3D Gaze Estimation using Eye Vergence

Esteban Gutierrez Mlot, Hamed Bahmani, Siegfried Wahl, Enkelejda Kasneci

2016

Abstract

We propose a fast and robust method to estimate the 3D gaze position based on the eye vergence information extracted from eye-tracking data. This method is specially designed for Point-of-Regard (PoR) estimation in non-virtual environments with the aim to make it applicable to the study of human visual attention deployment in natural scenarios. Our approach starts with a calibration step at different depth distances in order to achieve the best depth approximation. In addition, we investigate the distance range, for which state-of-the-art eyetracking technology allows 3D gaze estimation based on eye vergence. Our method provides a mean accuracy of 1.2◦ at a working distance between 200 mm and 400 mm from the user without requiring calibrated lights or cameras.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Gutierrez Mlot E., Bahmani H., Wahl S. and Kasneci E. (2016). 3D Gaze Estimation using Eye Vergence . In Proceedings of the 9th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies - Volume 5: HEALTHINF, (BIOSTEC 2016) ISBN 978-989-758-170-0, pages 125-131. DOI: 10.5220/0005821201250131

in Bibtex Style

@conference{healthinf16,
author={Esteban Gutierrez Mlot and Hamed Bahmani and Siegfried Wahl and Enkelejda Kasneci},
title={3D Gaze Estimation using Eye Vergence},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 9th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies - Volume 5: HEALTHINF, (BIOSTEC 2016)},
year={2016},
pages={125-131},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005821201250131},
isbn={978-989-758-170-0},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 9th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies - Volume 5: HEALTHINF, (BIOSTEC 2016)
TI - 3D Gaze Estimation using Eye Vergence
SN - 978-989-758-170-0
AU - Gutierrez Mlot E.
AU - Bahmani H.
AU - Wahl S.
AU - Kasneci E.
PY - 2016
SP - 125
EP - 131
DO - 10.5220/0005821201250131