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ABSTRACT
The project aims to device an Indirect keyboard control mechanism for the quadriplegic. Unlike conventional key board controls, the project creates an alternative mechanism to control the on-screen cursor by means of gaze and head motion tracing. Based on the Haar classifier system, the patient face is detected to locate the features for gaze tracing. Followed by the face detection are the eyes and nose tip detection which are also based on Haar classifiers. Once the features are detected and the tracing mapped, the same is converted to on-screen cursor motion by mapping the extracted-feature co-ordinates to the cursor-control co-ordinate system. The virtual key board is implemented by use of Visual Basic and forms an easy-to-use user interface.