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Adopting New Ideas, Adapting to ChangePosted by scottholland in What's Possible on Feb 21, 2012 2:54:06 PM
As the building efficiency industry continues to evolve, it's important to utilize resources that will optimize the energy systems and operational efficiencies of the buildings you manage. You need flexible, reliable, productive technology to create safe and sustainable environments. In this post I'll explore the top key industry drivers to help you increase efficiency and advance building control capabilities.
Convergence is one of the leading technology trends as different systems evolve toward performing similar tasks. The driving factor behind convergence is the need for interconnected facilities and the ability to access real-time data. It also gives building owners more freedom to choose among manufacturers for product and service support, reducing operating costs and creating new opportunities.
Analysts see a convergence between Building Automation Systems (BAS) and Information Technology (IT) systems growing over the next five to 10 years. By 2020, the integration gap between the two systems will narrow dramatically. The previously separate BAS and IT systems will share resources and interact to create new efficiencies.
Integration Beyond HVAC
Most of us are familiar with the core levels of integration. The first level includes HVAC Integration (equipment and controls) and Security Integration (video, access control and fire). The second level involves the integration of building subsystems (BAS, security, lighting, etc.).
Now a new dynamic has been introduced, involving system integration at a building, campus or enterprise level. This integration would join the building subsystems, specialty systems (voice, Internet, email) and business systems (financial, human resources). There is value in using the building system information as a key input to your business intelligence and decision-making.
Energy & Sustainability
Companies have expanded their spectrum of values and criteria for measuring success to include environmental stewardship, and social and economic responsibility. These are drivers for all of the green initiatives in the news today. By leveraging existing building networks, you can extend the possibilities for innovative information management and building control capabilities. Energy savings, smart grid technologies, reducing the carbon footprint and overall energy monitoring are among the many trends under this dynamic.
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Managing a facility requires you to adapt to constant changes. Smart buildings were designed to help you overcome those challenges to run your building(s) more efficiently. New tools include open platforms, allowing open integration frameworks and third-party applications; new delivery through a cloud-based system; and intuitive, easy-to-use applications. With these tools, integrating systems and collecting data will be easier, enabling better decision-making.
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Nearly 5,000 veterans are assisted in Sampson County on an annual basis, with more than $30 million in federal benefits dispensed to that section of the county's populous. With the number of veterans only expected to grow, more help is needed at the local office to ensure the level of outreach is maintained, Veterans Service officer Ann Knowles said.
During a recent budget presentation, Knowles told county commissioners her budget request for 2014-15 would be a reduced one. However, the need for more assistance may necessitate a larger budget down the road.
Using a geographic distribution of U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) expenditures in numerous counties in North Carolina, Knowles noted that Sampson County received $33.3 million in total expenditures in 2011, of which compensation and pension tallied approximately $20.3 million.
"These are benefits that were earned by sacrifice to protect others," Knowles said.
Insurance, medical care and education and vocational rehab expenditures made up the majority of the remaining amount.
"Our purpose is to serve the veterans and the families in this county," Knowles pointed out. "We bring into your county $33 million a year. Now they don't write a check to the county for that, but they do write a check to Piggly Wiggly and Food Lion and Roses and Lowes and Belk and everywhere else in this county and all the insurance agencies. You get insurance payments and tax payments. It goes into this county, it just comes in through the people, the everyday citizens."
"I can tell you, if we weren't there to serve them," she continued, "they would spend a lot of that money when they had to go out of town two or three times a month to get help."
The Veterans Office takes its job seriously, she noted, and it does so with limited resources.
"You have an office that wants to help people, and they have the passion and the compassion for that. When you take our budget and you divide it by just a few below 5,000 (number of veterans) and you see how much per veteran it is costing this county, it's not costing this county very much for this office to operate," she remarked.
For 2013-14, the Veterans Service Office board approved budget was $136,287. The preliminary request for 2014-15 was not immediately available, but Knowles said it would be less.
"We strive to present a conservative budget that will serve the veteran population in the county," Knowles said. "We cut where we could."
Referring again to the chart of VA expenditures, she pointed out that Chatham County, which has 5,255 veterans of their 66,618 total population, which was comparable with Sampson's 4,537 veterans among its total 64,121 population, according to the 2011 figures. Chatham veterans get $18.3 million in VA expenditures, little more than half of Sampson's total.
"That's a long way from $33 million," said Knowles.
According to the statistics, Stanly County received $19.3 million for its 4,911 veterans, Franklin received $21.6 million for its 4,305 veterans and Beaufort, Surry, Columbus and Wilkes counties were all in the range of 4,300 to 5,500 veterans and received between $21 million to $28 million in VA benefits.
"I bring this to your attention because I'm pleading for that office … we need more help," said Knowles. "Right now, I have 10 files on my desk. I take work home on the weekends, I take work home at night. We have a lot of work and, with the returning veterans, our workload is only going to increase. It's not going to decrease."
Recently, it was predicted that one out of every five servicemen and women returning from overseas conflicts are suffering from Post Traumatic Stress (Disorder), which affects those soldiers and their families, and requires more assistance.
"We need another full-time person," Knowles said.
Along with Knowles, employee Sherry Hope, who is an accredited Veteran Service officer, assists the office on a regular basis. The local Veterans Office and Board of Elections have shared offices for over 30 years and Hope assists both offices as a shared employee.
"Board of Elections is very generous to me because they only use their half of our employee when there is an election. The other part of the time … (Elections director) Sylvia (Thornton) did it on her own, Donna (Marshburn) did it on hers and (current director) Ashley (Tew) will too because there are always veterans out in the lobby waiting to be seen. I'm pleading that we need some more help to take care of the veteran population," Knowles commented.
