• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
• /
• v.18 no.5
• /
• pp.1171-1176
• /
• 2014

The eye-tracking [ET] is used on the human computer interaction [HCI] analysing the movement status as well as finding the gaze direction of the eye by tracking pupil's movement on a human face. Nowadays, the ET is widely used not only in market analysis by taking advantage of pupil tracking, but also in grasping intention, and there have been lots of researches on the ET. Although the vision based ET is known as convenient in application point of view, however, not robust in changing environment such as illumination, geometrical rotation, occlusion and scale changes. This paper proposes two steps in the ET, at first, face and eye regions are discriminated by Haar classifier on the face, and then the pupils from the discriminated eye regions are tracked by CAMShift as well as Template matching. We proved the usefulness of the proposed algorithm by lots of real experiments in changing environment such as illumination as well as rotation and scale changes.

• Therapeutic Science for Rehabilitation
• /
• v.6 no.1
• /
• pp.71-83
• /
• 2017

Objective : This study aim is to identify whether smooth pursuit eye movement(SPEM) using portable device can alleviate chronic hemispatial neglect. Methods : We applied smooth pursuit eye movement to one chronic hemispatial neglect patient. Experimental duration was total 4weeks - 1week baseline, 2weeks SPEM intervention, 1week 2nd. baseline. The intervention was 10 SPEM sessions (30min each, 1session daily, from Monday to Friday) over a period of 2weeks. The neglect test carried out 5 times a week. The SPEM was provided on the screen when patient sat in front of the screen(8.4 inch tablet pc, distance 40cm). The SPEM video that the 24 yellow squares moving coherently from the right to the left side. Patients were instructed to perform smooth pursuit eye movement without head and neck movement. Results : As a result of the SPEM for 2weeks, the degree of neglect tended to decrease compared to baseline A. The degree of the LBT tended to increase the at the baseline A'. In contrast, the SCT showed that tendency which the degree of the neglect maintained at the baseline A'. Conclusion : We identified that SPEM using portable device is effective intervention method for chronic hemispatial neglect.

• 한국HCI학회:학술대회논문집
• /
• 2007.02b
• /
• pp.136-144
• /
• 2007

1990년대 후반까지 줄곧 광고 시장 점유율 1위를 차지하던 신문광고가 2001년을 기점으로 광고 시장 점유율의 지속적인 하락세를 보이고 있다. 이는 인터넷과 같은 경쟁적인 뉴미디어가 급격히 성장하는 데 그 원인이 있을 뿐만 아니라, 신문의 광고효과를 산출하는 과학적 방법론이 부족하다는 데에도 그 원인이 있다. 이러한 문제의식에서 출발하여, 본 연구에서는 안구운동 추적(eyetracking)을 활용하여 신문광고의 노출효과를 측정했다. 이를 위하여, 기존 신문 구독자의 인구통계학적 분포에 따라 추출된 50명의 표본을 대상으로, 신문의 면내 광고별 체류시간을 헤드 마운트형 안구운동 추적기(head-mounted eyetracker)를 활용하여 측정했다. 실험 결과, 데이터의 95%가 기존의 주의-기억 단계를 따르는 순차적인 정보처리모델과 스타치 구독률 조사(starch readership reports) 결과와 안구운동 추적 결과와 일치했다. 하지만, 5%의 데이터가 주의와 기억 단계의 차이에 기인한 이월 효과(carry-out)로 순차적인 정보처리모델과 일치하지 않는 것으로 나타났다. 즉 5%가량이 광고를 보지 않았음에도 봤다고 표시했다. 또한, 기존에 스타치 구독률 조사와 같은 재인 측정 방법을 통하여 간접적으로 측정하였던 기존의 신문 광고 노출율(보통 30%)에 비하여, 직접 측정한 결과 60%에 달하는 광고 노출율을 보였다. 이는 기존의 인식과 달리, 스타치 구독률 조사가 단순 노출 정도가 아니라, 응답자의 선택적인 기억 결과를 측정한 것임을 보여준다. 이로써, 안구운동 추적을 활용한 노출효과측정은 기존에 스타치 구독률 조사에서 놓치고 있는 부분을 보완할 수 있는 기법임을 보여준다. 또한 이 기법에 의하여 도출된 노출율은 60%에 달하여 기존의 약30%로 제시된 연구결과들이 실제로 측정기법의 한계로 인하여, 기억이 가지고 있는 왜곡을 그대로 반영한 노출율에 관한 자료를 쓰는 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구에서 제안된 노출효과 측정방법론은 기존의 왜곡된 데이터를 보완하고, 신문 광고 시장의 과학적인 측정기법을 발전시키는 데 의미 있는 기여를 할 것으로 기대한다.

