Title :
Whiteboard functions in a mobile teleconference system for homecare services
Author :
Zhang, Zhaomin ; He, Aiguo ; Wei, Daming
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Software, Aizu Univ., Fukushima-Ken, Japan
Abstract :
A teleconference system via mobile Internet connections is developed for homecare services. An important purpose of such a system is the realization of real time instruction from a service station (doctors) to service providers (nurses) in mobile conditions. In this paper, we present a whiteboard system as an interactive communication platform between the station site and home site. The following four features of this system are summarized: 1) two distinct layers including image layer and memo layer are used to save mouse motions; 2) a snapshot from USB camera presents medical images or illustrations to all participants´ computers in a teleconference; 3) the synchronization of any data and operations (such as displaying an image, drawing a line, and so on) within all participants´ computers; 4) a realization via mobile Internet connections, where communication abilities are limited.
Keywords :
Internet; computer aided instruction; interactive systems; medical administrative data processing; medical computing; medical image processing; mobile computing; patient care; teleconferencing; telemedicine; USB camera; home site; homecare services; image layer; interactive communication platform; medical image; memo layer; mobile Internet connections; mobile teleconference system; real time instruction; save mouse motions; service providers; service station; station site; whiteboard functions; whiteboard system; Biomedical imaging; Cameras; Computer displays; Mice; Mobile communication; Mobile computing; Real time systems; Teleconferencing; Universal Serial Bus; Web and internet services;
Conference_Titel :
Computer and Information Technology, 2004. CIT '04. The Fourth International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2216-5
DOI :
10.1109/CIT.2004.1357315
