title: Customizable wireless remote control for collaborative medical diagnosis and teaching.
abstract: Effective collaborative diagnosis, in a presentation environment, requires the presenter's ability to control equipment at a distance. Conventional remote control multimedia presenters suffice for basic functionality of presentation applications. However, such factory-made remote controls are not particularly useful for a wider variety of applications, especially in the medical field where effective use of the systems and applications require the use of different keys. This paper reports the development of a USB (universal serial bus) remote control with customizable buttons, using RF (radio frequency) technology and allowing for effective control for a large range of manipulations on a workstation. Description of the implementation ideas and results achieved in the development of the firmware and hardware for such a technological tool for use in improving collaborative medical diagnosis and teaching are presented in this article.
authors.affiliation: Global School of Media, Soongsil University, Seoul 156-743, Korea. loges@ieee.org
authors.forename: Rajasvaran
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Logeswaran
mesh_terms: D003201:Computers; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D019937:Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures; D004501:Education, Medical; D006801:Humans; D019114:Remote Consultation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012984:Software; D014584:User-Computer Interface