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2009

Development of Pointing Device using DC-Coupled Electrooculogram

2009 ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY, VOLS 1-20
  • Hirotaka Uchtiomi
  • ,
  • Junichi Hori

First page
6193
Last page
6196
Language
English
Publishing type
Research paper (international conference proceedings)
DOI
10.1109/IEMBS.2009.5334617
Publisher
IEEE

The purpose of this study is to support communication of individuals with motor paralysis having difficulty verbally communicating due to illnesses such as Guillain-Barre Syndrome or brain-stem infarction. We have developed and describe a pointing device controlled by DC-coupled electrooculograms (EOGs). The visual angle of the subject is estimated from the amplitude of vertical and horizontal EOGs for determining the two-dimensional pointing position on a PC screen in real time. The eye blinking artifact is reduced using a median filter. Electrode displacement is corrected by considering the potential gradient. Moreover, the position error caused by drift phenomenon is adjusted using head movement based on the vestibule-ocular reflex. The accuracy and operating speed of the proposed method were evaluated among a group of human subjects.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1109/IEMBS.2009.5334617
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https://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=JSTA_CEL&SrcApp=J_Gate_JST&DestLinkType=FullRecord&KeyUT=WOS:000280543605003&DestApp=WOS_CPL
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  • DOI : 10.1109/IEMBS.2009.5334617
  • ISSN : 1557-170X
  • Web of Science ID : WOS:000280543605003

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