Hardware single-switch keyboard and mouse replacement for computer control
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Date of Original Version
1-1-2006
Abstract
A practical, low-cost device is constructed to emulate a computer keyboard and mouse through a single-switch input. Most of the current single-switch computer interface designs focus on simplified hardware implementations with a major portion handled on the destination computer in software. Our device called the PowerKeyboard provides an operating system independent, hardware, single-switch interface for persons of limited mobility or a form of paralysis. A combination of scanning and scrolling techniques provide the available keystroke and mouse control commands on an Liquid Crystal Display (LCD). The triggering of a switch transmits the selected action or executes a stored configuration command of the PowerKeyboard, such as scrolling rate. In this paper, we present the design of the PowerKeyboard and compare it to existing designs. © 2006 IEEE.
Publication Title, e.g., Journal
Proceedings of the IEEE Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference, NEBEC
Volume
2006
Citation/Publisher Attribution
Chabot, Eugene, John DiCecco, Nicole Baugh, and Sun Ying. "Hardware single-switch keyboard and mouse replacement for computer control." Proceedings of the IEEE Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference, NEBEC 2006, (2006): 169-170. https://digitalcommons.uri.edu/ele_facpubs/790