Low-cost and high-speed eye tracker

Chi Wu Huang, Zong Sian Jiang*, Wei Fan Kao, Yen Lin Huang

*Corresponding author for this work

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6 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

This chapter presents the integration of hardware and open-source software to build a low-cost (US$100) and high-speed eye tracker. With minor modifications of PlayStation 3 Eye (PS3 Eye) camera as the main hardware component and the proper coding adjustments in software interface to CL Eye Platform Driver, offered by open-source Code Laboratories, our low-cost eye tracker runs at the speed of 187 frames per second (fps) in 320 × 240 resolution, which is at least three times faster than the ordinary low-cost eye trackers usually running between 30 and 60 fps. We have also developed four application programs, which are ISO 9249-Part 9, Gaze Replay, Heat Map, and the Areas of Interest (AOI). Our design is then compared with the low-cost KSL-240 and commercially available high-price (over US$5,000) Tobii under ISO 9249-Part 9 eye-tracking test. The test performance favored ours in terms of response time and correct response rate.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIntelligent Technologies and Engineering Systems
Pages421-427
Number of pages7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013
Event2012 1st International Conference on Intelligent Technologies and Engineering Systems, ICITES 2012 - Changhua, Taiwan
Duration: 2012 Dec 132012 Dec 15

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Electrical Engineering
Volume234 LNEE
ISSN (Print)1876-1100
ISSN (Electronic)1876-1119

Other

Other2012 1st International Conference on Intelligent Technologies and Engineering Systems, ICITES 2012
Country/TerritoryTaiwan
CityChanghua
Period2012/12/132012/12/15

Keywords

  • Bright pupil
  • Dark pupil
  • Eye tracker
  • Fixation
  • Glint
  • Open source
  • Saccade

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

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