Previously requesting a raise for Hope, Tew called her "invaluable" and said she is needed by Knowles more often than Tew.
"Sometimes I'm willing to give my half just like sometimes (Knowles) gives me her half," Tew noted.
On top of what is likely to be a growing veteran population, by 2018, all claims will have to be filed electronically, something the Sampson office is already doing. Sampson has been among the pilot counties in programs regarding fully-developed claim applications and electronic filing for veteran benefits, and often helps those who may be located elsewhere.
"We do work for the surrounding counties because Sampson County has such a reputation of being veteran-friendly," said Knowles. "You have never told me that I could never (assist) anybody that is not from Sampson County. I appreciate that because other counties do that, and then a veteran has to wait three months to get an appointment to fill out some paperwork. That can mean a lot of money for a person if they have to wait three months."
Knowles often speaks to VA issues in Washington D.C. and shares her own experiences in Sampson, bringing that input straight from the veterans across her desk. She talks glowingly about Sampson's strides in helping the veterans, which may require larger steps in the future.
"I never fail to talk about Sampson County and about how the commissioners of my county support the veterans," she stated. "That's why I speak out, because I know you are supporting the veterans and you know that I will not misrepresent the veterans."
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Mountain Hardwear Women's Heratio 15 Sleeping Bag
The Mountain Hardwear Heratio 15 Sleeping Bag is a down sleeping bag for three season warmth. The Heratio is packed with Q.Shield Down 650-fill, which is a treatment on the down allowing it to resist moisture, making it suitable for damp conditions. The Q.Shield Down will retain heat when wet better than untreated down. The Thermo Trap Baffle traps down in smaller chambers preventing it from moving. The insulated draft tube along the zipper makes this bag snuggle-worthy as it prevents cold from sneaking in. A lightweight nylon shell contains all that down inside, with a durable water repellent treatment to help prevent water from soaking in. The smooth nylon is soft to the touch and allows it to slide easily into the included stuff sack when it's time to pack up camp.
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- Q.Shield DOWN 650-fill has an advanced treatment applied that resists heat robbing moisture and retains maximum loft in damp conditions
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- Loft: 6.5" / 16.5 cm
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I originally bought this bag to replace my heavy/hard-to-compress synthetic bag I've owned for years. This turned out to be everything I was hoping for. The stuff sack that came with it was useless though so I would highly recommend buying a compression stuff sack before you take it out on the trail. Once you get the right stuff sack for it, it compresses down to the size of a very large cantaloupe or a honeydew melon and is very light weight. The coldest weather I've used it in is 40s but I can tell this thing will keep you very warm and toasty. The zipper is great since you can unzip it at the feet-- I'm a very warm sleeper so being able to stick a foot out while keeping my upper body warm is a HUGE plus. This bag is so comfy and soft on the inside I actually slept in, for the first time ever, til 9:30 in the back country. Heaven.
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BLACKFOOT, Idaho (AP) — Police say more possible hazing victims have come forward after five former Blackfoot High School athletes were charged earlier this month.
Blackfoot Police Chief Moore says more charges are pending, but declined to say what they are or against whom they would be filed.
Nathan Walker, Anthony Clarke, Logan Chidester and Tyson Katseanes have been charged and are scheduled to appear in 7th District Court on Dec. 23. They face various misdemeanors and felony counts of forcible sexual penetration using a foreign object.


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Are You Highly Focused or Easily Distracted?
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When it comes to work or school, we all have projects, assignments, reports and deadlines to deal with. We have things to type, research to make, books to read, and emails to write.
Some of us can stay focused and get through a to do list even when there are people chatting, music blaring, food being passed around, or sirens outside - (like me). Then there are others who can pay more attention, and get more accomplished when they are completely alone, with no sounds or people to distract them.
So I want to know, when it comes to getting your work done, are you highly focused or easily distracted?
millarci 7 years
If I'm working on a project at work (particularly if it has a tight deadline) I'm extremely focused. However, if it's slow in the office, I am very easily distracted.
docjulian 7 years
Learning for exams: easily distracted at home Working on some task: highly concentrated
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Learning for exams: easily distracted at homeWorking on some task: highly concentrated
koolbr33z3 7 years
I'm typically highly focused but there are some moments of distraction that slip in every once in a while.
Lovely_1 7 years
It all depends on what I'm doing. I mean, if I am having fun at work or doing something I like, I can stay pretty focused. But if I am doing something really boring at work, then i come on here and get all destracted! Thanks popsugar!
Lovely_1 7 years
It all depends on what I'm doing.I mean, if I am having fun at work or doing something I like, I can stay pretty focused.But if I am doing something really boring at work, then i come on here and get all destracted!Thanks popsugar!
almostloli 7 years
depends on how close it is from the deadline..(and how important the task for me) i can be very easily distracted but i can be super highly focused as well! but honestly speaking.. Procrastina is my middle name.. hahaha
almostloli 7 years
depends on how close it is from the deadline..(and how important the task for me) i can be very easily distracted but i can be super highly focused as well!but honestly speaking.. Procrastina is my middle name.. hahaha
avocado_seed 7 years
so easily distracted! i am a major procrastinator! if there are people around me, i tend to watch/spy on them (people watch) and if i'm alone, i'll go on the internet every 5 minutes!
potterlove 7 years
Get one of my friends (or more) and you have a party! lol But yea, its sad how just about anyone can distract me.
demeter 7 years
I am extremely easily distracted. I have a pretty hard time focusing on something.
