Title :
Eye contact reminder system for people with autism
Author :
Xi Wang ; DeSalvo, Nicholas ; Xi Zhao ; Tao Feng ; Loveland, Katherine A. ; Weidong Shi ; Gnawali, Omprakash
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Univ. of Houston, Houston, TX, USA
Abstract :
Avoiding eye contact behavior has been characteristic of individuals with autism. Such behavior prevents intrinsic development of social and communication skills. In this paper we present a directional eye contact reminder system which reminds people with autism to generally focus their eyes in the direction of a human speaker. This device detects a speaker´s voice, calculates the sound direction, and directs their eyes by displaying a prompt on the computerized-eyewear which is a Head-Mounted Display, in the direction of the speaker. The experiments demonstrate the feasibility of our prototyping system.
Keywords :
eye; gaze tracking; handicapped aids; helmet mounted displays; computerized-eyewear; eye contact reminder system; head-mounted display; human speaker; people with autism; prototyping system; sound direction; speaker voice detection; Autism; ISO standards; Medical treatment; Monitoring; Autism; Eye Contact Reminder; Wearable Device;
Conference_Titel :
Mobile Computing, Applications and Services (MobiCASE), 2014 6th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Austin, TX
DOI :
10.4108/icst.mobicase.2014.257796