UBCPanasonic Collaboration Project Management Proposal

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UBC-Panasonic CollaborationProject Management
Proposal
May 18, 2006

• Panasonic San Jose Laboratory
• AV Core Technology Development Center
• Panasonic

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Project Management Proposal

• Starting from
• the UBC Demonstration Proposition
• The Panasonic Demonstration Proposition
• We made an attempt to merge them into a coherent
  project taking into account
• Deadlines
• Types of deliveries (report, software, demo)
• Objectives of each of the team
• We end up with a rough GANTT chart which has the
  merit to show how tasks are linked and
  orchestrated. Needs additional work!!!

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Timeline for FY2006 Info Sharing
Prepare several scenario variations according to
degrees of user involvement
06/6
3
10
7
8
9
11
12
07/1
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WM2 Evaluation
Publishing
Paper Prototyping
UBC
WM2 Application
Requirements for Working Model 2
gestures for universal remote, discreet
notification, service filtering
UBC PSJL/ACC
Requirements for Working Model 1
Include mechanism for collecting sensor data and
operation logs
PSJL/ACC
UI for WM1 and application
Config. Manager Extension for General Services
Config. Manager Extension for Collaboration Tasks?
UI Integration Phase
PSJL
Integration of Working Model 1
Integration of Working Model 2
Studies on User Sensing and Gesture Control
ACC PSJL
legend
Studies on User Sensing and Gesture Control
Tech Components Integration Phase
report
Assignment of resources is tentative and to be
discussed.
software
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Project Proposal Draft 1/2

• Research Goals
• Establish UI design principles for networked
  appliances
• Simple input methods of universal remote (unlike
  PC)
• Information arrangement on multiple displays
  (attention control, discreet notification)
• Degree of user involvement in service retrieval /
  selection
• Sample Use Cases and Featured Devices see p.4
• Large screen TV (shared in the living room)
• Universal remote accepting gestures (personal)
• Service event notification
• Content retrieval by participants
• Milestones and Deliverables see p.5
• 9/E Working Model 1 covering sample use cases
• 9/E Completes user study by paper / video
  prototypes
• 10/E Requirements for 2nd working model
• 2/E Working Model 2 for examination of user
  involvement
• 3/E User evaluation by Working Model 2

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Project Proposal Draft 2/2

• Research Activity Methodology see p.5
• Working Model 1 (Demonstration)
• Implementing network config manager and user
  sensing network for the sample use case
• Evaluating usability of input/output methods
• Concept validation in terms of user benefit
• Paper Prototyping (Report)
• Investigating user interaction design issues
• Which kinds of gestures are adequate, for which
  task?
• How to notify user of events or available
  services discreetly?
• Providing requirements for UI of Working Model 1
• Requirements for Model 2 (Report)
• Working Model 2 (Demonstration)
• Implementing several levels of context-aware
  assistance (partially fake) for the same services
• e.g. scenario variations where services are
  automatically served / served after confirmation
  / listed on demand / found out by user
• Finding conditions for non-intrusive assistance

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Sample Use Case Info Sharing
To make the 1-year project feasible, scenes
realized with the prototype should be chosen out
of this whole scenario according to interests of
members (UBC / PSJL / ACC).
Large Screen TV
Universal Controller Workbench for Collaboration
Automatic collection of photos related to common
context (topic, events, etc.) from personal
storage equipments.
Kitchen
Control UI
Operation in intuitive way (e.g. Gestures)
Living Room
Bathroom
Outdoors
Home
Networked Appliance