DarkRayne 7 years
My only distractions are the web, popsugar, photoshop, and various other fun programs, that keep me from doing my work. Somehow the work suprisingly gets done, it must be magic !
Marci 7 years
It depends. When I'm working on something, I'm all in and totally focused. But I'm not one of those people who can do work while at Starbucks. I get far too distracted by people watching and get nothing accomplished.
KristinDaBomb 7 years
I can be both.
KristinDaBomb 7 years
I can be both.
Jenna26twinkle 7 years
I have my good days and my bad days. Bad days seem to be more prominent then the good ones. When I find myself being easily distracted I make a to do list of what needs to be accomplished that day, or that week. Or, I take a walk around the office, outside so when I come back I will be more focused. I feel if i am doing a project or task for a long period of time , my mind starts to wonder. SO, I try to mix things up in my daily routines.
honeysugar28 7 years
I'm very easily distracted. I have adult ADD unfortunately people say its not the worse thing to have but I hate it. I try to focus very hard because I'm very hard on myself I always try to do a perfect job but it takes a lot of effort.
PinkNC 7 years
Depends on whose boring me so much at the time.
i-am-elle 7 years
Easily distracted. So bad, I try to stay focused!
Muirnea 7 years
I am pretty easily distracted with anything, even when I'm in a quiet secluded room with no one there, my own thoughts distract me and I can't focus, lol! The only time I can completely focus is when I am riding a horse (which I love to do, so of course I can focus, haha). When I ride sometimes you might have to yell at me or poke me to get my attention, hehe! :-)
books-and-shoes 7 years
I'm pretty focused at work and at school (when I was in school), although its still easier for me to get things done when I'm in my office with the door shut.
Nitrobezene 7 years
If I'm doing something interesting to me, I'll stay focused, not a problem... other than that, umm.. no. ha
lickety-split 7 years
totally focused, stay on task AT ALL COSTS. which others can find very annoying, lol.
vanz21 7 years
Easily distracted...Everytime I try to go study, after two minutes, i'm either on facebook or here!
partysugar 7 years
Highly focused. Especially when it comes to work. I've written 400 pages to a novel that will probably never get published, how's that for motivated??


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There was no surprise in India's badminton squad for the Commonwealth Games announced here on Thursday.
World number two and favourite for the ladies singles gold, Saina Nehwal spearheads the host's campaign. Chetan Anand will be the country's best bet in the men's singles. Besides Saina, the other gold medal prospect is the mixed doubles combination of V. Diju and G. Jwala.
The team: Men: Chetan Anand, P. Kashyap, Sanave Thomas, Rupesh Kumar and V. Diju.
Women: Saina Nehwal, Aditi Mutatkar, G. Jwala, Ashwani Ponnappa and Aparna Balan.
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Global Science Report is a weekly feature from the Center for the Study of Science, where we highlight one or two important new items in the scientific literature or the popular media. For broader and more technical perspectives, consult our monthly "Current Wisdom."
The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is in the midst of finishing its Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) on the topic. Based on a series of content leaks, it seems as if the AR5 has so much internal inconsistency that releasing it in its current form will be a major fiasco.
The central issue of climate change science is the earth's equilibrium climate sensitivity (ECS)—that is, how much the earth's average surface temperature will increase as a result of a doubling the atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration. New and mutually consistent re-assessments of this important parameter are appearing in the scientific literature faster than the slow and arduous IPCC assessment process can digest them (presuming it even wants to—given that they are making the current AR5 look pretty bad).
Further, even if the IPCC is able to do an adequate job of assimilating this evolving and quite convincing science, the vast majority of the rest of the IPCC's report will also have to be changed as it is highly dependent on the magnitude of the climate sensitivity.
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Nevertheless, there are a host of appetizers available that are consistent with your main-course enjoyment of sushi and sashimi. When you order yaki sazae ($12 each), the itamae plucks a helical spiked shellfish from the ice in the glass showcase, and in a few minutes it appears at your elbow propped up on a rectangular white platter, with an odorless jellied flame licking at the sides like a trash fire next to a run-down tenement. In short order the hacked pieces of rubbery creature are boiling in their sake solution within the shell; with chopsticks you'll tease out morsel after morsel of tasty flesh. In fact, anatomically speaking, there's a lot more to the turban shellfish than you ever imagined. Skip the scallop appetizer, though. Offered at the same price, the result is more prosaic, and the scallop would be better raw anyway.
In the style of Nobu and Bond St., you'll also find an appetizer of broiled black cod ($8.95), sweet and dark from its marinade, poised amid a hedge of cut greens and miniature plum tomatoes. Another good bet is chawan mushi, an austere but flavorful seafood custard that's eaten with the tiniest of spoons. Even the house salad is memorable, on a pedestaled platter with a dark oniony dressing.
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The sushi list reads like the slimy cast of an undersea cartoon, including gizzard shad (one of the Dukes of Hazzard?), halfbeak (a pirate fish with a peg fin?), horse mackerel (a genetic experiment gone haywire?), and the perpetually downcast saury. I tried to order all on one occasion, but only half were available. Whatever specimens you find on any given day, they will expand your sushi knowledge beyond the usual East Village tuna, yellowtail, and farm-raised salmon. If you program your own sushi dinner, rather than selecting a standard assortment ($19.95, $34.50, or $50) or kaiseki program ($70, $100), you should begin in the traditional manner with tuna sashimi. Ushiwakamaru furnishes some of the whitest, most unctuous belly tuna I've ever tasted, and the $8 tariff includes a pair of squarish, beveled slices. Then go on to sushi by the piece, and use the length of the list to make comparisons impossible at other places. On a recent visit, I slotted mackerel from the Atlantic ($2.50) against imported Japanese mackerel ($5).
