• DocumentCode
    556278
  • Title

    Handicapped people virtual keyboard controlled by head motion detection

  • Author

    Krejcar, Ondrej

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Inf. Technol., Univ. of Hradec Kralove, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    5-7 Oct. 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    7
  • Abstract
    Nowadays, computers and modern technologies are available to almost all people. However, we should not forget about disabled or handicapped customers. Those people should have access to a PC as well as to the Internet. This project implements the boundary for people with movement disability. Although, the basic assumption is that they can at least move their heads and eyelids. These parts of the body are monitored by web cameras and with their help the user moves around the virtual keyboard shown on the screen. In this way the user is able to utilize their own PC. Moreover, through winking an eye he/she can virtually press a button and write the required symbol. The whole software for detection system was established in a development environment of the Visual Studio 2010 from Microsoft company. The main advantage of our solution is a cheaper price in compare to any existing solutions. By this fact the solution is possible to use even in third countries like in Africa continent.
  • Keywords
    handicapped aids; keyboards; user interfaces; Visual Studio 2010; Web camera; handicapped people; head motion detection; movement disability people; virtual keyboard; Cameras; Computers; Detection algorithms; Face; Face detection; Keyboards; HCI; Open CV libraries; face detection; handicapped people; users-interface;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Ultra Modern Telecommunications and Control Systems and Workshops (ICUMT), 2011 3rd International Congress on
  • Conference_Location
    Budapest
  • ISSN
    2157-0221
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-0682-0
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6078984