User-centered design of brain-computer interfaces: OpenBCI.pl and BCI Appliance
Autor: | Piotr J. Durka, Maciej Łabęcki, Piotr Milanowski, Rafał Kuś, Jarosław Żygierewicz, Mateusz Kruszyński, T. Spustek, Dawid Laszuk, Anna Duszyk, Magdalena Michalska |
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Rok vydání: | 2012 |
Předmět: |
Computer Networks and Communications
business.industry Computer science 05 social sciences General Engineering computer.software_genre 050105 experimental psychology Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics Rendering (computer graphics) Software framework 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Embedded software Software Artificial Intelligence Embedded system Wireless 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences business OpenBCI computer 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Information Systems User-centered design Brain–computer interface |
Zdroj: | Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences: Technical Sciences. 60:427-431 |
ISSN: | 0239-7528 |
DOI: | 10.2478/v10175-012-0054-1 |
Popis: | Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) allows for non-muscular communication with external world, which may be the only way of communication for patients in a locked-in state. This paper presents a complete software framework for BCI, a novel hardware solution for stimuli rendering in BCIs based on Steady State Visual Evoked Potentials (SSVEP), and a univariate algorithm for detection of SSVEP in the EEG time series. OpenBCI is a complete software framework for brain-computer interfaces. Owing to an open license and modular architecture, it allows for flexible implementations of different communication channels in the serial or parallel hybrid mode, minimization of costs and improvements of stability and efficiency. Complete software is freely available from http://openbci.pl. BCI Appliance is a hardware solution that allows for dynamic control of menus with stable generation of stimuli for the SSVEP paradigm. The novelty consists of a design, whereby the LCD screen is illuminated from behind using an array of LEDs. Design pioneers also proposed a new line of thought about the user-centered design of BCI systems: a simple box with one on/off button, minimum embedded software, wireless connections to domotic and EEG acquisition devices, and user-controlled mode switching in a hybrid BCI. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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