ElSe: Ellipse selection for robust pupil detection in real-world environments

Wolfgang Fuhl, Thiago C. Santini, Thomas Kübler, Enkelejda Kasneci

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Abstract

Fast and Robust Pupil Detection Is An Essential Prerequisite for Video-based Eye-tracking in Real-world Settings. Several Algorithms for Image-based Pupil Detection Have Been Proposed in the Past, Their Applicability, However is Mostly Ltd. to Lab. Conditions. in Real-world Scenarios, Automat. Pupil Detection Has to Face Various Challenges, Such As Illumination Changes, Reflections , Make-up, Non-centered Eye Recording, and Physiological Eye Characteristics. We Propose ElSe, A Novel Algorith. Based on Ellipse Eval. of A Filtered Edge Image. We Aim at A Robust, Inexpensive Approach That Can Be Intgd. in Embedded Architectures, E.g., Driving. the Proposed Algorith. Was Evaluated Against Four State-of-the-art Methods on over 93,000 Hand-labeled Images from Which 55,000 Are New Eye Images Contributed by This Wk.. on Average, the Proposed Method Achieved A 14.53% Improvement on the Detection Rate Relative to the Best State-of-the-art Performer. Algorith. and Data Sets Are Available for Download: Ftp://[email protected].

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - ETRA 2016
Subtitle of host publication2016 ACM Symposium on Eye Tracking Research and Applications
EditorsStephen N. Spencer
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
Pages123-130
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)9781450341257
DOIs
StatePublished - 14 Mar 2016
Externally publishedYes
Event9th Biennial ACM Symposium on Eye Tracking Research and Applications, ETRA 2016 - Charleston, United States
Duration: 14 Mar 201617 Mar 2016

Publication series

NameEye Tracking Research and Applications Symposium (ETRA)
Volume14

Conference

Conference9th Biennial ACM Symposium on Eye Tracking Research and Applications, ETRA 2016
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityCharleston
Period14/03/1617/03/16

Keywords

  • Eye tracking
  • Pupil data set
  • Pupil detection

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