A HANDS GESTURE SYSTEM OF CONTROL FOR AN
INTELLIGENT WHEELCHAIR
When an unfortunate event affects the motor capacity of a person, it is necessary to use devices like wheelchairs that offer a means o displacement for patients with motors problems of the lower limbs.
Some patients that cannot manipulate the wheelchair with their arms due to a lack of force or psychomotor problems in the superior members, request electric wheelchairs, frequently manipulated with joysticks; however the joystick manipulation is even not practical and frequently it must be handle with the mouth.
The present article presents the partial results in the development of a wheelchair controlled by an intuitive interface, where the instructions are given by hand gesture instructions.
The advances are presented in the realization of the control software using a Webcam and some distances and presence sensors controlled by a PIC microcontroller that establishes the communication with a program developed in Labview.
Keywords
Digital image processing, hand gesture control, Labview , wheelchair control.
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