The Human Eye Position Control System in a Rehabilitation Setting
Our work at Ireland’s National Rehabilitation Hospital involves designing communication systems for people suffering from profound physical disabilities. One such system uses the electro-oculogram, which is an (x,y) system of voltages picked up by pairs of electrodes placed, respectively, above and...
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doaj-08824add43ea4971b28a5e85bef02b552021-10-11T08:02:59ZengVSB-Technical University of OstravaAdvances in Electrical and Electronic Engineering1336-13761804-31192005-01-0143118123272The Human Eye Position Control System in a Rehabilitation SettingYvonne Nolan0Edward Burke1Clare Boylan2Annraoi de Paor3National University of IrelandNational University of IrelandNational University of IrelandNational University of IrelandOur work at Ireland’s National Rehabilitation Hospital involves designing communication systems for people suffering from profound physical disabilities. One such system uses the electro-oculogram, which is an (x,y) system of voltages picked up by pairs of electrodes placed, respectively, above and below and on either side of the eyes. The eyeball has a dc polarisation between cornea and back, arising from the photoreceptor rods and cones in the retina. As the eye rotates, the varying voltages projected onto the electrodes drive a cursor over a mimic keyboard on a computer screen. Symbols are selected with a switching action derived, for example, from a blink. Experience in using this mode of communication has given us limited facilities to study the eye position control system. We present here a resulting new feedback model for rotation in either the vertical or the horizontal plane, which involves the eyeball controlled by an agonist-antagonist muscle pair, modelled by a single equivalent bidirectional muscle with torque falling off linearly with angular velocity. We have incorporated muscle spindles and have tuned them by pole assignment associated with an optimum stability criterion.<br />http://advances.utc.sk/index.php/AEEE/article/view/244eye positionrehabilitationcontrol system. |
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Yvonne Nolan Edward Burke Clare Boylan Annraoi de Paor The Human Eye Position Control System in a Rehabilitation Setting Advances in Electrical and Electronic Engineering eye position rehabilitation control system. |
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Yvonne Nolan Edward Burke Clare Boylan Annraoi de Paor |
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The Human Eye Position Control System in a Rehabilitation Setting |
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The Human Eye Position Control System in a Rehabilitation Setting |
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The Human Eye Position Control System in a Rehabilitation Setting |
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The Human Eye Position Control System in a Rehabilitation Setting |
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human eye position control system in a rehabilitation setting |
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VSB-Technical University of Ostrava |
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Advances in Electrical and Electronic Engineering |
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1336-1376 1804-3119 |
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2005-01-01 |
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Our work at Ireland’s National Rehabilitation Hospital involves designing communication systems for people suffering from profound physical disabilities. One such system uses the electro-oculogram, which is an (x,y) system of voltages picked up by pairs of electrodes placed, respectively, above and below and on either side of the eyes. The eyeball has a dc polarisation between cornea and back, arising from the photoreceptor rods and cones in the retina. As the eye rotates, the varying voltages projected onto the electrodes drive a cursor over a mimic keyboard on a computer screen. Symbols are selected with a switching action derived, for example, from a blink. Experience in using this mode of communication has given us limited facilities to study the eye position control system. We present here a resulting new feedback model for rotation in either the vertical or the horizontal plane, which involves the eyeball controlled by an agonist-antagonist muscle pair, modelled by a single equivalent bidirectional muscle with torque falling off linearly with angular velocity. We have incorporated muscle spindles and have tuned them by pole assignment associated with an optimum stability criterion.<br /> |
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eye position rehabilitation control system. |
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