摘要:
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for assisting a user in recovering from a task interruption. During operation, the system records the user's activity while the user is performing a task, and detects an interruption to the task. Upon the detection of the interruption, the system transfers to a storage the recorded user activities during a predetermined time period before the interruption. The system presents a visual representation of the recorded activities to the user, thereby assisting the user in recovering from the task interruption.
摘要:
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that enables a user to visually compare the effects of one or more clothing sets in front of a mirror. During operation, the system detects and stores images of a user wearing a piece of clothing in front of mirror. Similar stored poses from either the user or from members of the user's social network can be retrieved later to compare the effects of the current piece of clothing to the retrieved clothing. The poses are then displayed in close proximity to the mirror so that the user can visually compare the effects. Displaying multiple such poses in sequence and in fast response to changes in the user's orientation creates the effect that the system is tracking the user's movements and presenting poses that are substantially synchronized to the user's movements.
摘要:
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that provides a user interface for a context-aware recommendation system which can be operated with one hand. The user interface includes a touch-screen display and a list of recommendations presented on the touch-screen display. The user interface further includes a plurality of graphic elements presented on the touch-screen display which allow a user to configure preferences associated with the activities. A layout of the leisure activities and the graphic elements allows the user to hold the touch-screen display and perform operations on the leisure activities and/or the graphic elements with one hand.
摘要:
Methods and printing devices herein establish a current physical position of a printing device and then receive current physical position readings from different portable computing devices (when the portable computing devices or its users are physically interacting with the printing device). The portable computing devices each have a physical position locator. The method then processes the current physical position readings to refine the current physical position of the printing device.
摘要:
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for tracking and distributing annotations for a video stream. During operation, the system receives, at an annotation server, the video stream originating from a remote field computer, extracts a number of features from the received video stream, and identifies a group of features that matches a known feature group, which is associated with an annotation. The system further associates the identified group of features with the annotation, and forwards the identified group of features and the annotation to the remote field computer, thereby facilitating the remote field computer to associate the annotation with a group of locally extracted features and display the video stream with the annotation placed in a location based at least on locations of the locally extracted features.