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An SSVEP-Based BCI System with SOPC Platform for Electric Wheelchairs
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Author: Jzau-Sheng Lin, Mei Wang, Cheng-Hung Hsieh
Abstract: In this paper, the purpose is to design a Brain-Computer-Interface (BCI) based system with a System on a Programmable Chip (SOPC) platform by using of the Steady-State Visually Evoked Potentials (SSVEP) through a Bluetooth interface that can aid the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) or other paralyzed patients to easily control an electric wheelchair in their lives. The EEG signals may be detected by electrodes and signal extracting chip. Then these signals can be transmitted to the electric wheelchair by using of Bluetooth interface. Finally, the electric wheelchair can be moved smoothly in accordance with the EEG signal in frequency domain transferred from time domain. The experimental results had shown that the proposed system can easily control electric wheelchair.
Keywords: EEG; SSVEP; BCI; Bluetooth; Electric Wheelchair
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