Wireless Real-Time Head Movement System Using a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) for Control of a Power Wheelchair

Author

Craig, D.A. ; Nguyen, H.T.

Author_Institution

Fac. of Eng., Univ. of Technol., Sydney, NSW

fYear

2006

Firstpage

772

Lastpage

775

Abstract

Loss of mobility can occur for a variety of reasons,such as spinal cord injury or motor neurone disease. The onset of these conditions often brings with it an associated loss of personal independence, which is primarily due to the fact that the sufferer is no longer able to control their mobility. This project aims to address this problem through the creation of a head movement based wheelchair control system. Using a personal digital assistant (PDA) artificial intelligence techniques on an embedded LINUX operating system, a wireless head movement wheelchair control system has been designed and implemented. This system provides relief for sufferers of conditions which inhibit mobility through a method of wheelchair control which offers enhanced ease of use, attractiveness and independence

Keywords

Linux; artificial intelligence; biomechanics; diseases; handicapped aids; medical computing; medical control systems; notebook computers; artificial intelligence; embedded LINUX operating system; motor neurone disease; personal digital assistant; power wheelchair control system; spinal cord injury; wireless real-time head movement system; Bluetooth; Control systems; Embedded system; Head; Linux; Medical control systems; Neural networks; Personal digital assistants; Real time systems; Wheelchairs; Head movement; bluetooth; embedded system; linux; neural network; personal digital assistant (PDA); power wheelchair control; wireless;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2005. IEEE-EMBS 2005. 27th Annual International Conference of the

Conference_Location

Shanghai

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8741-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2005.1616529

Filename

1616529