Using of the brain activity of a disabled driver to exert a pneumatic actuator pressure on an secondary foot brake pedal during emergency braking

Abstract

The study deal with the use of the driver brain activity for wireless remote control of the pneumatic system when pneumatic actuator exerts pressure force on an secondary foot brake pedal. A practical solution of using the brain activity of a disabled driver during emergency braking was analyzed. The conducted tests confirm that bioelectrical signals (BES) induced by muscle tension within the head can be used to wireless remote control of a pneumatic actuator to exert the pressure force on the foot brake pedal for the disabled driver during car emergency braking. It has been shown that the BES artifacts generated by muscular tension inside the head (e.g. movement of the face and eyelids, clenching of jaws, pressing the tongue on the palate) are the easiest to control of the pneumatic systems. The proposed car braking assistance system controlled by the driver’s brain activity can improve the driving safety of disabled people, e.g. by reducing the reaction time of a pneumatically assisted emergency braking.