TONGUE ACTIVATED COMMUNICATIONS CONTROLLER

摘要

A tongue activated communications controller (10) includes an intra-oral transmitter assembly (12) having a keyboard (36) having a plurality of tongue activatable positions (38) for encoding a signal depending on the position activated and a transmitter (98) for transmitting encoded signals. The intra-oral transmitter assembly (12) includes a two sided printed circuit board (20). The first side (22) includes electronics for transmitting signals and the second side (24) includes circuitry for switching from one position to another. The controller (10) further includes a receiver (16) for receiving the encoded signals from the transmitter (98). The receiver (16) sends the signal to a microcomputer (18) for decoding the encoded signals for forming a set of instructions for operating a device from the decoded signal. The microcomputer (18) sends the signals to a device to be operated.