VisionKey+: Advanced eye activated keyboard

VisionKey：先进的眼动键盘

• 批准号: 6990684
• 负责人: NOA M RENSING
• 金额: $ 9.31万
• 依托单位: MICROOPTICAL ENGINEERING CORPORATION
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-09-26 至 2007-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6990684
• 关键词: clinical research; communication disorder aid; ergonomics; eye movements; functional ability; human subject; medical rehabilitation related tag; optics; person with disability; technology /technique development; visual tracking

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): For those with high-level physical disabilities, communication, a very fundamental and essential need, is challenging. For many it can even be frightening if they have no way to express their most basic personal and medical requirements. For those with Locked-in -Syndrome (LIS) and those in the advanced stages of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), for example, eye movement is often the only communication alternative. These users cannot control a computer or augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) device by other means including any other type of physical motion or speech. The provision of a repeatable user and caregiver friendly eye-tracking device therefore becomes of paramount importance. The proposed project aims to develop a dramatically improved eye-activated communication device for this user population. While the current VisionKey(tm) works well for many users who utilize the system for up to ten hours a day, there are several key enhancements necessary to add to the user's comfort; ease of use, set up and calibration; and functionality. The key areas of improvement are: ergonomic refinement, adjustability, adaptability, user-friendliness and icon-based capability. The objective of the final product is to provide an eye-activated device which offers dynamic, adjustable, handsfree communication for both AAC and full computer control purposes. The proposed device is based on the patented VisionKey eye-tracking input device from H.K. Eyecan Ltd. integrated with The MicroOptical Corporation's patented eyeglass-based display technology. The new device will be ergonomically superior to the current VisionKey product, and, most significantly, will incorporate a dynamically refreshable electronic display. The dynamic display allows the available selections to be modified in real time to reflect the current context, thereby, simplifying the use of the device and improving speed and accuracy. The new device will also offer an opportunity to incorporate a larger set of selections and make possible the use of icons in addition to the current text-based selection set. This coupled with the reduced cognitive load will make the device suitable to provide a communication alternative for a much larger target user community including pre-literate children and/or individuals with cognitive, language and developmental disabilities.

描述（由申请人提供）：对于那些具有高级身体残疾的人，交流，非常基本和基本需求，具有挑战性。对于许多人来说，如果他们无法表达最基本的个人和医疗要求，甚至可能会令人恐惧。例如，对于那些锁定 - 同时（LIS）和处于肌萎缩性侧索硬化症（ALS）晚期阶段的人，眼运动通常是唯一的交流替代方案。这些用户无法通过其他方式控制计算机或增强性和替代通信（AAC）设备，包括任何其他类型的身体运动或语音。因此，提供可重复的用户和护理人员友好的眼神跟踪设备变得至关重要。拟议的项目旨在为该用户群体开发一种大幅改进的眼动通信设备。尽管当前的VisionKey（TM）每天最多使用该系统十个小时的用户效果很好，但增加用户舒适性需要几个关键的增强功能。易用性，设置和校准；和功能。改进的关键领域是：符合人体工程学的可调节性，可调节性，适应性，用户友好性和基于图标的功能。最终产品的目的是提供一个引人注目的设备，该设备为AAC和完整的计算机控制目的提供动态，可调，无提交流。 所提出的设备基于H.K.的专利VisionKey眼镜输入设备。 Eyecan Ltd.与微型公司的基于眼镜专利的显示技术集成在一起。新设备在人体工程学上将优于当前的VisionKey产品，并且最重要的是，将结合动态刷新的电子显示屏。动态显示允许实时修改可用的选择以反映当前上下文，从而简化了设备的使用并提高速度和准确性。新设备还将提供一个机会，以合并一组更大的选择，并使您可以使用图标，除了当前的基于文本的选择集。结合减少的认知负担将使该设备适合为更大的目标用户社区提供通信替代方案，包括识字前的儿童和/或患有认知，语言和发育障碍的人。