M3S-based Electrical Wheelchair with Head-controlled Device

Author

Chen, Show-Hong ; Chen, Yu-Luen ; Kuo, Te-Son ; Chu, Chiung-Yu ; Hung, Chao-Nan

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Taiwan Univ., Taipei

fYear

2006

fDate

Aug. 30 2006-Sept. 3 2006

Firstpage

4917

Lastpage

4920

Abstract

The motivation of this research is to improve the ability of ambulation for people with a certain degree of disability. The control of the wheelchair is using two tilt sensors as an input-controlling module. One of the tilt sensors detects the anterior/posterior tilting of the head and moves the wheelchair forward/backward, the other distinguishes the left/right swing of the head. In order to increase the safety of this system, the M3S protocol established by the European Commission is also applied to this research. The system based on M3S protocol has the advantage of real-time signal transmission and emergent status monitoring for SCI patients with C2-C4 level

Keywords

biocontrol; handicapped aids; medical control systems; European Commission; M3S-based electrical wheelchair; ambulation; degree of disability; emergent status monitoring; head-controlled device; real-time signal transmission; spinal cord injury patients; tilt sensors; Communication system control; Gravity; Head; Patient monitoring; Protocols; Safety devices; Switches; Switching circuits; Voltage; Wheelchairs; M3S; SCI patients; Tilt Sensor; Wheelchair;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2006. EMBS '06. 28th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

New York, NY

ISSN

1557-170X

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0032-5

Electronic_ISBN

1557-170X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2006.260187

Filename

4462904