Gaze at desired destination, and wheelchair will navigate towards it. New technique to guide wheelchair motion based on EOG signals

Abstract

In this work, we propose new method beside the classic method, to control the motorized wheelchair using EOG signals. The new method allows the user to look around freely while the wheelchair navigates automatically to the desired goal point. Only EOG signals are used to control the wheelchair, eye gazing and blinking. The user can still choose to control the wheelchair using the classic manual method in case the environment and obstacles structure does not help with the auto navigation method. In the new auto navigation method the micro controller can know the goal point direction and distance by calculating the gaze angle that the user is gazing at. Tangent Bug algorithm is used to navigate the wheelchair in Auto controlling method. Experimental results are similar to simulated with minimum error, due to minimal positioning and sensing errors.