LED directed, headswitch controlled, motorized wheelchair

Author

Callender, Hayden ; Pruehsner, William ; Enderle, John D.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Syst. Eng., Connecticut Univ., Storrs, CT, USA

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

85

Lastpage

86

Abstract

The LED Directed Motorized Chair (LDMC) is a manual wheelchair that is converted into a motorized wheelchair. The design of the wheelchair implements a control system different from the typical joystick control system on the market today. The control system is based on an LED display that works in tandem with a head switch. 5 LED´s are used representing 5 available directions that the chair travels. When the LED corresponding to the desired direction of travel that the user wishes to go, the user compresses the head switch and the chair performs the action

Keywords

LED displays; handicapped aids; microcontrollers; motion control; LDMC; LED Directed Motorized Chair; LED directed headswitch controlled motorized wheelchair; LED display; control system; design; direction of travel; head switch; manual wheelchair; Arm; Birth disorders; Circuits; Control systems; Displays; Light emitting diodes; Microcontrollers; Motor drives; Switches; Wheelchairs;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Bioengineering Conference, 2001. Proceedings of the IEEE 27th Annual Northeast

Conference_Location

Storrs, CT

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6717-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NEBC.2001.924732

Filename

924732