Presentation 2017-06-01
Tongue-operated Input Device for People with Severe Motor Impairments
Yoko Ogawa, Kahoko Yokota, Nobutaka Shimada,
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Abstract(in English) Tongue of human has many freedoms and can move speedy and correctly. The sublingual nerve which controls tongue motion is innervated by the cranial nerve, and it tends to remain even in severe motor impairments. We propose a tongue-operated pointing device with an endoscope wearing a silicone bulb for severe motor impairments. The device obtain tongue motion from the endoscope images by deep convolutional neural network. And transfer learning can adapts as degree of impairment or user’s habit in daily use.
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Keyword(in English) disability aid / tongue interface
Paper # MVE2017-1
Date of Issue 2017-05-25 (MVE)

Conference Information
Committee MVE / ITE-HI
Conference Date 2017/6/1(2days)
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Place (in English) Univ. of Tokyo
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Chair Yoshinari Kameda(Univ. of Tsukuba) / 佐藤 雅之(北九州市大)
Vice Chair Kenji Mase(Nagoya Univ.)
Secretary Kenji Mase(Kyushu Univ.) / (Kyoto Univ.)
Assistant Hideaki Uchiyama(Kyushu Univ.) / Takatsugu Hirayama(Nagoya Univ.) / Ryosuke Aoki(NTT)

Paper Information
Registration To Technical Committee on Media Experience and Virtual Environment / Technical Group on Human Information
Language JPN
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Title (in English) Tongue-operated Input Device for People with Severe Motor Impairments
Sub Title (in English)
Keyword(1) disability aid
Keyword(2) tongue interface
1st Author's Name Yoko Ogawa
1st Author's Affiliation Ritsumeikan University(Ritsumeikan Univ.)
2nd Author's Name Kahoko Yokota
2nd Author's Affiliation Ritsumeikan University(Ritsumeikan Univ.)
3rd Author's Name Nobutaka Shimada
3rd Author's Affiliation Ritsumeikan University(Ritsumeikan Univ.)
Date 2017-06-01
Paper # MVE2017-1
Volume (vol) vol.117
Number (no) MVE-73
Page pp.pp.1-6(MVE),
#Pages 6
Date of Issue 2017-05-25 (MVE)