Conception, Design And Construction Of A Remote Wifi Vehicle Using Arduino,
2014
California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo
Conception, Design And Construction Of A Remote Wifi Vehicle Using Arduino, Clayton Broman
Physics
The scope of this senior project was to make a wireless vehicle controlled via Internet Protocol. This vehicle operates remotely and without direct line of sight. Commands are sent from a program running on a laptop and transmitted using a wireless router. Visual data is retrieved from a network camera, mounted on the vehicle, in real-time, to see where you are going.
Midiflapper: A Leap Motion Midi Controller,
2014
California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo
Midiflapper: A Leap Motion Midi Controller, Mark M. Henry
Computer Science and Software Engineering
An application called MIDIFlapper was developed that translates data from the Leap Motion, an NUI device, into MIDI data suitable for use by a contemporary digital audio workstation. This allows electronic musicians to use the Leap Motion for musical creation and live performance.
Sketch: Pen And Touch Recognition [Workshop Summary],
2014
Singapore Management University
Sketch: Pen And Touch Recognition [Workshop Summary], Richard C. Davis, Aaron Adler
Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems
Sketch recognition has technically been around for 40 years, but it has come and gone several times due to the difficulty of the problem. With the rise of touch and pen enabled phones and tablets, sketch recognition is regaining popularity and public presence, and more people are becoming aware of and interested in this difficult, but valuable, problem. It is important to harness the Sketch Recognition community at this time to encourage the flourishing of this topic.
Visual Typo Correction By Collocative Optimization: A Case Study On Merchandize Images,
2014
Singapore Management University
Visual Typo Correction By Collocative Optimization: A Case Study On Merchandize Images, Xiao-Yong Wei, Zhen-Qun Yang, Chong-Wah Ngo, Wei Zhang
Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems
Near-duplicate retrieval (NDR) in merchandize images is of great importance to a lot of online applications on e-Commerce websites. In those applications where the requirement of response time is critical, however, the conventional techniques developed for a general purpose NDR are limited, because expensive post-processing like spatial verification or hashing is usually employed to compromise the quantization errors among the visual words used for the images. In this paper, we argue that most of the errors are introduced because of the quantization process where the visual words are considered individually, which has ignored the contextual relations among words. We propose …
Digital Display With Integrated Computing Circuit,
2014
Air Force Institute of Technology
Digital Display With Integrated Computing Circuit, Ronald S. Cok, John W. Harmer, Michael E. Miller
AFIT Patents
A digital display device includes a display substrate; an array of pixels formed on the display substrate; an array of driving circuits located on the display substrate, each driving circuit electrically connected to one or more pixels for controlling a pixel current provided to each pixel; an array of computing circuits located on the display substrate, each computing circuit including circuits for signal or image processing and for communicating with neighboring computing circuits; a plurality of electrical conductors formed on the display substrate and connected to each of the driving circuits and digital computing circuits, wherein each computing circuit is …
Changing Minds To Changing The World: Mapping The Spectrum Of Intent In Data Visualization And Data Arts,
2014
University of San Francisco
Changing Minds To Changing The World: Mapping The Spectrum Of Intent In Data Visualization And Data Arts, Scott Murray
Art + Architecture
No abstract provided.
Advances In Documentation, Digital Curation, Virtual Exhibition, And A Test Of 3d Geometric Morhpometrics: A Case Study Of The Vanderpool Vessels From The Ancestral Caddo Territory,
2014
Center for Regional Heritage Research, Stephen F. Austin State University
Advances In Documentation, Digital Curation, Virtual Exhibition, And A Test Of 3d Geometric Morhpometrics: A Case Study Of The Vanderpool Vessels From The Ancestral Caddo Territory, Robert Z. Selden Jr., Timothy K. Perttula, Michael J. O'Brien
CRHR: Archaeology
Three-dimensional (3D) digital scanning of archaeological materials is typically used as a tool for artifact documentation. With the permission of the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma, 3D documentation of Caddo funerary vessels from the Vanderpool site (41SM77) was conducted with the initial goal of ensuring that these data would be publicly available for future research long after the vessels were repatriated. A digital infrastructure was created to archive and disseminate the resultant 3D datasets, ensuring that they would be accessible by both researchers and the general public (CRHR 2014a). However, 3D imagery can be used for much more than documentation. To …
Visualizing And Predicting The Effects Of Rheumatoid Arthritis On Hands,
2014
University of Kentucky
Visualizing And Predicting The Effects Of Rheumatoid Arthritis On Hands, Radu P. Mihail
Theses and Dissertations--Computer Science
This dissertation was inspired by difficult decisions patients of chronic diseases have to make about about treatment options in light of uncertainty. We look at rheumatoid arthritis (RA), a chronic, autoimmune disease that primarily affects the synovial joints of the hands and causes pain and deformities. In this work, we focus on several parts of a computer-based decision tool that patients can interact with using gestures, ask questions about the disease, and visualize possible futures. We propose a hand gesture based interaction method that is easily setup in a doctor's office and can be trained using a custom set of …
Cmsvega: A Content Management System For The Layman,
2014
Columbus State University
Cmsvega: A Content Management System For The Layman, Roshan P.J. Nedumpurath
Theses and Dissertations
