Revitalized by eye-ray technology

Eye ray technology can provide certain independence for people with blocked body syndrome and loss of body control.

Inner Syndrome (LIS) refers to people who suddenly lose the ability to control the body's physical functions while the mind is still alert, in other words they are locked inside their own bodies. However, according to the advocacy program for Brain Awareness Week, the Royal Hospital for Neurological Disabilities (RHN) in London has shown that eye beam technology can help patients with this syndrome can give change, express yourself and can use the computer or the internet.

In the UK alone, about 350,000 people need support in most daily activities, from people with motor neuron disease or multiple sclerosis, to patients with severe brain injury or stroke. For some people in this group, the eyes are the only part of the body that they can control continuously and not get tired. Eye ray technology uses infrared light to detect the point at which the user's eyes are directed. This technology takes advantage of the light reflected from a spherical object, such as the eyeball, to locate the point at which the pupil is related to the reflection image, and determines the pupil of the eye being viewed. about what.

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Specifically, the entire process allows a person with LIS to control the cursor with their eyes, just looking at a specific point on the screen. Patients can surf the web with an optional browser, and communicate with others by using their eyes to 'type' characters on the virtual keyboard.'Using the eye on this method seems quite unusual, because our eyes often turn around, check out what's happening, but in this case the user has to' lock 'the eyes into the points. So, it takes time to get used to it , 'the Telegraph quoted Marc Viera, technical guide at the RHN event. He said that for the first time, users may not be able to maintain for more than 20 minutes because they need to reprogram the muscles around their eyes. But for the second and third time, most of them started to get used to the way this eye was used.

Viera expert says eye-ray technology has changed the lives of many people who were previously completely impotent. He mentioned one of his patients, who started using the technology after years of quietly sitting in front of a TV screen and unable to switch channels himself. Within a few weeks of using the eyes to control, this person can read books and start reconnecting with friends who have not been in contact for months. Another is Steve Thomas, a former computer programmer, who has motor neuron problems, which makes him almost completely paralyzed. Thomas was introduced to the eye-ray technology and from there used it as a means of communication, social media, emailing friends, blogging, listening to music and contacting the family via Skype. .

One of the disadvantages to improving this technology is how to change it to suit outdoor use. The level of infrared light of the device is still low, so even on a gloomy day, infrared light from the sun also disables the user's eye-ray positioning sensors.