An Image-based Mouth Switch for People with Severe Disabilities

Title: An Image-based Mouth Switch for People with Severe Disabilities

Volume: 5 Issue: 1

Author(s): Mu-Chun Su, Chin-Yen Yeh, Yi-Zeng Hsieh, Shih-Chieh Lin and Pa-Chun Wang

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Keywords: Assistive technology, human computer interfaces, mouth switch, people with disabilities, sip and puff, Mouth Region Location, Template Generating, Mouth Opening Detection, COMMUNICATION AID, Text Typing Experiment

Abstract: This study reports the design of a low-cost image-based mouth switch for the people with severe disabilities. Via this mouth switch and a communication aid, people with severe disabilities can manipulate computers and communicate with other people. Two experiments were conducted to test the performance of the mouth switch. Experimental results showed that this switch could help people manipulate computers simply by opening or closing the mouth. In addition, this article also presented some relevant patents about the human-computer interfaces for disabled people.

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Su Mu-Chun, Yeh Chin-Yen, Hsieh Yi-Zeng, Lin Shih-Chieh and Wang Pa-Chun, An Image-based Mouth Switch for People with Severe Disabilities, Recent Patents on Computer Science 2012; 5 (1) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/2213275911205010066