A Framework for Indexing Personal Videoconference

2011 ◽  
pp. 293-320
Author(s):  
Jiqiang Song ◽  
Michael R. Lyu ◽  
Jenq-Neng Hwang
Keyword(s):  
Support Systems ◽  
Subjective Evaluation ◽  
File Transfer ◽  
Automatic Indexing ◽  
Text Chat ◽  
Evaluation Protocol ◽  
Meeting Support ◽  
Video And Audio ◽  
Comprehensive Framework ◽  
And Control

The rapid technical advance of multimedia communication has enabled more and more people to enjoy videoconferences. Traditionally, the personal videoconference is either not recorded or only recorded as ordinary audio and video files that only allow linear access. Moreover, in addition to video and audio channels, other videoconferencing channels, including text chat, file transfer, and whiteboard, also contain valuable information. Therefore, it is not convenient to search or recall the content of videoconference from the archives. However, there exists little research on the management and automatic indexing of personal videoconferences. The existing methods for video indexing, lecture indexing, and meeting support systems cannot be applied to personal videoconference straightforwardly. This chapter discusses important issues unique to personal videoconference and proposes a comprehensive framework for indexing personal videoconference. The framework consists of three modules: videoconference archive acquisition module, videoconference archive indexing module, and indexed videoconference accessing module. This chapter will elaborate on the design principles and implementation methodologies of each module, as well as the intra- and inter-module data, and control flows. Finally, this chapter presents a subjective evaluation protocol for personal videoconference indexing.

Portable Life Support System: Current Status and Future Perspectives

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-28
Author(s):  
Jingang Jiang ◽  
Yihao Chen ◽  
Xuefeng Ma ◽  
Yongde Zhang ◽  
Zhiyuan Huang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Support System ◽  
Life Support ◽  
Support Systems ◽  
Vital Signs ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Life Support System ◽  
Life Support Systems ◽  
Special Circumstances ◽  
And Control ◽  
Further Development

Background: Portable life support system is used in the battlefield, disaster and in other special circumstances such as in space exploration, and underground survey to give the wounded a life support. The most dangerous period for the injured is the first hour after an injury, which is a crucial time for treatment. If the patient's vital signs were stabilized, more than 40% of the injured could be saved. The staff can efficiently complete the task if they get effective and stable vital signs during the operation. Therefore, in order to reduce the risk of disaster and battlefield mortality to improve operational safety and efficiency, it is necessary to study the portable life support system. Objective: The study aimed to provide an overview of recent portable life support system and its characteristics and design. Methods: This paper introduces the patents and products related to a portable life support system, and its characteristics and application. Results: This paper summarizes five kinds of portable life support systems which are box type, stretcher type, bed type, backpack type and mobile type. Moreover, the characteristics of different portable life support systems are analyzed. The paper expounds the problems of different types of portable life support systems and puts forward improvement methods to solve the problems. Finally, the paper points out the future development of the system. Conclusion: Portable life support system plays an increasingly important role in health care. In terms of the structure, function and control, further development and improvements are needed, along with the research on portable life support system.

Design of the IDCTMV Human-Machine Ergonomics Test System

2014 ◽  
Vol 599-601 ◽  
pp. 900-903
Author(s):  
Quan Wang ◽  
Wei Ping Liu ◽  
Yi Jin ◽  
Bin He Fu
Keyword(s):  
Reaction Time ◽  
Subjective Evaluation ◽  
Test System ◽  
Test Methods ◽  
Operation Performance ◽  
Operation Procedure ◽  
Simulated Test ◽  
Control Terminal ◽  
And Control ◽  
Integrated Display

This paper presented the scenario of the IDCTMV Human-Machine Ergonomics test system with the programming idea of the modularization. Based on LabVIEW, the IDCTMV simulated test software and subjective evaluation software were designed and developed. The subjective evaluation results and operation performance data including the reaction time of crews, the rate of errors, and the rate of over reports were tested by the simulation of the integrated display and control terminal for the typical operation procedure, which solved the problems of lacking test methods for the study of the IDCTMV Human-Machine Ergonomics.

Face Animation

2011 ◽  
pp. 356-375 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali Arya ◽  
Babak Hamidzadeh
Keyword(s):  
Multimedia Systems ◽  
Face Modeling ◽  
Multimedia Presentations ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Modeling And Control ◽  
Face Animation ◽  
Facial Movements ◽  
Industry Standards ◽  
Comprehensive Framework ◽  
And Control

This chapter will discuss the multimedia modeling and specification methods, especially in the context of face animation. Personalized Face Animation is and/or can be a major user interface component in modern multimedia systems. After reviewing the related works in this area, we present the ShowFace streaming structure. This structure is based on most widely accepted industry standards in multimedia presentations like MPEG-4 and SMIL and extends them by providing a higher level Face Modeling Language (FML) for modeling and control purposes and by defining image transformations required for certain facial movements. ShowFace establishes a comprehensive framework for face animation consisting of components for parsing the input script, generating and splitting the audio and video “behaviors,” creating the required images and sounds, and eventually displaying or writing the data to files. This component-based design and scripted behavior make the framework suitable for many purposes including web-based applications.

