Chapter 4 - DSpace at Waseda University
Chapter 4 - DSpace at Waseda University
Chapter 4 - DSpace at Waseda University
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<strong>Chapter</strong> 1<br />
Introduction<br />
Today, thanks to the rapid development of hardware, not only embedded hardware but also<br />
embedded software have developed drastically. In addition, a lot of embedded system’s<br />
studies are being performed remarkably especially in ubiquitous systems or cyber physical<br />
systems (CPS) [62]. Recently a smartphone [57] or PDA phone, for example, is spreading<br />
rapidly. A PDA phone, which is a mobile phone with a PDA’s functions, is equipped with<br />
high-performance CPU and general-purpose oper<strong>at</strong>ing system (OS) to enforce various<br />
functions, including multimedia fe<strong>at</strong>ures. A smartphone, which is a mobile phone offering<br />
PC-likely advanced capacities, supports not only PDA’s functions but also remote control,<br />
Internet, user-friendly interface - a touch screen and a handwriting input. Moreover, since it<br />
supports wireless internet, various functions such as E-mail, web browsing, fax, banking<br />
services and games became available. Some of them has already started to standardize its
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