Now, mackerel is one of the world's strongest fishes, beloved of Japanese diners. But which do you think tasted funkierthe European or the Asian?
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A local entity without its own means of voice communication is provided with the semblance of having a voice interaction capability. This is done by providing a beacon device at or near the entity, the beacon device transmitting, over a short-range communication link, contact data identifying a voice service associated with, but hosted separately from, the entity. The transmitted contact data is picked up by equipment carried by a nearby person and used to contact the voice service over a wireless network. The person then interacts with the voice service, the latter acting as a voice proxy for the local entity. The contact data can be presented to the user in other ways, for example, by being inscribed on the local entity for scanning or user input into the equipment.
1. A system for enabling verbal communication on behalf of a local entity with a nearby user, the system comprising:
user equipment, intended to be carried by a user, comprising a wireless communication subsystem, and a contact-data input subsystem for receiving contact data;
a contact-data providing arrangement located at the local entity for making available to a user near the local entity or to the user equipment carried by that user, contact data identifying a voice service associated with the entity but separately hosted;
a communications infrastructure comprising at least a wireless network for communicating with the wireless communication subsystem of the user equipment;
an audio output arrangement forming part of the user equipment, or located in the locality of the local entity and connected to the communication infrastructure;
an audio input arrangement forming part of the user's equipment, or located in the locality of said entity and connected to said communications infrastructure;
a voice service arrangement for providing said voice service, the voice service arrangement being connected to said communications infrastructure such as to enable the user's equipment to contact it over the wireless network using said contact data, the voice service arrangement being operative, in response to being contacted by the user equipment, to act as voice proxy for the local entity by signals exchanged over the communications infrastructure with the audio input and output arrangements thereby enabling a user to interact with the voice service through spoken dialog with voice input by the user through the audio input arrangement and voice output to the user through the audio output arrangement;
controllable functionality associated with the local entity; and
a short-range-communications arrangement comprising complimentary elements at the local entity and in the user equipment for establishing a short range wireless link between the user equipment and said controllable functionality; the user equipment being arranged to receive control data from the voice service arrangement in the course of the latter acting as a voice proxy for the local entity, and to pass on the control data via said short-range wireless link to said controllable functionality whereby to enable this functionality to be controlled by the voice service arrangement in coordination with said voice output.
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a voice page server for serving voice pages in the form of text with embedded voice markup tags; and
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a speech recognizer for carrying out speech recognition of user voice input received as voice signals;
a dialog manager for effecting dialog control on the basis of output from the speech recognizer and pages served by the voice page server; and
a text-to-speech converter operative to convert voice pages into voice output signals under the control of the dialog manager;
the user equipment including a mobile phone providing the said wireless communication subsystem and said audio input and output arrangements, the wireless network being a mobile phone wireless network.
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a speech recognizer for carrying out speech recognition of user voice input received as voice signals;
a dialog manager for effecting dialog control on the basis of output from the speech recognizer and pages served by the voice page server; and
a text-to-speech converter operative to convert voice pages into voice output signals under the control of the dialog manager.
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(a) upon a user approaching the local entity, contact data, identifying a voice service associated with the entity but separately hosted, is presented to the user or to user-carried equipment
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(c) the user interacts with the voice service through spoken dialog with both voice input by the user and voice output by the service;
(d) the voice service controls the operation of functionality associated with the local entity by means of control data passed to the functionality over a short-range wireless link from the user-carried equipment whereby to coordinate operation of the functionality with said voice output.
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the voice service is effected by the serving of voice pages in the form of text with embedded voice markup tags to a voice browser, the voice browser interpreting these pages and carrying out speech recognition of user voice input, text to speech conversion to generate voice output, and dialog management; the voice browser being disposed between a voice page server and the user; and
the user equipment includes a mobile phone, (b) involving contacting the voice service using the mobile phone and (c) involving the mobile phone to transfer voice service input and output to and from the user.
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The present invention relates to voice services and in particular, but not exclusively, to a method of providing for voice interaction with a local dumb device.
In recent years there has been an explosion in the number of services available over the World Wide Web on the public internet (generally referred to as the "web"), the web being composed of a myriad of pages linked together by hyperlinks and delivered by servers on request using the HTTP protocol. Each page comprises content marked up with tags to enable the receiving application (typically a GUI browser) to render the page content in the manner intended by the page author; the markup language used for standard web pages is HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language).
However, today far more people have access to a telephone than have access to a computer with an Internet connection. Sales of cellphones are outstripping PC sales so that many people have already or soon will have a phone within reach where ever they go. As a result, there is increasing interest in being able to access web-based services from phones. 'Voice Browsers' offer the promise of allowing everyone to access web-based services from any phone, making it practical to access the Web any time and any where, whether at home, on the move, or at work.
Voice browsers allow people to access the Web using speech synthesis, pre-recorded audio, and speech recognition.
In general terms, therefore, a voice browser can be considered as a largely software device which interprets a voice markup language and generate a dialog with voice output, and possibly other output modalities, and/or voice input, and possibly other modalities (this definition derives from a working draft, dated September 2000, of the Voice browser Working Group of the World Wide Web Consortium).
Voice browsers may also be used together with graphical displays, keyboards, and pointing devices (e.g. a mouse) in order to produce a rich "multimodal voice browser". Voice interfaces and the keyboard, pointing device and display maybe used as alternate interfaces to the same service or could be seen as being used together to give a rich interface using all these modes combined.
