Development of EOG-based communication system controlled by eight-directional eye movements

Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2006:2006:2574-7. doi: 10.1109/IEMBS.2006.259914.

Abstract

A communication support interface controlled by eye movements and voluntary eye blink has been developed for disabled individuals with motor paralysis who cannot speak. Horizontal and vertical electro-oculograms were measured using two electrodes attached above and beside the dominant eye and referring to an earlobe electrode and amplified with AC-coupling in order to reduce the unnecessary drift. Eight directional cursor movements and one selected operation were realized by logically combining the two detected channel signals based on threshold setting specific to the individuals. As experimental results using a projected screen keyboard, processing speed was improved to 12.1 letters/min. while the accuracy was 90.4%

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms*
  • Communication Aids for Disabled*
  • Computer Peripherals*
  • Electrooculography / methods*
  • Eye Movements / physiology*
  • Humans
  • Man-Machine Systems
  • Pattern Recognition, Automated / methods
  • User-Computer Interface*
  • Word Processing / methods*