A. Smailagic, D. Siewiorek, Richard L. Martin, D. Reilly
{"title":"CMU wearable computers for real-time speech translation","authors":"A. Smailagic, D. Siewiorek, Richard L. Martin, D. Reilly","doi":"10.1109/ISWC.1999.806923","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISWC.1999.806923","url":null,"abstract":"Carnegie Mellon's Wearable Computers Laboratory has built four generations of real time speech translation wearable computers, culminating in the Speech Translator Smart Module. Smart Modules are a family of interoperable modules supporting real time speech recognition, language translation, and speech synthesis. We examine the effect of various design factors on performance with emphasis on modularity and scalability. A system level approach to power/performance optimization is described that improved the metric of (performance/(weight*volume*power)) by over a factor of 300 through the four generations.","PeriodicalId":356535,"journal":{"name":"Digest of Papers. Third International Symposium on Wearable Computers","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130200891","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":"A wearable context-awareness component. Finally a good reason to wear a tie","authors":"A. Schmidt, Hans-Werner Gellersen, M. Beigl","doi":"10.1109/ISWC.1999.806716","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISWC.1999.806716","url":null,"abstract":"We describe the design of a wearable context-awareness component that derives general context information from low-level sensors. Derived context information is application-independent and can be used by wearables or other personal technologies in a body network via a simple protocol. We built the context-awareness component into a tie, stressing its design as an accessory.","PeriodicalId":356535,"journal":{"name":"Digest of Papers. Third International Symposium on Wearable Computers","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125926956","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":"Hummingbirds go skiing: using wearable computers to support social interaction","authors":"A. Weilenmann, L. Holmquist","doi":"10.1109/ISWC.1999.806924","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISWC.1999.806924","url":null,"abstract":"The Hummingbird is a wearable computer that aims to support communication in co-located groups of people, by giving users a continuous awareness of the physical presence (or absence) of others. To examine the effect on group communication, we performed a study where six ski instructors used the Hummingbirds during a five-day trip. The study showed that the Hummingbirds were used more as a support for informal social interaction than for the actual work activities of the test group. In subsequent focus group sessions, we saw a clear difference between instructors who had used the devices and those who had not, in that the first group gave many enthusiastic suggestions for improvements and new usage areas, whereas the second group had great difficulties in seeing any use for the devices at all.","PeriodicalId":356535,"journal":{"name":"Digest of Papers. Third International Symposium on Wearable Computers","volume":"357 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123190945","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}
J. Bowskill, M. Billinghurst, B. Crabtree, N. Dyer, A. Loffler
{"title":"Wearable location mediated telecommunications; a first step towards contextual communication","authors":"J. Bowskill, M. Billinghurst, B. Crabtree, N. Dyer, A. Loffler","doi":"10.1109/ISWC.1999.806697","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISWC.1999.806697","url":null,"abstract":"Wearable computers provide constant access to computing and communications resources. We describe how the computing power of wearables can enhance computer mediated communications, with a focus upon collaborative working. In particular we describe the ideal of contextual communications, where contextual cues collected by the wearable computer are used to establish and enhance communication links. We describe the hardware and software technology we have developed to support contextual communication and two experimental contextual communication systems. The first, a wearable conferencing tool uses the user's physical location to select the online conference which they connect to. The second, MetaPark, is a mixed reality educational experiment which explores communications, data retrieval and recording, and navigation techniques within and across real and virtual environments.","PeriodicalId":356535,"journal":{"name":"Digest of Papers. Third International Symposium on Wearable Computers","volume":"201 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116159269","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":"Situated documentaries: embedding multimedia presentations in the real world","authors":"Tobias Höllerer, J. Pavlik, Steven K. Feiner","doi":"10.1109/ISWC.1999.806664","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISWC.1999.806664","url":null,"abstract":"We describe an experimental wearable augmented reality system that enables users to experience hypermedia presentations that are integrated with the actual outdoor locations to which they are relevant. Our mobile prototype uses a tracked see-through head-worn display to overlay 3D graphics, imagery, and sound on top of the real world, and presents additional, coordinated material on a hand-held pen computer. We have used these facilities to create several situated documentaries that tell the stories of events that took place on our campus. We describe the software and hardware that underly our prototype system and explain the user interface that we have developed for it.","PeriodicalId":356535,"journal":{"name":"Digest of Papers. Third International Symposium on Wearable Computers","volume":"65 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121750589","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":"Batteries