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Showing papers on "Smart device published in 2006"


Book ChapterDOI
17 Sep 2006
TL;DR: This research analyzes the appropriateness of three interaction techniques as selection techniques in smart environments and formulated guidelines that show in which context which interaction technique is preferred by the user.
Abstract: This paper presents an analysis, implementation and evaluation of the physical mobile interaction techniques touching, pointing and scanning. Based on this we have formulated guidelines that show in which context which interaction technique is preferred by the user. Our main goal was to identify typical situations and scenarios in which the different techniques might be useful or not. In support of these aims we have developed and evaluated, within a user study, a low-fidelity and a high-fidelity prototype to assess scanning, pointing and touching interaction techniques within different contexts. Other work has shown that mobile devices can act as universal remote controls for interaction with smart objects but, to date, there has been no research which has analyzed when a given mobile interaction technique should be used. In this research we analyze the appropriateness of three interaction techniques as selection techniques in smart environments.

201 citations


Patent
24 Nov 2006
TL;DR: In this article, a method to implement a Smart Device Network Application Infrastructure (SDNA) that supports and facilitates the development, deployment and management of device networks and device network applications is presented.
Abstract: The present invention discloses a novel method to implement a Smart Device Network Application Infrastructure (SDNA) that supports and facilitates the development, deployment and management of device networks and device network applications. The Smart Device Network Application infrastructure (SDNA) refers to an integrated processing platform that supports and facilitates the development, deployment and management of distributed applications based on device networks. It involves the concurrent execution of several processes that interact to provide support and resources for said applications.

100 citations


Proceedings Article
07 May 2006
TL;DR: This paper presents an approach aimed at automatically composing device services, so that users can benefit from higher level services and ensures that context information such as users location, current needs and preferences is properly taken into account within the composition process.

59 citations


Patent
19 Dec 2006
TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe a system for supporting multiple instances of the same application on a wireless smart device and an application manager for identifying one of the instances as active, detecting a request from a wireless reader for performing a wireless transaction, and for communicating the request to the active instance.
Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer program products for supporting multiple applications and multiple instances of the same application on a wireless smart device are disclosed. According to one aspect, the subject matter described herein includes a system for supporting multiple instances of the same application. The system includes a wireless smart device for communicating with a wireless reader. The wireless smart device includes multiple instances of the same application for performing wireless transactions with an external device. The wireless smart device also includes an application manager for identifying one of the instances as active, for detecting a request from a wireless reader for performing a wireless transaction, and for communicating the request to the active instance.

55 citations


Proceedings ArticleDOI
01 Nov 2006
TL;DR: This paper introduces user interaction techniques using a camera-equipped hand-held device such as a mobile phone or a PDA for large shared environments and proposes three intuitive interaction techniques for 2D and 3D objects in such an environment.
Abstract: Hand-held devices possess a large potential as an interaction device for their today's ubiquity, and present us with an opportunity to devise new and unique ways of interaction as a smart device with multi-modal sensing and display capabilities. This paper introduces user interaction techniques (for selection, translation, scaling and rotation of objects) using a camera-equipped hand-held device such as a mobile phone or a PDA for large shared environments. We propose three intuitive interaction techniques for 2D and 3D objects in such an environment. The first approach uses the motion flow information to estimate the relative motion of the hand-held device and interact with the large display. The marker-object and marker-cursor approaches both use software markers on the interaction object or on the cursor for the various interactive tasks. The proposed interaction techniques can be further combined with many auxiliary functions and wireless services (of the hand-held devices) for seamless information sharing and exchange among multiple users. A formal usability analysis is currently on-going.

50 citations


Patent
Sergey Bykov1
29 Nov 2006
TL;DR: In this article, the authors propose an architecture or arrangement that can facilitate a user interface session between a smart device and a UI station in an application-agnostic manner, where the UI station can expose a set of available peripherals to the smart device in order to provide the user with a richer user interface (UI) as well as additional features and/or options.
Abstract: The claimed subject matter relates to an architecture or arrangement that can facilitate a UI session between a smart device and a UI station in an application-agnostic manner. The UI station can expose a set of available peripherals to the smart device in order to provide the smart device with a richer user interface (UI) as well as additional features and/or options. Applications running on the smart device can utilize all or a subset of the available peripherals of the UI station for displaying (e.g., output peripherals) and navigating (e.g., input peripherals) the smart device's UI. As a result, smart devices that are smaller, less expensive, more durable, more convenient to carry, etc. can provide a user with a very feature-rich and/or intuitive UI.

47 citations


Proceedings ArticleDOI
09 Jul 2006
TL;DR: An interactive workspace that integrates wiki collaboration in knowledge-building activities with face-to-face scenarios like brainstorming or problem solving sessions and allowing a community shared awareness that enhances and enriches the knowledge building experience is presented.
Abstract: We present an interactive workspace that integrates wiki collaboration in knowledge-building activities with face-to-face scenarios like brainstorming or problem solving sessions. A wiki serves as the repository for knowledge elements, which are presented to co-located users in form of a concept map projected on a table. A computer vision module tracks multiple hands and fingers on the table surface and map elements can be manipulated using a simple gesture language. Also smart devices, like PDAs or tablets, can be connected to the system and participate in the interaction with their local input. The concept map and the wiki are synchronized in real-time, providing notifications to both co-located and distributed users and allowing a community shared awareness that enhances and enriches the knowledge building experience.

