Simplified Eye Gesture Recognition for control of Assistive Devices

用于控制辅助设备的简化眼部手势识别

• 批准号: 7219094
• 负责人: PHILIP R SCHAEFER
• 金额: $ 12.36万
• 依托单位: VORTANT TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-07-01 至 2008-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7219094
• 关键词: Address; Calibration; Communication; Communication Aids for Disabled; Communication impairment; Computer software; Computers; Data; Development; Devices; Electronics; Evaluation; Eye; Eyeglasses; Feedback; Future; Generations; Gestures; Glass; Government; Hospitals; Individual; Java; Lead; Measurement; Measures; Motion; Movement; Mus; Optics; Participant; Performance; Persons; Phase; Population; Positioning Attribute; Price; Purpose; Rehabilitation therapy; Research Project Grants; Self-Help Devices; Solutions; System; Techniques; Technology; Testing; Text; Training; United States; Update; Volunteer Group; base; computerized data processing; concept; cost; disability; gaze; impression; improved; next generation; rehabilitation technology; sensor; skills; usability; user-friendly; visual feedback

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This project aims to provide a simpler, more user-friendly system for eye-controlled communication and computer interaction. Although eye-tracking systems are currently available, the existing systems tend to be very expensive, typically costing thousands of dollars, and most importantly, are difficult to set up, calibrate, and use. In this project, we will develop an eye-based communication device that is much simpler and is easy to use. It will be based on detecting qualitative eye gestures for communication, rather than on precisely measuring eye position. In the future, this device holds promise to integrate well with advanced software we have identified for text generation, word selection, and disambiguation. In this project, we will first identify practical eye gestures with a consortium of practitioners, technologists, and users. We will then develop a proof-of-concept I-gesture device using low-cost optical and electronic components. Java-based software will be developed for the PC to enable realistic testing of the device. The proof-of-concept device will be tried by a group of volunteer participants with disabilities to show feasibility of the I-gesture technology, and preliminary cost estimates will be derived to help predict user acceptance of the device. More than one million people in the United States have communications disorders severe enough to require augmentative communications technology, and many tens of thousands have disabilities so severe that few alternatives other than eye-based communication is possible. However, existing eye tracker solutions tend to be difficult to use for many individuals. This project will result in a device that is much more practical for a significant proportion of this population, and also promises to be lighter, smaller, and competitively priced.

描述（由申请人提供）：该项目旨在提供一种更简单、更用户友好的系统，用于眼控通信和计算机交互。尽管眼动追踪系统目前已经可用，但现有系统往往非常昂贵，通常花费数千美元，而且最重要的是，难以设置、校准和使用。在这个项目中，我们将开发一种基于眼睛的通信设备，该设备更加简单且易于使用。它将基于检测用于交流的定性眼睛手势，而不是精确测量眼睛位置。未来，该设备有望与我们确定的用于文本生成、单词选择和消歧的先进软件完美集成。在这个项目中，我们将首先与从业者、技术人员和用户组成的联盟一起确定实用的眼神手势。然后，我们将使用低成本光学和电子元件开发一种概念验证的 I 手势设备。将为 PC 开发基于 Java 的软件，以实现对设备的实际测试。该概念验证设备将由一组残疾志愿者参与者进行试用，以展示 I 手势技术的可行性，并将得出初步成本估算，以帮助预测用户对该设备的接受程度。在美国，超过一百万人患有严重到需要增强通信技术的沟通障碍，数万人患有严重的残疾，除了基于眼睛的沟通之外几乎没有其他选择。然而，现有的眼动仪解决方案对于许多人来说往往难以使用。该项目将生产出一种对于大部分人群来说更加实用的设备，并且有望变得更轻、更小且价格具有竞争力。