Weighted Subject-Semi-Independent ERP-based Brain-Computer Interface

Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2020 Jul:2020:2969-2972. doi: 10.1109/EMBC44109.2020.9176683.

Abstract

Subject-independent brain-computer interfaces (SI-BCIs) which require no calibration process, are increasingly affect researchers in BCI field. The efficiencies (accuracies), however, were not satisfying till now. In this paper, we proposed a weighted subject-semi-independent classification method (WSSICM) for ERP based BCI system in which a few blocks data of target subject were used. 47 participants were attended in this study. We compared the accuracies of proposed method with traditional subject-specific classification method(SSCM) which used 15 blocks data of target subject. The averaged accuracies were 95.2% for the WSSICM at 5 blocks and 95.7% for the SSCM at 15 blocks. The accuracies of two method did not show significant difference (p-value=0.652). The method we proposed in this paper which could reduce the calibration time can be used for future BCI systems.

MeSH terms

  • Brain-Computer Interfaces*
  • Calibration
  • Data Collection
  • Humans
  • Research Design