Author(s)

Pingguo Huang, Yutaka Ishibashi, Norishige Fukushima, Shinji Sugawara

Department of Scientific and Engineering Simulation, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Nagoya, Japan.

This paper proposes a group synchronization control scheme with prediction in work using haptic media. The scheme adjusts the output timing among multiple terminals and keeps the interactivity high. It outputs position information by predicting the future position later than the position included in the last-received information by a fixed amount of time. It also advances the output time of position information at each local terminal by the same amount of time. We deal with two different types of work using haptic media so as to demonstrate the effectiveness of the scheme. We assess the output quality of haptic media for the two types of work subjectively and objectively by Quality of Experience (QoE) assessment. We further clarify the relationship between subjective and objective assessment results.

Group Synchronization Control; Prediction Control; Haptic Media; Remote Drawing Instruction; Play with Building Blocks; Collaborative Work; QoE; Assessment

P. Huang, Y. Ishibashi, N. Fukushima and S. Sugawara, "QoE Assessment of Group Synchronization Control Scheme with Prediction in Work Using Haptic Media," International Journal of Communications, Network and System Sciences, Vol. 5 No. 6, 2012, pp. 321-331. doi: 10.4236/ijcns.2012.56042.