• DocumentCode
    2494527
  • Title

    A head orientated electric wheelchair for people with disabilities

  • Author

    Chen, Yu-Luen ; Chen, Weoi-Luen ; Lai, Jin-Shin

  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    23-26 Oct. 2002
  • Firstpage
    2371
  • Abstract
    This study proposes a new head-orientated wheelchair design for people with disabilities. This study involves a tilt sensor module fitted onto the operator´s headgear that will sense head movements used to control the wheelchair´s direction and speed.
  • Keywords
    biomechanics; handicapped aids; medical control systems; velocity control; efficient safe method; head movements sensing; head orientated electric wheelchair; joystick control; normal head movement ability; operator´s headgear; people with disabilities; powered wheelchair driving; severely spinal cord injured; wheelchair direction control; wheelchair speed control; Educational institutions; Low pass filters; Magnetic heads; Magnetic sensors; Microprocessors; Sensor systems; Spinal cord; Switches; Voltage; Wheelchairs;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 2002. 24th Annual Conference and the Annual Fall Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society EMBS/BMES Conference, 2002. Proceedings of the Second Joint
  • ISSN
    1094-687X
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7612-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IEMBS.2002.1053328
  • Filename
    1053328