Title :
A head orientated electric wheelchair for people with disabilities
Author :
Chen, Yu-Luen ; Chen, Weoi-Luen ; Lai, Jin-Shin
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;
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
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7612-9
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2002.1053328
