Evaluation of Power Consumption for Multimedia Contents Considering Difference in Computer Skill and Devices

Abstract

In previous work, we proposed a new concept of 'universal multimedia access' to narrow the digital divide by providing appropriate multimedia expressions according to users' (mental and physical) abilities, computer facilities, and network environments. In our approach, multimedia contents are presented to support different functions such as user interface switching, media switching and QoS switching. In this paper, we discuss about power consumption of multimedia contents according to user computer skill and computer specifications.