Vision for a smart kiosk

Author

Rehg, James M. ; Loughlin, Maria ; Waters, Keith

Author_Institution

Cambridge Res. Lab., Digital Equipment Corp., Cambridge, MA, USA

fYear

1997

fDate

17-19 Jun 1997

Firstpage

690

Lastpage

696

Abstract

We describe a novel computer vision application: vision-based human sensing for a Smart Kiosk interface. A Smart Kiosk is a free-standing information dispensing computer appliance capable of engaging in public interactions with multiple people. Vision sensing is a critical component of the kiosk interface, where it is used to determine the context for the interaction. We present a taxonomy of vision problems for a kiosk interface and describe a prototype kiosk which uses color stereo tracking and graphical output to interact with several users

Keywords

computer vision; image colour analysis; image recognition; interactive systems; public information systems; speech synthesis; stereo image processing; user interfaces; Smart Kiosk; color stereo tracking; computer vision application; free-standing information dispensing system; graphical output; interactive systems; kiosk interface; multiple people; public information system; public interactions; speech synthesis; user interface; vision-based human sensing; Application software; Cameras; Computer interfaces; Computer vision; Home appliances; Humans; Prototypes; Stereo vision; Taxonomy; Trademarks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, 1997. Proceedings., 1997 IEEE Computer Society Conference on

Conference_Location

San Juan

ISSN

1063-6919

Print_ISBN

0-8186-7822-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CVPR.1997.609401

Filename

609401