Patent ID: 8862307

Claim:
A steering and control system, wherein said system is adapted to be connected to a mobile assistive device for disabled persons in such a way that electronic transfer of information can take place between said steering and control system and said assistive device for disabled persons, wherein said system comprises: a control unit for eye control, said control unit for eye control comprising means for detecting a gaze point of a user; at least one display provided with at least one symbol field; a navigation unit comprising a position unit and being connected to the control unit, the navigation unit being constructed for determining a position of the assistive device relative to an environment; and interpreting means for interpreting a position of the measured gaze point within a symbol field as an instruction to the control system, wherein the system is also designed to be adaptable to different control routines, wherein said control unit for eye control further comprises means for image recording adapted to record at least one image of an environment around the assistive device and displaying the image on the display such that the image interacts with the at least one symbol field in such a way that the user can fix a gaze on a direction on the display and see both a symbol indicating a certain direction as well as an image of a portion of the environment in which the assistive device would move if the gaze were fixed on the symbol so that a user can see from the display where the assistive device is moving in the environment without looking up from the display during use.