A LoCoS-based tool capable of providing a clue for idea generation

Author

Tanabe, Chiemi ; Hirakawa, Masahito

Author_Institution

Interdisciplinary Fac. of Sci., Shimane Univ., Matsue, Japan

fYear

2005

fDate

19-21 May 2005

Firstpage

51

Lastpage

56

Abstract

Recalling us of something important (e.g., a birthday, anniversary, appointment, and homework assignment), or idea generation in general, is a key for success in our community. It is expected that a computer is of much help to such purposes. A lot of trials have been investigated so far. However most of them support putting and summarizing ideas. We propose in this paper a new type of idea generation tool which is capable of giving a clue to a user, or hopefully of making a spark of inspiration. Pictorial symbols provided in the LoCoS visual communication language are used as a means of hooking ideas hidden in his/her brain. Three different prototypes have been implemented and are described extensively. In addition, we present a result of the experiment.

Keywords

human computer interaction; idea processors; visual communication; visual languages; LoCoS visual communication language; LoCoS-based tool; brain; idea generation; pictorial symbols; Concrete; Context; Humans; Legged locomotion; Prototypes; Sleep; Software tools; Sparks; Text recognition; Visual communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Active Media Technology, 2005. (AMT 2005). Proceedings of the 2005 International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9035-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AMT.2005.1505267

Filename

1505267