User interface technologies for home appliances and networks

Author

Corcoran, Peter M. ; Papal, F. ; Zoldi, Arpad

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. Eng., Univ. Coll. Galway, Ireland

Volume

44

Issue

3

fYear

1998

fDate

8/1/1998 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

679

Lastpage

685

Abstract

The design and implementation of portable, lightweight user-interfaces to provide access to remote embedded home-systems and home-networks is described. This paper is focussed on emerging standards in the consumer electronics field, including embedded-Java, the handheld device markup language (HDML) and remote frame buffer (RFB) protocol technology as implemented in the public-domain virtual network computer (VNC) software. A key goal of the present paper is to provide an objective technical assessment of the applicability of each of these technologies to the development of practical consumer appliances and handheld terminals providing enhanced user access to the home environment

Keywords

Internet; consumer electronics; domestic appliances; graphical user interfaces; home automation; object-oriented languages; protocols; real-time systems; telecommunication standards; telecommunication terminals; HDML; RFB technology; VNC software; consumer appliances; consumer electronics; embedded-Java; emerging standards; handheld device markup language; handheld terminals; home appliances; home-networks; implementation; portable lightweight user-interfaces; protocol; public-domain virtual network computer software; remote embedded home-systems; remote frame buffer technology; user access; user interface technologies; Access protocols; Computer networks; Consumer electronics; Embedded computing; Embedded software; Handheld computers; Home appliances; Markup languages; Software standards; User interfaces;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Consumer Electronics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0098-3063

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/30.713181

Filename

713181