Personal universal controllers: controlling complex appliances with GUIs and speech

We envision a future where each person will carry with them a personal universal controller (PUC), a portable computerized device that allows the user to control any appliance within their environment. The PUC has a two-way communication channel with each appliance. It downloads a specification of the appliance's features and then automatically generates an interface for controlling that appliance (graphical, speech, or both). In this demonstration we present a working PUC system that automatically generates graphical and speech interfaces, and controls real appliances, including a shelf stereo and a Sony camcorder.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2003
• Where: CHI
• Authors: Jeffrey Nichols, Brad A. Myers, Michael Higgins, Joseph Hughes, Thomas K. Harris, Roni Rosenfeld, Kevin Litwack
• Keywords: CHI 2003, Controls Real Appliances, Human Computer Interaction, Portable Computerized Device, Two-way Communication Channel