Camera Control for a Distant Lecture Based on Estimation of a Teacher’s Behavior

Atsushi Shimada, Akira Suganuma, Rin-ichiro Taniguchi

2004

Abstract

The growth of communication network technology enables people to take part in a distant lecture. We are developing a supporting system for a distant lecture named ACE (Automatic Camera control system for Education). The previous version of ACE captures the lecture focusing on the latest object written on a blackboard because a teacher frequently explains it. However, a teacher not always explains the latest object. We have designed, therefore, ACE to take a suitable shot according to a teacher’s behavior. This paper describes our system, our camera control strategy, the algorithm to estimate a teacher’s behavior in a lecture and experiment of our system.

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in Harvard Style

Shimada A., Suganuma A. and Taniguchi R. (2004). Camera Control for a Distant Lecture Based on Estimation of a Teacher’s Behavior . In Proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Pattern Recognition in Information Systems - Volume 1: PRIS, (ICEIS 2004) ISBN 972-8865-01-5, pages 15-24. DOI: 10.5220/0002677600150024


in Bibtex Style

@conference{pris04,
author={Atsushi Shimada and Akira Suganuma and Rin-ichiro Taniguchi},
title={Camera Control for a Distant Lecture Based on Estimation of a Teacher’s Behavior},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Pattern Recognition in Information Systems - Volume 1: PRIS, (ICEIS 2004)},
year={2004},
pages={15-24},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002677600150024},
isbn={972-8865-01-5},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Pattern Recognition in Information Systems - Volume 1: PRIS, (ICEIS 2004)
TI - Camera Control for a Distant Lecture Based on Estimation of a Teacher’s Behavior
SN - 972-8865-01-5
AU - Shimada A.
AU - Suganuma A.
AU - Taniguchi R.
PY - 2004
SP - 15
EP - 24
DO - 10.5220/0002677600150024