Study on Reducing the Additional Synchronous Processing of SSVEP Using Non-harmonic Analysis

Dongbao Jia, Yuta Takashima, Takuro Nishio, Kanna Hirobayashi, Masaya Hasegawa, Shigeki Hirobayashi

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Abstract

In recent years, brain-computer interfaces have been applied in many fields such as the steady-state visual evoked potential (SSVEP). Reducing the time required for an experiment is necessary because the stimulation required to elicit SSVEPs causes great fatigue in the subjects. Although the additional synchronous processing is essential to reduce noise, especially when the responses have relatively low amplitudes and a large amount of additional synchronous processing achieves more accurate results, it also lengthens the experiments. In the conventional method, the frequency resolution is low because of the dependence of the short-time Fourier transform (STFT) on the analysis window length, and it is not possible to analyze a response with a small amount of additional synchronous processing. We propose a method to analyze the frequency change and SSVEP stimulus using non-harmonic analysis, which is not dependent on the analysis window length. We found that the precision was improved exponentially compared with the STFT, and the frequency resolution remained high even when a small amount of additional synchronous processing was performed.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 2018 IEEE International Conference on Progress in Informatics and Computing, PIC 2018
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages398-403
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781538676707
DOIs
StatePublished - 2018/07/02
Event6th IEEE International Conference on Progress in Informatics and Computing, PIC 2018 - Suzhou, China
Duration: 2018/12/142018/12/16

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 2018 IEEE International Conference on Progress in Informatics and Computing, PIC 2018

Conference

Conference6th IEEE International Conference on Progress in Informatics and Computing, PIC 2018
Country/TerritoryChina
CitySuzhou
Period2018/12/142018/12/16

Keywords

  • additional synchronous processing
  • brain- computer interface
  • nonharmonics analysis
  • steady-state visual evoked potential

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Language and Linguistics
  • Linguistics and Language

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