{"title":"Monte-Carlo planning for unit control in StarCraft","authors":"Zhe Wang, K. Nguyen, R. Thawonmas, F. Rinaldo","doi":"10.1109/GCCE.2012.6379597","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/GCCE.2012.6379597","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents an application of Monte-Carlo planning (MCPlan) to controlling units in a RTS game StarCraft. We apply an ε - greedy algorithm to model the opponent in a simulation for improving MCPlan's performance. Experimental results are provided at the end of this paper, which show the potential of MCPlan in this domain.","PeriodicalId":299732,"journal":{"name":"The 1st IEEE Global Conference on Consumer Electronics 2012","volume":"46 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-12-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132408986","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
T. Watanabe, S. Kobayashi, N. Koshizuka, K. Sakamura
{"title":"A low latency and intuitive control video streaming system","authors":"T. Watanabe, S. Kobayashi, N. Koshizuka, K. Sakamura","doi":"10.1109/GCCE.2012.6379578","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/GCCE.2012.6379578","url":null,"abstract":"Although demand for emergency medical services (EMS) is growing, sustaining EMS becomes more difficult and costly. It becomes a big problem, especially in Japan, that faces the problem of aging society. In this paper, we propose a smart EMS system. In order to increase efficiency of EMS, we focus on providing and sharing the information in real-time. In our system, Smart ambulance provides its location and patient information using video streaming in real-time. We realized a low latency streaming for communication, and remotely camera control system using touch panel. In evaluation, we showed that the video stream latency of our system was 45% lower than these of other methods.","PeriodicalId":299732,"journal":{"name":"The 1st IEEE Global Conference on Consumer Electronics 2012","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-12-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132770723","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Visual navigation system based on evolutionary computation on FPGA for patrol service robot","authors":"K. Asami, H. Hagiwara, M. Komori","doi":"10.1109/GCCE.2012.6379607","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/GCCE.2012.6379607","url":null,"abstract":"The visual navigation system for a patrol service robot using image processing and evolutionary computation on FPGA is presented. The image processing and evolutionary computation are implemented into a reconfigurable device as original logic. The image processing circuit captures digital images from CMOS camera, extracts the edge and feature points in the images for self-localization to adjust the current course on the traveling map data. The genetic algorithm optimizes threshold values for the filtering operations according to various lighting environments. The visual navigation system has been developed for the linkage between flexible hardware circuits and real-time software applications for robot vision purpose.","PeriodicalId":299732,"journal":{"name":"The 1st IEEE Global Conference on Consumer Electronics 2012","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-12-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130321282","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Software-based modem for near field acoustic communication","authors":"N. Shinmen, T. Ebihara, K. Mizutani","doi":"10.1109/GCCE.2012.6379564","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/GCCE.2012.6379564","url":null,"abstract":"Acoustical communication has broad utility for consumer use, device-to-device communication, since it utilizes the standard equipment; loudspeaker and microphone. In this paper, we focus on a simple acoustic modem that enables device-to-device communication using orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM). Considering the lack of computing power in mobile devices, the modem is designed to achieve signal modulation with reasonable calculation cost. In this paper we propose a modulator; OFDM signal is modulated with aid of sinusoidal wave table assuming that the message is BPSK-mapped, and a demodulator; the message is obtained by delay detection. Performance of the proposed modem was evaluated experimentally using actual mobile phones. As a result, we confirmed the utility of the proposed modem; complexity of proposed modem was less than lower than that of conventional modem and it was suitable for acoustic communication between mobile devices.","PeriodicalId":299732,"journal":{"name":"The 1st IEEE Global Conference on Consumer Electronics 2012","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-12-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130691137","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Evaluating visual fatigue by sensing eye movement during viewing of 3D images","authors":"T. Inoue, Y. Kato, J. Ozawa","doi":"10.1109/GCCE.2012.6379666","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/GCCE.2012.6379666","url":null,"abstract":"In this study, we discuss indexes that can be used to quantify users' visual fatigue when they watch three-dimensional (3D) visual contents with consumer displays. We discuss two indexes with values that can be calculated by biological signal processing without disturbing the viewing of 3D contents. One is a video-oculography (VOG) index, and the other is an electro-oculography (EOG) index. To clarify the effectiveness of these indexes, we conducted simple experiments. Our results confirmed the relationship between these biological indexes and the users' visual fatigue.","PeriodicalId":299732,"journal":{"name":"The 1st IEEE Global Conference on Consumer Electronics 2012","volume":"42 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-12-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133425846","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
T. Katashita, A. Sasaki, Y. Hori, M. Shiozaki, T. Fujino
