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Presentation 2007-05-18 13:00
Eye model calibration for single-camera based gaze detection.
Hirotake Yamazoe, Akira Utsumi, Tomoko Yonezawa, Shinji Abe (ATR) IE2007-11
Abstract (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
(in English) We propose a real-time gaze estimation method based on facial-feature tracking using a single video camera. In the proposed method, gaze directions are determined as 3D vectors connecting both the eyeball and iris centers. Since the eyeball center and radius cannot be directly observed from images, the geometrical relationship between the eyeball centers and facial features and radius of the eyeball (face/eye model) are calculated in advance. Then, the 2D positions of the eyeball centers can be determined by tracking facial features. Conventional methods required instructing users to perform such special actions as looking at several reference points in the calibration process, significantly limiting system usability. In this paper, we propose a gaze estimation method, which does not require such special calibration action of users, that can be realized by combining 3D eye-model-based gaze estimation and circle-based algorithms for eye-model calibration. Experimental results show that the gaze estimation accuracy of the proposed method is $6^{\circ}$ horizontally and $7^{\circ}$ vertically.
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(in English) gaze estimation / eyeball model / iris / interface using eyes / / / /  
Reference Info. IEICE Tech. Rep., vol. 107, no. 40, IE2007-11, pp. 1-6, May 2007.
Paper # IE2007-11 
Date of Issue 2007-05-11 (IE) 
ISSN Print edition: ISSN 0913-5685    Online edition: ISSN 2432-6380
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Committee IE  
Conference Date 2007-05-18 - 2007-05-18 
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Place (in English) Kyoto Institute of Technology 
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Conference Code 2007-05-IE 
Language Japanese 
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Title (in English) Eye model calibration for single-camera based gaze detection. 
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Keyword(1) gaze estimation  
Keyword(2) eyeball model  
Keyword(3) iris  
Keyword(4) interface using eyes  
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1st Author's Name Hirotake Yamazoe  
1st Author's Affiliation ATR (ATR)
2nd Author's Name Akira Utsumi  
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3rd Author's Name Tomoko Yonezawa  
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4th Author's Name Shinji Abe  
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Date Time 2007-05-18 13:00:00 
Presentation Time 25 minutes 
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Paper # IE2007-11 
Volume (vol) vol.107 
Number (no) no.40 
Page pp.1-6 
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Date of Issue 2007-05-11 (IE) 


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