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This paper describes the Innovation system for indoor navigation using a mobile phone. A tool such as this requires a method of storing building data and routing information on the phone, as well as the ability to automatically track phone location as users walk around. We describe two alternative approaches to mapping building data along with a routing database design that make the project viable...
In recent years, earthquake, typhoon, snowflake and other natural disasters happened frequently and cause large number of casualties and economic losses. It needs to be further improved under the circumstances of sudden natural disasters. The solution to the problem is to provide data support for emergency response and scientific decision-making to commanders by uploading accurate, reliable and instant...
Virtual Reality is becoming more than a part of our everyday life, helping us to identify quickly the elements of the environment or to better entertain us. The purpose of this paper is to present an application framework that we are developing, in order to help others implement their own applications. In the first section the focus is set on the Augmented Reality basic concepts and the necessity...
As the ubiquitous communication environment advances, there is a demand for services that deliver the type of content appropriate for the preferences of the user. Services are already available that identify the user's preferences by analyzing his/her log information, and recommend items of content suitable for him/her. Methods of inferring the user's mood by partially analyzing pictograms frequently...
Location-based search engine is an alternative approach for information retrieval to traditional location-based services based on fixed databases. This is a relatively new concept that aims at utilizing the location of user but without restricting to any fixed location-based service. In this paper, we outline a prototype solution for multimedia mobile phones based on web search, ad-hoc georeferencing,...
The inability to identify people during group meetings is a disadvantage for blind people in many professional and educational situations. To explore the efficacy of face recognition using smartphones in these settings, we have prototyped and tested a face recognition tool for blind users. The tool utilizes Smartphone technology in conjunction with a wireless network to provide audio feedback of the...
The proliferation of mobile phones across the world, to people of all statures, has provided platform to bring computing resources to the masses. In this paper we present three mobile phone applications designed to aid the businesses and people of informal economies in developing countries. The goal of the applications is to assist in the growth of the economy through financial education and awareness...
Due to the display area and resource restrictions of small mobile devices, currently, most reported database query systems developed for them are only offering a small set of pre-determined queries that can be posed by users. This not only limits the usage of such systems in their own domain of application, it also prevents them from being used to query other databases. Thus, the abilities to support...
As the ubiquitous environment is taking root, there are calls for services that deliver content appropriate for the individual userpsilas personal interests and preferences. Services are already being provided that deduce the interests or preferences of the user by analyzing his or her log data and provide content appropriate for his or her physical/mental/emotional state. A method of deducing the...
This study presents an automatic merchandise classification approach based on similarity of product attributes. The proposed approach can automatically separate products into appropriate groups, allow consumers to rapidly and conveniently find products with similar attributes, and considerably reduce the workload associated with managing Internet stores. To illustrate the usefulness of the automatic...
Anti-counterfeiting is a global problem. Brand owners suffer from huge losses due to counterfeits every year, and turn to advanced solutions to gain back control over their brands. An anti-counterfeiting system normally encodes a digital identifier in a physical identifier in essence. The physical identifier then is attached with the product. If the physical identifier is cloneable or reusable, the...
Today's mobile devices have inherited many of the characteristics of desktop computing -- including the assumptions that the user's full attention and dexterity can be focused on the interface. Unfortunately, on-the-go users are impaired by their mobility and often find desktop-style Windows Icon Menu and Pointer (WIMP) interfaces difficult, if not impossible, to use while performing their primary...
Applications of 3 dimensional (3-D) virtual reality are now possible on current mobile phones due to the advances in mobile 3-D graphics technologies. However, the user-interface to these applications is generally still limited to the basic phone keypad which detracts from the sophisticated experience 3-D worlds can provide. In this paper we present a solution to this problem which utilizes the accelerometers...
In this paper, we propose a novel user interface framework for controlling appliances in smart spaces based on the natural look of UI on physical appliances. When a user selects a specific target appliance to control, the proposed architecture and procedures provide NVUI (NaturalView User Interface) on a userpsilas mobile device to maximize userpsilas a priori familiarity with the user interface....
The paper presents the implementation of a platform which allows the generation, annotation and retrieval of on-the-move multimedia tourist contents while on a tourist destination. The platform toggles the different stages of the processes involved on the cycle of life of the content: creation, indexation, storage and publication. The application has been implemented using the J2ME standard to take...
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