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Showing 1 to 20 of 25 for “"Infotainment"”.
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Vehicular infotainment forensics: collecting data and putting it into perspective
… mobile computers. Vehicles now have embedded infotainment systems that enable user-friendliness and practicability with functions such as a built-in global positioning system, media playback device and application interface. Smartphones and laptops can connect to them through Bluetooth and …
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CloudThink and the Avacar : embedded design to create virtual vehicles for cloud-based informatics, telematics, and infotainment
This paper describes the development and testing results for a system of Cloudbased mirrors for physical vehicles called "Avacars." Avacars duplicate parameters from On-Board Diagnostics, accelerometers, and GPS sensors installed in a vehicle as part of the MIT CloudThink set of standards. These …
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Technology adoption in automotive product development
… years, the automotive industry has developed infotainment systems that encompass navigation, digital media, phone calls, safety and other elements. These infotainment systems are based on componentry similar to smartphones or tablet computers. In contrast to tablet computers, the automotive …
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The Effects of Cognitive Executive Load on Driving Crashes and Near-Crashes
… driving crash risk. With the increasing use of infotainment systems in vehicles, secondary tasks requiring cognitive executive demand may increase crash risk, especially for young and older drivers. Naturalistic driving data were examined to determine if secondary tasks with increasing cognitive …
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American Monsters: Tabloid Media and the Satanic Panic, 1970-2000
… Presented mainly through tabloid television, or "infotainment," and integral to its development, influence, and success, the panic was a manifestation of the hyperreal. This dissertation explores how the panic both reflected and shaped a cultural climate dominated by the overlapping worldviews of …
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Kontextsensitive Personalisierung automotiver Benutzerschnittstellen
Moderne In-Car-Infotainment-Systeme verfügen aufgrund der in den letzten Jahren erzielten technologischen Fortschritte bei der Vernetzung von Fahrzeugen untereinander und mit dem Internet über eine Fülle neuer Funktionalitäten, die bisher ausschließlich Home-Entertainment-Systemen oder mobilen …
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Modelling Malaysia residents’ behavioural intention to use smartwatch: the role of health technology and device benefits
… functionalities such as health technology, infotainment and communications, supported living and safety, and lifestyle and fashion are beneficial for social well-being. Researchers hypothesised that these practical applications which automatically manage individual personal information, …
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Uma performance pedagógica da globo ao profissão repórter
… sua forma televisiva foi atribuindo elementos do infotainment. Tendo como metodologia, o conceito de gênero televisivo e o mapa das mediações, numa abordagem que destaca a mediação da tecnicidade, responsável por conectar a Globo ao programa, este trabalho compreende de que forma a performance da …
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Pocahontas reclaimed: the Powhatans' theatrical rebuttal to Disney's revisionist myth
… woman known as Pocahontas in relation to the "infotainment" provided by both the play and the movie. The study examines the objections to the Walt Disney movie <em>Pocahontas</em> and poses them as motivating factors for the Powhatan tribe's decision to use theatre to respond to the …
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Effects of Focal on Driver Calibration of Attention Maintenance Performance Using Normalized Difference and Brier Scores
… visual search task on a tablet simulating an infotainment in-vehicle system while driving in each scenario. After each drive, participants filled out a questionnaire for the Brier score. Once all drives were complete, the participant filled out one final questionnaire used for the normalized …
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Increase Driving Situation Awareness and In-vehicle Gesture-based Menu Navigation Accuracy with Heads-Up Display
… functions are being integrated into the vehicle infotainment system to allow individuals to perform secondary tasks with high accuracy and low accident risks. Mid-air gesture interactions are one of them. This thesis designed and tested a novel interface to solve a specific issue caused by this …
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Dynamic wireless mobile framework for distributed collaborative real-time information generation and control systems
… such as safety, knowledge sharing and infotainment. Indicative of the extent of such efforts is the plethora of research projects initiated by many national and multi-national organisations such as the EU Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development. To achieve their …
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Distributed multimedia quality: The user perspective
Distributed multimedia supports a symbiotic infotainment duality, i.e. the ability to transfer information to the user, yet also provide the user with a level of satisfaction. As multimedia is ultimately produced for the education and / or enjoyment of viewers, the user’s-perspective concerning the …
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Reinforcement Learning-based User-centric Handover Decision-making in 5G Vehicular Networks
… Transportation Systems (ITS) in safety and infotainment services in urban and highway scenarios. Connected vehicles are vital for enabling massive data sharing and supporting such services. Consequently, a stable connection is compulsory to transmit data across the network successfully. The …
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Novel In-Vehicle Gesture Interactions: Design and Evaluation of Auditory Displays and Menu Generation Interfaces
… and visual distraction caused by using invehicle infotainment systems (IVIS) degrades driving performance and increases crash risk. Air gesture interfaces were developed to mitigate for driver distraction, and using auditory displays showed a decrease in off-road glances and an improved perceived …
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Wireless Vehicular Communication Based Solution for Road Traffic Efficiency
… Efficiency and Value-added Services (e.g. Infotainment/Business). Our work focuses on the provision of traffic efficiency services as we believe they offer an immediate benefit and can be adopted quickly by a large number of potential users. Satellite navigation systems provide a ready made …
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Embodied Pedagogical Agents: From Visual Impact to Pedagogical Implications
… Since long, they also appear in edutainment and infotainment settings. The thesis addresses psychological, cognitive and social aspects of embodied virtual characters in pedagogical contexts with respect to ‘static visual characteristics’, i.e. underlying visual characteristics. On the basis of …
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ETHERNET IN AUTOMOTIVE: THE CASE OF IEEE AUDIO VIDEO BRIDGING
… due domini funzionali differenti (powertrain e infotainment) di un flusso di traffico. Le connessioni punto-punto non sono più valide (per complessità di manutenzione, peso dei cavi, conseguente incremento nel consumo di carburante ecc..). Per questo le soluzioni switched, ed in particolare …
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Design Space Exploration for Embedded Systems in Automotives
… increasing contents (safety, driver assistance, infotainment, etc.) in today's automotive systems that rely on electronics and software, the supporting architecture is integrated by a complex set of heterogeneous data networks. A modern automobile contains up to 100 ECUs and several heterogeneous …
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Cross-correlation based performance measures for characterizing the influence of in-vehicle interfaces on driving and cognitive workload
… be performed frequently (for example, with an infotainment system). This can create a false conclusion about the lack of influence of the tested side activity on driving.</p><p>The main contribution of this research is in developing two new performance measures inspired by the mathematical …
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