Design and implementation of a mouth-controlled mouse

Nowadays, people try to make more convenient assistive device for special needs persons. In this modern society, how to combine technology with assistive device has become a popular issue. However, assistive devices of hand impaired person for using computer are lack of demand. Therefore, to make the assistive device for whom are unable to use mouse is the object of this paper. In this paper, we implement mouth-controlled mouse using face detection and tracking system. The images of mouth moving are captured into computer by webcam, and then we can control cursor and click by moving mouth. With the technical equipment, we can surely improve living quality of disabilities.