Decision Support Systems in Indian Organized Retail Sector

2010 ◽  
pp. 1043-1055 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ankush Sharma ◽  
Preeta Vyas
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Decision Support ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Decision Support Systems ◽  
Support Systems ◽  
Regulatory Environment ◽  
Accurate Information ◽  
Retail Sector ◽  
Technological Developments ◽  
And Control

Retailing is in a rapid state of change due to speedy technological developments, changing competitive positions, varying consumer behaviour as well as their expectations and liberalized regulatory environment. In such a scenario, information is crucial to plan and control profitable retail businesses and it can be an important source of competitive advantage so long as it is affordable and readily available. DSS (Decision Support Systems) which provide timely and accurate information can be viewed as an integrated entity providing management with the tools and information to assist their decision making.

The Effect of Imagery Modality on Golf Putting Performance

2004 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 385-395 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dave Smith ◽  
Paul Holmes
Keyword(s):  
Equivalent Amount ◽  
Control Groups ◽  
Performance Effectiveness ◽  
Golf Putting ◽  
Experienced Male ◽  
Time Reading ◽  
Video And Audio ◽  
And Control ◽  
Better Than

This study examined the effect of various imagery modalities on golf putting performance. Forty experienced male golfers were randomly assigned to one of four groups. A “written script” group received a personalized, response proposition-laden script. Participants in the audio and video groups either listened to an audiotape or watched an internal-perspective videotape of themselves putting. Control participants spent an equivalent amount of time reading golf literature. Each participant completed a 15-ball putting task twice a week for 6 weeks and also performed his imagery or reading daily during this period. Pretests revealed no significant differences in performance. Posttests, however, showed that the video and audio groups performed significantly better than the written script and control groups. This indicates that the form in which an imagery intervention is delivered can have a significant impact on its performance effectiveness.

Extension of TODIM combined with grey numbers: an integrated decision making module

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 367-391 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dilip Kumar Sen ◽  
Saurav Datta ◽  
Siba Sankar Mahapatra
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Decision Support ◽  
Decision Support Systems ◽  
Set Theory ◽  
Support Systems ◽  
Subjective Evaluation ◽  
Subjective Data ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Application Potential ◽  
Robot Selection

Purpose – Decision making is the task of selecting the most appropriate alternative among a finite set of possible alternatives with respect to some attributes. The attributes may be subjective or objective (or combination of both), depending upon the situation; requirements may also be conflicting. In practice, most of the real-world decision-making problems are based on subjective evaluation criteria which are basically ill-defined and vague. Since subjective human judgment bears ambiguity and vagueness in the decision making; application of grey numbers set theory may be proved fruitful in this context. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach – Owing to the advantages of grey numbers set theory in tackling subjectivity in decision making; the crisp-TODIM needs to be extended by integrating with grey numbers set theory in order to facilitate decision making consisting of subjective data. Hence, the unified objective of this paper is to propose a grey-based TODIM approach in the context of decision making. Findings – Application potential of grey-TODIM has been demonstrated through a case empirical robot selection problem. Result obtained thereof, has also been compared to that of existing grey-based decision support systems available in literature. Originality/value – Application potential of grey-based decision support systems (grey-TOPSIS, grey analysis, grey-MOORA) have been highlighted in available literature resource. However, the shortcoming of these approaches is that they do not consider decision-makers’ risk attitude while decision making. TODIM method is derived from the philosophy of Cumulative Prospect Theory (CPT) which considers risk averting attitude of the decision maker in case of gain and risk seeking attitude in case of loss, while comparing dominance between two alternatives with respect to a particular criterion. Hence, this paper contributes a mathematical foundation of TODIM coupled with grey numbers set theory for logical decision making.

scholarly journals PERSONALIZED FACE ANIMATION IN SHOWFACE SYSTEM

2003 ◽  
Vol 03 (02) ◽  
pp. 345-363 ◽  
Author(s):  
ALI ARYA ◽  
BABAK HAMIDZADEH
Keyword(s):  
Modeling Language ◽  
Face Modeling ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Modeling And Control ◽  
Face Animation ◽  
Facial Movements ◽  
Industry Standards ◽  
Comprehensive Framework ◽  
And Control ◽  
Image Transformations

The problem of Personalized Face Animation is addressed in this paper by proposing the ShowFace streaming structure. This structure is based on most widely accepted industry standards in multimedia presentation like MPEG-4 and SMIL, extending them by defining image transformations required for certain facial movements, and also by providing a higher level Face Modeling Language (FML) for modeling and control purposes. It defines a comprehensive framework for face animation consisting of components for parsing the input script, generating and splitting the audio and video "behaviors", creating the required images and sounds, and eventually displaying or writing the data to files. This component-based design and scripted behavior make the framework suitable for many purposes including web-based applications. Various examples illustrate the efficiency of our method.

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