Sciweavers

563 search results - page 32 / 113
» Using Real Objects to Communicate with Virtual Characters
Sort
View
ICDAR
2005
IEEE
14 years 2 months ago
Improved Text-Detection Methods for a Camera-based Text Reading System for Blind Persons
Automatic text recognition from natural images receives a growing attention because of potential applications in image retrieval, robotics and intelligent transport system. Camera...
Nobuo Ezaki, Kimiyasu Kiyota, Bui Truong Minh, Mar...
ICRA
2000
IEEE
141views Robotics» more  ICRA 2000»
14 years 27 days ago
A Human-Robot Interface Using an Interactive Hand Pointer that Projects a Mark in the Real Work Space
A human-robot interface system is under development that takes into account the exibility of the DigitalDesk approach. The prototype consists of a projector subsystem for informa...
Shin Sato, Shigeyuki Sakane
CSCWD
2008
Springer
13 years 10 months ago
Educational technology for collaborative virtual environments
3D information systems for education must be investigated and adopted for a more involving form of learning. It is in this context that we propose the use of Second Life as an env...
Marcio Cunha, Alberto Barbosa Raposo, Hugo Fuks
SENSYS
2006
ACM
14 years 2 months ago
Run-time dynamic linking for reprogramming wireless sensor networks
From experience with wireless sensor networks it has become apparent that dynamic reprogramming of the sensor nodes is a useful feature. The resource constraints in terms of energ...
Adam Dunkels, Niclas Finne, Joakim Eriksson, Thiem...
IROS
2009
IEEE
304views Robotics» more  IROS 2009»
14 years 3 months ago
Real time tracking using an active pan-tilt-zoom network camera
— We present here a real time active vision system on a PTZ network camera to track an object of interest. We address two critical issues in this paper. One is the control of the...
Thang Ba Dinh, Qian Yu, Gérard G. Medioni