Some examples of devices that allow multimodal interactions could be multimedia PC, or a communication appliance incorporating a display, keyboard, microphone and speaker/headset, an in car Voice Browser might have display and speech interfaces that could work together, or a Kiosk.
Some services may use all the modes together to provide an enhanced user experience, for example, a user could touch a street map displayed on a touch sensitive display and say "Tell me how I get here?". Some services might offer alternate interfaces allowing the user flexibility when doing different activities. For example while driving speech could be used to access services, but a passenger might used the keyboard.
When a page 15 is loaded into the voice browser, dialog manager 7 determines from the dialog tags and multimodal tags what actions are to be taken (the dialog manager being programmed to understand both the dialog and multimodal languages 19). These actions may include auxiliary functions 18 (available at any time during page processing) accessible through APIs and including such things as database lookups, user identity and validation, telephone call control etc. When speech output to the user is called for, the semantics of the output is passed, with any associated speech synthesis tags, to output channel 12 where a language generator 23 produces the final text to be rendered into speech by text-to-speech converter 6 and output to speaker 17. In the simplest case, the text to be rendered into speech is fully specified in the voice page 15 and the language generator 23 is not required for generating the final output text; however, in more complex cases, only semantic elements are passed, embedded in tags of a natural language semantics markup language (not depicted in
User voice input is received by microphone 16 and supplied to an input channel of the voice browser. Speech recogniser 5 generates text which is fed to a language understanding module 21 to produce semantics of the input for passing to the dialog manager 7. The speech recogniser 5 and language understanding module 21 work according to specific lexicon and grammar markup language 22 and, of course, take account of any grammar tags related to the current input that appear in page 15. The semantic output to the dialog manager 7 may simply be a permitted input word or may be more complex and include embedded tags of a natural language semantics markup language. The dialog manager 7 determines what action to take next (including, for example, fetching another page) based on the received user input and the dialog tags in the current page 15.
Any multimodal tags in the voice page 15 are used to control and interpret multimodal input/output. Such input/output is enabled by an appropriate recogniser 27 in the input channel 11 and an appropriate output constructor 28 in the output channel 12.
Whatever its precise form, the voice browser can be located at any point between the user and the voice page server.
A more specific and detailed example will now be given to illustrate how voice browser functionality can be differently located between the user and server. More particularly,
Considering the
When the mobile entity 40 is used to make a normal telephone call, a traffic circuit for carrying digitised voice is set up through the relevant BSS 31 to the NSS 32 which is then responsible for routing the call to the target phone whether in the same PLMN or in another network such as PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network) 56.
With respect to data transmission to/from the mobile entity 40, in the present example three different data-capable bearer services are depicted though other possibilities exist. A first data-capable bearer service is available in the form of a Circuit Switched Data (CSD) service; in this case a full traffic circuit is used for carrying data and the MSC 35 routes the circuit to an InterWorking Function IWF 54 the precise nature of which depends on what is connected to the other side of the IWF. Thus, IWF could be configured to provide direct access to the public Internet 60 (that is, provide functionality similar to an IAP—Internet Access Provider IAP). Alternatively, the IWF could simply be a modem connecting to PSTN 56; in this case, Internet access can be achieved by connection across the PSTN to a standard IAP.
A second, low bandwidth, data-capable bearer service is available through use of the Short Message Service that passes data carried in signalling channel slots to an SMS unit 53 which can be arranged to provide connectivity to the public Internet 60.
A third data-capable bearer service is provided in the form of GPRS (General Packet Radio Service which enables IP (or X.25) packet data to be passed from the data handling system of the mobile entity 40, via the data interface 44, radio subsystem 41 and relevant BSS 31, to a GPRS network 37 of the PLMN 30 (and vice versa). The GPRS network 37 includes a SGSN (Serving GPRS Support Node) 38 interfacing BSC 34 with the network 37, and a GGSN (Gateway GPRS Support Node) interfacing the network 37 with an external network (in this example, the public Internet 60). Full details of GPRS can be found in the ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute) GSM 03.60 specification. Using GPRS, the mobile entity 40 can exchange packet data via the BSS 31 and GPRS network 37 with entities connected to the public Internet 60.
The data connection between the PLMN 30 and the Internet 60 will generally be through a gateway 55 providing functionality such as firewall and proxy functionality.
Different data-capable bearer services to those described above may be provided, the described services being simply examples of what is possible. Indeed, whilst the above description of the connectivity of a mobile entity to resources connected to the communications infrastructure, has been given with reference to a PLMN based on GSM technology, it will be appreciated that many other cellular radio technologies exist (for example, UTMS, CDMA etc.) and can typically provide equivalent functionality to that described for the GSM PLMN 30.
The mobile entity 40tself may take many different forms. For example, it could be two separate units such as a mobile phone (providing elements 42-44) and a mobile PC (providing the data-handling system 45), coupled by an appropriate link (wireline, infrared or even short range radio system such as Bluetooth). Alternatively, mobile entity 40 could be a single unit.
The voice-based service system 61 is, for example, a call center and would typically be connected to the PSTN 56 and be accessible to mobile entity 40 via PLMN 30 and PSTN 56. The system 56 could also (or alternatively) be connected directly to the PLMN though this is unlikely. The voice-based service system 61 includes interactive voice response units implemented using voice pages interpreted by a voice browser 3A. Thus a user can user mobile entity 40 to talk to the service system 61 over the voice circuits of the telephone infrastructure; this arrangement corresponds to the situation illustrated in
If, as shown, the service system 61 is also connected to the public internet 60 and is enabled to receive VolP (Voice over IP) telephone traffic, then provided the data handling subsystem 45 of the mobile entity 40 has VolP functionality, the user could use a data capable bearer service of the PLMN 30 of sufficient bandwidth and QoS (quality of service) to establish a VoIP call, via PLMN 30, gateway 55, and internet 60, with the service system 61.
