Development and application of PDA-based data collection system for an idea generation support groupware

Author

Yoshino, Takashi ; Munemori, Jun ; Yunokuchi, Kazutomo ; Ito, Shiro

Author_Institution

Fac. of Eng., Kagoshima Univ., Japan

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

88

Lastpage

93

Abstract

We have developed data collection software, called “GMemo” (GUNGEN Memo), running on a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA). GMemo is a piece of input equipment for GUNGEN. GUNGEN is a groupware for a new idea generation support system. Users can collect data for the KJ method using GMemo easily with no omission, and input ideas in free handwriting. We applied the data stored in GMemo to GUNGEN. The result of the application of GMemo shows that (1) most ideas were generated by users and collected from noon to evening at University or home, (2) when handwritten characters were used as ideas for GUNGEN, the reduced handwritten characters seemed to be legible, (3) The drawing area in GMemo is so small that we should equip GMemo with a scroll function

Keywords

groupware; notebook computers; software tools; GMemo; GUNGEN Memo; KJ method; PDA-based data collection system; data collection software; free handwriting; idea generation support groupware; personal digital assistant; Character recognition; Collaborative software; Collaborative work; Computer networks; Data engineering; Indium tin oxide; Information science; Multimedia communication; Multimedia databases; Personal digital assistants;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Parallel Processing, 1999. Proceedings. 1999 International Workshops on

Conference_Location

Aizu-Wakamatsu

ISSN

1530-2016

Print_ISBN

0-7695-0353-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICPPW.1999.800045

Filename

800045