Arcabouço de software para auxiliar no desenvolvimento de sistemas interface cérebro-computador pervasivos.

Abstract

The development of assistive technologies is very important with regard to life. of people with disabilities. In implementing these technologies the The goal is to provide or extend functional skills for people with special needs. Assistive technologies promote more independent living, social inclusion and improved quality of life of the people mentioned. Despite efforts to promote the inclusion of disabled people in society, limited resources available to enable communication between people people with severe motor disabilities and the world. In this context, the Computer Brain Interface (ICC) is a recent technology that allows direct communication between the brain of a person and the devices available in their environment. Systems ICC enable people with severe motor disabilities to control the aforementioned devices through your brain activities. ICC is a recent technology, but quite promising. Nevertheless, there are still some difficulties encountered for ICC systems to be applied on a day to day basis. people with severe motor disabilities. Some of the challenges encountered include system accuracy, speed and mobility. Most ICC systems are applications for desktop, being mainly employed in clinical research. The development of systems that integrate ICC, mobile devices and pervasive services, In addition to enabling people with severe motor disabilities to control devices, also provides mobility for these people, allowing interaction between them and their Devices inserted into your media can be performed anywhere and anytime. This paper introduces an architecture for the development of pervasive ICC systems. for the control of multimedia devices. In addition, a framework was developed software to assist in the development of multimedia ICC applications. The user needs of an electroencephalography (EEG) equipment for the acquisition of brain signals, a mobile device for processing, software framework execution and customization from the user profile to interact with any multimedia device. A pervasive ICC system was also implemented to validate the architecture introduced. In the development of the system, an EEG equipment was implemented. brain signal classification and a multimedia application for media center control XBMC. The pervasive ICC system developed in the context of this work allows users to play multimedia content in XBMC. For results regarding usability of the system, the usability test for system evaluation was planned and elaborated.