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Head Tracking System for Wheelchair Movement Control

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Highlights in Practical Applications of Agents and Multiagent Systems

Part of the book series: Advances in Intelligent and Soft Computing ((AINSC,volume 89))

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This paper presents an interface to control an electric wheelchair by using the movements of the head, the voice and a mobile device. The system aims to cover the need of independence of severe disabled people that cannot use a common wheelchair joystick. The structure of the system as well as the preliminary results obtained are presented in this paper.

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  1. Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca, Compañía 5, 37002, Salamanca, Spain

    R. Berjón, M. Mateos, A. Barriuso, I. Muriel & G. Villarrubia

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  1. Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca Escuela Universitaria de Informática, Compañía 5, 37002, Salamanca, Spain

    Javier Bajo Pérez

  2. Departamento de Informática y Automática Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Salamanca, Plaza de la Merced, 37008, Salamanca, Spain

    Juan M. Corchado  & María N. Moreno  & 

  3. Departamento de Sistemas Informáticos y Computación, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia , Camino de Vera s/n, 46022, Valencia, Spain

    Vicente Julián

  4. Fondamentale de Lille) UMR CNRS 8022, Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille, LIFL (Laboratoire d’Informatique, Bâtiment M3 (extension), 59655, Villeneuve d’Ascq Cedex, France

    Philippe Mathieu

  5. Departamento de Ingeniería de Telecomunicación E.P.S. de Linares, Universidad de Jaén, Área de Ingeniería Telemática, C/ Alfonso X el Sabio, 28, 23700, Linares (Jaén), Spain

    Joaquin Canada-Bago

  6. Departamento de Ingeniería Informática, Ciudad Universitaria de Cantoblanco, Calle Francisco Tomás y Valiente, 11, 28049, Madrid, Spain

    Alfonso Ortega

  7. Departamento de Sistemas Informáticos, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha Escuela de Ingenieros Industriales de Albacete, Campus Universitario s/n, 02071, Spain

    Antonio Fernández Caballero

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Berjón, R., Mateos, M., Barriuso, A., Muriel, I., Villarrubia, G. (2011). Head Tracking System for Wheelchair Movement Control. In: Pérez, J.B., et al. Highlights in Practical Applications of Agents and Multiagent Systems. Advances in Intelligent and Soft Computing, vol 89. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-19917-2_37

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