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CONTROL PC BY EYE MOVEMENT USING A WEBCAM

L. Lichev, A. Wojnar

First published: 2010DOI pendingView metrics

Abstract

At present, conventional peripheral computer devices use the latest hi-tech technologies of their industry in order to facilitate PC operation. However, there are many people with severe disablement, who are not able to control their PC in a standard way with the help of a keyboard and a mouse. For the sake of these people it is necessary to find a new solution for PC controlling. One of the possible options would be an analysis of an eye movement, because this human organ is left intact even if the rest of the body is severely disabled. This project is focusing on the possible realization of a complex program, which will be able to scan a human eye with a video camera and, therefore, to analyze its movements and status. The program analyzes the eye movements by the thresholding method and then searches for the polygons, evaluates their proportions and a deflection of the central axis from the centre of the basic plane. On the bases of the collected data and after calibration of the whole system, the program is able to evaluate either the speed of the eye movement or if the eye is opened or closed. These factors, therefore, allow the user to operate the computer mouse and the keyboard only by the eye movements. The program was named EyeControl.

Publication details

Title
CONTROL PC BY EYE MOVEMENT USING A WEBCAM
Authors
L. Lichev, A. Wojnar
Proceedings
10th International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference SGEM2010
Publisher
SGEM Scientific GeoConference
Year
2010
Pages
1053-1060
SWS Citekey
Lichev2010404
ISSN
1314-2704
ISBN
954-91818-1-2
Language
en
Publication type
Conference Paper
Keywords
Javaeye state determinationreal-time polygon detectionthresholding
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