and power supplies for wearable and ubiquitous computing","authors":"R. Hahn, H. Reichl","doi":"10.1109/ISWC.1999.806705","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISWC.1999.806705","url":null,"abstract":"The paper discusses the energy storage requirements of wearable computer technology and identifies research topics for novel battery technologies. Three categories of devices with basically different battery requirements were defined. They comprise the wearable computer main unit, small devices which are distributed around the human body and active tags which enable situated and ubiquitous computing. There is a demand for small, high energy density rechargeable batteries which enable a flexible design and for very low cost thin primary batteries for smart label active lags. Prototypes of 120 /spl mu/m thick AgO-Zn batteries have been fabricated by a screen printing process. They can be directly integrated into plastic cards, smart labels and hybrid circuits.","PeriodicalId":356535,"journal":{"name":"Digest of Papers. Third International Symposium on Wearable Computers","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122695277","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}
Alexander Leonhardi, Uwe Kubach, K. Rothermel, Andreas Fritz
{"title":"Virtual information towers-a metaphor for intuitive, location-aware information access in a mobile environment","authors":"Alexander Leonhardi, Uwe Kubach, K. Rothermel, Andreas Fritz","doi":"10.1109/ISWC.1999.806638","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISWC.1999.806638","url":null,"abstract":"Introduces virtual information towers (VITs) as a concept for presenting and accessing location-aware information with mobile clients. A VIT is a means of structuring location-aware information, which is assigned to a certain geographical position while having a certain area of visibility. A user equipped with a mobile, wearable computer has access to the VITs which are \"visible\" from his/her current location. We describe the architecture and protocols of a system which allows its users to create VITs and to access the information on them using Internet mechanisms. We have implemented a prototype of this system and a VIT client for a wearable computer, and we present some aspects of this implementation.","PeriodicalId":356535,"journal":{"name":"Digest of Papers. Third International Symposium on Wearable Computers","volume":"262 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115598162","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":"A run on Sterling-personal finance on the move","authors":"Lee Cooper, G. Johnson, Chris Baber","doi":"10.1109/ISWC.1999.806667","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISWC.1999.806667","url":null,"abstract":"A number of organizations are currently engaged in the creation of electronic wallets as platforms for electronic commerce and banking. Significantly the wallet developed by Swatch is wearable. The Swatch 'Access' thus represents one of the few applications of truly wearable technology within the financial service sector. This paper summarizes research intent upon exploring and highlighting the non-technical requirements associated with electronic wallets such as the Swatch Access. To achieve this goal the research adopted an ethnographic approach. A series of interviews and observations was carried out, addressing the content of the people's existing wallets and how the wallet and its contents are used in everyday life. The findings' are subsequently discussed in terms of their implications for the development of future wearable electronic wallets.","PeriodicalId":356535,"journal":{"name":"Digest of Papers. Third International Symposium on Wearable Computers","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125531274","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":"Non-ideal battery properties and low power operation in wearable computing","authors":"T. Martin, D. Siewiorek","doi":"10.1109/ISWC.1999.806680","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISWC.1999.806680","url":null,"abstract":"This paper describes non-ideal properties of batteries and how these properties may impact power-performance trade-offs in wearable computing. The first part of the paper details the characteristics of an ideal battery and how these characteristics are used in sizing batteries and estimating discharge times. Typical non-ideal characteristics and the regions of operation where they occur are described. The paper then covers results from a first-principles, variable-load battery model, showing likely areas for exploiting battery behavior in mobile computing. The major result is that when battery behavior is non-ideal, lowering the average power or the energy per operation may not increase the amount of computation that can be completed in a battery life.","PeriodicalId":356535,"journal":{"name":"Digest of Papers. Third International Symposium on Wearable Computers","volume":"64 3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132186873","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":"Context Sensing with the Twiddler Keyboard","authors":"Daniel Ashbrook","doi":"10.1109/ISWC.1999.806927","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISWC.1999.806927","url":null,"abstract":"Context sensitivity is an important application of wearable computers. This paper describes research on using the Twiddler one-handed keyboard for sensing motionassociated context. Two possible methods for detecting walking are described, and other types of movement context that it might be possible to sense are discussed. Results of early experiments with a preliminary Twiddler driver modification are discussed.","PeriodicalId":356535,"journal":{"name":"Digest of Papers. Third International Symposium on Wearable Computers","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121297495","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}