The properties can be exposed at any time that a biometric data control is active, and configured to expose the user properties to a calling application. In yet another implementation, an application programming interface (API) can be configured to facilitate exposing the biometric data properties. In this implementation, the API can issue a get_properties call having a plurality of call parameters, comprising one or more user properties included in the biometric data for the user. The call can originate from an application, for example, an authentication routine. The get_properties call can then be received by a biometric data control process and parsed to retrieve the plurality of called parameters. Finally, a user profile can be returned to the biometric data control process in response to the get_properties call, thus enabling the properties of the user profile to be exposed to and accessed by the calling application.
Another implementation can include further steps such as associating the biometric data with a specific user account. In this implementation, in the event that biometric data are received, but do not match a user biometric data, a new user profile can be associated with the biometric data and with a new user account—assuming that authorization for creating such a new user profile has been granted the new user. In another implementation, an existing user profile and biometric data can be associated with another user account. In some implementations, more than one user biometric data set can be associated with a specific user account. In still another implementation, the associated biometric data and/or user profile can be stored in memory in the interactive display, or alternatively at a remote location.
By way of illustrating an additional use of biometric data,
Although the use of web page 600 will likely be apparent from the Figure, an exemplary transaction using the web page might proceed as follows. A user navigates to web page 600 using the input capabilities of the interactive display. Web page 600 is then displayed on the surface of the interactive display enabling the user to interact with the web page. Following the prompt instructions, the user places a right hand over the measurement field, while using a finger of the left hand to activate the "Measure hand" button. A biometric control module in the interactive display facilitates the transfer of the user input to an object recognition algorithm, and then transfers properties of a calculated biometric data measurement based on the user input back to the web page for display of the glove size for the user in the result window, where it is indicated that the user's glove size is "M" (or medium). As illustrated by the example in
Although the concepts disclosed herein have been described in connection with the preferred form of practicing them and modifications thereto, those of ordinary skill in the art will understand that many other modifications can be made thereto within the scope of the claims that follow. Accordingly, it is not intended that the scope of these concepts in any way be limited by the above description, but instead be determined entirely by reference to the claims that follow.
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The Onslow County Sheriff's Office says it has the gun a man used to shoot his wife and then turn on lawmen.
The sheriff's office says a family member of 38-year-old Luther Simpson turned in the 44 Caliber western type single action handgun with a 6" barrel.
Lawmen say Simpson shot his wife in the thigh in their home on Cypress Creek Road, near the Duplin County line. Lawmen say Simpson then fired four shots at deputies responding to the domestic dispute, but hit their car.
Tuesday morning a district court judge set his bond at $505,000 and scheduled his next court date for June 14th.
Officials say Simpson's teenage daughter told officials her father was threatening to shoot her family and himself. Simpson's wife is expected to be okay.
The Onslow County Sheriff's Office says Simpson suffers from Schizophrenia.
Onslow County deputies are searching for a man who they say shot his wife and then turned the gun on lawmen as they arrived at his house.
Luther Simpson is wanted on two counts of attempted murder for shooting at the deputies, second degree kidnapping of his wife, malicious assault in secret, assault on a female, and assault with a deadly weapon with serious injury.
It happened at Simpson's Cypress Creek Road home around 12:20 a.m. Monday.
Deputies say Simpson's daughter called saying he was going to shoot her mother, Juanita. They say Simpson shot his wife in the thigh.
When Sgt. Tom Garcia and trainee Deputy Jeff West arrived they were met with four gunshots. Three rounds hit the passenger-side door, while a fourth punctured the passenger-side tire of their cruiser. Neither deputy was injured.
Sheriff Ed Brown says the 38-year-old Simpson has a prior history of violence and should be considered armed and dangerous. Brown says Simpson suffers from schizophrenia and had been drinking that night..