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What is Brain-Computer Interface (BCI)

Chapter 15
Handbook of Research on Personal Autonomy Technologies and Disability Informatics
Communication system able to accept commands directly from the human brain without any muscle activity.
Published in Chapter:
Non-Manual Control Devices: Direct Brain-Computer Interaction
Reinhold Scherer (University of Washington, USA & Graz University of Technology, Austria & Judendorf-Strassengel Clinic, Austria) and Rajesh Rao (University of Washington, USA)
Copyright: © 2011 |Pages: 18
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-206-0.ch015
Abstract
Brain-computer interface (BCI) technology augments the human capability to interact with the environment by directly linking the brain to artificial devices. The first generation of BCIs provided simple 1D control in order to select targets on a screen or trigger pre-defined motion sequences of paralyzed limbs by means of functional electrical stimulation. BCIs today can provide users on-demand access to assistive robotic devices, Virtual Reality environments, and standard software applications such as Internet browsers. Here, we introduce readers to BCIs and review basic principles and methodologies underlying their operation. We illustrate the capabilities and limitations of modern BCI systems by discussing two practical examples: BCI-based control of a humanoid robot for physical manipulation and transport of objects in an indoor environment, and BCI-based interaction with the popular global navigation program Google Earth.
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Relevant Technologies to 6G
Sometimes called a brain–machine interface (BMI) or smart brain, is a direct communication pathway between the brain's electrical activity and an external device, most commonly a computer or robotic limb.
Published in Chapter: Relevant Technologies to 6G; From: Opportunities and Challenges of Industrial IoT in 5G and 6G Networks
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EEG-Analysis for the Detection of True Emotion or Pretension
BCI is a communication pathway connecting the brain and computer. BCI, also known as brain machine interface (BMI), is often directed at creating assisting, augmenting and repairing human cognitive and sensory motor functions.
Published in Chapter: EEG-Analysis for the Detection of True Emotion or Pretension; From: Handbook of Research on Synthesizing Human Emotion in Intelligent Systems and Robotics
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Optimizing the Performance of Devanagari Script-Based P300 Speller System Using Binary PSO Algorithm
It is a system that records, analyses and decodes the signals generated by brain to provide a medium of communication, without any muscular activity.
Published in Chapter: Optimizing the Performance of Devanagari Script-Based P300 Speller System Using Binary PSO Algorithm; From: Handbook of Research on Advancements of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Engineering
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