Real-time, interactive, visually updated simulator system for telepresence

Time delays and limited sensory feedback of remote telerobotic systems tend to disorient teleoperators and dramatically decrease the operator's performance. To remove the effects of time delays, key components were designed and developed of a prototype forward simulation subsystem, the Global-Local Environment Telerobotic Simulator (GLETS) that buffers the operator from the remote task. GLETS totally immerses an operator in a real-time, interactive, simulated, visually updated artificial environment of the remote telerobotic site. Using GLETS, the operator will, in effect, enter into a telerobotic virtual reality and can easily form a gestalt of the virtual 'local site' that matches the operator's normal interactions with the remote site. In addition to use in space based telerobotics, GLETS, due to its extendable architecture, can also be used in other teleoperational environments such as toxic material handling, construction, and undersea exploration

Semi-structured capture and display of telephone conversations

Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1992.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 81-85).by Debby Hindus.M.S

Das MMI-Verbundprojekt am TecO

Im Auftrag der DeTeBerkom GmbH Berlin wurde von 1994 bis 1996 das Projekt Mensch-Maschine-Schnittstellen im multimedialen Verwaltungs- buero (MMI) als Verbundprojekt unter Beteiligung des Telecooperation Office durchgefuert. Zielsetzung des Verbundprojektes war die Unter- stuetzung der oeffenlichen Verwaltung im Anwendungsbereich Buerokom- munikation, durch den Einsatz und die Nutzung von Telekooperations- anwendungen. Grundvoraussetzung hierfuer war die Zurverfuegungstel- lung von Anwendungen ueber moeglichst benutzerfreundliche Schnitt- stellen. Das Projekt sollte dabei der Entwicklung, Pilotierung und Bewertung neuer MMI-Verfahren fuer eine Verbesseurng der Oberflae- chengestalltung fuer Telekooperationsanwendungen dienen. Das Tele- cooperation Office war als Partner im Projektverbund fuer Multimoda- litaet in Kommunikationsanwendungen zustaendig. Der vorliegende Bericht stellt das Projekt vor und fasst die erarbeitenden Grundlagen, den Projektverlauf und die Ergebnisse der Arbeiten am TecO zusammen

Flexible photo retrieval (FlexPhoReS) : a prototype for multimodel personal digital photo retrieval

Digital photo technology is developing rapidly and is motivating more people to have large personal collections of digital photos. However, effective and fast retrieval of digital photos is not always easy, especially when the collections grow into thousands. World Wide Web (WWW) is one of the platforms that allows digital photo users to publish a collection of photos in a centralised and organised way. Users typically find their photos by searching or browsing uSing a keyboard and mouse. Also in development at the moment are alternative user interfaces such as graphical user interfaces with speech (S/GUI) and other multimodal user interfaces which offer more flexibility to users. The aim of this research was to design and evaluate a flexible user interface for a web based personal digital photo retrieval system. A model of a flexible photo retrieval system (FlexPhoReS) was developed based on a review of the literature and a small-scale user study. A prototype, based on the model, was built using MATLAB and WWW technology. FlexPhoReS is a web based personal digital photo retrieval prototype that enables digital photo users to . accomplish photo retrieval tasks (browsing, keyword and visual example searching (CBI)) using either mouse and keyboard input modalities or mouse and speech input modalities. An evaluation with 20 digital photo users was conducted using usability testing methods. The result showed that there was a significant difference in search performance between using mouse and keyboard input modalities and using mouse and speech input modalities. On average, the reduction in search performance time due to using mouse and speech input modalities was 37.31%. Participants were also significantly more satisfied with mouse and speech input modalities than with mouse and keyboard input modalities although they felt that both were complementary. This research demonstrated that the prototype was successful in providing a flexible model of the photo retrieval process by offering alternative input modalities through a multimodal user interface in the World Wide Web environment.EThOS - Electronic Theses Online ServiceGBUnited Kingdo

Technology 2001: The Second National Technology Transfer Conference and Exposition, volume 2

Proceedings of the workshop are presented. The mission of the conference was to transfer advanced technologies developed by the Federal government, its contractors, and other high-tech organizations to U.S. industries for their use in developing new or improved products and processes. Volume two presents papers on the following topics: materials science, robotics, test and measurement, advanced manufacturing, artificial intelligence, biotechnology, electronics, and software engineering