03-07-2012, 03:50 PM
Controlling the Intelligent Wheelchair by distinguishing emotion, illness and Environment
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INTRODUCTION
Along with the aging arrival, senior citizen's ambulate
safeguard was getting more and more important. The disabled
people's ambulate is worth paying attention similarly.
According to "China's urban and rural elderly population
situation investigation", China's aging population over the age
of 60 has reached 1.49 billion, accounting for global elderly
population 21.4%, the highest in the world, about equal to the
whole Europe aged 60[1]. According to "the second national
handicapped person sampling investigation ", the disabled
people in China account for the national total population
6.34%, to reach 8296 million until April 1, 2006[2]. At present,
our country old age and disabled population is a very huge.
That the ambulating of most the old and the disabled may be
carried out has the important meaning for the country and the
society.
DANGER ANALYSIS ON INTELLIGENT WHEELCHAIR
An ordinary wheelchair is pushed artificially to move by
user or the guardian, depending upon the human intelligence to
solve all complex problems which the wheelchair moves to
meet. But, intelligent wheelchair is different completely which
is controlled by commands.
First, the intelligent wheelchair is operated by the old, the
sick and the disabled who may have own healthy question. A
good intelligent wheelchair is not only one moving tool
represents, but should also have the basic medical monitoring
ability, to protect the user in riding period.
DISEASE AND EMOTION DIAGNOSIS
The intelligent wheelchair doing disease diagnosis do not
need as accurate as doctor doing, it only needs to determine
whether users is in disease states, and whether users suit to
operating wheelchairs. It is usually based on the physiological
signal breathing, pulse and sending voice signal, etc. To
special patient, corresponding physiological signal are needed,
such as hypertension patients need to measure blood pressure.
Usually