Title :
TViews: An Extensible Architecture for Multiuser Digital Media Tables
Author :
Mazalek, Ali ; Reynolds, Matthew ; Davenport, Glorianna
Author_Institution :
Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA
Abstract :
The TViews table is a media interaction platform designed for shared living spaces within the home environment. This platform consists of three parts: a dynamic object tracking and identification system that works with an extensible set of tagged objects on the table´s surface, a planar display that is integrated into the table´s surface, and a set of application programming interfaces (APIs) that tie these elements together. TViews is an extensible method and acoustic-based sensing framework for creating digital media tables that overcome many limitations of single-purpose systems. The system provides a means for real-time multiobject tracking on the tabletop and for the management of large numbers of objects and applications across multiple platform instances
Keywords :
application program interfaces; computer displays; groupware; human computer interaction; multimedia computing; optical tracking; real-time systems; user interfaces; API; TViews table; acoustic-based sensing framework; application programming interface; digital media table creation; home environment; media interaction platform; multiuser digital media table architecture; planar display; real-time multiobject tracking; Antenna arrays; Application software; Collaboration; Digital cameras; Displays; Holography; Laboratories; Prototypes; Tracking; Visualization; collaborative; extensible architecture; media applications; media table; multi-user platform; object sensing; tangible interaction; Computer Graphics; Computer Peripherals; Cooperative Behavior; Equipment Design; Humans; Information Dissemination; Information Storage and Retrieval; Man-Machine Systems; Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; Television; User-Computer Interface;
Journal_Title :
Computer Graphics and Applications, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MCG.2006.117
