A window automanagement scheme for a multimedia-multipoint teleconference

Author

Toyosawa, Satoshi ; Yamaguchi, Hiroyuki ; Masaki, Shigeki

Author_Institution

NTT Human Interface Lab., Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan

Volume

2

fYear

1993

fDate

23-26 May 1993

Firstpage

1177

Abstract

A multiwindow system has drawbacks in window operability, especially in the case of a multimedia teleconference in which too many windows are simultaneously displayed. To obviate this problem, a window auto-management scheme is proposed to free users from tedious window manipulation. Empirical rules governing how and when to resize, iconify/deiconify and overlap partially obscured text-based and facial image windows are presented based upon experiments and observations

Keywords

graphical user interfaces; multimedia communication; telecommunication network management; teleconferencing; facial image windows; iconification/deiconification; multimedia-multipoint teleconference; multiwindow system; overlapping; resizing; text-based image windows; window automanagement scheme; window operability; Displays; Electronic mail; Humans; Laboratories; Motion control; Multimedia systems; Real time systems; Teleconferencing; Video sharing; Videoconference;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications, 1993. ICC '93 Geneva. Technical Program, Conference Record, IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Geneva

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0950-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICC.1993.397462

Filename

397462