With regard to access to the voice services embodied in the voice pages held by voice page server 4 connected to the public internet 60, if the data-handling subsystem of the mobile entity is equipped with a voice browser 3E, then all that the mobile entity need do to use these services is to establish a data-capable bearer connection with the voice page server 4 via the PLMN 30, gateway 55 and internet 60, this connection then being used to carry the text based request response messages between the server 61 and mobile entity 4. This corresponds to the arrangement depicted in FIG. 3.
PSTN 56 can be provisioned with a voice browser 3B at internet gateway 57 access point. This enables the mobile entity to place a voice call to a number that routes the call to the voice browser and then has the latter connect to the voice page server 4 to retrieve particular voice pages. Voice browser then interprets these pages back to the mobile entity over the voice circuits of the telephone network. In a similar manner, PLMN 30 could also be provided with a voice browser at its internet gateway 55. Again, third party service providers could provide voice browser services 3D accessible over the public telephone network and connected to the internet to connect with server 4. All these arrangements are embodiments of the situation depicted in
It will be appreciated that whilst the foregoing description given with respect o
Voice-based services are highly attractive because of their ease of use; however, they do require significant functionality to support them. For this reason, whilst it is desirable to provide voice interaction capability for many types of devices in every day use, the cost of doing so is currently prohibitive.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a method and apparatus by which entities can be given a voice interface simply and at low cost.
According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a system for enabling verbal communication on behalf of a local entity with a nearby user, the system comprising:
According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of voice communication concerning a local entity wherein:
A method and apparatus embodying the invention, for communicating with a dumb entity, will now be described, by way of non-limiting example, with reference to the accompanying diagrammatic drawings, in which:
In the following description, voice services are described based on voice page servers serving pages with embedded voice markup tags to voice browsers. Unless otherwise indicated, the foregoing description of voice browsers, and their possible locations and access methods is to be taken as applying also to the described embodiments of the invention. Furthermore, although voice-browser based forms of voice services are preferred, the present invention in its widest conception, is not limited to these forms of voice service system and other suitable systems will be apparent to persons skilled in the art.
In both embodiments of the invention to be described below with references to
Considering the
Where the mobile entity 40 is itself equipped with a voice browser 3 then, of course, initial (and subsequent) voice pages can be fetched from the voice page server 4 over a data-capable bearer connection set up through the communications infrastructure. In this case, where resources (suc as memory or processing power) at the mobile entity are restricted, the same connection can be used by the voice browser to access remote resources as may be needed, including the pulling in of appropriate lexicons and grammar specifications.
Since the
The nature of the voice service and, in particular the dialog followed, will of course, depend on the nature of the dumb entity being given a voice capability. In the present case of a plant 71, the dialog may be directed at informing the user about the plant and its general needs. In fact, by associating sensors with the plant that feed information to the beacon device 72, the current state and needs of the plant can be passed to the voice service—for example, as name-value pairs included in a query string associated with the URL in (A) and (B) above. The information about the current state and needs of the plant are stored by the voice service (for example, as session data either at the voice browser or voice page server) and enables the voice service to be conditioned to the state and needs of the plant. The
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Many variants are, of course, possible to the arrangements described above with reference to
Typically, the user will be close enough to the dumb entity to be able to establish voice communication (were the dumb entity capable of it) before receiving the contact data.
In another variant, rather than voice input and output being effected via the user equipment (mobile entity for the
By having multiple local loudspeakers, and assuming that their locations relative to the plant 71 were known to the voice browser system or other means used to provide audio output control, the voice browser can control the volume from each speaker to make it appear as if the sound output was coming from the plant at least in terms of azimuth direction. This is particularly useful where there are multiple voice-enabled dumb entities in the same area.
A similar effect (making the voice output appear to come from the dumb entity) can also be achieved for users wearing stereo-sound headsets provided the following information is known to the voice browser (or other element responsible for setting output levels between the two stereo channels):
The heart of the apparatus is a spatialisation processor 110 which, given a desired audio-field rendering position and an input audio stream, is operative to produce appropriate signals for feeding to user-carried headphones 111 in order to generate the desired audio field. Such spatialisation processors are known in the art and will not be described further herein.
The spatialisation processor 110 uses the presentation reference vector as its reference so that the rendering positions of the sound sources need to be provided to the processor 110 relative to that vector. The rendering position of a sound source is thus a combination of the position of the source in the audio field judged relative to the audio-field reference vector, and the current rotation of the audio field reference vector relative to the presentation reference vector.
Because headphones worn by the user rotate with the user's head, the synthesised sound sources will also appear to rotate with the user unless corrective action is taken. In order to impart a world stabilisation to the sound sources, the audio field is given a rotation relative to the presentation reference vector that cancels out the rotation of the latter as the user turns their head. This results in the rendering positions of the sound sources being adjusted by an amount appropriate to keep the sound sources in the same perceived locations so far as the user is concerned. A suitable head-tracker sensor 133 (for example, an electronic compass mounted on the headphones) is provided to measure the azimuth rotation of the user's head relative to the world to enable the appropriate counter rotation to be applied to the audio field.
