Controlling a smart home through a brain-computer interface system
Record number: 300
Last update: May 2013
Type of document: Thesis
Last update: May 2013
Type of document: Thesis
Author: Sanchez G A
Editorial data: Tesi Corso di Perfezionamento "Tecnologie per l'Autonomia". Università Cattolica e Fondazione Don Gnocchi, a.a. 2008-2009
Year of publication: 2009
Abstract:
This paper describes the preliminary findings of a project that is still underway at the Biomedical Technology Department of the Don Gnocchi Foundation in Milano. The author took part in the project as visiting researcher from the Department of Electronic Technology of the University of Seville. This project tries to develop a wireless interface between a BCI (brain-computer interface) system and a smart home. First, this paper presents some theoretical fundamentals underlying the EEG (electro-encephalographic) techniques, the BCI systems and the KNX (Konnex) protocols. Then the hardware, the software and the technical infrastructure used are presented. Next, the characteristics of the purposely developed system are described. These include the options considered and then selected for controlling the house; the physical structure of the system and its components; the way the various components communicate among each other; the selection matrix designed to allow the user select the intended action the smart home should perform; the control options the user can choose, the paradigm used and the reasons to use it. Finally, the paper suggests the prospective final results of the project. In the section Discussion the future possibilities of BCI systems are discussed.
This paper describes the preliminary findings of a project that is still underway at the Biomedical Technology Department of the Don Gnocchi Foundation in Milano. The author took part in the project as visiting researcher from the Department of Electronic Technology of the University of Seville. This project tries to develop a wireless interface between a BCI (brain-computer interface) system and a smart home. First, this paper presents some theoretical fundamentals underlying the EEG (electro-encephalographic) techniques, the BCI systems and the KNX (Konnex) protocols. Then the hardware, the software and the technical infrastructure used are presented. Next, the characteristics of the purposely developed system are described. These include the options considered and then selected for controlling the house; the physical structure of the system and its components; the way the various components communicate among each other; the selection matrix designed to allow the user select the intended action the smart home should perform; the control options the user can choose, the paradigm used and the reasons to use it. Finally, the paper suggests the prospective final results of the project. In the section Discussion the future possibilities of BCI systems are discussed.