{"title":"Development of evaluation environment for physical attacks against embedded devices","authors":"T. Katashita, A. Sasaki, Y. Hori, M. Shiozaki, T. Fujino","doi":"10.1109/GCCE.2012.6379924","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/GCCE.2012.6379924","url":null,"abstract":"Physical attacks against cryptographic modules on embedded systems are different with theoretical analysis. Side-channel attacks, which are noninvasive physical attacks, exploit the measurable parameters of devices. In this study, we have developed a cryptographic LSI environment for testing side-channel attacks. The environment is designed such that small fluctuations in LSI power consumption can be measured. A printed circuit board, and control hardware and software are developed, and are available on our website to provide a uniform environment for side-channel testing of LSIs. Details of the developed environment are described in this paper, and its performance in measurements and tests is demonstrated through an experiment that replicates a side-channel attack.","PeriodicalId":299732,"journal":{"name":"The 1st IEEE Global Conference on Consumer Electronics 2012","volume":"48 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-12-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131769905","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ali Al-Uraiby, K. Yoshigoe, R. Seker, R. Babiceanu, N. Yilmazer
{"title":"FPGA implementation of low-profile wake-up radio receiver for Wireless Sensor Networks","authors":"Ali Al-Uraiby, K. Yoshigoe, R. Seker, R. Babiceanu, N. Yilmazer","doi":"10.1109/GCCE.2012.6379582","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/GCCE.2012.6379582","url":null,"abstract":"Achieving low power consumption, size reduction, increased efficiency, and space optimization are all challenges in Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs). WSNs use duty cycle to improve its power efficiency, and wake-up radio (WUR) is used as a control channel to wake up WSN nodes. With its highly flexible features, a field-programmable gate array (FPGA) is one of the attractive candidates for implementing part of WSN devices, and previous works have demonstrated its suitability. In this work, we propose a low-profile WUR scheme and implemented its receiver components using FPGA. The low-profile WUR wakes up the rest of the WUR module of the recipient node only and eliminate unnecessary WUR-module activation of non-recipient nodes. Experimental results of implementing module show that the proposed solution can significantly eliminate unnecessary power consumption.","PeriodicalId":299732,"journal":{"name":"The 1st IEEE Global Conference on Consumer Electronics 2012","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-12-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123906075","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Professional training for disaster management improved by playful home edutainment","authors":"J. Fujima, C. Woelfert","doi":"10.1109/GCCE.2012.6379975","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/GCCE.2012.6379975","url":null,"abstract":"Digital games are powerful learning tools with significant potential for providing new learning opportunities. Disasters and accidents are a part of life. Usually we get to know about them in the news, but sometimes we have to face them becoming part of our own lives. Trained and organized help and rescue services are prepared and ready, but those professionals need some time before they can start to work at the place of action. That gap needs to be be bridged using everyone's own knowledge and abilities. In this paper, we introduce the overview of the TraSt project, a digital game in development for which the authors of this paper see great potential to sensibilize the general public for the preparation of crisis and emergency management.","PeriodicalId":299732,"journal":{"name":"The 1st IEEE Global Conference on Consumer Electronics 2012","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-12-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121055601","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Enabling an OS kernel for large data with a SIMD Unit","authors":"S. Saito, S. Oikawa","doi":"10.1109/GCCE.2012.6379925","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/GCCE.2012.6379925","url":null,"abstract":"Nowadays, embedded systems treats larger data than ever before. It can be expected that the size of data treated by embedded systems will be increased. In ordinary case, these complicated requirements are achieved with adopting OS(operating system) kernel to systems. To improve the performance of OS kernel's data processing is meaningful for many embedded solutions. To achieve this improvement, we focused on a SIMD(Single Instruction Multiple Data) unit. Utilization of SIMD unit enables systems to treats large data effectively. Many processors include a SIMD unit for power-efficient processing. Many embedded products includes microprocessors including SIMD unit. Usually the OS kernel abandons using of a SIMD unit, but there are places where a SIMD unit works effectively. There are possibilities that improve performance of data processing with a SIMD unit in the OS kernel. This paper describes experiments to explore the possibilities to utilize a SIMD unit in the kernel. We performed experiments by using UML (User Mode Linux) and increased its performance with utilizing a SIMD unit. This paper shows that a SIMD unit can improve the OS (Operating System) kernel's data copying performance.","PeriodicalId":299732,"journal":{"name":"The 1st IEEE Global Conference on Consumer Electronics 2012","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-12-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128981359","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Method to accelerate the resume transtion for hibernation by selective swapout in computer system","authors":"T. Imai, H. Itoh, H. Sumi","doi":"10.1109/GCCE.2012.6379931","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/GCCE.2012.6379931","url":null,"abstract":"The Sleep and the hibernation are provided as power saving mode on computers. This paper discusses the advantage of the hibernation, proposes a method to accelerate the resume transition by more than a few times, and shows the test results on Windows system. This method is implemented in “ThinkPad” that is a brand of laptop computers developed by Lenovo.","PeriodicalId":299732,"journal":{"name":"The 1st IEEE Global Conference on Consumer Electronics 2012","volume":"36 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-12-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114765456","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}