Haruo Hayami

Interworkflow system: coordination of each workflow system among multiple organizations

Nowadays in many enterprises, for the purpose of efficiency improvement and the automation of the business, the workflow management system of the business process is coming into wide use. However, an individual workflow management system is introduced into each organization so the workflow system is effective as a business support inside a single organization, but it is difficult to apply this management system to coordinate business among more than two organizations. We propose Interworkflow system which coordinates each workflow system among multiple organizations. The Interworkflow system consists of three sub-systems and has a user friendly interface. We report on the fact that we have constructed an actual Interworkflow system that coordinates multiple workflow systems and confirm that it functioned effectively.

Hyper Panel System: Display System for Poster Layouts with Detailed Contents

In this paper, we propose a hyper-panel system that can display a poster layout with detailed contents. This system combines the features of a tablet terminal, a paper-based poster, and I/O devices. We developed a peculiar device that we named the viewpoint tags. It can get axis of the devices on a paper poster by using super sonic sensor. We explain the concept of the proposed system and verify the effectiveness of this system, which was confirmed by using a prototype.

Content Authoring Tool to Assign Signage Items to Regions on a Paper Poster

This paper describes a content authoring tool for our Hyper Panel system. This content authoring tool makes it possible to assign signage items, such as pictures and movies, according to the layout of a paper poster. Users can do that by dragging and dropping regions and signage items on the poster image. We developed a prototype of the content authoring tool as a web application and evaluated it. The results indicated that our content authoring enables users to understand how to use it and to almost correctly relate signage items to the corresponding regions on a paper poster in an intuitive method.

Fight our shadow robot

Recently, many researchers have developed computer support systems for handwork design [1]. Using these systems, museums and universities have conducted handwork workshops, in which novices have mastered specialized knowledge and techniques. Moreover, the participants have found these activities interesting and enjoyable. Such workshops offer important opportunities for adults and children to use advanced technology.

Design and Trial of a Cell-phone-based Hazard Information Sharing System for Residents Living Close to an Incident

This paper presents a hazard/crime incident information sharing system using cell phones. Cell phone penetration is nearly 100% among adults in Japan and cell phones have functions which are sufficient as a telecommunication tool besides GPS positioning and camera functions. The open source software, Apache, Postfix and MySQL is installed on a system server, and, together with the information service provided by Google Maps, are used to satisfy system requirements that are determined for the local community. Conventional systems deliver information to all people registered in the same block, even if an incident occurred at a spot far from their house. The key feature of the proposed system is that the distribution range of e-mail messages which give hazard and location information etc. is determined by the geometrical distance from the incident spot to the residence of each registered member. The functions and operations have been confirmed by a trial conducted in cooperation with the members of the neighborhood community.

Design and Operation of a Cell Phone-Based Community Hazard Information Sharing System

This paper presents a hazard/crime incident information sharing system using cell phones. Cell phone penetration is nearly 100% among adults in Japan, and they function as a telecommunication tool as well as a Global Positioning System GPS and camera. Open source software Apache, Postfix, and MySQL is installed on a system server, and together with the information service provided by Google Maps, are used to satisfy system requirements for the local community. Conventional systems deliver information to all people registered in the same block, even if an incident occurred far from their house. The key feature of the proposed system is that the distribution range of the hazard notification e-mail messages is determined by the geometrical distance from the incident location to the residence of each registered member. The proposed system applies not only to conventional cell phones but also smart phones, which are rapidly becoming popular in Japan. The new system functionality has been confirmed by a trial using members of the local community. System operation began after the successful trial and a training meeting for the local residents. System design, verification results, and operating status are described in this paper.

A web service-based system for sharing distributed XML data using customizable schema

We describe a system for sharing distributed XML data among organizations using customizable schema. In our system, each organization can customize common DTD (Document Type Definition) within the bound of rule to create its own DTD, which is called customized DTD. And then it can describe information with tags according to the customized DTD. Basically, the upper structure of shared XML data is common. Proposed system consists of a management server, data providing servers, and application servers. They communicate with each other through web services technology. Customized DTDs are managed centrally by the management server. The server also examines whether they conform to the rule of customization. As a result of prototype system using welfare information, we found that our system was effective for sharing information among organizations of which each works freely in the same field.

Web-Based System for Supporting Participation in International Conferences

To participate in an international conference, we must complete a series of tasks in accordance with the conference schedule. However, graduate students and researchers who have little or no experience of international conferences often have many difficulties in doing this. We propose a system to support their participation in international conferences. Our proposed system combines three functionalities, knowledge management, workflow management, and schedule management, and it takes advantages of several Web services. Our system associates knowledge, which is composed from the results and deliverables of performed tasks and related know-how, email messages sent by users, and their Web-search histories, with the tasks of conference workflows. In addition, when a workflow is created, the system adds important dates of the conference to the users Web calendar. We built a prototype system and confirmed that it works properly.

Demonstration of Intelligent Environment System Based on GPS Information Integrated with Cellular and Home Electronics Network

This paper proposes a new service system architecture based on the location information obtained from a GPS embedded cell phone, a mobile telecommunication network, the Internet and a home electronics network. First, the location monitoring system that is integrated with cell phones and GoogleMaps is described. The movement history and location accuracy are confirmed by an experiment covering different types of district and environment. An intelligent environment system that controls the air conditioner automatically without any user operation is proposed as an example of a service for amenity enhancement. The location information system estimates the location of the room owner and triggers the appropriate command to the air conditioner. It is confirmed that the room temperature can be controlled before the owners arrival in the room.

From worklow to interworkflow

Workflow management systems are being introduced in many organizations to automate the business process. The initial emphasis of introducing a workflow management system is on its application to the workflow in a given organization. The next step is to interconnect the workflow across organizations. We call it interworkflow, and the total support technologies, which are necessary for its realization, interworkflow management mechanism. Interworkflow is being expected as a supporting mechanism for Business-to-Business Electronic Commerce. We had proposed this management mechanism and confirmed its realization with the prototype. At the same time, the interface and the protocol for interconnecting heterogeneous workflow management systems has been standardized by the WfMC. So, we advance the project of the implementation of interworkflow management system for the practical use and its experimental proof.