Using magneto-inductive sensors to detect tongue position in a wireless assistive technology for people with severe disabilities

Proceedings of IEEE Sensors

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 732-735

  Huo, Xueliang ^a   Wang, Jia ^a   Ghovanloo, Maysam ^b  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS CONTROL; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOS; MAGNETS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGIES; COMPUTER ACCESSES; CONTROL COMMANDS; DRIVE SYSTEMS; EXTERNAL-; HELMET USING; INDUCTIVE SENSORS; MAGNETIC FIELD VARIATIONS; MAGNETIC INTERFERENCES; OFF SHELVES; SENSOR OUTPUTS; SENSOR SIGNALS; SEVERE DISABILITIES; TONGUE MOVEMENTS;

SENSORS;

EID: 48349126163     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICSENS.2007.4388504     Document Type: Conference Paper

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