IVDS Consumer Control Unit Evolution and Bar Code Interface Design

The Interactive Video and Data System is a multidisciplinary research project involving the creation of a means for people to interact with television and printed media without the addition of expensive hardware as required by most interactive systems available today. The IVDS system consists of a Consumer Control Unit which transmits user requests, a Repeater Unit which receives transmissions from the CCUs, and a Host System which takes appropriate actions for user demands. This thesis follows the evolution of the original CCU prototype as more capabilities are added and hardware platforms are changed, focusing on the addition of a bar code interface to the CCU.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science

Level thesis:degree_level

masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Department dc:contributor.department

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Grantor dc:publisher

Virginia Tech

Year dc:date.issued

1996

Author dc:creator

• Green, Henry John

Chair dc:contributor.committeechair

• Davis, Nathaniel J. IV

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Midkiff, Scott F.
• Sweeney, Dennis G.

• IVDS
• interactive video
• bar codes
• universal remotes
• spread spectrum

Statement dc:rights

• In Copyright

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Dc Identifier Other

etd-316151699632891

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/36595