Biological interaction between man and machine

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to develop a human-friendly communication tool between a man and a machine. In most of conventional communication tools, humans have control of the machine; however, we believe that the future machine should be able to sense the operator's behavior or intention in order to function. Therefore, focusing on the operator's "biological signals", we attempt to apply the signals to a tool to control a machine thus reducing the required action from the operator. In this paper, we demonstrate on how to control a mobile stage with one of the biological signals, the electro-oculogram (EOG), which is generated corresponding to the eye movements. In addition, we discuss the feasibility of eye-movement-related EEG (electro-encephalogram) application on the basis of the present result in our EEC study.