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Consolidating computer operation and wheelchair control

Published: 15 October 2007 Publication History

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The HAnds-free Mouse COntrol System HaMCoS is a software kit designed for persons with severe physical disabilities, allowing its users to fully operate a PC using intentional contractions of a single dedicated muscle only. The system's theoretical concept has originally been developed for a wheelchair control system, a revised and enhanced version of which -comprising a stand-alone realization plus a software-based simulator - has been introduced just recently. Since it is very likely that someone who needs the kind of assistance offered by HaMCoS is also obliged to use a wheelchair, the idea to interface the simulator with the computer tool really suggested itself. This demo presents the outcome of that idea. It will be shown how both systems work individually and how they interact with each other.

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T. Felzer, R. Fischer, T. Groensfelder, and R. Nordmann. Alternative control system for operating a PC using intentional muscle contractions only. In: Online-Proc. CSUN Conf. 2005.
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T. Felzer and B. Freisleben. HaWCoS: The 'Hands-free' Wheelchair Control System. In: Proc. ASSETS 2002, pages 127--134. ACM Press, 2002.
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T. Felzer and R. Nordmann. Poster Proposal: How To Operate a PC Without Using the Hands. In: Proc. ASSETS 2005, pages 198--199. ACM Press, 2005.
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T. Felzer and R. Nordmann. Alternative wheelchair control. In: Proc. RAT'07, pages 67--74. IEEE Computer Society, 2007.

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  • (2022)Human-Machine Interface Device using Piezoelectric Sensors based on Facial Muscle Movements for Wheelchair Control2022 Asia-Pacific Signal and Information Processing Association Annual Summit and Conference (APSIPA ASC)10.23919/APSIPAASC55919.2022.9980145(1148-1151)Online publication date: 7-Nov-2022
  • (2008)Using intentional muscle contractions as input signals for various hands-free control applicationsProceedings of the 2nd International Convention on Rehabilitation Engineering & Assistive Technology10.5555/1983222.1983247(87-91)Online publication date: 13-May-2008

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Assets '07: Proceedings of the 9th international ACM SIGACCESS conference on Computers and accessibility
October 2007
282 pages
ISBN:9781595935731
DOI:10.1145/1296843
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Published: 15 October 2007

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  1. human-computer interaction
  2. intentional muscle contractions

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  • (2022)Human-Machine Interface Device using Piezoelectric Sensors based on Facial Muscle Movements for Wheelchair Control2022 Asia-Pacific Signal and Information Processing Association Annual Summit and Conference (APSIPA ASC)10.23919/APSIPAASC55919.2022.9980145(1148-1151)Online publication date: 7-Nov-2022
  • (2008)Using intentional muscle contractions as input signals for various hands-free control applicationsProceedings of the 2nd International Convention on Rehabilitation Engineering & Assistive Technology10.5555/1983222.1983247(87-91)Online publication date: 13-May-2008

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