Title :
Discrete eye tracking for medical applications
Author :
Raudonis, Vidas ; Simutis, Rimvydas ; Narvydas, Gintautas
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Process Control, Kaunas Univ. of Technol., Kaunas, Lithuania
Abstract :
The novel technology, which is dedicated to assist the person with disabilities, is presented in the work. It is the discrete eye tracking system which recognizes the users command from voluntary controlled eye motion. The user wears the head mounted device, which consist of glasses with fixed on it video camera. The system was tested with three on-line applications. First - the control of the mobile robot in the maze, second, application is the text writing program ¿EyeWriter¿ and third computer game. Over 25 commands per second can be generated using presented eye tracking system.
Keywords :
handicapped aids; image processing; medical computing; medical control systems; target tracking; EyeWriter text writing program; computer game task; disabled person assistance; discrete eye tracking system; head mounted device; medical applications; mobile robot control; video camera; voluntary controlled eye motion; Application software; Biomedical equipment; Control systems; Glass; Head; Medical control systems; Medical services; Motion control; Robot vision systems; Tracking; and medical application; eye tracking system; human computer interaction;
Conference_Titel :
Applied Sciences in Biomedical and Communication Technologies, 2009. ISABEL 2009. 2nd International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Bratislava
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4640-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4641-4
DOI :
10.1109/ISABEL.2009.5373675