Excellent! Thanks Will. I was thinking the same for a potential Google Glass app :)
The Inference Group at Cambridge (who developed Dasher) were also working on an open source cam based gesture switch system a while back: http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/opengazer/#switch
Not sure where they are with the project now.
Cheers,
A.
Aejaz Zahid
Head of Research & Development
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A little slow to respond.. I've just posted this to the access group but thought this may be useful here!
Switch Viacam is from the same group as Eviacam - the webcam based mouse. Switch viacam allows you to have two areas detected from a camera and set thresholds for each area and a switched action. I've just got it successfully monitoring a blink on each eye - but I'm not sure how useful it would be as a longterm solution - it doesn't track and follow that area (which would be nice if both projects are combined or maybe as a google glass app) so you would have to very little head movement and configure it each time the individual sits down. The download is here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/sviacam/files/1.0/sviacam_1.0.0.exe/download and project page here: http://sviacam.sourceforge.net
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We have developed a movement sensor that we have used on situations where the client has little or no gross movements, but a flicker in a finger or an eyebrow etc.
Just tried it on myself, and I can adjust the sensitivity to ignore ordinary blinks, but detect a more forceful blink.
We may be able to loan you one for a trial but can't guarantee this.
I will send you a copy of the manual directly.
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Hi All,
Does anyone have any experience with capturing blinks as an input to a switch?
We have a client requiring a high degree of supervision and who has severely limited function. He has limited control of the direction of his gaze but has good control of blinking. We'd hope to monitor blinking and perhaps alarm when blinking stops.
As is often the case, money is tight, but we do have some resources to build or adapt software, or electro-mechanical gadgets.
Thanks in advance for any ideas or suggestions.
Best
Stu
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Clinical Measurement Section
Medical Physics Department
The James Cook University Hospital
South Tees Hospitals NHS Trust
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