Title :
Constrained image understanding for an Internet robot supporting telepresence
Author :
Ferworn, Alexander ; Shiu, Wing-Hong ; Plataniotis, Kostas
Abstract :
The Network-Centric Applied Research Team (N-CART) introduces a distributed model for constrained image recognition for a Web-enabled video robot supporting aspects of telepresence. The recognition engine resides on a network node apart from the actual robot streaming the video. We have found that by employing such a model, the cost and complexity of the robot can be reduced while allowing the recognition services to be reused by other devices. We also discuss how we are using the notion of distributed services to deploy video preprocessing for limited capability wireless devices
Keywords :
Internet; handicapped aids; image recognition; radio equipment; robots; telecontrol; video signal processing; visual communication; Internet robot; MAX architecture; N-CART; Network-Centric Applied Research Team; Web-enabled video robot; constrained image recognition; constrained image understanding; distributed model; distributed services; handicapped access buttons; mobile Internet appliances; network node; recognition engine; recognition services; robot complexity; robot cost; telepresence; video preprocessing; video streaming; wireless devices; Collaboration; Communication cables; Costs; Image recognition; Internet telephony; Robots; Search engines; Streaming media; Video sharing; World Wide Web;
Conference_Titel :
Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2001. Canadian Conference on
Conference_Location :
Toronto, Ont.
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6715-4
DOI :
10.1109/CCECE.2001.933617
