EOG Based Home Automation System by Cursor Movement using a Graphical User Interface (GUI)

HCI system with the help of bio-signals such as EEG, EOG, EMG, etc. stand out to be the peaking subject of research in the recent years. This paper presents the design system for the cursor movement through eyes using Electrooculogram (EOG) signal for a physically disabled people to assist them in operating the basic home appliances. In this work, a Home Automation System using Arduino UNO has been developed, so that it can function by the movement and click of the cursor when positioned to the particular location of the switches. Eye movement have been detected by extracting and recording the EOG signal using a BIOPAC System. The interfacing of this system design has been developed in the platform of MATLAB Software. Operation of home appliances such as switching on a light or a fan by the cursor movement and click through eyes on screen for physically impaired people is the outcome of this research.