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Gaze Direction Estimation with a Single Camera Based on Four Reference Points and Three Calibration Images

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Computer Vision – ACCV 2006 (ACCV 2006)

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We propose a method to estimate gaze direction in real time with a single camera based on four reference points and three calibration images. First, the position at which the eyeball center is projected is calculated as a linear combination of those of the reference points. Then, the gaze direction is estimated as a vector connecting the calculated eyeball center and the detected iris center. The algorithm is head pose free. We implemented the algorithm on a PC with a Xeon 2.2-GHz CPU, which works at a rate of 30 fps.

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Kawato, S., Utsumi, A., Abe, S. (2006). Gaze Direction Estimation with a Single Camera Based on Four Reference Points and Three Calibration Images. In: Narayanan, P.J., Nayar, S.K., Shum, HY. (eds) Computer Vision – ACCV 2006. ACCV 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3851. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11612032_43

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