After Dark : Channel 4's Innovation in Television Talk

The Aesthetics of the Television Talk Show

Improving Dark Channel Prior for Single Image Dehazing

This paper proposes an improved dark channel prior for removing haze from images. Dark channel prior is an effective method for removing haze. Dark channel is an image in the same size as the hazy image which is obtained by dividing the RGB images into windows and for each window, the minimum of each R, G and B channels are calculated. Then again the minimum of these three values is calculated ...

Adaptive Image Dehazing via Improving Dark Channel Prior

The dark channel prior (DCP) technique is an effective method to enhance hazy images. Dark channel is an image with the same size as the hazy image which represents the haze severity in different places of the image. The DCP method suffers from two problems: it is incapable for removing haze from smooth regions, causing blocking effects on these areas; it cannot properly reduce a haze with a no...

The Virtual Channel Model for Personalized Television

This research is based on the realization that the desktop computing paradigm is not appropriate for television, because it is adapted to fundamentally different user aspirations and activities. Instead, the virtual channel is proposed as a model that explains the proper design of user access to personalized television programming. The virtual channel is a model that aids the organization and d...

Early Stages of Digital Television: User Research and Application Innovation

This paper presents results of a user study including ten users. The study participants gathered data on themselves in their home environment over a three-day period. They also designed innovations of future interactive applications for digital television. A subsequent interview with the researcher revealed more of the study participants’ thoughts of the interactive applications for digital tel...