2015 International Conference on Cyberworlds (CW)

It is estimated that by 2020 that the Internet of Things with embedded and wearable computing will have a major impact on society and be providing beneficial services in a wide variety of applications. It has already accomplished some cost savings in operations and increases in asset efficiency. Increased connectivity and improved safety, security, and reliability are expected to increase potentia... View full abstract»

This paper outlines an approach to a series of "open" purpose "architecture" generators and related systems. The word "architecture" is here defined in the broadest of linguistic manners. This paper outlines the long-term goals for the facilitation of the functional components of this 'system of systems', although the system will be designed to be extensible as a large-scale open source project. T... View full abstract»

In the era of cloud computing, data is processed in a Cloud, and data and its dependencies between systems or functions progress and change constantly within the cloud, as a user's requirements change. Such information worlds are called cyber worlds. We need a more powerful mathematical background which can model the cyber worlds as they are, and a finite automaton for implementing it as a compute... View full abstract»

Nowadays, a wide range of advanced techniques provides accurate and detailed 3D data about patients' anatomy, as captured by medical scans (MRI, CT, Micro CT, etc.). While medical imaging assists daily clinical practice, 3D patient-specific models (3D-PSMs) of anatomy have still a quite limited use. We consider part-based semantic annotation beneficial to bring 3D-PSMs into clinical practice. To t... View full abstract»

This paper proposes an interactive risk visualization system to enable people to understand intuitively the risk of snow sliding from a roof. The system represents the risk as a colored bar and real-time computer graphics (CG) images simulated by the smoothed-particle hydrodynamic method (SPH). First, snow behavior is defined as fluid-based dynamics. Second, the risk is visualized in two ways with... View full abstract»

Networks can be represented as node-link diagram. In geo-referenced networks, the used node-link diagram has nodes placed accordingly with geographical criteria. Different graph drawing techniques can be applied on such layout to improve their readability. This work proposes a systematization of node link layouts and graph drawing techniques. We use the proposed schematization to classify geograph... View full abstract»

We have been studying and developing the system which enables to generate Computer Graphics Animation (CGA) automatically by processing HTML data of Web site. In this paper, we propose an open framework to facilitate this. The framework is functioning all at a server side, obtaining the HTML, converting it to a script describing the CGA story and updating the script. And at a client side, a user a... View full abstract»

Although digital revolution has pervaded almost every part of daily life, cities remained seemingly analogue and furthermore inhabitants are mostly excluded from the digital layer. By replacing timeworn light bulbs with a projector linked with an intelligent sensor array we expect to increase social interaction within open spaces by creating a more engaging way through the city and reduce the use ... View full abstract»

Recently, spatial augmented reality (SAR) has been used as a method of editing appearance of real objects by using a projector. In addition to SAR with stationary objects, SAR with moving objects is paid attention to in case of entertainments, work supports, design study, and so on. Although such dynamic SAR requires pose estimation and tracking, it cannot accomplish enough accuracy and processing... View full abstract»

The ability to track joint positions for Microsoft Kinect is useful for rehabilitation in both clinical and home settings. Unfortunately, most available commercial Kinect video games are not developed for rehabilitation purposes. In this study, a low-cost rehabilitation game training system has been developed for patients with movement disorders, it is suitable for use at home under the distant su... View full abstract»

In order to safely operate sailboats, captains often rely on proper interpretation of several marine aspects to make decisions. In this project, we have developed an Augmented Reality System (ARS) to provide captains of sailboats with a centralized sensor data server and a visualization method. We have deployed an experimental proof-of-concept version of this system on our research vessel, SV Moon... View full abstract»

In this paper we present a methodology for creating a user-perspective view for mobile augmented reality (AR) systems. The most common video-see-through style for mobile AR systems is a device-perspective view, and the methods suggested for user-perspective rendering that are geometrically correct are very computationally expensive on current off-the-shelf devices. Based on this fact, we propose a... View full abstract»

An application is developed as a research platform for the real-time generation of 3D L-system structures. The application includes rudimentary game physics, which enables the user to interact with the L-system geometries, creating an environment suited for experimentation in the creation of 3D cyberworlds. View full abstract»

The complex formation of Islamic geometric Patterns (IGP) is one of the distinctive features in Islamic art and architecture. Many have attempted to reproduce these patterns in digital form, using various pattern generation techniques. Shape grammars are an effective pattern generation method, providing good aesthetic results. In this paper we present a novel approach in generating 3D IGP using an... View full abstract»

With the development of computer techniques and computer graphics, computer aided design (CAD) technology has been applied widely in the textile printing industry. There are many good methods for simulating weft knitted fabric, however, no work on knitted fabric had been performed using ball B-spline curves. In this paper, we have proposed a novel algorithm based on ball B-spline curves and Hooke'... View full abstract»

Chinese calligraphy art is of significant importance in Chinese traditional culture, and meanwhile, the way to carry it forward in our information era is a critical issue. Thus, aiming at making a progress of the problem mentioned above, we present a novel method of writing Chinese calligraphy on arbitrary surfaces (triangle mesh). In this paper, Gong Qi calligraphy (i.e. Qi fonts) is chosen as te... View full abstract»