Towards an EEG-based intelligent wheelchair driving system with vibro-tactile stimuli

Keun Tae Kim, Seong Whan Lee

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Abstract

Nowadays, the electroencephalography (EEG)-based wheelchair driving system, one of the major applications of brain-computer interface (BCI), that allows an individual with mobility impairments to perform daily living activities independently. In this context, user's intention identifying methods were developed by several research groups using various paradigms for the wheelchair driving. In this study, we use a steady-state somatosensory evoked potential (SSSEP) paradigm, which elicits brain responses to vibro-tactile stimulation of specific frequencies, for a user's intention identification to driving a wheelchair. The main focus of this study is to validate an effectiveness of our SSSEP-based wheelchair driving system via an online experiment with more challenging tasks than our recent study. In our system, a subject concentrated on one of vibro-tactile stimuli (attached on left-hand, right-hand, and foot) selectively for driving wheelchair (corresponding to turn-left, turn-right, and move-forward). Five healthy subjects participated in the online experiment, and the experimental results show that our SSSEP paradigm is suitable to EEG-based intelligent wheelchair driving system.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2016 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, SMC 2016 - Conference Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages2382-2385
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9781509018970
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2017 Feb 6
Event2016 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, SMC 2016 - Budapest, Hungary
Duration: 2016 Oct 92016 Oct 12

Publication series

Name2016 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, SMC 2016 - Conference Proceedings

Other

Other2016 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, SMC 2016
Country/TerritoryHungary
CityBudapest
Period16/10/916/10/12

Keywords

  • Brain-computer interface (BCI)
  • Brain-controlled wheelchair
  • Electroencephalography (EEG)
  • Vibro-tactile stimuli

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Control and Optimization
  • Human-Computer Interaction

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