Design of a Mobile Brain Computer Interface-Based Smart Multimedia Controller

Sensors

Kevin C. Tseng²  Bor-Shing Lin⁴  Alice May-Kuen Wong³  Bor-Shyh Lin¹ 

[1] Institute of Imaging and Biomedical Photonics, National Chiao Tung University, Tainan 711, Taiwan;Department of Industrial Design, Chang-Gung University, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan; E-Mail:;Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Chang Gung Medical Foundation, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan; E-Mail:;Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Taipei University, New Taipei 237, Taiwan; E-Mail:

关键词: brain computer interface;    multimedia controller;    electroencephalograph;    music biofeedback;   

DOI  :  10.3390/s150305518

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

Music is a way of expressing our feelings and emotions. Suitable music can positively affect people. However, current multimedia control methods, such as manual selection or automatic random mechanisms, which are now applied broadly in MP3 and CD players, cannot adaptively select suitable music according to the user’s physiological state. In this study, a brain computer interface-based smart multimedia controller was proposed to select music in different situations according to the user’s physiological state. Here, a commercial mobile tablet was used as the multimedia platform, and a wireless multi-channel electroencephalograph (EEG) acquisition module was designed for real-time EEG monitoring. A smart multimedia control program built in the multimedia platform was developed to analyze the user’s EEG feature and select music according his/her state. The relationship between the user’s state and music sorted by listener’s preference was also examined in this study. The experimental results show that real-time music biofeedback according a user’s EEG feature may positively improve the user’s attention state.

【 授权许可】

CC BY   
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