A "lip reading" click device for disabled computer users

为残疾计算机用户设计的“唇读”点击设备

• 批准号: 7109982
• 负责人: PHILIP R SCHAEFER
• 金额: $ 9.91万
• 依托单位: VORTANT TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-05-01 至 2007-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7109982
• 关键词: assistive device /technology; bioengineering /biomedical engineering; clinical research; computer human interaction; computer program /software; cost effectiveness; evaluation /testing; focus groups; head movements; human subject; medical rehabilitation related tag; person with disability; questionnaires; rehabilitation; speechreading; spinal cord injury; technology /technique development; telecommunications

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This project aims to improve the quality of life and employment potential for spinal cord injured (SCI) and other individuals who cannot use a standard computer keyboard and mouse. Some assistive products, such as head trackers, are suitable for controlling the position of the mouse pointer. However, existing products present several significant obstacles in activities such as working on a telephone. This is a significant issue, because telephone-intensive careers are an important and growing employment opportunity for people with limited mobility. Most notably, performing a "click" action when the mouse pointer is at the right place remains a challenge for these employees. Mouth-operated devices, such as a sip-and-puff straw, interfere with talking on the phone and lead to fatigue. Voice-operated clicking commands interfere with telephone conversations and draw unwanted attention to the employee's disability. A significant need exists for a cost-effective and unobtrusive point and click solution. This project will provide a more effective, less intrusive point-and-click device that is integrated with a telephone headset. The device will use a low-cost, high-tech approach to watch for certain unobtrusive lip gestures that indicate clicks, significantly reducing the effort on the part of the user and eliminating conspicuousness of the user's disability. In addition to the initial telephone-related application, this device will also be applicable for many other computer users, as well as for other users of communication, entertainment, and remote-control equipment. In Phase I, potential users and therapists will help to refine the requirements and the conceptual design of the device. The technology to perform the "lip reading" function will be refined to create a proof of concept click device. The proof of concept will be integrated with a computer and a standard telephone headset. Finally, performance and user impressions data will be gathered from a group of potential users who will try out the proof of concept device.

描述（由申请人提供）：该项目旨在提高脊髓损伤（SCI）和其他无法使用标准计算机键盘和鼠标的人的生活质量和就业潜力。一些辅助产品，例如头部追踪器，适合控制鼠标指针的位置。然而，现有产品在诸如电话工作等活动中存在一些重大障碍。这是一个重要问题，因为电话密集型职业对于行动不便的人来说是一个重要且不断增长的就业机会。最值得注意的是，当鼠标指针位于正确位置时执行“单击”操作对于这些员工来说仍然是一个挑战。用嘴操作的设备，例如吸管，会干扰打电话并导致疲劳。语音操作的点击命令会干扰电话交谈，并引起对员工残疾的不必要的关注。迫切需要一种经济有效且不引人注目的点击式解决方案。该项目将提供一种更有效、更少侵入性的与电话耳机集成的点击式设备。该设备将使用低成本、高科技的方法来监视某些表示点击的不显眼的嘴唇手势，从而显着减少用户的工作量并消除用户残疾的显着性。除了最初的电话相关应用之外，该设备还将适用于许多其他计算机用户，以及通信、娱乐和远程控制设备的其他用户。在第一阶段，潜在用户和治疗师将帮助完善设备的要求和概念设计。执行“唇读”功能的技术将得到改进，以创建概念验证点击设备。概念验证将与计算机和标准电话耳机集成。最后，将从一组尝试概念验证设备的潜在用户那里收集性能和用户印象数据。