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Cross-Manufacturer Platform for Interactive Whiteboards (10 PT 65BN 3I4Y)
A Portuguese SME company developed an interactive whiteboards application that can be used in different type of platforms. The platform can be used in educational, training or corporate scenarios and incorporate innovative features like an embedded web browser and an intelligent pen among others. The company is looking for companies or other organizations in the education sector organizations for a commercial agreement with technical assistance.
Country: Portugal
Type: OFFER
Date: 13.09.2011
Interactive whiteboards are platforms that combine a display device with computers and a projector. These kinds of platforms are used in educational contexts like training rooms, corporate work groups, and normal classrooms among others.
One of the biggest problems of this kind of educational support is that most of the software used in the interaction is designed for a specific device therefore reducing the number of potential users of the system. The developed platform was designed so that it can be used in different type of devices from different manufacturers.
The application has got an embedded web browser, supports Flash and video playback, can import Power Point slides and export the pages to images, Powerpoint or PDF formats.
The desktop gives the user a free page to write with unlimited page size. It incorporates and intelligent pen with shapes and text recognition and an advanced recycle bin which can recover a deleted object. It is possible to easily edit images (crop, contrast, brightness). It also provides its users with a collaborative environment using multi-user collaboration over the Internet.
Innovative Aspects:
The developed interactive whiteboard platform has the following characteristics:
- Cross-manufacturer
- Embedded Web Browser, collaborative environment (Multi-user collaboration
over the Internet)
- Supports Flash and video playback and high quality video recording
- Can import PowerPoint slides and export pages to pictures, PowerPoint and
PDF
- Free Page (unlimited page size) and an intelligent pen (Shapes and Text Recognition)
- Images editing (Crop, Brightness, Contrast).
Degree of development:
Patents/Rights: Secret know-how
Requested Cooperation: Technical consultancy, Adaptation to specific needs
- Type of partner sought: Companies, institutions.
- Specific area of activity of the partner: Education and training.
- Task to be performed by the partner sought: Adaptation to specific needs.
Type of Organisation:
Status: NEW
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