Head-controlled device with M3S-based for people with disabilities

Author

Chen, Show-Hong ; Chen, Yu-Luen ; Ying-Han Chiou ; Tsai, Jen-Cheng ; Kuo, Te-Son

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Taiwan Univ., Taipei, Taiwan

Volume

2

fYear

2003

fDate

17-21 Sept. 2003

Firstpage

1587

Abstract

The motivation of this research is to improve the ability of ambulation for people with a certain degree of disability. The control method is using two tilt sensors as an input-controlling module. One of the tilt sensors detects the anterior/posterior tilting of the head and moves the wheelchair or mouse cursor forward/backward, the other distinguishes the left/right swing of the head. In order to increase the safety of this system, the M3S protocol established by the European Commission is also applied to this research. The system based on M3S protocol has the advantage of real-time monitoring for people with severe disabilities.

Keywords

biomechanics; biomedical equipment; handicapped aids; medical control systems; medical signal processing; patient rehabilitation; sensors; European Commission; M3S protocol; ambulation; disabled people; head anterior-posterior tilting; head-controlled device; input-controlling module; left-right swing; mouse cursor forward-backward movement; real-time monitoring; tilt sensors; wheelchair movement; Biomedical engineering; Control systems; Mice; Protocols; Pulse width modulation converters; Sensor systems; Switches; Tactile sensors; Voltage; Wheelchairs;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2003. Proceedings of the 25th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

ISSN

1094-687X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7789-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2003.1279668

Filename

1279668