TY - JOUR
T1 - xBCI
T2 - A generic platform for development of an online BCI system
AU - Susila, I. Putu
AU - Kanoh, Shin'ichiro
AU - Miyamoto, Ko Ichiro
AU - Yoshinobu, Tatsuo
PY - 2010/7
Y1 - 2010/7
N2 - A generic platform for realizing an online brain-computer interface (BCI) named xBCI was developed. The platform consists of several functional modules (components), such as data acquisition, storage, mathematical operations, signal processing, network communication, data visualization, experiment control, and real-time feedback presentation. Users can easily build their own BCI systems by combining the components on a graphical-user-interface (GUI) based diagram editor. They can also extend the platform by adding components as plug-ins or by creating components using a scripting language. The platform works on multiple operating systems and supports parallel (multi-threaded) data processing and data transfer to other PCs through a network transmission control protocol/internet protocol or user datagram protocol (TCP/IP or UDP). A BCI system based on motor imagery and a steady-state visual evoked potential (SSVEP) based BCI system were constructed and tested on the platform. The results show that the platform is able to process multichannel brain signals in real time. The platform provides users with an easy-to-use system development tool and reduces the time needed to develop a BCI system.
AB - A generic platform for realizing an online brain-computer interface (BCI) named xBCI was developed. The platform consists of several functional modules (components), such as data acquisition, storage, mathematical operations, signal processing, network communication, data visualization, experiment control, and real-time feedback presentation. Users can easily build their own BCI systems by combining the components on a graphical-user-interface (GUI) based diagram editor. They can also extend the platform by adding components as plug-ins or by creating components using a scripting language. The platform works on multiple operating systems and supports parallel (multi-threaded) data processing and data transfer to other PCs through a network transmission control protocol/internet protocol or user datagram protocol (TCP/IP or UDP). A BCI system based on motor imagery and a steady-state visual evoked potential (SSVEP) based BCI system were constructed and tested on the platform. The results show that the platform is able to process multichannel brain signals in real time. The platform provides users with an easy-to-use system development tool and reduces the time needed to develop a BCI system.
KW - Brain-computer interface (BCI)
KW - Electroencephalography (EEG)
KW - Generic platform
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U2 - 10.1002/tee.20560
DO - 10.1002/tee.20560
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:77954489441
SN - 1931-4973
VL - 5
SP - 467
EP - 473
JO - IEEJ Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Engineering
JF - IEEJ Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Engineering
IS - 4
ER -