EOG-based system for mouse control

Author

Lopez, A. ; Arevalo, P.J. ; Ferrero, F.J. ; Valledor, M. ; Campo, J.C.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr., Electron., Comput. & Syst. Eng., Univ. of Oviedo, Gijon, Spain

fYear

2014

fDate

2-5 Nov. 2014

Firstpage

1264

Lastpage

1267

Abstract

The fact that the oculomotor system is one of the last capabilities that people suffering from neurodegenerative diseases or trauma retain allows us to develop a system to provide a means of communication for this particular target group. The retinal resting potential causes an electric field around the eyeball, centred on the optical axis, which can be measured by placing electrodes near to the eye. An acquisition system and a LabVIEW application were implemented for measuring these biopotentials in order to detect the movement of the eyes and to provide a relative gaze position, making it possible to control the computer mouse. Several techniques are implemented to denoise the EOG signal obtained in noisy environments for use in biomedical diagnosis.

Keywords

diseases; electro-oculography; gaze tracking; medical signal processing; mouse controllers (computers); signal denoising; virtual instrumentation; EOG signal denoising; EOG-based system; LabVIEW application; acquisition system; biomedical diagnosis; biopotential measurement; computer mouse control; electric field; electrodes; eye movement detection; eyeball; neurodegenerative diseases; oculomotor system; optical axis; relative gaze position; retinal resting potential; trauma retain; Batteries; Computers; Electric potential; Electrodes; Electrooculography; Mice; Wavelet transforms; Electro-oculography (EOG); LabVIEW; signal conditioning system; signal denoising;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

SENSORS, 2014 IEEE

Conference_Location

Valencia

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSENS.2014.6985240

Filename

6985240