Referring again to
The position of each sound source relative to the audio field reference vector is set such as to place the sound source in the field at a position determined by the associated real-world location and, in particular, in a position such that it lies in the same direction relative to the user as the associated real-world location. To this end, block 121 is arranged to receive and store the real-world locations passed to it from block 113, and also to receive the current location of the user as determined by any suitable means such as a GPS system carried by the user, or nearby location beacons. The block 121 also needs to know the real-world direction of pointing of the un-rotated audio-field reference vector (which, as noted above, is also the direction of pointing of the presentation reference vector). This can be derived for example, by providing a small electronic compass on the headphones 111 (this compass can also serve as the head tracker sensor 133 mentioned above); by noting the rotation angle of the audio-field reference vector at the moment the real-world direction of pointing of vector 44 is measured, it is then possible to derive the real-world direction of pointing of the audio-field reference vector.
The decided position for each source is then temporarily stored in memory 125 against the source ID.
Of course, as the user moves in space, the block 121 needs to reprocess its stored real-world location information to update the position of the corresponding sound sources in the audio field. Similarly, if updated real-world location information is received from a local entity, then the positioning of the sound source in the audio field must also be updated.
Audio-field orientation modify block 126 determines the required changes in orientation of the audio-field reference vector relative to presentation reference vector to achieve world stabilisation, this being done on the basis of the output of the afore-mentioned head tracker sensor 133. The required field orientation angle determined by block 126 is stored in memory 129.
Each source position stored in memory 125 is combined by combiner 130 with the field orientation angle stored in memory 129 to derive a rendering position for the sound source, this rendering position being stored, along with the entity/sound source ID, in memory 115. The combiner operates continuously and cyclically to refresh the rendering positions in memory 115.
The spatialisation processor 110 is informed by control block 113 which entity is currently selected (if any). Assuming an entity is currently selected, the processor 110 retrieves from memory 115 the rendering position of the corresponding sound source and then renders the sound stream of the associated voice service at the appropriate position in the audio field so that the output from the voice service appears to be coming from the local entity.
Making the voice service output appear to come from the dumb entity itself as described above enhances the user experience of talking to the entity itself It maybe noted that this experience is different and generally superior to merely being provided with information in audio form about the entity (such as would occur with the audio rendering of a standard web page without voice mark up); instead, the present voice services enable a dialog between the user and the entity with the latter preferably being represented in first person terms.
Knowing the user's position or orientation relative to the entity as described above also enables the voice service to be adapted accordingly. For example, a user approaching the back of an entity (typically not a plant) may receive a different voice output from the voice service as compared to a user approaching from the front. Similarly, a user facing away from the entity may be differently spoken to by the entity as compared to a user facing the entity. Also, a user crossing past the entity may be differently spoken to as compared to a user moving directly towards the entity or a user moving directly away from the entity (that is, the voice service is dependent on the user's 'line of approach'—this term here being taken to include line of departure also). The user's position/orientation/line-of-approach relative to the entity can be used to adapt the voice service either on the basis of the user's initial position/orientation/approach to the entity or on an ongoing basis responsive to changes in the user's position/orientation/approach. Information regarding the relative position of the user to the entity does not necessarily require the use of user-location determining technology or magnetic flux compasses or gyroscopes—the simple provision of multiple directional beacon devices can be used to cause the user to pick up different contact data depending on their position relative to the entity. Indeed, the beacon devices need not even be directional if they are each located away from the entity along a respective approach route.
Where there are multiple voice-enabled dumb entities in the same area, the equipment carried by the user or the voice browser is preferably arranged to ignore new contact data coming from an entity if the user is still in dialog with another entity (in this respect, end of a dialog can be determined either as a sufficiently long pause by the user, a specific termination command from the user, or a natural end to the voice dialog script). To alleviate any problems with receiving contact data from multiple dumb entities that are close to each other, the sniffer 73,83 is preferably made highly directional in nature, this being readily achieved where the short-range communication is effected using infrared.
By arranging for the identity of the user to be passed to the voice browser or voice page server when contact is first made with the voice service, profile data on the user (if available) can be looked up by a database access and used to customise the service to the user.
Other variants are also possible. For example, the user on contacting the voice service can be joined into a session with any other users currently using the voice service in respect of the same entity such that all users at least hear the same voice output of the voice service. This can be achieved by functionality at the voice page server (session management being commonly effected at web page servers) but only to the level of what page is currently served to each user. It is therefore preferred to implement this common session feature at a voice browser thereby ensuring all users hear the same output at the same time. With respect to voice input by session members, there will generally be a need for the voice service to select one input stream in the case that more than one member speaks at the same time. The selected input voice stream can be relayed to other members by the voice browser to provide an indication as to what input is currently being handled; unselected input is not relayed in this manner.
An extension of this arrangement is to join the user into a session with any other users currently using the voice service in respect of the same local entity and other entities that have been logically associated with that entity, the voice inputs and outputs to and from the voice service being made available to all such users. Thus, if two similar plants that are not located near each other are logically associated, users in dialog with both plants are joined into a common session.
The voice-enabled 'dumb' entity can be provided with associated functionality that is controlled by control data passed from the voice service via a short-range link between the user equipment and beacon device. This control data is for example, scripted into the voice pages embedded in multimodal tags for extraction by the voice browser. The control data can be passed to the user's equipment from the voice service in a variety of ways depending in part whether or not the voice browser is located in the user equipment—if it is, then the control data is, of course, passed in the voice pages. If the voice browser is separate from the user equipment, then the control data can be embedded as audio signals in the voice output from the browser or communicated via a separate data channel.
