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Eye gaze tracking with free head movements using a single camera

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Ba Linh Nguyen,

Youssef Chahir,

Michèle Molina,

François JouenAuthors Info & Claims

SoICT '10: Proceedings of the 1st Symposium on Information and Communication Technology

Pages 108 - 113

https://doi.org/10.1145/1852611.1852632

Published: 27 August 2010 Publication History

Abstract

The problem of eye gaze tracking has been researched and developed for a long time. The most difficult problem in the non-intrusive system of eye gaze tracking is the problem of head movements. Some of existing methods have to use two cameras and an active infrared (IR) illumination to solve this problem. Otherwise, with a single camera, the user has to hold the head uncomfortably still when performing a session of eye gaze tracking. If the head of the user moves away from original position, the accuracy of these eye gaze-tracking systems drops dramatically. In this paper, we propose a solution using Gaussian Processes for eye gaze tracking that allows free head movements with a single camera.

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SoICT '10: Proceedings of the 1st Symposium on Information and Communication Technology

August 2010

186 pages

ISBN:9781450301053

DOI:10.1145/1852611

Conference Chair:
Nguyen Trong Giang
Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Vietnam
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Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Vietnam
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Huynh Quyet Thang
Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Vietnam

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