Mobile Based Interaction System for the Paralyzed People

Abstract

New methods and technologies are needed to face the
various kinds of present and future challenges like
addressing the problems or issues related to disabled
people. We have focused on enabling quadriplegic’s
entertainment in the present work. By utilizing the sensing
and processing capabilities of today’s mobile devices it is
possible to capture rich quantitative data about the usage
and context of mobile and ubiquitous applications in the
field. In this paper, we are proposing a tool which is using
one of these capabilities of the mobile device which is the
accelerometer sensors. The mobile having accelerometer
sensors fitted on the head of the quadriplegic will be used
to track the head gestures made. Paralyzed people are
those people whose body movements are restricted due to
injury of brain or some other malfunction of parts of brain
or the spinal cord. The tool will capture the gesture and
interpret it or recognize the gesture and perform the
required action i.e. mapped on to the operations of the
computer in front of the subject. The tool thus aids the
mobility-restricted person to use the computer and
entertain himself/herself when alone at home. The final
part of the paper describes the experimentation goals, the
total process and preliminary results. Future work
directions are also indicated.