Point-of-Gaze Estimation: Theory and Applications
Jeff Kang, Elias Guestrin, Moshe Eizenman, Erez Eizenman
June 9, 2006
Point-of-Gaze Estimation
Point-of-gaze: • point in space imaged on the centre of the highest
visual acuity region of the retina
• “Where we are looking” Motivation:
• Psychology/neurology: gaze follow shifts in attentional focus—gain insight into human cognitive processes
• Ophthalmology: objective measure of what is seen—measure the visual acuity of infants
• Human-machine interfaces: gaze-based pointing devices
Theoretical Foundation
Measure position of eye features extracted from video images: pupil centre, corneal reflections
System Implementations
Head-mounted Systems
Remote Head-free Systems
Selected Applications
Air Force Pilot Training
Consumer Research
Quantification of Mood Disorders
Quantification of Mood Disorders
Reading Behaviour
Reading Behaviour
Research Directions
Image Processing• Adaptive algorithms
• Neural networks Current Projects
• Study of vision and reading disorders caused by brain lesions (Toronto Western Hospital)
• Development of vision tests for pre-verbal infants (Toronto Hospital for Sick Children)
• Development of reading aids for Age-related Macular Generation patients (University of Waterloo, School of Optometry)