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Contact:
Frank Klefenz
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The new technology will replace mouse and keyboard by an
adaptive face- and eye-tracking system (so called mouse-less
cursor) which will help to establish a universal and easy-to-use
human computer interface.
Using a camera, the user’s head will be recorded continuously.
Segmentation and face detection algorithms developed by Fraunhofer
IIS analyze the images and detect the position of the users
face and eyes. Subsequently, Fraunhofer IDMT’s pattern
recognition algorithm based on Hough transform extracts the
shapes that relate to the human eye in order to locate the
center of the pupil. Analyzed in real-time, the position of
the eye in an incoming image will be interpreted as the reference
position of a mouse cursor on the users monitor. The Bauhaus-Universität
Weimar investigates and optimizes the psychological aspects
of the eye tracking technology and creates the rules for distinguishing
between intentional and non-intentional eye movement and blinking.
The system might be used not only for assisting disabled people,
but also for advertising and market research and as a solution
for estimating the car driver’s attention.
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