Head Drawing is a real-time tracking software program designed for people with physical disabilities and limited motor skills. Head drawing enables users to "paint" onto a computer screen without the use of hands.

Applications: stroke-therapy rehabilitation training, whiplash training, computer gaming.

Implementation: A custom built software tracks facial features in real-time. In this example, the nose is tracked and serves as a virtual cursor allowing the patient to control movements as if they were using their hands.

Poetential Clients: physical-rehabilitation facilities, hospitals.

Additional Features:

Sound Drawing is an additional program which generates musical notes according to the user's head position. For example lateral x y movements trigger higher/lower pitches on a scale. The result is a unique real-time musical composition drawing program.

Head Drawing and Sound Drawing:

* Can be used at home or in physical rehabilitation facility.
* Are therapeutic tools which allow the users to exercise motor skills in a playful way.
* Are non-evasive and requires no devices to be worn on user.
* Are simple, intuitive and easy to use.

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