DocumentCode
237879
Title
Automatic motion control of powered wheel chair by the movements of eye blink
Author
Challagundla, Manoj ; Reddy, K. Yogeshwar ; Vardhan, N. Harsha
Author_Institution
Sch. of Electron. & Commun. Eng., VIT Univ., Vellore, India
fYear
2014
fDate
8-10 May 2014
Firstpage
1003
Lastpage
1007
Abstract
Independent mobility (freedom to explore the environment without any accompaniment) reduces the dependence on caregivers. Disable people always find themselves challenging to go out independently because of their physical deficiency or inability to move in a normal fashion. A wheelchair is a mechanical device which improves the lifestyle and increase the mobility of disable people, allowing them to explore their surroundings. In this paper, we propose a new technique to control the powered/motorized wheelchair using Infrared Radiation (IR). An attempt has been provided to transmit low intensity infrared rays on eyes. The analog voltage level varies in infrared receiver based on eye lid movement. These techniques grant the user to navigate automatically to desired goal point with the possibility of avoiding collisions and holes in all directions, so that the user can robustly interact with the wheelchair. Main aim of this project is to reduce the human efforts in driving a wheelchair. The user with any extent of disability can operate the wheelchair to attain self-independence at least in daily life activities. The objective of this paper is to provide our services to the disable society by increasing their range of mobility.
Keywords
collision avoidance; handicapped aids; infrared imaging; motion control; wheelchairs; automatic motion control; caregivers; collision avoidance; daily life activities; disable people mobility; disable society; eye blink movements; eye lid movement; independent mobility; infrared radiation; low intensity infrared rays; mechanical device; motorized wheelchair; physical deficiency; physical inability; powered wheel chair; Acoustics; Integrated optics; Magnetic cores; Optical control; Optical reflection; Optical sensors; Wheelchairs; ATmega328; Infrared; Ultrasonic; Wheelchair;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Advanced Communication Control and Computing Technologies (ICACCCT), 2014 International Conference on
Conference_Location
Ramanathapuram
Print_ISBN
978-1-4799-3913-8
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICACCCT.2014.7019245
Filename
7019245
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