Development of a Gaze-Driven Electric Wheelchair with 360° Camera and Novel Gaze Interface-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Development of a Gaze-Driven Electric Wheelchair with 360° Camera and Novel Gaze Interface

Published:2023-06-20 Issue:3 Volume:35 Page:743-750
ISSN:1883-8049
Container-title:Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics
language:en
Short-container-title:J. Robot. Mechatron.

Author:

Kawata Junji¹^ORCID,Morimoto Jiro¹^ORCID,Kaji Yoshio²^ORCID,Higuchi Mineo¹^ORCID,Fujisawa Shoichiro¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Faculty of Science and Engineering, Tokushima Bunri University, 1314-1 Shido, Sanuki, Kagawa 769-2193, Japan

2. Faculty of Human Life Sciences, Tokushima Bunri University, 180 Nishihama, Yamashiro, Tokushima 770-8514, Japan

Abstract

A novel gaze-based user interface (UI) is proposed for the remote control of robots and electric wheelchairs. A task-based experiment showed that this UI is more suitable for remote control than a conventional interface. The UI was applied to the control of a commercially available low-cost electric wheelchair. By using a 360° camera and an eye tracker that can be used outdoors, the visibility of obstacles and the usability of the gaze-driven electric wheelchair were greatly improved. The gaze-driven electric wheelchair exhibited good performance in a task-based evaluation experiment.

Publisher

Fuji Technology Press Ltd.

Subject

Electrical and Electronic Engineering,General Computer Science

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