Content management systems are becoming increasingly convoluted to use. Existing website creation systems require users without programming knowledge to scour documentation. A CMS should be intuitive, something a user can pick up and use right away. Simplicity is key when targeting layman users who have no web development knowledge. This project aims to create a simple and intuitive content management system, CMSVega, which users can pick up and use with minimal web development knowledge. A blind study was conducted to compare CMSVega against popular Wordpress, Drupal and Joomla systems. After having recreated a webpage using each CMS, participants were asked …
Colormoo: An Algorithmic Approach To Generating Color Palettes,
2014
Claremont McKenna College
Colormoo: An Algorithmic Approach To Generating Color Palettes, Joshua Rael
CMC Senior Theses
Selecting one color can be done with relative ease, but this task becomes more difficult with each subsequent color. Colormoo is an online tool aimed at solving this problem. We implement three algorithms for generating color palettes based off of a starting color. Data is collected for each palette that is generated. Our analysis reveals two of the algorithms are preferred, but under different circumstances. Furthermore, we find that users prefer palettes containing colors that are compatible, but not too similar. With refined heuristics, we believe these techniques can be extended and applied beyond the field of graphic design alone.
Study Of Touch Gesture Performance By Four And Five Year-Old Children: Point-And-Touch, Drag-And-Drop, Zoom-In And Zoom-Out, And Rotate,
2014
Minnesota State University - Mankato
Study Of Touch Gesture Performance By Four And Five Year-Old Children: Point-And-Touch, Drag-And-Drop, Zoom-In And Zoom-Out, And Rotate, Zainab Hamza
All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects
Past research has focused on children's interaction with computers through mouse clicks, and mouse research studies focused on point-and-click and drag-and-drop. However, More research is necessary in regard to children's ability to perform touch gestures such as point-and-touch, drag-and-drop, zoom-in and zoom-out, and rotate. Furthermore, research should consider specific gestures such as zoom-in and zoom-out, and rotate tasks for young children. The aim of this thesis is to study the ability of 4 and 5 year-old children to interact with touch devices and perform tasks such as: point-and-touch, drag-and-drop, zoom-in and zoom-out, and rotate. This thesis tests an iPad application …
Peering Into The Discourse Of Industrial Design Training Through A Sustainability Lens,
2014
Indiana University - Bloomington
Peering Into The Discourse Of Industrial Design Training Through A Sustainability Lens, Norman M. Su, Haodan Tan, Eli Blevis
Design Thinking Research Symposium
Now well established in HCI, the lens of sustainability may be applied to educational practices in industrial design and interaction design. By sustainability, we mean to include notions of mitigation of the environmental effects of climate change. In this paper, we present an analysis of student projects in a junior and senior industrial design class dataset. Drawing from discourse analysis, we examine how the industrial design classroom serves as a space to socially construct the philosophies and goals inherent in “good” design. We then examine how the lens of sustainability is implicated into the industrial design “way” as espoused by …
Study Of User Search Activities With Two Discovery Tools At An Academic Library,
2014
Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis
Study Of User Search Activities With Two Discovery Tools At An Academic Library, Xi Niu, Tao Zhang, Hsin-Liang Chen
Libraries Faculty and Staff Scholarship and Research
The goal of this study was to investigate and compare user search activities of two discovery tools at an academic library. The implementation of a new discovery tool (Primo by Ex Libris) to replace an existing system (VuFind) provided a unique opportunity to collect transaction logs of both systems and examine user search behavior in an empirical test. Results from a transaction log analysis and a user study of this study have contributed to the understanding of users’ search behavior and their preferences and perceptions of the two systems. We find both commonalities and differences between VuFind and Primo for …
Exploring Customer Specific Kpi Selection Strategies For An Adaptive Time Critical User Interface,
2014
Technological University Dublin
Exploring Customer Specific Kpi Selection Strategies For An Adaptive Time Critical User Interface, Ingo Keck, Robert J. Ross
Conference papers
Rapid growth in the number of measures available to describe customer-organization relationships has presented a serious challenge for Business Intelligence (BI) interface developers as they attempt to provide business users with key customer information without requiring users to painstakingly sift through many interface windows and layers. In this paper we introduce a prototype Intelligent User Interface that we have deployed to partially address this issue. The interface builds on machine learning techniques to construct a ranking model of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) that are used to select and present the most important customer metrics that can be made available to …
Astrophobia: A 3d Multiplayer Space Combat Game With Linear Entity Interpolation,
2013
California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo
Astrophobia: A 3d Multiplayer Space Combat Game With Linear Entity Interpolation, Luke Larson
Computer Science and Software Engineering
Astrophobia is a Descent-like 3D networked multiplayer space combat game with linear entity interpolation (client-side animation between game-state packets to give the illusion of continuous game updates) similar to entity interpolation implemented in Valve Software’s Source engine. Additionally, Astrophobia procedurally generates unique levels, has zero-gravity physics, ship and projectile wall bouncing, hit detection, OpenGL 3D graphics, Phong lighting, ship model and texture, and a simple HUD that provides visualization of health points, aiming crosshair, and player scoreboard.
