scholarly journals A Sightseeing Support System Using Augmented Reality and Pictograms within Urban Tourist Areas in Japan

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 381 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryo Sasaki ◽  
Kayoko Yamamoto
Keyword(s):  
Object Recognition ◽  
Augmented Reality ◽  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Target Area ◽  
Entire System ◽  
Available Information ◽  
The City ◽  
Web Questionnaire ◽  
The Web

Though tourists can search for necessary information on the internet while sightseeing, it takes effort and is inconvenient to obtain available information related to specific sightseeing spots among the copious amount of information online. Targeting urban tourist areas in Japan, the present study aims to develop a system that can provide guidance and information concerning sightseeing spots by integrating location-based augmented reality (AR) and object-recognition AR and by using pictograms. The system enables users to efficiently obtain the directions to sightseeing spots and nearby facilities within urban tourist areas and sightseeing spot information. Additionally, the city of Chofu in the metropolis of Tokyo was selected as the operation target area. The operation of the system was conducted for 1 month, targeting those inside and outside the operation target area, and a web questionnaire survey was conducted with a total number of 50 users. From the evaluation results of the web questionnaire survey, the usefulness of the original functions of integrating location-based AR and object-recognition AR and by using pictograms, as well as of the entire system, was analyzed. From the results of the access analysis of users’ log data, it is expected that users will further utilize each function. Additionally, it is evident that location-based AR was used more often than was object-recognition AR.

scholarly journals A Recommendation System Regarding Meeting Places for Groups during Events

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (8) ◽  
pp. 296
Author(s):  
Shota Asukai ◽  
Kayoko Yamamoto
Keyword(s):  
Social Networking ◽  
Metropolitan Area ◽  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
Recommendation System ◽  
Google Maps ◽  
Social Networking Services ◽  
Tokyo Metropolitan ◽  
Tokyo Metropolitan Area ◽  
Web Questionnaire ◽  
The Web

The present study aimed to design, develop, operate, and evaluate a recommendation system for meeting places targeting groups of two or more people during events. The system was designed and developed by integrating an accessibility database, as well as a recommendation system, and linking with Google Maps and social networking services (SNSs, Twitter and LINE). Additionally, the system was operated for 5 weeks with people mainly in the Tokyo metropolitan area, with Japan as the target, and the total number of users was 59. Based on the results of the web questionnaire survey, it was made evident that the system is useful for groups when meeting up, and the entry function for the nearest station to one’s home, as well as the recommendation function for meet-up stations, which was the original functions of the system, received generally good reviews. From the results of access analysis of the users’ log data, it was made evident that the system was used regardless of the type of device, just as the system was designed for, and that the system was used in harmony with the aim of the present study, which is to recommend meet-up stations for groups.

scholarly journals Online web navigation assistant

2021 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 116-131
Author(s):  
N.M. Ali ◽  
A.M. Gadallah ◽  
H.A. Hefny ◽  
B.A. Novikov
Keyword(s):  
Information Overload ◽  
Specific Weight ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Fully Integrated ◽  
Web Navigation ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
Alternative Approaches ◽  
Available Information ◽  
The Web ◽  
Online Web

The problem of finding relevant data while searching the internet represents a big challenge for web users due to the enormous amounts of available information on the web. These difficulties are related to the well-known problem of information overload. In this work, we propose an online web assistant called OWNA. We developed a fully integrated framework for making recommendations in real-time based on web usage mining techniques. Our work starts with preparing raw data, then extracting useful information that helps build a knowledge base as well as assigns a specific weight for certain factors. The experiments show the advantages of the proposed model against alternative approaches.

Blending Augmented Reality with Real World Scenarios Using Mobile Devices

2012 ◽  
pp. 258-273 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexiei Dingli ◽  
Dylan Seychell
Keyword(s):  
Information Processing ◽  
Augmented Reality ◽  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Mobile Device ◽  
Real World ◽  
Recommendation Systems ◽  
End Users ◽  
The Internet ◽  
The City

In this work, the authors present methods that add value to the current Web by connecting administrators of a space such as a city with its visitors. The mobile device has nowadays become an important tool in the hands of visitors of cities and the authors present it as a gateway for the administrators to their visitors. The authors present a method that processes various environmental factors during a visit and uses these factors as a context for presenting the recommendations. In this work, the authors also propose a method that can measure queues in a city, and by knowing the overall picture of the situation, it provides individual recommendations of separate mobile devices accordingly. This chapter shows, therefore, the three main steps in the process of recommendation systems: collecting information, processing the recommendations, and presenting them in an attractive way. In this case the authors focus on presenting recommendations through augmented reality in order to provide an attractive tool for end users, which would, at the end of the day, connect them further to the city over the Internet.

scholarly journals Internet Browsing Habits and Domain Choice Preferences of Economic Agricultural Engineers

