Ryoichi Komiya

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Design Developers Forum D12 Ubiquitous Human
to Human Telecommunications Systems Design,
Development Standardization at Globecom 2006
30 November 2006

• Ryoichi Komiya
• Organizer/Chair

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Presentations at this forum
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Panel discussion

• Session 1
• Reviewing of current telecommunication systems
  from
• the view points of emotion transmission.
• Identifying most specific effective emotions
  transmission
• to substitute face to face conversation.
• Session 2
• Sensor/actuator technologies to exchange
  nonverbal
• messages over the networks.
• Wrap up for future RD directions.

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-Towards the Super POTS-
DD Forum Ubiquitous Human to Human
Telecommunications Systems Design, Development
Standardization at Globecom 2006
30 November 2006
Ryoichi Komiya National Institute of Information
Communications Technology
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Table of Contents
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• 1. Background of the Forum
• 2. Lacking information to be sent by current
• telecommunication systems
• 3. The Super POTS
• 4. Transmission of nonverbal messages by the
  Super POTS
• 5. Super POTS Design, Development
  Standardization
• 6. Expected outcomes of the Super POTS

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1. Background of the Forum
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• 1. Todays telecommunication systems including
  the POTS and the
• Internet are enough for business execution.
• Because business communications are composed
  of agreements and
• money movements.
• 2. However for the personal use, todays
  telecommunication systems are
• not satisfactory.
• Because personal communications are composed
  of emotions.
• Our intention is to build telecommunication
  systems which can
• transmit emotional/nonverbal messages.

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Face to face conversation
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Wide spectrum range of non-verbal
communication To understand people
quickly Smaller potential for misunderstanding 65-
93 of all meaning communicated is attribute to
nonverbal messages
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2. Lacking information to be sent by current
telecommunication systems
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Non verbal messages

• A. Physical Appearance
• B. Gesture and Movement
• C. Face and Eye Behavior
• D. Vocal Behavior
• E. Space
• F. Touch
• G. Environment
• Virginia P. Richmond James C. McCroskey,
  Nonverbal
• Behavior in Interpersonal Relations, ALLYN
  AND BACON

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Physical AppearanceSheldons system Body type
Psychological type
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Viscerotonic Slow, sociable, emotional,
forgiving, relaxed
Endomorph Oval-shaped body Heavy, large abdomen
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Somatotonic Confident, energetic, dominant,
enterprising, hot-tempered
Mesomorph Triangular body shape Muscular, hard,
firm, upright body quality
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Cerebrotonic Tense, awkward, meticulous, tactful,
detached
Ectomorph Fragile physique Flatness of chest,
poorly muscled limbs
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BODY type self-descriptors
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Height, weight skin color
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• Height taller is preferred because it is often
  associated with power and dominance
• Weight slim and trim are associated with
  success, good self-concept, physical wellbeing
  and acceptability
• Skin Color I have a dream that one day my
  little children will not be judged by the color
  of their skin, but by the content of their
  character Martin Luther King
• Unfortunately, that dream is yet to be fully
  realized.

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Hair color
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• Hair color
• Red tempestuous
• Brown wholesome
• Black sultry
• Blondes having all the fun

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Hair length
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• Hair length has been associated with perceptions
  of
• credibility (male speaker)
• Short high credibility
• Long low credibility
• Think of U.S. presidents who had long hair!

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Clothing
Ten decisions we might make about another person
based solely on clothing choice.
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B. Gesture Movement
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Movement communicator style
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C. Face Eye behavior
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• The SADFISH are represented by face and eye
  behaviors.
• S surprise
• A anger
• D disgust
• F fear
• I interest
• S sadness
• H happiness

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1 Eyebrows and forehead 2 Eyes and eyelids 3
Lower face Cheeks, nose mouth
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C. Face Eye behavior (cont.)
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D. Vocal behavior
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• Information to be obtained from the human voice
• emotion, state of health, trustworthy vs.
  deceitful
• characteristics, age and gender.
• In one study, only 7 of meaning in an
  interaction was
• conveyed by the verbal content of spoken
  utterances and 38
• was conveyed through other vocal cues.
• tempo, resonance, pitch, silence pause,
  accent, dialects

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E. Space
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• The intimate from touching to 18 inches
• (lovers, relatives)
• The personal 18 inches-4 feet
• (friends, close
  colleagues)
• The social-consultative 4 feet-8 feet
• (work colleagues in a
  meeting)
• The public more than 8 feet
• (people in public space)

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F. Touch
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G. Environment
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3. The Super POTS
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Parties regenerated by sensor/actuator
technologies
Calling party
Called party
Sensors Actuators Information processors
Sensors Actuators Information processors
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NT
NT
You can talk as if your called party were in
front of you.
Network
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4. Transmission of nonverbal messages by the
Super POTS
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5. Super POTS Design, Development
Standardization
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• To develop telecommunication systems by which
• you can fall in love with via network!!

Sensors Actuators
Telecom Network
Network Termination (NT)
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Wired/Wireless interfaces to NT (to be
standardized)
Sensors
Voice sound
images
Heart beats
? ?
Touch
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Wired/ Wireless Interfaces from NT (to be
standardized)
Actuators
Speakers, receivers
Displays, humanoid robotics
Heart beat regenerator
Tactile devices
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Super POTS Standardization
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• User Network Interface wired/wireless

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UNI
Sensors Actuators
NT
Networks
U Interface (Subscriber transmission interface)
wire/wireless
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6. Expected Outcomes of the Super POTS
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• (1) Face to face communications with full eye
  contacts
• (2) Reduction of business trips because of less
  misunderstanding
• (3) Negotiation of international disputes by
  exchanging critical views
• (4) Being a possible solution for war deterrent
  power

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• Thank you very much!!