Publications

Michael Mills

Patents

PatentsSequential information controller
US Patent 5,202,961 Mills , et al. April 13, 1993

Apparatus and method for editing a video recording by selecting and displaying video clips
US Patent 5,237,648 Mills , et al. August 17, 1993

Temporal event viewing and editing system
US Patent 5,513,306 Mills , et al. April 30, 1996

Method apparatus for transitioning between sequences of images
US Patent 5,353,391 Cohen, et al. October 4, 1994 (Mills as co-inventor)

Navigable viewing system
US Patent 6,121,966
Teodosio , et al. September 19, 2000 (Mills as co-inventor)

Interactive music generation system making use of global feature control by non-musicians
US Patent 5,952,599 Dolby , et al. (Mills as co-inventor)

Display of Media Previews
US Patent 6,370,543 just issued on 4/09/02, Hoffert, et al (Mills as co-inventor)

Books/Courseware

Mills. M. and Schiff, W. (1989). The Active Eye Guidebook and Software. Lawrence Erlbaum
Associates, Hillsdale, NJ.

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Selected Publications and Papers

Burnett , J. and Mills, M.I. (2001). Optimizing applications: Microdesign and adaptation technology can improve the wireless user experience" On line article published in Global Telephony.

Mills, M.I. (2001), Micro-design: challenge or opportunity?, Proceedings of Wireless Agenda 2001. Austin Texas.

Mills, M.I., (1997). Qu'est-ce que c'est l'interactivite. In Points de vue sur le multimédia interactif en éducation. Chenelière/McGraw-Hill. Claire Meunier (ed.)

Vronay D, Houde, S., Mills M.I. and Degen.L. (1994) HyperMovie Metrics: A Schemata for the design and evaluation of interactive media products. unpublished report. Apple Computer.

Teodosio L, and Mills, M.I. (1993). Panoramic overviews for navigating real-World Scenes. ACM Multimedia. 359-364.

Mills, M.I. (1993). Media composition for Casual Users. Unpublished report. Apple Computer.

Mills, M.I. (1990). Dynamic documents. Proceedings of the international conference on multimedia. Tokyo. October.

Mills, M.I. (1989). The role of dynamics at the interface. Asimolar Conference on Conference on Human Interface. Sponsored by Apple Computer.

Mills, M. I, Cohen, J. and Wong Y. (1992). A Magnifier tool for Video Data. Proceedings of CHI '92. pp. 93-98.

Mills, M. I., & Pea, R. D. (1989). Mind and media in dialog: Issues in multimedia composition. In K. Hooper & S. Ambron (Eds.), Full-Spectrum Learning. Cupertino, CA: Apple Computer, Inc.

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Mills, M. I. Image synthesis: Optical identity or pictorial communication. Proceedings of Graphic Interface '85. National Computer Graphics Association of Canada. 303-308.

Mills, M. I. (1986). Image synethesis: Optical identity or pictorial communication. In N. Thalmann and D. Thalmann (eds.), Computer generated images: the state of the art, , New York: Springer-Verlag.

Mills, M.I. and Hearty, P.J. (1985). Viewer evaluations of simulated teleshopping presentations: Effects of image complexity and image completion time. Human Factors, 27, 477-483.

Mills, M.I. (1985) Simulating reality in computer images: lessons from art history and cognitive science. Report to the department of communications, Government of Canada.

Mills, M.I. (1985) Psychological aesthetics and the design of computer interfaces. Report to the Department of Communications. Government of Canada.

Mills, M.I. and Hearty, P.J. (1985) Identifying objects in videotex images: Effects of mode, colour, detail and overlap. Report to the Department of Communications. Government of Canada.

Mills, M.I.(l985). Image-Dialogues: Metahphors for thinking about the future of videotex imagery. In N. Thalmann and G. Laport (eds.). Applications de graphisme par ordinateur, Gaetin-Morin, France.

Bregman, A.S. and Mills, M.I. Perceived movement: the Flintstone constraint. Perception, 1982, 11, 201-206.

Mills, M.I. (1982). Evaluating videotex images. In Videotext--the key to the information revolution. On-Line Conferences. Ltd. New York.

Mills, M.I. (1982). Cognitive schemata and the design of graphics displays. Proceedings of Graphic Interface '82. National Computer Graphics Association of Canada. 3- 12.

Mills, M.I. (1982). Visual thinking reconsidered: Some implications for computer graphics. Proceedings of Graphic Interface '82. National Computer Graphics Association of Canada. 337-338

Mills, M.I. and D. Phillips, (eds.) (1982). Proceedings of the Montebello Conference on the Social and Psychological Aspects of Videotex. Report published by Department of Communications. Government of Canada.

Telidon behavioural research 3. A study of the human response to pictorial representations on Telidon. Report published by Department of Communications. Government of Canada, 1981.

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Selected Presentations

Using computer graphics to teach perception. Computer graphics lecture series, Sponsored by the ACM and NY Chapter of SIGGRAPH. 1986.

The mind machine: computer based exhibits in cognition and perception. Presented at the Ontario Science Centre. November. 1985.

Observing as an academic competency. Presented at the 1984 National Forum of the College Board. NY. October, 1984.

Metaphorical matching of cartoon-strips to descriptions. Presented at the 91st annual convention of the American Pscyholgical Association. Anaheim, California. 1983.

Images and abstract thinking: some applications of Piaget's theory for computer graphics. Presented at conference on Media Effects: Feeling and Knowing from the Box. McGill University, 1983.
The compositional process in fitting words to images. Paper presented at the Berkeley Cognitive Science Conference on Language and Mental Imagery. University of California, 1981.

Cognitive flexibilty and the problem of indexing. Colloquium given to the factulty of Library and Information Science, Univ. of Toronto. 1982.

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