Light-guided environmental control device

Author

Marsden, Brent David ; Breau, Frank ; Ellwood, R. John ; Johnson, Toby ; Lewis, Jenna ; McCluskey, Jebediah ; Sun, Ying ; Jouaneh, Musa ; Comerford, R.

Author_Institution

Rhode Island Univ., Kingston, RI, USA

fYear

2004

fDate

17-18 April 2004

Firstpage

37

Lastpage

38

Abstract

The application of the light-guided environmental control device will greatly increase the quality of life of certain persons with disabilities. This hands-free mechanism will allow the user to perform many daily tasks without the need of an aid. It is an environmental control and a wheelchair control that is driven by a light emitting head switch. One of the main foci of the project is to remove many of the cumbersome control switches being implemented today, and replacing them with one compact model. This product is to perform all operations currently performed by head arrays and switches, as well as standard joysticks. It is being designed to be used primarily by those people without the use of their limbs, especially those looking to gain a great deal of independence.

Keywords

handicapped aids; light emitting diodes; medical control systems; optical switches; hands-free mechanism; head arrays; light emitting head switch; light-guided environmental control device; standard joysticks; wheelchair control; Consumer electronics; Frequency; Instruments; Light emitting diodes; Lighting control; Microprocessors; Optical arrays; Signal design; Switches; Wheelchairs;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Bioengineering Conference, 2004. Proceedings of the IEEE 30th Annual Northeast

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8285-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NEBC.2004.1299981

Filename

1299981