Development of a Dual Control System Applied to a Smart Wheelchair, using Magnetic and Speech Control

Type Journal Article - Procedia Technology
Title Development of a Dual Control System Applied to a Smart Wheelchair, using Magnetic and Speech Control
Author(s)
Volume 7
Publication (Day/Month/Year) 2013
Page numbers 158-165
URL http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Oscar_Sandoval-Gonzalez/publication/257744130_Development_of_a_D​ual_Control_System_Applied_to_a_Smart_Wheelchair_using_Magnetic_and_Speech_Control/links/00b7d532125​ad75a0c000000.pdf
Abstract
The use of Power Electric wheelchairs for physically disabled people is becoming increasingly common; however the
systems used in order to manage it are reduced to the use of specialized drivers, only using joysticks to manipulate the
wheelchair, and these are generally suitable only for patients with motor disabilities in their lower limbs. This paper
proposes the development of a speech control system and a magnetic control system to drive a wheelchair as an alternative
for patients with severe disabilities. Both are applied to a smart wheelchair; the proposed systems include the development
of new communication protocols for the wheelchair through a microcontroller, an H-bridge, a microphone and a magnetic
control.

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