This document provides an overview of a brain computer interface project. It introduces the project members and supervisors. It then discusses the objectives of helping disabled people communicate without assistance and developing a generic EEG classification system. It provides descriptions of EEG signals, what they measure in the brain, and how they are detected by electrodes on the scalp. It outlines the basic system architecture of acquiring EEG signals, preprocessing, feature extraction, classification, and a computer interface. It also lists the timeline, tools used including Emotive SDK and software development methodology. In summary, the document outlines a student project aiming to develop a brain computer interface using EEG signals to help people with disabilities communicate.
2. Project Members
Supervisors
•Pro.Dr. Mostafa Gad-Haqq
•Pro.Dr.Tareq Gharib
•Dr. Howaida Abd El Fatah
Assistants
•T.A ManalTantawy
Team Members
•Ahmed KhaledAbd El-glil
•Ahmed MohamedAhmed Mahany
•IslamAhmed Hamed
•Kamal Ashraf Kamal
•Mohammed Saeed Ibrahim
3. Agenda
• Problem Statement
• Objective
• Motivation
• Description
 Introduction to EEG Signals
 Brain Computer Interface
• Basic System Architecture
• Tools, technologies and SWE Methodology
• Time Plan
• References
7. Objective
• Help disabled people to normal life and
communication without the need of others.
• Develop a generic EEG Classification that can
support different applications
• Develop brain computer interface application
by using cognitive EEG signal.
10. EEGsignal(Description cont)
•It is an approximation of the cumulative electrical
activity of neurons.
•Actions that affect the EEG signals to three categories:-
Muscular Movements
Expressive States
Cognitive States (Our Scope)
11. EEGsignal(Description cont)
•Study of EEG paves the way for some problem:-
Monitoring Alertness, Coma, and Brain death.
locating areas of damage following head injury and
tumour.
Investigating and testing epilepsy.
Monitoring the brain development.
investigating sleep disorders and mental disorders.
14. BrainComputerInterface(Descriptioncont.)
What is it good for ?
•People with little muscle control.
•Early medical diagnose
People with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis(ALS)
Spinal injuries.
Mental disorders.
15. Agenda
• Basic System Architecture
• Tools, technologies and SWE Methodology
• Time Plan
• References
17. Basic System Architecture(cont)
EEG Signal
Pre-processing
EEG Signal
Classification
EEG Signal
acquisition
 Emotive SDK
Research Edition.
Removal Noise
Feature Extraction
•DFT
•ICATransforms
•DiscreteWaveletTransform
•Autoregressive Modeling
Neural Network
Genetic Algorithm
SupportVector Machine
There are many algorithms to perform EEG signal feature extraction
and classification
Compare And Choose
Computer
Interface
18. Tools, technologies and SWE
Methodology
• Tools &Technologies
 Software
 Microsoft .NET Framework(Visual Studio 2008)
 Hardware
 Emotive SDK Research Edition.
• Software development methodology
 Agile.
20. References
Books
EEG Signal Processing Book Dr Saeid Sanei (Author), J. A.
Chambers (Author).
Papers
Predicting ReachingTargets from Human EEG.[Paul S. Hammon,
Scott Makeig, Howard Poizner, EmanuelTodorov, and Virginia R. de Sa]
,IEEE Signal Processing Magazine-jaunary 2008.