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UbiREMOTE: framework for remotely controlling networked appliances through interaction with 3D virtual space

Authors:

Kohta Kiyokawa,

Shinya Yamamoto,

Keiichi Yasumoto,

Minoru ItoAuthors Info & Claims

MMSys '10: Proceedings of the first annual ACM SIGMM conference on Multimedia systems

Pages 271 - 280

https://doi.org/10.1145/1730836.1730870

Published: 22 February 2010 Publication History

Abstract

In this paper, we propose a framework named ``UbiREMOTE'' for controlling information appliances connected to a home network with a unified and intuitive user interface from a remote place.The UbiREMOTE framework provides users with a way to control appliances in a home through a virtual space drawn on a mobile terminal screen which reflects the latest conditions of the real appliances and the rooms in the home. With UbiREMOTE, a user controls appliances by (1) moving to the front of an appliance, (2) choosing the appliance to control and (3) pushing buttons on the virtual remote controller which imitates the real remote controller for the appliance or the real console.In this paper, we propose a method to improve the drawing speed of 3D virtual space on mobile terminals and a method for automatically reflecting condition changes of the real space in the virtual space.We implemented the methods and evaluated the performance. The results showed that the proposed methods can be practically used on small mobile terminals.

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UbiREMOTE: framework for remotely controlling networked appliances through interaction with 3D virtual space
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. Interaction paradigms
      1. Graphical user interfaces

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MMSys '10: Proceedings of the first annual ACM SIGMM conference on Multimedia systems

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ISBN:9781605589145

DOI:10.1145/1730836

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Takahashi YShirakura NToyoshima KAmako TIsobe RTakamatsu JYasumoto K(2017)DeepRemote: A smart remote controller for intuitive control through home appliances recognition by deep learning2017 Tenth International Conference on Mobile Computing and Ubiquitous Network (ICMU)10.23919/ICMU.2017.8330111(1-6)Online publication date: Oct-2017
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Komeda JArakawa YTamai MYasumoto K(2014)Intuitive Appliance Control System Based on a High-Accuracy Indoor Positioning SystemProceedings of the 2014 IEEE 11th Intl Conf on Ubiquitous Intelligence and Computing and 2014 IEEE 11th Intl Conf on Autonomic and Trusted Computing and 2014 IEEE 14th Intl Conf on Scalable Computing and Communications and Its Associated Workshops (UIC-ATC-ScalCom)10.1109/UIC-ATC-ScalCom.2014.71(134-139)Online publication date: 9-Dec-2014
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1109/UIC-ATC-ScalCom.2014.71
Obo TKubota N(2012)Remote monitoring and control using smart phones and sensor networksThe 1st IEEE Global Conference on Consumer Electronics 201210.1109/GCCE.2012.6379660(466-469)Online publication date: Oct-2012
https://doi.org/10.1109/GCCE.2012.6379660
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