2004 ◽  
pp. 134-137
Author(s):  
Tamás Dövényi-Nagy
Keyword(s):  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
Target Group ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Domain Name ◽  
Searchable Database ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
Agricultural News ◽  
Short Run ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Web

The findings below are based on a questionnaire survey carried out in order to establish an internet-based service at the Center of Agricultural Sciences of Debrecen University:• The typical target group of the service in the short run with a weekly average of 5.9 hours on the web is more active than that for average Hungarian, adult Internet users.• A professional webportal with a searchable database, primarily incorporating an archive of organized agricultural news, articles, publications, fits well into the internet habits of the target group, which mainly consists of keyword-based information searces and browsing of the latest news.• The group prefers a short, easily recognizable domain name that refers to agriculture. Accents and foreign sounding words are not taken into account during selection.• As result of the choice from 43 eligible domains, the order would be the following: agrarunio, agroland, farmvilag, infoagro, farmland.• The names of magyargazda.hu, agrotrend.hu, agromester.hu, agronomus.hu are acceptable from the individual ideas.

scholarly journals Economic development possibilities of the city of Suchedniów

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 44-57
Author(s):  
Adam Andrzej Miernik
Keyword(s):  
Local Development ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Health Resort ◽  
Industrial History ◽  
Polish People ◽  
Related Development ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Development Paths ◽  
Available Information ◽  
The City

Suchedniów is a city located in the northern part of the Świętokrzyskie voivodeship and has a rich industrial history. Since the turn of the 80's and 90's, the city has not found any effective ways for the local development. The aim of the presented article is to explore the development possibilities of Suchedniów with an indication of tourism and spa. Another goal is to analyze the tourist preferences of Polish residents, which give the picture of tourism and the sense of its development in the city. Another purpose of this article was to investigate the current health resort situation in Poland to find out whether the city's health-related development is justified. The adopted research methodology was based on surveys conducted among Polish citizens. These data provided information about the tourist preferences of Polish people. The received information also showed development trends in tourism in Poland. Another, alternative research method was critical analysis of literature and available information on the Internet. In this case, the internet is a very important source of information, because dynamic changes in this sector cause the information in the literature to be outdated. Conclusions resulting from the article show that there is a possibility of introducing tourist and health development paths in Suchedniów. Research and analysis shows that Suchedniów has the possibilities and conditions to go away from the industrial model and face towards tourism and spa. The present conditions and tourist preferences of Poles are also conducive to this type of transformation.

Youth Preferences in the Choice of Information Resources on the Internet

2021 ◽  
pp. 38-41
Author(s):  
T. Bocharova ◽  
M. Bocharov
Keyword(s):  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Communication Environment ◽  
Rapid Exchange ◽  
The World ◽  
Other Information ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Normative Aspect ◽  
The Web

The article analyzes the results of a questionnaire survey of students of Moscow Technical University of Communications and Informatics, aimed at studying the role of electronic resources in youth communication. The results of empirical research aimed at attitudes of students to various forms of interaction in the Web are presented. The preferences of students in the choice of the optimal mass media, programs for the rapid exchange of information are indicated. The motives and peculiarities of the attitude to the Internet are analyzed and explained. In this regard, it has been determined to what extent university students are involved in the information and communication environment of the Internet, ready for the perception of educational and other information on the Web. Separately, the amount of time that students devote to communication in social networks is characterized. In addition, the questionnaire survey focuses on the normative aspect of communication on the Internet, reveals the attitude of young people to the violation of legislation on the World Wide Web.

Do otolaryngology out-patients use the internet prior to attending their appointment?

2004 ◽  
Vol 118 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Tassone ◽  
Christos Georgalas ◽  
Nimesh N. Patel ◽  
Esther Appleby ◽  
Bhik Kotecha
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
Internet Use ◽  
Medical Information ◽  
Internet Access ◽  
Information Resource ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Use Of The Internet ◽  
The Web

The Internet has become a very important source of health information. We wanted to determine otolaryngology patients’ access to, and use of, the Internet as a medical information resource, to identify factors that make patients more likely to use it, and to determine how useful they find this information.A questionnaire survey was completed by patients while waiting for their consultation in the out-patient department of the Royal National Throat Nose and Ear Hospital in London. Five hundred and thirty-five questionnaires were completed. Sixty-four per cent (344/535) reported having access to the Web. Of the 344 with access, 62 (18 per cent) had searched the Web for medical information prior to their consultation. Higher education (p <0.001) and age between 18 and 40 years (p = 0.001) correlated significantly with higher Internet use. Ninety-five per cent planned to use the Internet again.Approximately one out of five otolaryngology out-patients with Internet access reported having obtained medical information from the Web before their consultation. The majority found it helpful to some degree and were planning to use it again. As clinicians we should be aware ofthis use and the onus should be on ourselves to review these sites in order to guide our patients to sources of reliable and helpful medical information on the Internet.

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