Using unconstrained tongue motion as an alternative control mechanism for wheeled mobility

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1719-1726

  Huo, Xueliang ^a   Ghovanloo, Maysam ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assistive technologies (ATs); Environmental control; Magnetic sensors; Telemetry; Tongue motion; Wheeled mobility

Indexed keywords

ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGIES (ATS); ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL; TELEMETRY; TONGUE MOTION; WHEELED MOBILITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC SENSORS; NAVIGATION; TELEMETERING EQUIPMENT;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY; CONTROL STRATEGY; FEMALE; FINGER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; MOTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; POWERED WHEELCHAIR; SAFETY; TONGUE; TONGUE DRIVE SYSTEM; WHEELCHAIR;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MAN-MACHINE SYSTEMS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TELECOMMUNICATIONS; TELEMETRY; TONGUE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 67650599543     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2009.2018632     Document Type: Article

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