7 citations


Patent
20 Sep 2006
TL;DR: In this article, a communications smart device that can be added to an existing network and immediately start monitoring the network for communication information is presented, where each smart device includes at least one output means, such as a speaker or display screen.
Abstract: A communications smart device that can be added to an existing network and immediately start monitoring the network for communication information. Each smart device includes at least one output means, such as a speaker or a display screen. When information destined for the smart device is recognized, the smart device extracts the communication information and outputs the communication information via the device's output means. Multiple smart devices with speakers can be added to a company's existing local area network to provide a multi-zone paging system for the company. Alternatively, multiple smart devices with LED display screens can be added to a city's existing traffic monitoring network to provide traffic information to commuters. A telephone can be used as the input device for voice and a laptop computer can be used to input text and video. The present networked smart devices do not require a server to operate as intended.

5 citations


Dissertation
01 Jan 2006
TL;DR: This research outlines the architecture and functionality of the Robot Colony to support the collaboration between devices in the P2P community and also analyse the JXTA platform, which was the framework originally proposed.
Abstract: Recent developments in embedded systems give robots access to the Internet and make them more flexible and capable of performing more complex applications. However, these robots are still limited in terms of size, CPU power, storage resources and memory. Consequently, these robots have only been manufactured for certain specific applications and cannot be re-used for other applications. This presents us with a challenge to design a software framework - Robot Colony. The Robot Colony enables robots to be suitable for a wide range of applications, not originally received from manufacturers, to achieve greater functionality, flexibility and utility. This research outlines the architecture and functionality of the Robot Colony to support the collaboration between devices in the P2P community and also analyse the JXTA platform, which was the framework originally proposed. Lastly we present a customized P2P architecture that specifically addresses the interaction betweensoftware components across the network. We further discuss the following technologies applied in theframework: * XML-based Directory Service Provider * HTTP-based publish/describe control commands * Remote Process Invoke To fully complete the project, a thorough evaluation of the framework based on either the JXTAplatform or the customized P2P channel has been conducted. This evaluation provides basic statistics data for the proposed framework design and implementation. Further more, we have presented a realtime Demo at the Smart Device lab of the Queensland University of Technology.

4 citations


Proceedings ArticleDOI
14 Jun 2006
TL;DR: This paper explores issues related to the construction of statistical test-cases for the firmware of a smart device and aims to share its own experience with the technique to derive some general insights into what needs to be taken into account when designing such test- cases for smart devices.
Abstract: Statistical testing can produce dependability information by estimating the probability of failure on demand for a system. In this paper we explore issues related to the construction of statistical test-cases for the firmware of a smart device. Our aim is to share our own experience with the technique and we expect to derive some general insights into what needs to be taken into account when designing such test-cases for smart devices. This provides useful information for situations where one would like to perform statistical testing but where no access to the device code is available. This paper describes the status quo of this project, further results are expected to emerge from this work

4 citations


Patent
15 Dec 2006
TL;DR: In this article, a system and method for seamlessly and transparently combining or collectively processing different multimedia sources and/or destinations in the computer world, where such combining is independent of the application using and or providing the multimedia data, is presented.
Abstract: The present invention is a system and method for seamlessly and transparently combining or collectively processing different multimedia sources and/or destinations in the computer world, where such combining is independent of the application using and/or providing the multimedia data. A device in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention can accept inputs from the appliance world (e.g., with standards such as CCITT standards, SDI, NTSC, PAL, etc. or analog signals), as well as inputs from the computer world (e.g., with protocols such as USB), and communicate them cohesively to a host computer after appropriately selecting/mixing them. A device in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention can also receive signals using computer protocols from a host and appropriately route them to one or more output devices.

DOI
16 Aug 2006
TL;DR: The adapted framework enables to reduce the complexity of the smart device application development, reuse each component of the MVC separately in different project and provide a more manageable source code as the system architecture is more apparent from the source code itself as well as provide a commonality of the development pattern.
Abstract: In this paper, a light-weight MVC framework for smart device application is designed and implemented. The primary goal of the work is to provide a MVC framework for a commercial smart device product development. To this end, the developed framework presents integration between the classic design patterns, MVC and state-of-the-art technology XAML by adapting a MVC framework of an open source XAML efforts, MyXaml into .NET Compact Framework. As the compact framework only comprises 12% of .NET Framework library, some design and architectural changes of the existing framework need to be done to achieve the same abstraction level. The adapted framework enables to reduce the complexity of the smart device application development, reuse each component of the MVC separately in different project and provide a more manageable source code as the system architecture is more apparent from the source code itself as well as provide a commonality of the development pattern. A prototype of simple database interface application was built to show these benefits.

Book ChapterDOI
17 Sep 2006
TL;DR: This paper describes the prototyping of image communication device based on an off-the-shelf PDA, design and usage experiences and potential future enhancements, and shows how new applications must not be viewed in an isolated way and need innovative approaches for both system hard-and software enhancement.
Abstract: PDA devices have become an accessory that a large community uses for managing their personal data. With the development of new devices with additional network and video capabilities they gain the potential to be used in more comprehensive communication scenarios too. On the example of usage for image communication we show, how new applications must not be viewed in an isolated way and need innovative approaches for both system hard-and software enhancement as well as for the integration with heterogeneous infrastructure components. The challenging task for creating so called communication appliances is not just to transfer existing desktop mechanisms to smaller and mobile computers but to consider their specifics and establish additional architectures and mechanisms that meet those best. Our paper describes the prototyping of image communication device based on an off-the-shelf PDA, design and usage experiences and potential future enhancements.