A Novel c-VEP BCI Paradigm for Increasing the Number of Stimulus Targets Based on Grouping Modulation With Different Codes

In an existing brain-computer interface (BCI) based on code modulated visual evoked potentials (c-VEP), a method with which to increase the number of targets without increasing code length has not yet been established. In this paper, a novel c-VEP BCI paradigm, namely, grouping modulation with diffe...

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Veröffentlicht in:IEEE transactions on neural systems and rehabilitation engineering Jg. 26; H. 6; S. 1178 - 1187
Hauptverfasser: Wei, Qingguo, Liu, Yonghui, Gao, Xiaorong, Wang, Yijun, Yang, Chen, Lu, Zongwu, Gong, Huayuan
Format: Journal Article
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: United States IEEE 01.06.2018
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Schlagworte:
Binary codes
Brain
Brain-computer interface
code modulation
Codes
Computer applications
Computer simulation
Correlation
Correlation analysis
Correlation coefficients
Data analysis
Data processing
Frequency modulation
grouping modulation
Human-computer interface
Implants
Information transfer
Internet
Modulation
Performance enhancement
Pseudorandom
Spatial filtering
Target recognition
Template matching
Training
visual evoked potential
Visual evoked potentials
Visualization
ISSN:1534-4320, 1558-0210, 1558-0210
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Zusammenfassung:In an existing brain-computer interface (BCI) based on code modulated visual evoked potentials (c-VEP), a method with which to increase the number of targets without increasing code length has not yet been established. In this paper, a novel c-VEP BCI paradigm, namely, grouping modulation with different codes that have good autocorrelation and crosscorrelation properties, is presented to increase the number of targets and information transfer rate (ITR). All stimulus targets are divided into several groups and each group of targets are modulated by a distinct pseudorandom binary code and its circularly shifting codes. Canonical correlation analysis is applied to each group for yielding a spatial filter and templates for all targets in a group are constructed based on spatially filtered signals. Template matching is applied to each group and the attended target is recognized by finding the maximal correlation coefficients of all groups. Based on the paradigm, a BCI with a total of 48 targets divided into three groups was implemented; 12 and 10 subjects participated in an off-line and a simulated online experiments, respectively. Data analysis of the offline experiment showed that the paradigm can massively increase the number of targets from 16 to 48 at the cost of slight compromise in accuracy (95.49% vs. 92.85%). Results of the simulated online experiment suggested that although the averaged accuracy across subjects of all three groups of targets was lower than that of a single group of targets (91.67% vs. 94.9%), the average ITR of the former was substantially higher than that of the later (181 bits/min vs. 135.6 bit/min) due to the large increase of the number of targets. The proposed paradigm significantly improves the performance of the c-VEP BCI, and thereby facilitates its practical applications such as high-speed spelling.
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ISSN:1534-4320
1558-0210
1558-0210
DOI:10.1109/TNSRE.2018.2837501