Plug-and-play brain-computer interface keyboard performance

Author

Thompson, David E. ; Baker, John J. ; Sarnacki, William A. ; Huggins, Jane E.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Biomed. Eng., Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

fYear

2009

fDate

April 29 2009-May 2 2009

Firstpage

433

Lastpage

435

Abstract

The Multi-purpose BCI Output Device (MBOD), emulates a USB keyboard and/or mouse, as well as producing switch closures, thus allowing BCI2000 to output to various assistive technology (AT) devices. The MBOD should allow researchers easy access to the many advantages of commercial AT in addition to providing continuity of service for patients. The systems keyboard interface was tested in three environments (one dedicated AT device, one computer program, and within BCI2000 itself). All subjects were able to type in all three environments with comparable accuracy.

Keywords

brain-computer interfaces; handicapped aids; human computer interaction; medical control systems; BCI2000; USB keyboard; assistive technology devices; computer program; keyboard performance; multipurpose BCI output device; plug-and-play brain-computer interface; switch closures; system keyboard interface; Brain computer interfaces; Control systems; Hardware; Keyboards; Mice; Microcomputers; Switches; System testing; USA Councils; Universal Serial Bus; BCI2000; assistive technology; brain-computer interface (BCI); interoperability;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Neural Engineering, 2009. NER '09. 4th International IEEE/EMBS Conference on

Conference_Location

Antalya

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2072-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2073-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NER.2009.5109325

Filename

5109325