Rendering refraction and reflection of eyeglasses for synthetic eye tracker images

Thomas C. Kübler, Tobias Rittig, Enkelejda Kasneci, Judith Ungewiss, Christina Krauss

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Abstract

While for the evaluation of robustness of eye tracking algorithms the use of real-world data is essential, there are many applications where simulated, synthetic eye images are of advantage. They can generate labelled ground-truth data for appearance based gaze estimation algorithms or enable the development of model based gaze estimation techniques by showing the influence on gaze estimation error of different model factors that can then be simplified or extended. We extend the generation of synthetic eye images by a simulation of refraction and reflection for eyeglasses. On the one hand this allows for the testing of pupil and glint detection algorithms under different illumination and reflection conditions, on the other hand the error of gaze estimation routines can be estimated in conjunction with different eyeglasses. We show how a polynomial function fitting calibration performs equally well with and without eyeglasses, and how a geometrical eye model behaves when exposed to glasses.

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
Pages143-146
Number of pages4
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

  • Calibration
  • Eye tracking
  • Eyeglasses
  • Pupil detection
  • Reflection
  • Refraction
  • Rendering

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