Development of JAVA User Interface for Digital Television

Date issued

2000

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University of West Bohemia

Abstract

The digital television development is one of the most important events in the history of television broadcasting. This paper highlights the user interface issue in digital television environment. We will not discuss the usability of user interface design, but rather the implementation of user interface for Interactive television services. The background of Multimedia Home Platform (MHP) and Application Programming Interface (API) is introduced. The paper describes how to develop a Java user interface, which includes not only graphics but also time-based media (e.g., video). Many functions and effects behind the TV visual image have to be implemented. The special features of digital TV user interface are presented by giving an example (i.e., screen information service for ice hockey). Finally, the future possible research topics are briefly addressed.

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uživatelská rozhraní, digitální televize, Java, aplikační programovací rozhraní, interaktivní televizní služba

Citation

WSCG '2000: Conference proceeding: The 8th International Conference in Central Europe on Computers Graphics, Visualization and Interaktive Digital Media '2000 in cooperation with EUROGRAPHICS and IFIP WG 5.10: University of West Bohemia, Plzen, Czech republic, February 7 - 10, 2000, p. 259-265.