Wireless Home Assistive System for Severely Disabled People

Applied Sciences

Shih-Chung Chen¹  Yeou-Jiunn Chen¹  Chia-Hong Yeng¹  Chung-Min Wu² 

[1] Department of Electrical Engineering, Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Tainan 71005, Taiwan;Department of Intelligent Robotics Engineering, Kun Shan University, Tainan 710303, Taiwan;

关键词: amyotrophic lateral sclerosis;    motor neuron diseases;    cerebral palsy;    stroke;    spinal cord injury;    information communication technology;   

DOI  :  10.3390/app10155226

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

A lot of people with severe disabilities such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, motor neuron diseases, cerebral palsy, stroke, and spinal cord injury with intubation always have different degrees of communication problems. Therefore, it is very important to develop an effective and easy use assistive communication system for the severely disabled. In this study, a wireless home assistive system (WHAS) with different types of assistive input accessories sensors, Morse code translator, and human machine interface is developed and tested to help the severely disabled communicate with people and machines. A Morse code translator is implemented as an assistive communication core device to facilitate the input of the severely disabled. For the proposed human–machine interfaces, personal computer-based alternative augmentative communication is developed for patients to communicate with other people easily. To promote the quality of life, the home appliance control interface is developed for the severely disabled to directly control the functions of home appliances by themselves. The experimental results showed that the proposed WHAS is practical and feasible. Therefore, the proposed approach can help severely disabled individuals effectively interact with their surroundings.

【 授权许可】

Unknown