Design and development of page turner for people with upper cervical spinal injury

Author

Tsai, KH ; Chen, CH ; Hsiao, SW ; Bih, LI

Author_Institution

Dept. of Ind. Manage., Southern Taiwan Univ. of Technol., Tainan, Taiwan

Volume

2

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Abstract

Summary form only given. The purpose of the research is to develop a automatic page turner that will help such disabled people to complete the motions of turning pages so that to satisfy the desires of reading and learning. This system is controlled by microprocessor, which was reformed from tradition mechanical control. It is light and portable. The primary functions include: (a) The page turner has the function of turning a page at a time. (b) Besides controlled by hands, it can also be connected with other controllers such as blowing and treading to meet the needs of various patients. (c) The page turner can be adjusted adequately according to the size of books. In addition, it also provides function of turning pages wither from left side or from right side.

Keywords

biocontrol; computerised control; handicapped aids; patient rehabilitation; assistive technology; automatic page turner; cervical spinal cord injury; disabled people; microprocessor controlled system; rehabilitation; Automatic control; Control systems; Dentistry; Educational institutions; Injuries; Medical control systems; Microprocessors; Size control; Technology management; Turning;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2001. Proceedings of the 23rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE

ISSN

1094-687X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7211-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2001.1020451

Filename

1020451