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Information Technologies in Biomedicine, Volume 4 pp 237–248Cite as

BlinkMouse-On-Screen Mouse Controlled by Eye Blinks

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The paper concerns issues related to assistive technologies for disabled people. An interface which emulates a computer mouse, handled using eye blinks, is presented in the paper. A computer should be equipped with a low cost webcam to use the interface. Icons related to different directions of mouse cursor movements and real mouse buttons are sequentially presented to the user. An action corresponding to currently shown icon is performed when the user keeps his eyes closed for a specified period of time.

The interface is now used by a disabled girl with SMA (Spinal Muscular Atrophy). The part responsible for an analysis of an eyes behaviour was prepared as a dynamic linked library (DLL), so it can be used for other purposes.

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  1. Rzeszów University of Technology, Al. Powstanców Warszawy 12, 35-959, Rzeszów, Poland

    Joanna Marnik

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  1. Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland

    Ewa Piętka

  2. Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland

    Jacek Kawa

  3. Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland

    Wojciech Wieclawek

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Marnik, J. (2014). BlinkMouse-On-Screen Mouse Controlled by Eye Blinks. In: Piętka, E., Kawa, J., Wieclawek, W. (eds) Information Technologies in Biomedicine, Volume 4. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 284. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-06596-0_22

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