An SSVEP-based BCI using high duty-cycle visual flicker

Po Lei Lee, Chia Lung Yeh, John Yung Sung Cheng, Chia Yen Yang, Gong Yau Lan

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摘要

Steady-state visual-evoked potential (SSVEP)-based brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) have generated significant interest due to their high information transfer rate (ITR). Due to the amplitude-frequency characteristic of the SSVEP, the flickering frequency of an SSVEP-based BCI is typically lower than 20Hz to achieve a high SNR. However, a visual flicker with a flashing frequency below the critical flicker-fusion frequency often makes subjects feel flicker jerky and causes visual discomfort. This study presents a novel technique using high duty-cycle visual flicker to decrease users visual discomfort. The proposed design uses LEDs flashing at 13.16Hz, driven by flickering sequences consisting of repetitive stimulus cycles with a duration T (T 76 ms). Each stimulus cycle included an ON state with a duration T $ ON and an OFF state with a duration T$ OFF ( T T $ ON T $ OFF), and the duty cycle, defined as T$ ON/ T, varied from 10.5 to 89.5. This study also includes a questionnaire survey and analyzes the SSVEPs induced by different duty-cycle flickers. An 89.5 duty-cycle flicker, reported as a comfortable flicker, was adopted in a phase-tagged SSVEP system. Six subjects were asked to sequentially input a sequence of cursor commands with the 25.08-bits/min ITR.
原文英語
文章編號5959958
頁(從 - 到)3350-3359
頁數10
期刊IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering
58
發行號12 PART 1
DOIs
出版狀態已發佈 - 12月 1 2011
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Keywords

  • Brain-computer interface (BCI)
  • electroencephalographic (EEG)
  • steady-state visual-evoked potentials (SSVEPs)

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • 生物醫學工程

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