Pin and play: the surface as network medium

Laerhoven, Kristof Van; Villar, Nicolas; Schmidt, Albrecht; Gellersen, Hans; Håkansson, Maria; Holmquist, Lars Erik

doi:10.1109/mcom.2003.1193980

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“…Let the origin of the complex plane be identified as 0, P the point z = x + jy and the four sides of the plane be isolated. For the case of the rectangular plane the potential at P can be obtained by generalizing formula (2) in the previous sub-section.…”

Section: B Potential In a Rectangular Planementioning

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Two-dimensional communication of networked devices through a single conductive surface

Rius

2010

2010 Seventh International Conference on Networked Sensing Systems (INSS)

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Abstract-This paper shows the possibility of two-dimensional communication between electronic devices by using only one conductive surface. An analysis of the expected magnitude of the signal at the reception point as a function of distance and electrical parameters of the conductive surface is presented. Measurements on surfaces from 0.4 to 2.56 m 2 and with sheet resistances from 77 to 1462 ohm/square prove the correctness of this analysis. In addition, practical rules to locate and orient the transceivers are given. Prototype transceivers connected to a plane with one conductive surface able to communicate at 100Kbit/s at a distance of 2m are described.

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Section: B Potential In a Rectangular Planementioning

confidence: 99%

Two-dimensional communication of networked devices through a single conductive surface

Rius

2010

2010 Seventh International Conference on Networked Sensing Systems (INSS)

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“…Attention has been given to pin-boards (Laerhoven et al, 2003), fridge doors (Norman, 1992;Swan and Taylor, 2005), kitchen countertops, tables and walls (Crabtree et al, 2003b), and even floors (Harper et al, 2003). Parallel to this research, a sizeable body of research has emerged on the design of digital display surfaces, although most of the existing work on public displays has centred on supporting coworker awareness and co-ordination within the workplace, educational or public domains (see for example, O'Hara et al, 2003), and not activity within the home.…”

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Entertaining Situated Messaging at Home

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Rachovides

2007

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Leisure and entertainment-based computing has been traditionally associated with interactive entertainment media and game playing, yet the forms of engagement offered by these technologies only support a small part of how we act when we are at leisure. In this paper, we move away from the paradigm of leisure technology as computer-based entertainment consumption, and towards a broader view of leisure computing. This perspective is more in line with our everyday experience of leisure as an embodied, everyday accomplishment in which people artfully employ the everyday resources in the world around them in carrying out their daily lives outside of work. We develop this extended notion of leisure using data from a field study of domestic communication focusing on asynchronous and situated messaging to explore some of these issues, and develop these findings towards design implications for leisure technologies. Central to our discussion on the normal, everyday and occasioned conduct of leisure lie the notions of playfulness and creativity, the interweaving of the worlds of work and leisure, and in the creation of embodied displays of affect, all of which may be seen manifested in the use of messaging artefacts. This view of technology in support of leisure-in-the-broad is strongly divergent from traditional entertainment computing models in its coupling of the mechanics of the organisation of everyday life to the ways that we make entertainment for ourselves. This recognition allows us to draw specific implications for domestic situated messaging technologies, but also more generally for technology design by tying activities that we tend to regard as purely functional to other multifaceted and leisure-related purposes.

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“…The core idea in relation to a surface as a medium for both power and networking was inspired by Pushpin [3] and Pin&Play [4] systems. Lifton and Paradiso [3] use pushpins and layered conductive boards, where direct contact to the conductive layers in the board is used to obtain power, whereas networking is established via infrared.…”

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“…Lifton and Paradiso [3] use pushpins and layered conductive boards, where direct contact to the conductive layers in the board is used to obtain power, whereas networking is established via infrared. To envisage high-speed networking capabilities, Laerhoven et al [4] proposed that the conductive layer can be used as a bus network for pins. Instead of using pin-shaped connectors, Sekitani et al [5] successfully manufactured a large-area power transmission sheet by using printing technologies.…”

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2D communication sensor networks using single frequency for concurrent power supply and data transmission

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Two-dimensional (2D) communication is a novel physical communication form that utilizes the surface as a communication medium to provide both data and power transmission service to the sensor devices placed on the surface's top. In previous works, we developed 2D communication systems that utilize separated channels for data and power transmission. Though this assignment of different channels can achieve strong network performance, the sensor devices must be equipped with two or more interfaces to simultaneously receive the power and data signals, which significantly complicates and enlarges those devices. Moreover, when a channel is used for the power supply, it continually monopolizes the wireless frequency resource. In this paper, we develop a novel 2D communication sensor system by using a single-carrier frequency for both power and data transmission, equipped with the wireless module for the two together in a compact body. To enable a sensor node that concurrently receives energy and data communication, we propose an enhancement scheme based on the IEEE802.15.4 MAC protocol standard. Through both computer simulation and actual measurement of the output power, we evaluate the performance of power supply and data transmission over the developed system.

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Pin and play: the surface as network medium

Cited by 48 publications

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Two-dimensional communication of networked devices through a single conductive surface

Two-dimensional communication of networked devices through a single conductive surface

Entertaining Situated Messaging at Home

2D communication sensor networks using single frequency for concurrent power supply and data transmission

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