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http://dx.doi.org/10.9718/JBER.2006.27.5.250

A Study for Detecting a Gazing Point Based on Reference Points  

Kim, S.I. (Department of Biomedical Engineering, Inje University)
Lim, J.H. (Department of Biomedical Engineering, Inje University)
Cho, J.M. (Department of Biomedical Engineering, Inje University)
Kim, S.H. (Department of Biomedical Engineering, Inje University)
Nam, T.W. (Department of Biomedical Engineering, Inje University)
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Journal of Biomedical Engineering Research / v.27, no.5, 2006 , pp. 250-259 More about this Journal
Abstract
The information of eye movement is used in various fields such as psychology, ophthalmology, physiology, rehabilitation medicine, web design, HMI(human-machine interface), and so on. Various devices to detect the eye movement have been developed but they are too expensive. The general methods of eye movement tracking are EOG(electro-oculograph), Purkinje image tracker, scleral search coil technique, and video-oculograph(VOG). The purpose of this study is to embody the algorithm which tracks the location of the gazing point at a pupil. Two kinds of location data were compared to track the gazing point. One is the reference points(infrared LEDs) which is effected from the globe. Another is the center point of the pupil which is gained with a CCD camera. The reference point was captured with the CCD camera and infrared lights which were not recognized by human eyes. Both of images which were thrown and were not thrown an infrared light on the globe were captured and saved. The reflected reference points were detected with the brightness difference between the two saved images. In conclusion, the circumcenter theory of a triangle was used to look for the center of the pupil. The location of the gazing point was relatively indicated with the each center of the pupil and the reference point.
Keywords
extraction of point of gaze; eye movement tracking; digital image processing; human-machine interface; pattern recognition;
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