Reconstructing Point Clouds Of Mid-Size Objects,
2013
California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo
Reconstructing Point Clouds Of Mid-Size Objects, Spencer Woodworth
Computer Science and Software Engineering
This project explores the use of an inexpensive 3D camera for the acquisition and reconstruction of mid-size objects. The disparity of objects between stereo image pairs are used to calculate depth and generate a depth map. The depth map is used to generate a point cloud representation of the object from a single view. Finally, point clouds are generated from several views of an object and then aligned and merged into a seamless 360-degree point cloud.
Conceptual, Impact-Based Publications Recommendations,
2013
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
Conceptual, Impact-Based Publications Recommendations, Ann Smittu Joseph
Graduate Theses and Dissertations
CiteSeerx is a digital library for scientific publications by computer science researchers. It also functions as a search engine with several features including autonomous citation indexing, automatic metadata extraction, full-text indexing and reference linking. Users are able to retrieve relevant documents from the CiteSeerx database directly using search queries and will further benefit if the system suggests document recommendations to the user based on their preferences and search history. Therefore, recommender systems were initially developed and continue to evolve to recommend more relevant documents to the CiteSeerx users. In this thesis, we introduce the Conceptual, Impact-Based Recommender (CIBR), …
A Bandwidth-Conserving Architecture For Crawling Virtual Worlds,
2013
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
A Bandwidth-Conserving Architecture For Crawling Virtual Worlds, Dipesh Gautam
Graduate Theses and Dissertations
A virtual world is a computer-based simulated environment intended for its users to inhabit via avatars. Content in virtual worlds such as Second Life or OpenSimulator is increasingly presented using three-dimensional (3D) dynamic presentation technologies that challenge traditional search technologies. As 3D environments become both more prevalent and more fragmented, the need for a data crawler and distributed search service will continue to grow. By increasing the visibility of content across virtual world servers in order to better collect and integrate the 3D data we can also improve the crawling and searching efficiency and accuracy by avoiding crawling unchanged regions …
Partial Least Squares Regression On Grassmannian Manifold For Emotion Recognition,
2013
Singapore Management University
Partial Least Squares Regression On Grassmannian Manifold For Emotion Recognition, M. Liu, R. Wang, Zhiwu Huang, S. Shan, X. Chen
Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems
In this paper, we propose a method for video-based human emotion recognition. For each video clip, all frames are represented as an image set, which can be modeled as a linear subspace to be embedded in Grassmannian manifold. After feature extraction, Class-specific One-to-Rest Partial Least Squares (PLS) is learned on video and audio data respectively to distinguish each class from the other confusing ones. Finally, an optimal fusion of classifiers learned from both modalities (video and audio) is conducted at decision level. Our method is evaluated on the Emotion Recognition In The Wild Challenge (EmotiW 2013). The experimental results on …
Dense Image Correspondence Under Large Appearance Variations,
2013
Singapore Management University
Dense Image Correspondence Under Large Appearance Variations, Linlin Liu, Kok-Lim Low, Wen-Yan Lin
Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems
This paper addresses the difficult problem of finding dense correspondence across images with large appearance variations. Our method uses multiple feature samples at each pixel to deal with the appearance variations based on our observation that pre-defined single feature sample provides poor results in nearest neighbor matching. We apply the idea in a flow-based matching framework and utilize the best feature sample for each pixel to determine the flow field. We propose a novel energy function and use dual-layer loopy belief propagation to minimize it where the correspondence, the feature scale and rotation parameters are solved simultaneously. Our method is …
