A Non-Conventional Interaction on Computational Systems Based on Mouth Puffing

  • Erick M. Campos Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, Brasil
  • Alexandre A. Freitas Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, Brasil
  • Renan F. Cunha Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, Brasil
  • Cassio T. Batista Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, Brasil
  • Bianchi S. Meiguins Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, Brasil
  • Nelson C. Sampaio Neto Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, Brasil

Resumo


Computer mice and keyboards have for long been the dominant input devices for desktop computers. Nonetheless, they still represent quite a barrier — especially for people whose upper-limb motor skills are compromised. This work proposes a low-cost, mouth-puffing-based device that is able to perform the mouse click on computational platforms. Additionally, a driver was developed to allow the device to communicate with the computer via audio jack P2 interface. The mouse cursor is controlled by head tracking thanks to eViacam software. The evaluation took place by comparing the proposed equipment with the dwell time method on navigation tasks elaborated over websites.
Publicado
22/10/2018
M. CAMPOS, Erick; A. FREITAS, Alexandre; F. CUNHA, Renan; T. BATISTA, Cassio; S. MEIGUINS, Bianchi; C. SAMPAIO NETO, Nelson. A Non-Conventional Interaction on Computational Systems Based on Mouth Puffing. In: PÔSTERES - SIMPÓSIO BRASILEIRO DE FATORES HUMANOS EM SISTEMAS COMPUTACIONAIS (IHC), 17. , 2018, Belém. Anais [...]. Porto Alegre: Sociedade Brasileira de Computação, 2018 . DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/ihc.2018.4185.