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Effects of Visual Stimuli on a Communication Assistive Method Using Sympathetic Skin Response

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Computers Helping People with Special Needs (ICCHP 2010)

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We propose a communication assistive method that uses sympathetic skin response (SSR) as the input indicator for a device that will assist the disabled. To develop this method, we investigated the influence of optimal display conditions. SSR evokes visual stimuli. Therefore, we first clarified the optimal combination of background and character colors. The results show that the perception of conspicuousness increased as the contrast ratio increased. Then we investigated the change in the SSR appearance ratio in the conspicuous display condition; the result showed that the contrast had no influence on the SSR appearance ratio. In the future, we will conduct experiments on more subjects and further clarify the influence of visual stimuli.

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  1. Graduate School of Life Science and Systems Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology, 2-4, Hibikino, Wakamatsu-ku, Kitakyushu-city, Fukuoka-ken, Japan

    Fumihiko Masuda & Chikamune Wada

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  1. Fumihiko Masuda
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  1. Institut Integriert Studieren, University of Linz, Altenbergerstraße 49, 4040, Linz, Austria

    Klaus Miesenberger

  2. Studienzentrum fuer Sehgeschaedigte, Universitaet Karlsruhe (TH), Germany

    Joachim Klaus

  3. fortec - Research Group on Rehabilitation Technology, Institute integrated study, Vienna Univ. of Technology, Favoritenstr. 11/029, A 1040, Vienna, Austria

    Wolfgang Zagler

  4. University of San Francisco The Universal Math Access Lab, 281 Masonic San Francisco, CA 94117, USA

    Arthur Karshmer

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Masuda, F., Wada, C. (2010). Effects of Visual Stimuli on a Communication Assistive Method Using Sympathetic Skin Response. In: Miesenberger, K., Klaus, J., Zagler, W., Karshmer, A. (eds) Computers Helping People with Special Needs. ICCHP 2010. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6179. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-14097-6_31

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