Real eye communicator: An eye-mediated real world pointing device

Procedia Technology, 2014

This work describes an eye tracking system for a natural user interface, based only on non-intrusive devices such as a simple webcam. Through image processing the system is able to convert the focus of attention of the user to the corresponding point on the screen. Experimental tests were performed displaying to the users a set of known points on the screen. These tests show that the application has promising results.

Proceedings of the SIGCHI …, 2007

We present a practical technique for pointing and selection using a combination of eye gaze and keyboard triggers. EyePoint uses a two-step progressive refinement process fluidly stitched together in a look-press-look-release action, which makes it possible to compensate for the accuracy limitations of the current state-of-the-art eye gaze trackers. While research in gaze-based pointing has traditionally focused on disabled users, EyePoint makes gaze-based pointing effective and simple enough for even able-bodied users to use for their everyday computing tasks. As the cost of eye gaze tracking devices decreases, it will become possible for such gaze-based techniques to be used as a viable alternative for users who choose not to use a mouse depending on their abilities, tasks and preferences.

Human-Computer Interfaces (HCI) allow effective interactions between human being and computers, which is of particular significance to people with disabilities or temporary mobility impairment. In this paper, we propose the EyePhone framework, a mobile HCI that allows users to control mobile phones through intentional eye or facial movements. A proofof-concept prototype is developed based on a wearable electroencephalograph (EEG) headset and an Android smartphone. Specifically, a graphical window can receive and display continuous EEG data acquired from the headset; a mouse emulator can allow users to move a cursor around the smartphone screen by moving their heads and eyes; and an emergency dialer can allow users to make an emergency phone call through a certain pattern of eye/facial movements. The launching and switching of each functional module are also implemented through predefined head movement patterns, in order to achieve a true "hands-free" environment. The efficacy and efficiency of the proposed EyePhone system is evaluated based on experiments in a variety of scenarios (e.g., sitting, standing, and walking).

2020

This paper proposes a technique of using the movement of eyes to control the movement of cursor on monitor screens. Thereby, creating new ways of Human Computer Interaction (HCI) and also helping physically handicapped people to interact with computer devices more efficiently. Earlier eye gaze optical mouse comprised of a head gear which had an eye motion sensor attached and were more hardware based. The input gathered through these sensors helped in cursor movement on screen. With the advancement in the field of Image Processing Techniques and Artificial Intelligence, a simple web camera attached with computer can be used to perform this task. In this paper, pupil of the eye is detected. The coordinates gathered by tracking pupil movement are mapped with the coordinate of display monitor. Based on this mapping the mouse cursor can be moved on the screen.

2014

This paper presents an implementation of the “Eye Tracking Mouse”, the arrangements has been established to make the border between the disable person and the system. As we know that the computer provides various potential application such as monitoring the system but the person with the severe disability is not able to access the computer or the benefits that are provided by the computer. Aim of this system is that it tracks the computer operator’s activities with the help of the camera and translates them into the arrangements of the mouse cursor on the display. The different body parts like the tip of the user’s nose, head movements, eye movement , voice recognition are helpful to operate the system. The object of this paper is to present a set of methods integrated into a low-lost eye tracking system. Here we are going to study how we access the system with the help of "eye mouse". Eye mouse helps disable person to access the system. This method consist of various step...

2019

Eyewear displays allow users to interact with virtual content displayed over real-world vision, in active situations like standing and walking. Pointing techniques for eyewear displays have been proposed, but their social acceptability, efficiency, and situation awareness remain to be assessed. Using a novel street-walking simulator, we conducted an empirical study of target acquisition while standing and walking under different levels of street crowdedness. We evaluated three phone-based eyewear pointing techniques: indirect touch on a touchscreen, and two in-air techniques using relative device rotations around forward and a downward axes. Direct touch on a phone, without eyewear, was used as a control condition. Results showed that indirect touch was the most efficient and socially acceptable technique, and that in-air pointing was inefficient when walking. Interestingly, the eyewear displays did not im- prove situation awareness compared to the control condition. We discuss impl...

International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications, 2011

Eye-based Human-Computer Interaction: HCI system which allows phoning, reading e-book/e-comic/e-learning, internet browsing, and TV information extraction is proposed for handicap student in E-Learning Application. The conventional eye-based HCI applications are facing problems on accuracy and process speed. We develop new interfaces for improving key-in accuracy and process speed of eye-based key-in for E-Learning application, in particular. We propose eye-based HCI by utilizing camera mounted glasses for gaze estimation. We use the sight for controlling the user interface such as navigation of e-comic/ebook/e-learning contents, phoning, internet browsing, and TV information extraction. We develop interfaces including standard interface navigator with five keys, single line of moving keyboard, and multi line of moving keyboard in order to allow the aforementioned functions without burdening the accuracy. The experimental results show the proposed system does work the aforementioned functions in a real time basis.

International Journal for Research in Applied Science & Engineering Technology (IJRASET), 2022

With recent advances in technology, modern computer systems are becoming more flexible. Modern computers are capable of processing millions of information per second. In such cases, traditional input devices such as a mouse or keyboard are relatively slow. In this paper we use system that can be overcome by human interaction with the computer. With innovation and development in technology, motion sensors are able to capture the position and natural movements of the human body. This has made possible a new way of communication with computers. So keeping all these in mind we propose a system which is an untouched and fast communication system. This system will be able to capture the movements of the eyeball for which it is responsible cursor control. The system processes the data in the camera feed and calibrates the parameter interface according to the user. The system then performs computer-related algorithms to determine the location of the doll's and use eyes to implement natural eye-computer interactions.

— Eye tracking as an interface to operate a computer is under research for a while and new systems are still being developed nowadays that provide some encouragement to those bound to illnesses that incapacitates them to use any other form of interaction with a computer. Although using computer vision processing and a camera, these systems are usually based on head mount technology being considered a contact type system. This paper describes the implementation of a human-computer interface based on a fully non-contact eye tracking vision system in order to allow people with tetraplegia to interface with a computer. As an assistive technology, a graphical user interface with special features was developed including a virtual keyboard to allow user communication, fast access to pre-stored phrases and multimedia and even internet browsing. This system was developed with the focus on low cost, user friendly functionality and user independency and autonomy.