Using sensors and embedded image processing for impaired users' computer interaction

his study is intended to create guidance on the application of Human Computer Interaction on people with disabilities to improve their computer controlling ability. We developed an assistive technology for disabled people. This assistive technology works on ?disabilities related to hand using? such as quadriplegia or bomb injuries. This study aims to describe how technology can be used for disabled ? computer interaction, what problems can be solved via this method and the importance of assistive technology in a disabled person?s life. It would be possible to use both computer and its peripheral devices by building an assistive technology device that can help impaired to use a computer by interacting with mouse interface directly. For this aim, a Disabled ? Computer Interaction (DCI) module was developed in this study with guidance of an experiment that applied on impaired people. Target audience was impaired people that are not able to use their hands for different reasons like paralysis (quadriplegia, diplegia, hemiplegia), traffic accidents, bomb injuries, combat training injuries, born defects, Multiple Sclerosis (MS), ALS, traumatic brain injury or struck damage. Technology we developed would be used by impaired people who are able to move their heads within limited angles.