Title :
A calibration-free gaze tracking technique
Author :
Shih, Sheng-Wen ; Wu, Yu-Te ; Liu, Jin
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Nat. Chi Nan Univ., Taiwan
Abstract :
We propose a novel method to estimate and track the 3D line of sight of a person based on 3D computer vision techniques. Most of the existing nonintrusive gaze tracking methods share a common drawback that users have to perform certain experiments in calibrating the user-dependent parameters before using the gaze tracking systems. These parameters are functions of the radius of the cornea, the position of the pupil, the position of user´s head, etc. Our approach, in contrast, employs multiple cameras and multiple point light sources to estimate the light of sight without using any of the user-dependent parameters. As a consequence, the users can avoid the inconvenient calibration process which may produce possible calibration errors. Computer simulations were performed to confirm the proposed method
Keywords :
computer vision; motion estimation; optical tracking; stereo image processing; 3D line of sight; Purkinje images; computer vision; gaze tracking; motion estimation; multiple camera system; multiple point light sources; Calibration; Cameras; Computer errors; Computer science; Computer vision; Cornea; Eyes; Head; Lenses; Light sources;
Conference_Titel :
Pattern Recognition, 2000. Proceedings. 15th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Barcelona
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-0750-6
DOI :
10.1109/ICPR.2000.902895