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Robust gaze estimation via normalized iris center-eye corner vector

  • Haibin Cai
  • , Hui Yu
  • , Xiaolong Zhou
  • , Honghai Liu*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary WorksRGC 32 - Refereed conference paper (with host publication)peer-review

Abstract

Gaze estimation plays an important role in many practical scenarios such as human robot interaction. Although high accurate gaze estimation could be obtained in constrained settings with additional IR sources or depth sensors, single web-cam based gaze estimation still remains challenging. This paper propose a normalized iris center-eye corner (NIC-EC) vector based gaze estimation methods using a single, low cost web-cam. Firstly, reliable facial features and pupil centers are extracted. Then, the NIC-EC vector is proposed to enhance the robustness and accuracy for pupil center-eye corner vector based gaze estimations. Finally, an interpolation method is employed for the mapping between constructed vectors and points of regard. Experimental results showed that the proposed method has significantly improved the accuracy over the pupil center-eye corner vector based gaze estimation method with average accuracy of 1.66 ◦ under slight head movements.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIntelligent Robotics and Applications
Subtitle of host publication9th International Conference, ICIRA 2016, Proceedings
EditorsHonghai Liu, Naoyuki Kubota, Takenori Obo, Kazuo Kiguchi
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages300-309
Volume9834
ISBN (Print)9783319435053
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2016
Event9th International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Applications, ICIRA 2016 - Tokyo, Japan
Duration: 22 Aug 201624 Aug 2016

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume9834
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference9th International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Applications, ICIRA 2016
PlaceJapan
CityTokyo
Period22/08/1624/08/16

Research Keywords

  • Eye tracking
  • Gaze estimation
  • Interpolation
  • Normalized iris center-eye corner vector

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