Visual communication interface for severe physically disabled patients

During the last years several interfaces have been developed to allow communication to those patients suffering serious physical disabilities. In this work, a computer based communication interface is presented. It was designed to allow communication to those patients that cannot use neither their h...

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Autores principales:	Savino, M.J., Fernández, Elmer Andrés
Formato:	Documento de conferencia acceptedVersion
Lenguaje:	Español
Publicado:	2007
Materias:	TA Ingeniería de asistencia técnica (General). Ingeniería Civil (General)
Acceso en línea:	http://pa.bibdigital.ucc.edu.ar/4017/1/A_Savino_Fern%C3%A1ndez.pdf
Aporte de:	Producción Académica Universidad Católica de Córdoba (UCCor) de Universidad Católica de Córdoba

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spelling	I38-R144-40172023-08-15T14:12:08Z http://pa.bibdigital.ucc.edu.ar/4017/ Visual communication interface for severe physically disabled patients Savino, M.J. Fernández, Elmer Andrés TA Ingeniería de asistencia técnica (General). Ingeniería Civil (General) During the last years several interfaces have been developed to allow communication to those patients suffering serious physical disabilities. In this work, a computer based communication interface is presented. It was designed to allow communication to those patients that cannot use neither their hands nor their voice but they can do it through their eyes. The system monitors the eyes movements by means of a webcam. Then, by means of an Artificial Neural Network, the system allows the identification of specified position on the screen through the identification of the eyes positions. This way the user can control a virtual keyboard on a screen that allows him to write and browse the system and enables him to send e-mails, SMS, activate video/music programs and control environmental devices. A patient was simulated to evaluate the versatility of the system. Its operation was satisfactory and it allowed the evaluation of the system potential. The development of this system requires low cost elements that are easily found in the market. 2007-11-01 application/pdf spa http://pa.bibdigital.ucc.edu.ar/4017/1/A_Savino_Fern%C3%A1ndez.pdf Savino, M.J. and Fernández, Elmer Andrés ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4711-8634 <https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4711-8634> (2007) Visual communication interface for severe physically disabled patients. In: Journal of Physics: Conference Series. info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1088/1742-6596/90/1/012093 info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObject info:ar-repo/semantics/documento de conferencia info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion Fil: Savino, M.J. Universidad Católica de Córdoba. Facultad de Ingeniería; Argentina Fil: Fernández, Elmer Andrés. Universidad Católica de Córdoba. Facultad de Ingeniería; Argentina info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es
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description	During the last years several interfaces have been developed to allow communication to those patients suffering serious physical disabilities. In this work, a computer based communication interface is presented. It was designed to allow communication to those patients that cannot use neither their hands nor their voice but they can do it through their eyes. The system monitors the eyes movements by means of a webcam. Then, by means of an Artificial Neural Network, the system allows the identification of specified position on the screen through the identification of the eyes positions. This way the user can control a virtual keyboard on a screen that allows him to write and browse the system and enables him to send e-mails, SMS, activate video/music programs and control environmental devices. A patient was simulated to evaluate the versatility of the system. Its operation was satisfactory and it allowed the evaluation of the system potential. The development of this system requires low cost elements that are easily found in the market.
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Visual communication interface for severe physically disabled patients

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