• Journal of Korean Elementary Science Education
• /
• v.33 no.4
• /
• pp.751-761
• /
• 2014

이 연구의 목적은 과학적 예상 과정에서 초등학생의 안구운동을 분석하여 과학적 예상의 인지전략을 발견하는 것이다. 예상은 관찰, 측정, 추론과 같은 기초 탐구 과정들을 통해 문제를 해결하는 중요한 탐구 능력이다. 6학년 초등학생 40명이 자발적으로 이 연구에 참여했으며, 과학적 예상 두 과제를 해결하였다. 예상 과제는 점진적으로 변화하는 모형의 다음 모양을 예상하는 것과 14일 간의 기온 그래프를 보고 다음 5일간의 기온을 예상하는 과제였다. 과학적 예상 과정에서 참가자들의 안구 운동을 기록하기 위해 SMI사의 안구운동 추적기를 사용하였다. 40명의 참가자들 중 15명(그룹 A)은 두 과제를 모두 해결하였으며, 17명(그룹 B)은 하나의 과제만 해결하였고, 8명(그룹 C)은 두 과제 모두 해결하지 못했다. 예상 능력이 높은 학생과 낮은 학생의 인지 전략의 차이를 규명하기 위해 그룹 A와 그룹 C의 안구운동을 비교 분석하였다. 연구 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 그룹 A는 짧은 시간 동안 문제를 읽고 문제의 주요어에 집중했으며, 단서들을 비교하고 경향성을 찾고 답을 재확인하는 활발한 움직임을 보였다. 그룹 C는 문제 자체를 이해하는데 긴 시간이 걸렸으며, 주요어와 단서를 찾지 못하고, 무의미한 짧고 빠른 도약 안구 운동을 보였다. 둘째, 그룹 A와 C의 안구 운동의 고정, 도약, 시선 경로를 분석한 결과, 6가지의 안구 운동 패턴이 나타났다. 셋째, 안구운동 분석결과를 토대로 참가자들의 인지 전략을 유동전략과 고착전략의 두 가지로 구분하였다. 본 연구에서 규명한 과학적 예상의 인지전략은 교사들이 과학적 예상의 문제 해결 단계에서 학생들이 겪는 어려움을 이해하고, 예상 능력을 향상시키는 프로그램을 개발하는 것에 도움이 될 것이다.

• Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education
• /
• v.37 no.3
• /
• pp.483-492
• /
• 2017

The purpose of this study is to analyze the variation in pupil size as shown in the scientific hypothesis generation process of students in Elementary School. The subjects for research consisted of 20 fifth-year students at Seoul B elementary school who agreed to participate in the research. The task consisted of four scientific hypothesis-generating tasks. SMI's Eye Tracker(iView $X^{TM}$ RED) was used to collect eye movement data. Experiment 3.6 and BeGaze 3.6 softwares were used to plan experiment and analyzed the task performance process and eye movement data. The findings of this study are twofold. First, there were four types that generate hypothesis about the tasks. Second, in the moment of generating hypothesis, participants' pupils have grown bigger. And while thinking of generating hypothesis or elaborating hypothesis, there were no big changes. These results show the moment of generating hypothesis is affected by emotional factors besides cognitive factors.

• Smart Media Journal
• /
• v.7 no.1
• /
• pp.31-36
• /
• 2018

In this paper, we propose automatic screen on / off method of OST-HMD screen using gaze depth estimation technique. The proposed method uses MLP (Multi-layer Perceptron) to learn the user's gaze information and the corresponding distance of the object, and inputs the gaze information to estimate the distance. In the learning phase, eye-related features obtained using a wearable eye-tracker. These features are then entered into the Multi-layer Perceptron (MLP) for learning and model generation. In the inference step, eye - related features obtained from the eye tracker in real time input to the MLP to obtain the estimated depth value. Finally, we use the results of this calculation to determine whether to turn the display of the HMD on or off. A prototype was implemented and experiments were conducted to evaluate the feasibility of the proposed method.

• Korean Journal of Cognitive Science
• /
• v.31 no.4
• /
• pp.103-136
• /
• 2020

This study compares the parafovea preview effect of adolescent group and adult group with different ages using eye tracking experiment. Also, this study confirms that the starting point parameter of the one boundary diffusion model can explain the data obtained through eye tracking experiments. In two experiments, parafoveal information processing was examined using the boundary technique. In Experiment 1, reading times were compared between the conditions given high frequency words preview versus masking preview. In Experiment 2, the condition in which low frequency words were given to parafovea preview information and the condition in which parafovea preview was masked were compared. We found that both the adolescent group and the adult group showed a parafovea preview effect. Also, first fixation, single fixation, and gaze duration of the two groups were different based on the word property shown in the parafovea. The first fixation data obtained in the two experiments were divided into quantiles and fitted into one boundary diffusion model. From the results, we argue that the parafovea preview information processing in the reading was described as the starting point parameter of the one boundary diffusion model.

• Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education
• /
• v.36 no.4
• /
• pp.705-715
• /
• 2016

The purpose of this research is to analyze elementary students' attention characteristics through attention test and eye tracking on real science classes. The SMI's ETG(eye tracker glasses) mobile eye tracker was used to analyze the attention process of elementary students'. The sampling rate of the ETG is 30Hz. The participants of attention test were elementary 155 6th-grade elementary students and the participants for the eye-tracker were six 6th-grade male students. The eye movements were analyzed using the 'BeGaze Mobile Video Analysis Package' program. The results of this research are as follows. First, the attention test results of elementary students showed high correlation between selective attention and sustained attention (.85) and low correlation between selective attention and self-regulation (.32). Second, the attention types of elementary students were divided into four; attention, inattention, easygoing and hasty. Third, elementary students' attention were divided into top-down, bottom-up, default mode network through analysis of elementary students′ eye-movements during real science classes. Also their attention shift occurred frequently due to various reasons in real class situation. There were three reasons that made elementary students fail to handle knowledge-dependent top-down attention; 1) the cognitive failure of target caused by failing to focus attention, 2) the absence of prior knowledge on target object, 3) the analogical failure of prior knowledge. Finally, elementary students' attention process were schematized based on the analysis of students' eye movements and attention test. This research is expected to be utilized as basic data for developing effective teaching strategies, teaching-learning models and instructional materials.

• The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
• /
• v.20 no.6
• /
• pp.175-182
• /
• 2020

The non-contact eye tracking is a nonintrusive human-computer interface providing hands-free communications for people with severe disabilities. Recently. it is expected to do an important role in non-contact systems due to the recent coronavirus COVID-19, etc. This paper proposes a novel approach for an eye mouse using an eye tracking method based on a context-aware based AdaBoost multi-region classifier and ASSL algorithm. The conventional AdaBoost algorithm, however, cannot provide sufficiently reliable performance in face tracking for eye cursor pointing estimation, because it cannot take advantage of the spatial context relations among facial features. Therefore, we propose the eye-region context based AdaBoost multiple classifier for the efficient non-contact gaze tracking and mouse implementation. The proposed method detects, tracks, and aggregates various eye features to evaluate the gaze and adjusts active and semi-supervised learning based on the on-screen cursor. The proposed system has been successfully employed in eye location, and it can also be used to detect and track eye features. This system controls the computer cursor along the user's gaze and it was postprocessing by applying Gaussian modeling to prevent shaking during the real-time tracking using Kalman filter. In this system, target objects were randomly generated and the eye tracking performance was analyzed according to the Fits law in real time. It is expected that the utilization of non-contact interfaces.

• Korean Journal of Cognitive Science
• /
• v.32 no.1
• /
• pp.1-53
• /
• 2021

The aim of this study was to analyze word frequency effects on eye fixation duration in Korean reading with a one-boundary diffusion model and to show how these phenomena differ between adults (20-28yrs) and adolescents (13-14yrs). We predicted that the drift rate parameter in the boundary diffusion model would reflect the information processing of the fovea during silent reading. Through an eye movement tracking experiment while controlling word properties such as the word frequency and the age of acquisition, Experiment 1 and Experiment 2 show that the information processing pertaining to words to be placed in the fovea is connected to the drift rate of the one-boundary diffusion model parameters. In Experiment 1,in the adult group, the mean difference in the fixation time in the response proportion between the presence of high-frequency condition and low-frequency condition in the adult group was higher in quantile 0.9 than it was in the 0.1 quantile, but in the adolescent group, the mean difference in the fixation time in the response proportion between the two conditions was not significantly in the 0.9 quartile.In Experiment 2, the mean difference in the fixation time in the response proportion between early-acquired condition and late-acquired condition in both groups was also higher in the quantile 0.9 than in the 0.1 quantile. The distribution of the two conditions in the both groups was positively skewed, and the difference showed the same pattern found in the results of Ratcliff(Ratcliff & McKoon, 2008). Based on the experimental results, we propose one-boundary diffusion model as a tool to explain word property effects and individual differences in reading. In particular, we suggest that the drift rate parameter in the boundary diffusion model reflects the information processing of the fovea during reading. In addition, the results show that one-boundary diffusion model can be used to predict the aforementioned phenomena in reading.