ASSIGNMENT

Assignment: MiPad



Table of Contents

Introduction3

Objectives of MiPad4

Target Market5

Special Features of MiPad6

Android Supported Operating System6

Android's Underlying Architecture8

Face Recognition Technology9

Face as a Biometric12

Robustness and Fraud13

Tap and Talk interface15

Fuzzy soft keyboard17

Spoken Language Processing18

Acoustic modeling18

MiPad versus iPad21

User Requirement for MiPad23

Requirement 123

Requirement 224

Requirement 324

Understanding the MiPad's Industrial Design24

The Principles of Good Design Test25

Good design is aesthetic25

Good design helps us to understand a product25

Good design is unobtrusive25

Good design is honest26

Good design is long-lasting26

Electronic Prototype26

Application of iPad in the Business29

Review of iPad30

User Study Results32

Conclusion33

Assignment: MiPad

Introduction

Pick up the new iPad and suddenly, it's clear. You're actually touching your photos, reading a book, playing the piano. Nothing comes between you and what you love. To make that hands-on experience even better, we made the fundamental elements of iPad better the display, the camera, the wireless connection. All of which makes the new, third-generation iPad capable of so much more than you ever imagined.

MiPad is a new line of tablet computers, primarily as a platform for audio-visual media including books, periodicals, movies, music, games, apps and web content. Its size and weight fall between those of contemporary smart phones and laptop computers. The MiPad runs on android, different operating system used on Apple's iPod Touch and iPhone, and can run its own applications as well as iPhone applications. Without modification or a developer certificate, the iPad will only run programs approved by Apple and distributed via the Apple App Store (with the exception of programs that run inside the iPad's web browser).

MiPad - "Mi" is an acronym for multimodal interface - is being developed by Microsoft Research's Speech Technology Group unit. In appearance, the handheld device is similar to Palm's Palm Pilot. Without having to use a pen-type interface or a small keyboard, a user can use his or her voice to compose and send e-mail messages, browse the Web, access a contact list, and dictate text. The device could even double as a cellular phone, according to information on the Microsoft Research Web site. Users would only need to use a pen device to point to the place on the device's screen where they want the MiPad to enter the text or carry out the command they choose.

Like iPhone and iPod Touch, the MiPad is controlled by a multitouch display—a departure from most previous tablet computers, which generally used a pressure-triggered stylus—as well as a virtual onscreen keyboard in lieu of a physical keyboard. The iPad is sold with Wi-Fi and cellular models. The Wi-Fi connection is used to access local area networks and the Internet. Cellular models connect to mobile data networks with 3G or 4G in addition to Wi-Fi. Since the release of Android 4.3, the device does not need to be managed and synced by iTunes running on a personal computer via USB cable.

The research group has developed the first prototype to use Tap and Talk technology, the MiPad (multimodal interactive pad), a palm-sized device that is a combined cellular phone, pager and hand-held computer. MiPad grew out of a project known as Dr ...