Inductive tongue control of powered wheelchairs

Summary, in English

Alternative and effective methods for controlling powered wheelchairs are important to individuals with tetraplegia and similar impairments whom are unable to use the standard joystick. This paper describes a system where tongue movements are used to control a powered wheelchair thus providing users, with high level spinal cord injuries, full control of their wheelchair. The system is based on an inductive tongue control system developed at Center for Sensory-Motor Interaction (SMI), Aalborg University. The system emulates a standard analog joystick in order to interface the wheelchair, thus ensuring that the system works with almost any wheelchair. The total embedment of the tongue interface into the mouth makes the control practically invisible. A fuzzy system combining 8 sensors for directional control allows for multidirectional control of the wheelchair. Preliminary test results show navigation abilities, which are highly competitive when compared to other tongue control system.

• Författare: Morten E. Lund; Henrik V. Christensen; Héctor Caltenco; Eugen R. Lontis; Bo Bentsen; Lotte N.S. Andreasen Struijk
• Avdelning/ar: Certec - Rehabiliteringsteknik och Design
• Publiceringsår: 2010
• Språk: Engelska
• Sidor: 3361-3364
• Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie: International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
• Länkar: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/IEMBS.2010.5627923
• Dokumenttyp: Konferensbidrag
• Förlag: IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
• Ämne: Human Computer Interaction
• Conference name: Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2010
• Conference date: 2010-08-31 - 2010-09-04
• Conference place: Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Status: Published
• ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt: ISSN: 1557-170X; ISBN: 978-1-4244-4123-5