TECHNICAL SEMINAR ON

EYE-GAZE
COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

PRESENTED BY

POOJA EAGA

CONTENTS:
INTRODUCTION
USERS OF THE EYEGAZE SYSTEM
SKILLS NEEDED BY THE USERS
PARTS AND WORKING
HOW TO RUN THE EYEGAZE SYSTEM
USES OF EYEGAZE
MENUS OF THE EYEGAZE SYETEM
ENVIRONMENT REQUIRED FOR A SYSTEM
ADVANCEMENTS
APPLICATIONS
FUTURE SCOPE
DISADVANTAGES
CONCLUSION

INTRODUCTION
The Eye gaze System is a
direct-select vision-controlled
communication and control
system.
It was developed in FAIRFAX,
Virginia by LCTechnologies.

USERS OF THE EYE GAZE SYSTEM

This

system is mainly
developed for those who lack
the use of their hands or
voice.
Its users are adults and
children with cerebral palsy,
spinal cord injuries, brain
injuries, ALS, multiple
sclerosis, brainstem strokes

SKILLS NEEDED BY THE USERS

Good control of one eye
Adequate vision
Ability to maintain a position in front of
the Eye gaze monitor.
Mental abilities that improve the
probability for successful Eyegaze use:
Ability to read
Memory

PARTS AND WORKING OF THE

EYEGAZE SYSTEM
As a user sits in front
of the Eyegaze
monitor, a specialized
video camera mounted
below the monitor
observes one of the
user's eyes.

How to run the Eyegaze System

A user

operates the Eyegaze System by

looking at rectangular keys that are
displayed on the control screen.
To "press" an Eyegaze key, the user
looks at the key for a specified period
of time.
The gaze duration required to visually
activate a key, typically a fraction of a
second, is adjustable.
An array of menu keys and exit keys
allow the user to navigate around the
Eyegaze programs independently.

USES OF EYEGAZE
The Basic Eyegaze Can:
Calibrate: ADJUST TO A NEW USER in about 15 seconds.
Typewrite: TYPE with one of four keyboards, then print or
speak.
Read Text : TURN pages on the computer screen by
looking at "up" or "down".
Games :PLAY games, two "Paddle" games, plus Solitaire
and Slot Machine. ()
Teach Screens :TEACH new users with simplified screens.

With Options The Eye gaze Can

BE AT TWO SITES!!
BE A KEYBOARD
SPEAK through a speech
synthesizer
CONTROL appliances
DIAL and answer a phone

MENUS OF EYEGAZE SYSTEM

The Phrase Program
Typewriter Program
The telephone program
Lights &appliance program
Run Second PC

THE PHRASE PROGRAM

The Phrases program, along with the speech
synthesizer, provides quick communications for nonverbal users.
Looking at a key causes preprogrammed message to
be spoken.
The Phrases program stores up to 126 messages,
which can be composed and easily changed to suit the
user.

CONVERSATION
HELLO

Good bye

Good to see you

Where have
you been

How have you

Ive missed you

Im happy

Im sad

been
I need a hug

I like that

Good

Talk to me

Yes

No

Pause

Menu

Typewriter Program
Simple word processing can be done using the
Typewriter Program.
The user types by looking at keys on visual
keyboards. Four keyboard configurations, simple to
complex, are available. Typed text appears on the
screen above the keyboard display.

The telephone program

The telephone program allows the user to place
and receive calls.
Frequently used numbers are stored in a
telephone "book".
Non-verbal users may access the speech
synthesizer to talk on the phone.

The Lights & appliances Program

The Lights & appliances Program which includes computercontrolled switching equipment, provides Eyegaze control of lights
and appliances anywhere in the home or office.
No special house wiring is necessary. The user turns appliances on
and off by looking at a bank of switches displayed on the screen.

Run Second PC
As a keyboard

As a mouse controller

ENVIRONMENT REQUIRED FOR

EYEGAZE SYSTEM
The Eyegaze System must be
operated in an environment
where there is limited of
infrared light.
The System works best away
from windows, and in a room
lit with fluorescent or mercuryvapor lights, which are low in
infrared.

ADVANCEMENTS
Portable Eyegaze System
Mounted on Wheelchair

Screen of Eyegaze System

IntelliGaze IG-30
It is a sophisticated system with a high tracking rate and
excellent working range.
It can accommodate rapid or involuntary head
movements
Intelligaze uses the latest camera
technology, very sophisticated image
processing and calibration methods

APPLICATIONS
Neurosciences /Neuropsychology
Vision Research
Experimental Psychology
Cognitive Psychology
Psycholinguistics
Psychiatry /Mental Health
Transportation: Flight simulators /driving simulators
Robotics - remote vision control
Video and arcade games

FUTURE WORK
The Eye gaze Systems Eyefollower2.0
Totally Free Head Motion
Automatic Eye Acquisition
Binocular Eye tracking
High Gaze point Tracking Accuracy
Easy User Calibration

ADVANTAGES

DISADVANTAGES
Expensive
Strain:
It is quite strenuous to control the cursor through eye gaze
for long time as the eye muscles soon become fatigue.
Accuracy:
The eye gaze tracker does not always work accurately,
even the best eye trackers used to provide accuracy of 0.58
of visual angle.
Clicking:
Clicking or selecting a target using only eye gaze is also a
problem. It is generally performed through either dwell time
or blinking or both. But either solution increases the chance
of false positives or missed clicks.

CONCLUSION
Today, the human eye-gaze can be recorded by relatively
unremarkable techniques. This thesis argues that it is possible to
use the eye-gaze of a computer user in the interface to aid the
control of the application.
Care must be taken, though, that eye-gaze tracking data is used in
a sensible way, since the nature of human eye-movements is a
combination of several voluntary and involuntary cognitive
processes.

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