A.Eye Drive: gaze-based semi-autonomous wheelchair interface
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Accepted version
Author(s)
Subramanian, Mahendran
Songur, N
Adjei, D
Orlov, P
Faisal, Aldo
Type
Conference Paper
Abstract
Existing wheelchair control interfaces, such as sip & puff or screen based gaze-controlled cursors, are challenging for the severely disabled to navigate safely and independently as users continuously need tointeract with an interface during navigation. This putsa significant cognitive load on users and prevents them from interacting with the environment in other forms during navigation. We have combined eyetracking/gaze-contingent intention decoding with computervision context-awarealgorithms and autonomous navigation drawn fromself-driving vehicles to allow paralysed users to drive by eye, simply by decoding natural gaze about where the user wants to go: A.Eye Drive. Our “Zero UI” driving platform allows users to look and interact visually with at an objector destination of interest in their visual scene, and the wheelchairautonomously takes the user to the intended destination, while continuously updating the computed path for static and dynamic obstacles. This intention decoding technology empowers the end-user by promising more independence through their own agency.
Date Issued
2019-10-07
Date Acceptance
2019-05-15
Citation
2019 41st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2019
Publisher
IEEE
Journal / Book Title
2019 41st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC)
Copyright Statement
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Source
41st International Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC 2019)
Subjects
Science & Technology
Technology
Engineering, Biomedical
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Engineering
Algorithms
Disabled Persons
Equipment Design
Fixation, Ocular
Humans
Robotics
User-Computer Interface
Wheelchairs
Publication Status
Published
Start Date
2019-07-23
Finish Date
2019-07-27
Coverage Spatial
Berlin, Germany