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Gaze tracking in wide area using multiple camera observations

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Akira Utsumi,

Kotaro Okamoto,

Norihiro Hagita,

Kazuhiro TakahashiAuthors Info & Claims

ETRA '12: Proceedings of the Symposium on Eye Tracking Research and Applications

Pages 273 - 276

https://doi.org/10.1145/2168556.2168614

Published: 28 March 2012 Publication History

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We propose a multi-camera-based gaze tracking system that provides a wide observation area. In our system, multiple camera observations are used to expand the detection area by employing mosaic observations. Each facial feature and eye region image can be observed by different cameras, and in contrast to stereo-based systems, no shared observations are required. This feature relaxes the geometrical constraints in terms of head orientation and camera viewpoints and realizes wide availability of gaze tracking with a small number of cameras. In experiments, we confirmed that our implemented system can track head rotation of 120° with two cameras. The gaze estimation accuracy is 5.4° horizontally and 9.7° vertically.

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Gaze tracking in wide area using multiple camera observations
1. Computing methodologies
  1. Artificial intelligence
    1. Computer vision
      1. Computer vision problems
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      2. Computer vision tasks
        Scene understanding
    2. Philosophical/theoretical foundations of artificial intelligence
      1. Cognitive science
2. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)

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ETRA '12: Proceedings of the Symposium on Eye Tracking Research and Applications

March 2012

420 pages

ISBN:9781450312219

DOI:10.1145/2168556

Conference Chairs:
Carlos H. Morimoto
University of São Paulo, Brazil
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Howell Istance
Montfort University, UK
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Stephen N. Spencer
University of Washington
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NASA
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FX Palo Alto

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