The radio astronomy group in the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) has been carrying out routine observations emission from solar corona at low frequencies (${\approx}$40-440MHz) Gauribidanur observatory, about 100km north Bangalore. Since IIA performing regular photosphere and chromosphere using different optical telescopes its Kodaikanal Solar Observatory (KSO) also, possibilities obtain...

Abstract Compared to traditional screen-based media, virtual reality (VR) generally leads stronger feelings of presence. The current study aimed investigate whether playing games in VR resulted a sense presence than on TV, and these affected players’ emotional physiological responses the games. Two experiments were conducted among 128 students, comparing effects either survival horror game ( N ...

TV commercials are interesting in many respects: advertisers and psychologists are interested in their influence on human purchasing habits, while parents might be interest in shielding their children from their influence. In this paper, two methods for detecting and extracting commercials in digital videos are described. The first method is based on statistics of measurable features and enable...

This chapter presents a novel approach for automatic annotation and content based video retrieval by making use of the features extracted during the process of detecting commercial boundaries in a recorded Television (TV) program. In this approach, commercial boundaries are primarily detected using audio and the detected boundaries are validated and enhanced using splash screen of a program in ...

The paper describes a series of research stages in the development process for an automated system, able to detect commercial brakes in TV signals, and recognize a basic set of logos form the TV commercials. First, the conceptual diagram of the system is presented. Theoretical aspects of the recognition process are presented, and there are based on image matching algorithms. The paper presents ...

Second screen applications are among the latest of the TV industry’s innovations to retain the TV viewer’s attention in a challenging multi-screen environment. These applications can be regarded as an extension of TV content consumed on a TV set towards lightweight portable devices such as tablets. While numerous commercial instances are available internationally and the existing literature on ...

-In the US the commercial dawn of unlicensed wireless products based on cognitive radio technology is anticipated to begin in 2008 when the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will issue rules and regulations for low power operation in the UHF TV Spectrum. Viable products will undergo a rigorous regime of testing to demonstrate their ability to coexist on a non-interfering basis with existi...