Presentation 2021-10-19
Development of eyeglass-type switch for ALS patients using eye movement based on pupil center detection
Kazuki Sakamoto, Takeshi Saitoh, Kazuyuki Itoh,
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Abstract(in English) This research develops an eyeglass-type switch which can be connected to a communication device using the eye movement for ALS patient. In our previous study, the open/closed state of the eye was classified using the CNN classification model when detecting the pupil center point. However, since the degree of eye opening differs from patient to patient, there was a problem that it was difficult to judge by the same criteria. This paper proposes a method to determine the open/closed state of the eye by detecting the contour points around the eye using the CNN regression model and calculating the angle of the eye. To evaluate the development system, we conducted a subject experiment on 12 healthy students in which the switch was operated in the indicated direction. As a result, we obtained an operation success rate of 91.1% and confirmed the effectiveness of our system.
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Keyword(in English) ALS patient / eyeglass-type switch / pupil center point detection / eye contour points detection / CNN
Paper # SP2021-27,WIT2021-20
Date of Issue 2021-10-12 (SP, WIT)

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Committee SP / WIT / IPSJ-SLP / ASJ-H
Conference Date 2021/10/19(1days)
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Chair Norihide Kitaoka(Toyohashi Univ. of Tec) / Shinji Sakou(Nagoya Inst. of Tech.) / Norihide Kitaoka(Toyohashi Univ. of Tec) / Hiroaki Kato(NICT)
Vice Chair / Tomohiro Amemiya(Univ. of Tokyo) / / Shuichi Sakamoto(Tohoku University)
Secretary (Univ. of Tokyo) / Tomohiro Amemiya(Kobe Univ.) / (Saitama Industrial Tech. Center) / Shuichi Sakamoto(Teikyo Univ.)
Assistant Toru Nakashika(Univ. of Electro-Comm.) / Ryo Masumura(NTT) / Minako Hosono(AIST) / Aki Sugano(Nagoya Univ.) / Tomoyasu Komori(NHK)

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Registration To Technical Committee on Speech / Technical Committee on Well-being Information Technology / Special Interest Group on Spoken Language Processing / Auditory Research Meeting
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Title (in English) Development of eyeglass-type switch for ALS patients using eye movement based on pupil center detection
Sub Title (in English)
Keyword(1) ALS patient
Keyword(2) eyeglass-type switch
Keyword(3) pupil center point detection
Keyword(4) eye contour points detection
Keyword(5) CNN
1st Author's Name Kazuki Sakamoto
1st Author's Affiliation Kyushu Institute of Technology(Kyushu Insti .of Tech.)
2nd Author's Name Takeshi Saitoh
2nd Author's Affiliation Kyushu Institute of Technology(Kyushu Insti .of Tech.)
3rd Author's Name Kazuyuki Itoh
3rd Author's Affiliation National Rehabilitation Center for Persons with Disabilities(NRCPD)
Date 2021-10-19
Paper # SP2021-27,WIT2021-20
Volume (vol) vol.121
Number (no) SP-202,WIT-203
Page pp.pp.18-23(SP), pp.18-23(WIT),
#Pages 6
Date of Issue 2021-10-12 (SP, WIT)