TOOTH-TOUCH SOUND AND EXPIRATION SIGNAL DETECTION AND ITS APPLICATION IN A MOUSE INTERFACE DEVICE FOR DISABLED PERSONS - Realization of a Mouse Interface Device Driven by Biomedical Signals

Koichi Kuzume

2011

Abstract

Presented is a mouse interface device for disabled persons using tooth-touch sound and expiration signals. It enables disabled persons to operate a personal computer easily using a mouse driven by their tooth-touch and expiration. A bone conduction microphone was used to detect the tooth-touch sound and the piezo film sensors to sense the expiration. Both sensors had superior features including being easy to handle, light weight, user-friendly, and inexpensive making the device practical as a mouse interface for disabled persons. First, we describe the novel method for detecting the tooth-touch sound in conjunction with Dyadic Wavelet Transform to improve the performance of tooth-touch sound detection. The device consists of sensor units that can sense the tooth-touch sound and the expiration signals, an individual adaptive circuit, and an output interface to connect directly with a mouse and Environmental Control System (ECS). Next, we designed the device using Hardware Description Language (VHDL) and realized a prototype of mouse interface with a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) in practice. Finally, we confirmed the basic operation of the mouse.

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Kuzume K. (2011). TOOTH-TOUCH SOUND AND EXPIRATION SIGNAL DETECTION AND ITS APPLICATION IN A MOUSE INTERFACE DEVICE FOR DISABLED PERSONS - Realization of a Mouse Interface Device Driven by Biomedical Signals . In Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Pervasive and Embedded Computing and Communication Systems - Volume 1: PECCS, ISBN 978-989-8425-48-5, pages 15-21. DOI: 10.5220/0003357300150021


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@conference{peccs11,
author={Koichi Kuzume},
title={TOOTH-TOUCH SOUND AND EXPIRATION SIGNAL DETECTION AND ITS APPLICATION IN A MOUSE INTERFACE DEVICE FOR DISABLED PERSONS - Realization of a Mouse Interface Device Driven by Biomedical Signals},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Pervasive and Embedded Computing and Communication Systems - Volume 1: PECCS,},
year={2011},
pages={15-21},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0003357300150021},
isbn={978-989-8425-48-5},
}


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TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Pervasive and Embedded Computing and Communication Systems - Volume 1: PECCS,
TI - TOOTH-TOUCH SOUND AND EXPIRATION SIGNAL DETECTION AND ITS APPLICATION IN A MOUSE INTERFACE DEVICE FOR DISABLED PERSONS - Realization of a Mouse Interface Device Driven by Biomedical Signals
SN - 978-989-8425-48-5
AU - Kuzume K.
PY - 2011
SP - 15
EP - 21
DO - 10.5220/0003357300150021