Where the 'dumb' entity has an associated mouth-like feature movable by associated functionality, the control data from the voice service can be used to cause operation of the mouth-like device in synchronism with voice output from the voice service. Thus a dummy can be made to move its mouth in synchronism with dialog it is uttering via its associated voice service. This feature, which has application in museums and like attractions, is preferably used with the aforementioned arrangement of joining users in dialog with the same entity into a common session—since the dummy can only move its mouth in synchronism with one piece of dialog at a time, having all interested persons in the same session and selecting which user voice input is to be responded to, is clearly advantageous.
The mouth-like feature and associated functionality can conveniently be associated with the dumb entity by incorporation into the beacon device and can exist in isolation from any other "living" feature. The mouth-like feature can be either physical in nature with actuators controlling movement of physical parts of the feature, or simply an electronically-displayed mouth (for example displayed on an LCD display). The coordination of the mouth-like feature with the voice service output aids people with hearing difficulties to understand what is being said.
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HOUSTON If you have a police, fire or medical emergency, every second matters for help to arrive. But in unincorporated Harris County, the I-Team discovered that seconds sometimes turn into minutes for a 911 operator just to answer your call.
It was the night of the Fourth of July, but it wasn t fireworks Carolyn and James Johnson were hearing.
Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, Carolyn Johnson said of the barrage of bullets spraying their East Harris County home.
The couple showed off at least a half-dozen patched up holes where high-performance ammunition pelted their walls and roof.
I m petrified! Carolyn Johnson recalled.
So naturally, they picked up the phone and dialed 911. But that s when the Johnsons claim they were dealt another blow.
It rings, it rings, it rings, it rings, and it takes them anywhere from three to five minutes just to answer the call, James Johnson said.
The Sheriff s Office claims it only took 1minute and 43 seconds to answer the call. But with bullets flying at their home, the Johnsons said it felt like an eternity for a live human being to take their call and ask, What s wrong?
So how long should it take? The national standard according to the National Emergency Number Association, NENA, is answer in ten seconds or less, 90 percent of the time.
So how often does Harris County 911 hit or not hit that goal? Well the I-Team discovered while it makes the mark most of the time, when Harris County misses that 10-second goal, it can miss big.
We found calls taking a minute and a half, two minutes, two and half, three minutes, even four minutes for someone to answer and ask, What s your emergency?
The I-Team sat down with Monica Williamson, the Harris County Sheriff s 911 coordinator.
I-Team: When you look at the numbers, should the public be concerned?
Williamson: Should they be concerned? Their answer, their call will be answered, it will be answered.
But this is a business where seconds matter.
This is life and death, said Charles Carter. He s a former police officer and firefighter, as well as a certified paramedic, 911 instructor and an expert court witness.
Whether it s medical, fire, police, it really doesn t matter, seconds are critical and certainly minutes can make the difference in life and death, said Carter.
And his take on the Harris County 911 records we asked him to review?
Those are critical documents and right now they don t speak well, Carter said.
In fact, records show Harris County has been short staffed for more than a year. It was under a hiring freeze, but even when that was lifted back in March:
You lose them, you bring them (in), you re constantly training them, you lose some, retirement, what have you, it s a constant revolving door, Williamson said.
But Williamson maintains Harris County compensated by using overtime hours to cover the manpower shortage.
Has a citizen been jeopardized? Never. The quality of service has never been jeopardized, she said.
But expert Carter said relying on extra hours is a common mistake.
Unacceptable. I mean, there are all kinds of studies showing inefficiency and fatigue being a real problem after a certain amount of hours, he said, referring to
the effect of working more than 6 to 8 hours on 911 operators.
None of which helps the Johnson family or their bullet-ridden home.
It irritates me, Carolyn Johnson said.
Somebody is going to end up dying because of this stuff, James Johnson said.
Turns out, the Johnson s say a rowdy neighbor was to blame for all the gunfire.
The Harris County Sheriff s Department chalks the delay up to an unusually large number of calls due to the Fourth of July holiday.
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MANILA, Philippines – Greg Slaughter's comeback yielded instant results as Ateneo moved a step closer to its title defense with a 74-63 triumph over Far Eastern University Wednesday in the 2012 Filoil Flying-V Pre-Season Cup.
Slaughter, back from being sidelined for a week because of an ankle sprain, starred in the stifling defense of the Blue Eagles in the fourth period where they built a comfortable 68-58 lead en route to the win.
The seven-foot center assisted Juami Tiongson, completed an and-one opportunity, and punctuated the 9-0 run with a slam with 2:23 left to play to finish with 29 big points along with 11 rebounds.
"Greg [Slaughter] is fresher than the rest of my guys, who have been playing almost everyday since we got back from the States," said coach Norman Black. "He played very well today."
Juami Tiongson finished with 12 points while Kiefer Ravena, although having scored only seven on 2-of-11 shooting, still managed to haul down nine rebounds.
It was only after three and half quarters that Ateneo finally shrugged off the pesky Tamaraws, who kept on striking back everytime the Blue Eagles gained momentum.
Baskets from Cris Tolomia and Carl Cruz brought FEU to within a point, 58-59, midway the fourth period but that was before Ateneo turned to Slaughter for help.
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Necessary to sustain life in organic creatures, the crimson fluid known as blood tends to make appearances when the body's structure is compromised in some way, a very, very common occurrence in videogames.
The Brotherhood of Assassins is a secret society that has existed for almost a thousand years, and which fights from the shadows against the Templar Order to protect mankind's free will.
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The ability to counter a move.
A bright flash, usually red and seen on the borders of the screen, that indicates damage or injury.
Digital Distribution is the concept of purchasing digital media via the internet and having it sent to the user directly via the internet. No physical representation of this content is given but the content resides on the users hard drive and is legally owned by them.
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Receiving damage or dying as a result of falling.
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